Every child has their own way of creating.
One wants to be on stage.
Another wants to film.
A third wants to make sound, move, watch, or simply be nearby until they feel like joining in.
Tyliai drąsiai (Quietly Brave) brings professional art to places it doesn’t always reach – to Lithuania’s small towns, schools, libraries and communities.
Different children meet here: children from local communities, children with disabilities, and children who have come to Lithuania from Ukraine and other countries.
We don’t split them into separate groups.
We create together.
your name hereWe arrive. We meet. We create.
For a few days we set up in a school, library, community centre or another shared space.
Artists, educators, a creative team and all the equipment arrive with us. But that isn’t the most important thing we bring.
We bring a process in which a child doesn’t need to know how to be the “right” kind of participant.
We meet
First we get to know the place and each other.
You don’t need to know how to dance, act or film. You don’t need to be brave. You can start with something small – curiosity.
You find your place
You can move. Act. Film. Make sound. Run the lights. Tell a story.
Or sometimes watch, and join in later.
Roles aren’t handed out once and for all. You can try them, change them and find your own.
We create
From movement, images, sound, stories and the children’s ideas, a shared work slowly takes shape.
One child needs more time. Another needs more space. Another needs interpreting, a break or support.
So we adapt the creative process to the person, not the person to the process.
We meet at the premiere
On the last day the doors open to families and the community.
What a few days earlier were separate ideas, movements, sounds and people becomes one work.
And most importantly, its authors are the children themselves.
Three different ways to tell a story
Tyliai drąsiai programmes are for children aged 7–16.
We work with movement, theatre and media, because we don’t all express ourselves the same way. Sometimes a story is easier to tell with the body. Sometimes with the voice. And sometimes a camera or a sound says much more.
Movement
There is no single “right” movement here.
A jump, a slow step, a wave of the hand or moving in a wheelchair can all become part of the choreography.
Professional movement artists work with the children to find not how to move the same, but how different bodies can create together.
Theatre
We create scenes, characters and stories from what is around us and inside us.
One child speaks. Another moves. A third makes sound or light.
Theatre has many more places than one stage.
Media
In children’s hands, a camera, a microphone and a mixing desk become tools for creating.
We make short films, audio stories and podcasts.
Children don’t imitate a creative process – they work with real equipment and, together with professionals, create a real work.
What matters most is that a child can take part in the way they can today.
Before we meet, we talk about what your child might need.
Maybe a quieter space. More breaks. Interpreting. Assistive tools. Or simply more time to settle in.
We adapt the process to the child, not the child to the process.
How much does it cost?
Taking part is free for children. Programmes are funded by foundations, programmes and partners.
Can my child take part?
Our aim is to find a way for every child to take part.
So before the activities we ask families or carers about individual needs and look for the best solution together.
Which languages do you use?
Lithuanian, Ukrainian and English.
If your child needs another language, tell us in advance and we will look for a way to provide interpreting.
Are children photographed and filmed?
Only with written consent from parents or carers.
We respect children’s privacy, so we don’t show children’s faces in public communication unless the family has clearly agreed.
What should we bring?
Comfortable clothes, water and a little curiosity.
We bring everything else.
How do we sign up?
Registration goes through the local school, library, community centre or another project partner.
You can also write to us: info@tyliaidrasiai.lt
We bring the creative programme to you.
Tyliai drąsiai exists so that professional, inclusive arts activities reach children beyond the big cities.
That’s why we work with schools, libraries, community centres, municipalities, special education centres and organisations working with diverse communities.
We bring
- a team of professional artists and educators
- a creative method
- cameras, sound and lighting equipment
- the adaptations and interpreting needed
- child-safeguarding and consent procedures
What we need from you
- space for the creative process
- a connection with local children and families
- a venue where we can meet for the final premiere
What stays after us
More than a delivered workshop.
A work made by the children. Its recording. The experience. And a community that, at least for a while, met differently.
Change can be counted. It can also be seen.
Every Tyliai drąsiai programme ends with a concrete creative result – a film, a performance, a movement piece, an audio story or another shared work by the children.
It has authors, a place and a date.
So our result is not just a number in a project report.
You can see what the children made. Hear their voices. Meet at the premiere. Watch people who didn’t know each other a few days earlier become a creative team.
This is how art becomes not an activity “about inclusion”, but a place where inclusion actually happens.
Courage isn’t always loud.
Sometimes courage is picking up a microphone for the first time.
Sometimes it’s rolling onto the dance floor in a wheelchair.
Sometimes it’s telling a story in a language the people around you don’t yet understand.
And sometimes the bravest thing is simply to come and be there.
That’s where our name comes from: Tyliai drąsiai means “quietly brave” in Lithuanian.
We are a non-profit founded by the Artscape team, continuing more than 15 years of experience creating professional arts programmes with children, young people, migrants, refugees and communities across Lithuania.
Over these years we have learned one important thing: inclusion doesn’t start with the question of how a person is different. It starts with the question:
what can we create together?
So we go where different experiences, languages and abilities meet.
Not so that everyone becomes the same.
So that something new can grow out of our differences.
Let’s meet
Would you like to invite Tyliai drąsiai to your school, town or community?
Have an idea for a partnership?
Write to us.
- info@tyliaidrasiai.lt
- Address
- Upelio g. 5, Laumėnų k., Kaunas District
- Languages
- LT · UA · EN