Tag: Norway
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NAARCA seeks Graphic Designer for Pedagogy Toolkit Commission
Nordic Alliance of Artists’ Residencies on Climate Action Pedagogy Toolkit Commission Seeking Graphic Designer Location: Remote Fee: £5000 Applications accepted on a rolling basis Final Delivery Deadline: 18 March 2024 Background The Nordic Alliance of Artists’ Residencies on Climate Action (NAARCA) is a 3-year project that brings together Cove Park (Scotland), Saari Residence (Finland), Artica Svalbard (Norway), Art…
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NAARCA publishes Sustainability Toolkit for Artists’ Residencies
In 2022, NAARCA Eco-coordinator Jaana Eskola conducted residency site visits, both in-person and digital, to each of the NAARCA partners. During these visits, Jaana conducted workshops and gathered research from the staff and residents to learn more about each residency’s approach to sustainability. From these learnings, we have developed a Sustainability Toolkit for Artists’ Residencies…
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Paper making workshop developed at Cove Park delivered at Artica Svalbard as part of pedagogy programme
Cove Park’s paper making workshop, developed and delivered by Abdereen-based artist and former Cove Park resident Caitlin Dick took place in February 2023 and taught young people aged 7+ how to transform an everyday paper recycling pile into beautiful hand-made seed paper. In August 2023, Artica Svalbard delivered a bespoke version of Cove Park’s paper…
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Art Commission: Nikhil Vettukattil (Norway)
We are delighted to share that the second NAARCA Art Commission has been awarded to Nikhil Vettukattil. While in residence at Artica Svalbard this Autumn and over the course of the coming year, Nikhil will develop a new piece of work that will incorporate research on food production and distribution in Svalbard and its relation…
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Commissioned artist Rikke Luther reflects upon residency at Artica Svalbard
Rikke Luther is a Danish artist based in Copenhagen. Her current work explores the new interrelations created by environmental crisis as they relate to the Earth System. These relations encompass themes related to landscape, language, politics, financialisation, law, biology, geology and economy, that are expressed in drawn images, photography and film. Since 2022, Rikke Luther has worked on a research project entitled More…
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Printing workshop developed at Artica Svalbard delivered at Cove Park as part of pedagogy programme
Artica’s Future Community Garden printing workshop took place in October 2022 and was developed as part of a larger community project looking at Svalbard’s unique nature and the changes they are experiencing due to climate change. Living on Svalbard means being part of a small community, high up in the Arctic, where the effects of…
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Testing Grounds Episode 2: ‘Artica Svalbard – Climate Change and the Built Environment’ now available
How does the built environment affect our experience of the climate crisis – and vice-versa? Artica Svalbard is NAARCA’s Norwegian partner. It’s located on the Svalbard archipelago, in Longyearbyen – one of the world’s most northerly towns. Here, the climate crisis is impossible to ignore. In this episode, Charlotte Hetherington, director of Artica Svalbard, introduces…
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Testing Grounds Episode 1: ‘Introducing NAARCA’ now available
As the climate crisis accelerates, how can artists’ residencies be testing grounds for new – and better – ways of living and working? The Nordic Alliance of Artists’ Residencies on Climate Action (NAARCA) is a coalition of seven organisations that are exploring this question together. So, how did NAARCA come about? What are its goals? And… what…
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NAARCA Eco-Coordinator, Jaana Eskola (Finland), conducts residency site visits
Earlier this year, Jaana took part in the Creative Climate Leadership Scandinavia training programme (CCL) organised by Julie’s Bicycle. The sustainability coordinating work Jaana is doing within the NAARCA alliance forms part of the legacy project work within CCL. As part of the project Jaana will be conducting site visits to the NAARCA residencies around…
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Announcing the Nordic Alliance of Artists’ Residencies on Climate Action
NAARCA, co-devised and co-led by Cove Park (Scotland) and Saari Residence (Finland), aims to build a long-term bridge between Scotland and the Nordic countries around the most pressing global issue of our time. The collaboration is founded upon the geological, climatological, historical, and linguistic similarities that unite both regions, and is the starting point for a permanent,…