The summer school was organized as the team workshops led by international and local tutors to work out the ideas on spatial arrangements for a festival village, develop the design proposals, and construction process.

The intense workshops were enriched by inspiring lectures, guided excursions, visits to the local construction material factories, discussions, and feedback sessions, as well as cultural and leisure activities, concerts and performances, cinema screening, exciting parties together with the Valmiera Summer Theatre festival.

Programme of the summer school in 2018 >>>

Monday, July 23

Arrival

Tuesday, July 24

9.00 Meeting in front of Valmiera Theatre
(9.30) Welcome session & opening of the summer school (round hall of Valmiera theatre)
10.00 “Urban space as a source of theatre performance” – introduction to theatre festival by VVTF creative director R.Suhanovs
11.00 Briefing & Project preview by mentors
12.30 Lunch break in Bastions
14.00 Introduction “Valmiera: Hanseatic town vs. industrial city” (Valmiera Museum)
15.00 Lecture “Rethinking Urban planning traditions in Latvian towns”, J.Dripe, faculty director
16.00 (16.30) Guided bike tour
18.30 Dinner: “Latvian taste” in Valmiermuiza
20.00 The guided visit to Valmiermuiza Brewery

Wednesday, July 25

9.00 Lecture “Changing urban landscapes” (A.Lauzis)
After lecture – Workshop: Site Survey and Modelling of the Urban Context
12:30 Lunch break in Bastions
13.30 Workshop: Design Strategy and Urban Concepts
18.30 Dinner – pizza evening
19.30 Presentation & discussion #1 (round hall of Valmiera Theatre)

Thursday, July 26

9.00 Lectures “Experience on Ephemeral” (D.Jaunzems),
“Tools and technologies” (R.Bekic)
After lectures – Workshop
12:30 Lunch break at Bastions
Instruction on work safety
Workshop: Design development and on-site testing lab
18.30 Dinner in cafe Terbata
19.30 Desk critics & revision of the ideas
Late night workshop

Friday, July 27

9.00 Masterclass and lecture (R.Lõoke)
After lecture – Workshop: Design development and on-site testing lab 
12:30 Lunch break in Bastions
13.30 Workshop: Design development and on-site testing lab
Presentation Setup
16.00 Presentation & discussion #2 (round hall of Valmiera Theatre)
Common dinner and drinks on theatre terrace
Valmiera city festivities
Culture session

Saturday, July 28

9.00 Free time & Culture session, Valmiera city festival
12.30 Lunch
14.00 Workshop: Design Prep & Production
19.00 Dinner, TBC
Culture session

Sunday, July 29

9.00 Guided excursion
12.30 Lunch – open-air picnic
14.00 Workshop: Design Prep & Production
19.00 Dinner, TBC
Workshop / Culture and activity session 

Monday, July 30

8.30 Excursion to timber production company (TBC)
11.00 Briefing (on-site) and construction workshop
12.30 Lunch break in Bastions
13.30 Construction workshop
18.30 Dinner in cafe Terbata
19.30 Construction workshop

Tuesday, July 31

9.00 Briefing (on-site) and construction workshop
12.30 Lunch break in Bastions
13.30 Construction workshop
18.30 Dinner
The evening session on Problems & Solutions #3

Wednesday, Aug 1

9.00 Morning session #4
A.Eglitis about contemporary art and temporary installations
Construction workshop
12.30 Lunch break in Bastions
13.30 Construction workshop
18.30 Dinner – pizza order
Construction workshop
The evening session on Problems & Solutions #5

Thursday, Aug 2

9.00 Briefing (on-site) and construction workshop
12.30 Lunch break in Bastions
13.30 Construction workshop
18.30 Dinner in Bastions
Finishing of the construction works
Open-air cinema

Friday, Aug 3

9.00 Finishing of the construction works
12.30 Lunch break in Bastions
From 14.00 Festival centre open for public
16.00 Opening of the Summer Theatre festival center (Hansa square)
Culture session: Program of the Theatre festival
18.30 Dinner
Culture session: Program of the Theatre festival
Fireplace at the festival center
Open-air cinema

Saturday, Aug 4

Culture session: Program of the Theatre festival
Around 12.30 Lunch
Culture session: Program of the Theatre festival
17.00 Closing ceremony of the summer school
Common dinner & Farewell party. Open end...

Fireplace at the festival center
Open-air cinema

Sunday, Aug 5

Departure

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The VVTF has so far three years of experience in discovering the city spaces for theatre performance. By joining the forces with RISEBA the plans to generate more ambitious ideas and construct the festival city in the center of Valmiera has resulted in the cooperation to organize the summer school.

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Parallel to the summer school, Valmiera city festival took place from July 27 to July 29, 2018.