Norwegian Crafts

We're launching a box set of Documents on Contemporary Crafts, 1-5, 17 October in Frankfurt Learn more

Artist talks with Liv Blåvarp and Torbjørn Kvasbø in Frankfurt, 19 October Learn more

Essay: Kim Paton reflects on how Aotearoa New Zealand gallery Objectspace engages culturally diverse practitioners, communities of makers and audiences Learn more

FORCES - Dyrdal, Tingleff, Kvasbø opens at Sørlandets Kunstmuseum SKMU, 12 October 2019 Learn more

Curator and duojár Gry-Kristina Fors Spein reflects on the Sámi concept of duodji as a starting point for artistic practice Learn more

Projects

Artist talks: Blåvarp and Kvasbø

Talks between jewellery artist Liv Blåvarp and Liesbeth Den Besten, and ceramicist Torbjørn Kvasbø and Jorunn Veiteberg. Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt 19 October, 4-6 pm Seminars

Documents on Contemporary Crafts, nos. 1-5, Box Set

Launch of box set at Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt Thursday 17 October, 2-4 pm Seminars

Handmade // Materiality in the Arctic

Seminar in collaboration with Nordic Culture Fund at Arctic Art Summit, University of Lapland, Rovaniemi 5 June 2019 Seminars

FORCES - Dyrdal Kvasbø Tingleff

Sørlandets Kunstmuseum SKMU, 12 October 2019–26 Januar 2020, KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes 10 May–15 Sept 2019, the National Ceramics Museum of Sèvres, 24 September 2018–1 April 2019 Exhibitions

Nordic Platform for Critical Craft Theory

A network for knowledge-exchange and expertise on contemporary crafts in the Nordic region Network

Essay

Anne Britt Ylvisåker on Marit Tingleff, Kari Dyrdal and Torbjørn Kvasbø

Bergen: Rupture and Movement

Duodji as Indigenous Contemporary Art Practice

Irene Snarby, Doctoral Research Fellow in Art History, reflects on the life and art of Iver Jåks, and on duodji as a contemporary art practice Essay

Lost is the new found: Good wood and downcycling in a time of distraction

An exchange betwixt artists and frequent collaborators Rasmus Andreas Hungnes and Gabriel Johann Kvendseth on, around, and about the work of the latter Interview

How things get made and the people who make them

In this conversation, Jessica Hemmings talks with Ezra Shales about industry, technology and material empathy Interview

About

Our principle aim is to strengthen the position of contemporary crafts from Norway internationally.

Opportunities

Opportunities

Publications

Documents on Contemporary Crafts no. 5: Material Perceptions

A Norwegian Crafts production that offers critical reflections on materialism and perceptions View all publications

Norwegian Crafts Paper 1: Contemporary Jewellery

A Norwegian Crafts publication that offers articles on contemporary jewellery with focus on Tone Vigeland. View all publications

Press

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