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The project "Ignalina is ARTi" has gifted the residents of Ignalina and the city's visitors three artworks that will always be open to the public.

The mural "Geographer Cat" by artist Rimantas Rolia will smile from the wall of the Č. Kudaba Progymnasium, bringing joy to the school and the city community, as well as visitors. It perfectly reflects the work of Lithuanian geographer, naturalist, and signatory Česlovas Kudaba in the field of geography.

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The project "Ignalina is ARTi" has gifted the residents of Ignalina and the city's visitors three artworks that will always be open to the public. The mural "Geographer Cat" by artist Rimantas Rolia will smile from the wall of the Č. Kudaba Progymnasium, bringing joy to the school and the city community, as well as visitors. It perfectly reflects the work of Lithuanian geographer, naturalist, and signatory Česlovas Kudaba in the field of geography. "The history of this painting is rich. It was painted in the summer of 1992, at my parents' house in Vidiškės, after I had successfully completed my first year at the Academy of Arts. All of Lithuania was living in the dawn of regained independence. It was truly a time of global revival. United Germany flooded the planet with electronic music out of joy. The madness of communism no longer prevented us from loving the entire world. So many joys fueled my creative passion. Everything was going well! In 1996, my 'Cats' passed a major competition and were selected for the famous Bologna Illustration Exhibition in Italy.

From there, the journey of this painting around the world began. It was exhibited at the 'Itabashi' Art Museum in Japan, published in Milan, Italy, Beijing, China, and in a collection of poems by Sigitas Geda in Lithuania. In 2011, it returned to Japan to comfort those affected by the tsunami. In the summer of 2012, as if celebrating its 20th anniversary, 'Cats' were exhibited in the Visconti Castle in Pavia, Italy. In 2020, my 'Cats' returned home, as if remembering that their author turned 50 this year. The circle of glory and adventures, which started near Ignalina, traveled through Italy and Japan, and has now stopped HERE. My 'Geographer Cat' will now be on my school, like a witty 'colleague' of the wise Česlovas Kudaba from the Ignalina region. This brings me great joy and honor." The wall was decorated by Tadas Vincaitis - Plūgas, the most famous representative and one of the pioneers of the neofresco genre in Lithuania. The project, partially funded by the Lithuanian Council for Culture, was implemented by the Ignalina NPP Region Development Agency.

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