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“No Home To Go To” and its programming are made possible by the generous support of the following organizations and individuals:
The Balzekas Museum is grateful for the generous support of many other private donors, all of whom are listed within the Balzekas Museum exhibition.
This exhibition was developed by the Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture in collaboration with the Chicago Estonian House, the Latvian Folk Art Museum, and the Lithuanian Emigration Institute of Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas, Lithuania.
Curator: Irena Chambers Curatorial Assistants: Rita Janz and Karile Vaitkutė, Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture
Sigita Balzekas and Stanley Balzekas, Jr., Balzekas Museum of Lithuanian Culture Siim Sööt, Chicago Estonian House Dace Ķezbers and Ināra Bundža, Latvian Folk Art Museum Dalia Kuizinienė and Linas Saldukas, Lithuanian Emigration Institute The exhibition organizers are grateful to the following individuals for providing advice, scholarly insight, and research expertise for this exhibition:
Mark Wyman, Professor of History, Illinois State University Andris Straumanis, Associate Professor of Journalism, University of Wisconsin – River Falls Stephen Goodell, Research Historian, Washington, D.C. Evaldas Stankevičius, Cultural Attaché, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania in Washington, D.C. Kristina Lapienytė and Skirmantė Miglinienė, Lithuanian Research and Studies Center, Chicago Additional research assistance was provided by Daina Smith, Audronė Tamulis, Vasaris Balzekas, Rūta Akelaitytė, Regina Vasiliauskienė, and Victoria Matranga
“No Home To Go To” was designed by Bob Riggs, Riggs Ward Design, LLC, Richmond, Virginia; and fabricated by Virginijus Baranauskas, Terra Media, Kaunas, Lithuania
Exhibition installation and construction assistance provided by Vasaris Balzekas, Jonas Barkauskas, Art Gutierrez, and Stanley Balzekas III.
Website by Sigita Bersenas-Balzekas