Kotryna Strelciunaite
"For as long as I can remember, I’ve been drawn to art. In art school, I was so fascinated by the works I was given to copy that I had to know more. That’s when I decided to study art history. Not surprisingly, when I arrived in Paris for the first time, I ran to the Louvre on the very first day. This amazing museum reminds us that art has thousands of stories to tell: about the artists and how they created their masterpieces; about the people and places they portrayed, and the times they lived in. Sharing these stories, as a way to spark a visitor’s curiosity, is a constant source of inspiration."
My favorite "hidden" museum is the Petit Palais. Most of the time it is near-empty and free! I love to sip a coffee in their magnificent inner garden.
Kotryna studied art hsitory and criticism in Vytautas Magnus University in her native Lithuania and Poland, where she earned a BA degree in art history. Soon after she followed her heart to Paris, where she worked in several art galleries and museums after earning French national guide certification. Kotryna has recently completed her MA in Cultural Mediation and Heritage at the University of Nanterre near Paris.