Karasjok, Norway, April 2024
In Karajok, on the Sámi region of Norway, key local partners for the AAE was the Sámi Center for Contemporary Art (Sámi Dáiddaguovddáš) and the Karasjok School. In addition to the University of Lapland, the event was also supported by Umeå University from Sweden, Nord University from Norway, and the University of Greenland. External partners included the multidisciplinary art association Piste from Rovaniemi and the artist and social psychology association Siunissag from Greenland.
The Karasjok Nomadic Hub of Arctic Art Education was made possible through funding from Nordplus Horizontal 2023 and the Arctic University’s research and education network fund supported by the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science.
The theme of the Nomadic Hub was the river which flows through the Karasjok village.
The topic was connected to northern nature and relevant to the participants,
eighth-grade pupils, and to their everyday lives.
In the workshop, we focused on what kind of words, images, colours, and movements the river brought to mind. The subject started with a gallery visit, then explored through painting, which expanded into a performance on the frozen Karasjok River. The topic was also expressed through drawing, carving, photographing and sculpting in clay. Afterwards, the video of the performance was presented to the participants at the opening of a pop-up exhibition.
