Notes, issue 04/2011
Silver Prizes to Trine Hovden and Flora Metamorphicae, 20-year-old gets facelift and international focus, International seminar in Oslo: Home as a historical and contemporary context, Read more
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High quality and blurred identity
The British Crafts Council invites Norwegian artists and professionals to participate in a conference on crafts and identity and asks participants to reflect on Nordic identity. What could such an identity consist of? Read more
Notes, issue 01/2010
Ceramic artist Ingrid Askeland receives Scheibler’s Grant, Norwegian-Japanese textile art on tour in the UK, ‘Beyond Light’ in Risør, Read more
What is 'Contemporary Craft'?
The Norwegian crafts field is focusing increasingly on academic theory and discourse. As an instantiation of this development, Marit Øydegard chairs a round table discussion with Jorunn Veiteberg, Knut Astrup Bull and Jørn Mortensen, on the question of how contemporary crafts are viewed as a distinct field of practice or in relation to fine art. Read more
Craft in a global economy
A recent report tells of an increasing market for craft in the UK. In contrast, a Norwegian survey shows that Norwegian craft artisans suffer from the world-wide financial crisis. Could increased participation in international fairs be the answer for the Norwegian craft sector? Read more
Life as a Workshop
Richard Sennett’s book ‘The Craftsman’ is becoming an important reference for thinking about crafts in a broader sense. Art critic Kjetil Røed discusses the book as a useful toolkit for further thinking on the relation between the head and the hand. Read more
Notes, issue 02/2010
Norwegian galleries happy with sales at COLLECT, Honourable mention at EUNIQUE, Birgit Brühl receives ceramics prize in Germany, Read more
Notes, issue 05/2011
Research project comes to a close, Konrad Mehus Retrospective, ‘SLUMP – Luck by Chance’ in Arendal, Read more