Artica Svalbard does drawing — drawing club | Anette Gellein

Where: Artica Svalbard

What: Drawing club with Anette Gellein

(16+)

No previous drawing experience required.

Visual artist Håvard Homstvedt and author, journalist and writer Teresa Grøtan are both in residence at Artica Svalbard - with artist Anette Gellein.

During their stay they are working on individual projects, holding reading clubs for children and organising open workshops to introduce how they explore ideas, meaning, social and political relevance within their work.

As part of Arctic Action III festival, Artica Svalbard and Arctic Action have invited cultural anthropologist Arthur Mason to hold a breakfast lecture and dialogue.

Arthur Mason holds academic appointments as Associate Professor at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology in the Department of Social Anthropology and as Adjunct Associate Professor at Rice University in the Department of Anthropology.

During the upcoming Arctic Action III festival, Longyearbyen will welcome Pekka Kainulainen (Finland), Liina Kuittinen (Finland), Kurt Johannessen (Norway) and Sophie Dupont (Denmark).

Arctic Action is proud to be collaborating with Artica Svalbard on the production of its third edition in Spitsbergen, 11– 19th September 2017.

Artica Svalbard and Galleri Svalbard are proud to present an artist talk with visual artist, Jumana Manna.

Manna is in Longyearbyen to produce the final part of her work “Untitled”, a documentary seeking to capture the contradictions and ambiguities of modern seed preservation.

Join us to celebrate the poetry magazine The Wolf’s 15th anniversary – in Longyearbyen, Svalbard.

To mark the 15th anniversary in Longyearbyen, poet Ashur Etwebi and James Byrne, editor of The Wolf, will read a selection of highlights from the 15 year-history of the poetry publication The Wolf.

Libyan poet Ashur Etwebi and British poet James Byrne read from their new works – both in Arabic and English – crossing continents and styles, reflecting a very special friendship through poetry. Ashur Etwebi and James Byrne started their collaboration during the Al-Sendian arts festival, Syria, in 2009.

On 20th June, Polar Permaculture and Artica Svalbard are relaunching Green Circle in a joint effort to inspire a local foodie revolution in Longyearbyen, which will involve using information and action to transform local waste products into a useful resource.

This evening’s Artist Talk is shared by Tiina Kivinen and Michael Günzburger and offers two perspectives on the process of making new work. Kivinen at the beginning of new work and Günzburger at the end of his project. Both artists working at times in the medium of printmaking, while employing varied research methods and unique approaches to art making.

April-Fools’ Print Workshop marks the end of Artica Svalbard’s opening programme. But it also marks an ambition to open the workshop to all, creating a common space for working, thinking and conversation.

On April Fools’ day we will be making “fooled” and magic prints with artists in Artica’s Workshop. Come and make your own magic print!

Film screening, “Hunters since the beginning of time” by Artica artist in residence Carlos Casas.

Along the coast of the Bering Sea, we meet a community of whale hunters who are struggling to survive by keeping alive a tradition that is thousands of years old and surviving one of the most extreme environments on the planet.

Artica’s book collection will be merged with Longyearbyen Library and we celebrate this collaborative effort. Words by Knut Olav Åmås, Director of Fritt Ord and Longyearbyen librarian Elin Anita Olsrud.

Longyearbyen Breakfast Dialogues initiates the first of Artica’s many Public Programmes.

The main objective is to engage with Longyearbyen’s local community as well as national and international guests. Together we will ask questions relevant to Longyearbyen, led by Head of Norwegian PEN, William Nygaard, artist A K Dolven, students from University of Svalbard and Founder of Polar Permaculture, Benjamin Vidmar.

The official opening of Artica Svalbard and its Artist-in-Residence Programme will be officiated by HM Queen Sonja of Norway together with the Minister of Culture Linda Hofstad Helleland and Longyearbyen Community Council Leader Arild Olsen, in Longyearbyen kulturhus. This will be followed by statements from the founders of Artica Svalbard and its collaborating partners as well as young people of Longyearbyen, represented by Malin Nilssen Alexandersen. The artists and writers selected for Artica Svalbard’s Artist-in-Residence Programme will also be announced.