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Throughout the festival, the focus will be on integrating contemporary art into the urban fabric of Riga, with events spread across both established cultural venues and emerging creative neighbourhoods, such as Grizindarzs, Veldze and more.
RAW is organised by the Galleries Association of Latvia in collaboration with the Riga Investment and Tourism Agency.

Elīna Drāke
Co-founder,
Managing Director
Curator, high-level international Art Project Manager. Founder of ASNI Gallery and Chairperson of the Latvian Gallery Association.

Elena Šalina
Co-founder,
Marketing Director
Idea Author of gallery evening Riga Last Thursdays, former Manager of art spaces M/Gallery (LV) and Imitate London (UK), former Communications Coordinator at cultural placemaking agency Futurecity (UK).
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Tīna Pētersone
Co-founder,
Project Manager
Formerly, Manager at Performa Biennial (USA) and RIBOCA (LV). Currently, Cultural Producer at Liepāja 2027. Curator-in-Residence in Paris, New York, Chicago, and more. Co-founded contemporary art space TUR (LV).
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