The Kultūros Dirbtuvė (KD) team is united by a MISSION to reveal and empower the biocultural uniqueness of places, fostering people's curiosity and inspiring them to take action to (re)create conditions for the flourishing of living systems in urbanized areas.

Through their work, the KD team actively contributes to the creation and restoration of sustainable cities and communities.

Rūta Lukošiūnaitė

Rūta Lukošiūnaitė is the Global Ambassador of Green Tauragė, exemplifying how one can engage in city-building even from far away from their homeland. By creating interdisciplinary co-creation processes, Rūta implements projects that promote social learning, a culture of participation, and localized concepts of sustainability.

Evelina Šimkutė

Evelina Šimkutė is an artist and cultural producer working with socially engaged art and creative placemaking practices. Since 2015, Evelina has led the "Šilainiai Project" — a creative platform in the Šilainiai district of Kaunas, focused on active engagement with the place and local community through various creative processes, including shared archives, creative workshops, artist residencies, conversations, and events.

POPup 2025 Edible City

POPup 2025 Edible City is a six-month co-creation process centered around the theme “Edible City,” during which we will form a network of curious people that we hope will be the first step towards building a long-term community in Kaunas. Across seven POPup meetings, we aim to unravel this theme from diverse perspectives. The process began on April 6 with the traditional volunteer work day of the “Šilainiai Gardens” initiative at Fort VIII.