Two months ago the Rievdan project group attended the opening event for the community art pieces Min Muorra (eng. Our tree) and Tarinoiden metsä (eng. Forest of stories) in Vuohčču. Held in the Vuohčču school cafeteria, the event brought together students, staff and the project group to celebrate the street paintings created during the previous…
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During Rievdans second trip to Kárášjohka, we did a street painting workshop. This is the report from the Kárášjohka class on how they felt the street painting went. Our idea in this project was to paint a reindeer head with cloudberries. We chose to paint that because reindeer herding is a part of who we…
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The new season and year have started at the University’s Gallery Valo at the Arktikum. The Rievdan working group took part in the Näkyväksi tehty (eng. Made to be seen) art exhibition with a piece called Ráhkis báiki. (eng. Beloved place). The exhibition is the annual exhibition of the Faculty of Arts from the University…
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The Rievdan project’s art workshops kicked off in great co-design spirit 12-14th May, 2025! The two-year project is led by Professor Mirja Hiltunen from the Faculty of Art and Design at the University of Lapland. Korinna Korsström-Magga serves as project researcher and coordinator, and Ante Jalvela as research assistant. The first workshops were also…
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