this year On September 10, the “7 Rays of Light” project concluded with the premiere of an animated film made by families in Rūjiena, the aim of the project was to promote the creation of a family-friendly environment.
At the final event of the project, which took place in the courtyard of the Rūjiena Youth Center, families not only watched the animated film they created together, but also played games, enjoyed special project chocolates and a delicious soup with side dishes. At the end of the event, the most active families of the project received surprise gifts from SIA “Rūjienas ice cream”, but every participant could feast on one of Rūjiena’s ice creams.
The “7 Rays of Light” project was launched by the Association “Development and Innovation Learning Center” in May of this year. The project took place as a set of workshops led by artist, animator and director Dace Liepa in 7 different places in Latvia on the Estonian border of Valmiera county, Valmiera SOS children’s village and Ogre, involving more than 200 participants in the workshops. As a result, an animated film made by children and families was created – “7 rays of light”, which combines the diversity of characters created in the workshops with shadow theater, creating a joint synergy of light, image and music.
Cooperation partners of the project: Municipality of Valmiera County, Mazsalac Secondary School and Ramata School, Rūjiena Youth Center, Youth Organization “Ligzda”, Latvian SOS – Children’s Village Association, Valmiera Library Branch Library Mazsalac City Library, Society “Project Workshop for Communities”, Ogre White School, Ogres Central library and SIA “Rūjienas saldējums”.
The animated film “7 Rays of Light” created in the project this year will be available to everyone at the end of September on the project website https://7gaismasstari.mozellosite.com/. But before that, the families of Ogre district are invited to watch the film together: https://7gaismasstari.mozellosite.com/jaunumi/params/post/4132961/aicinam-uz-pirmizradi-animacijas-filmai-kalnina-stavedam-jeb-ogres-zilo-kal
The realization of the “7 Rays of Light” project is financially supported by the Society Integration Fund from the allocated funds of the Latvian state budget.
