Norwegian Crafts

Essay: 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 Learn more

Forces - Dyrdal, Tingleff, Kvasbø opens at KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes in Bergen 10 May 2019 Learn more

Interview: In this conversation, Matt Lambert speaks with Máret Ánne Sara about nomadism, indigenous rights and colonialism Learn more

In this essay, Jessica Hemmings touches upon culture, faith and personal identity in the work of Igshaan Adams Learn more

Material Perceptions - A Norwegian Crafts production that offers critical reflections on materialism and perceptions Learn more

Projects

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

KODE Art Museums and Composer Homes 10 May - 15 Sept 2019, the National Ceramics Museum of Sèvres, 24 September 2018 - 1 April 2019 Exhibitions

Agenda: New Materialism and Contemporary Craft

Seminar in collaboration with Oslo National Academy of the Arts, 5 April 2019, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo Seminars

Expanding Stories

Breakfast seminar, 16 March 2019, Galerie Handwerk, Munich Seminars

Everyone Says Hello

An exhibition on contemporary art jewellery at Kunstnerforbundet 10 January - 24 February 2019, Oslo, Norway Exhibitions

Articles

essica Hemmings talks with Ezra Shales about industry, technology and material empathy

How things get made and the people who make them

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

Duodji as a Starting Point for Artistic Practice

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

Passages Across Life Worlds: Some Ventures in Duodji, Craft and Art

Jan-Erik Lundström reflects on the Sámi concept of duodji and the exhibition I Craft, I Travel Light Essay

About

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

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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

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