Daiva Price

@ Art curator, researcher, curator of Kaunas 2022 programme “Memory Office”

Dr. Daiva (Citvarienė) Price – art curator, researcher, and cultural producer. She is also a lecturer at the Faculty of Arts of Vytautas Magnus University, with an interest in memory and museum studies. Dr. Price is the creator of several memory projects: the collective memory project “Sites of Memory” (www.atmintiesvietos.lt), the audio-visual guide to historical Kaunas “Spirit Guide to the Old Kaunas” and many others.

Since 2014, Dr. Price has been one of the creative team members preparing the Kaunas European Capital of Culture 2022 bid; since 2017 she has been working for the Kaunas 2022 team. She was the curator of the Audience Development program for Cultural Operators and the “Memory Office” program, which aimed to break down the city’s stereotypes, stimulate a conscious interest in the city’s complex history, and awaken the city’s multiethnic memory. 

She was also the curator of one of the largest Kaunas 2022 events “Litvak Culture Forum”, which took place in Kaunas on 29-30 September.