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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This autumn, the Rievdan team took part in several conferences to share recent work carried out together with the Vuohčču and Kárášjohka communities. It was inspiring to exchange experiences with other northern researchers and to deepen conversations around art-based action research and new genre Arctic art education. Our conference season began at the first SuMu…
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The second trip to Kárášjohka and Vuohčču took place during the first weeks of September 2025. This time, we arrived with more knowledge than before, yet holding communal art workshops and having discussions with the participants once again taught both me and the main partners of this project a great deal. Even after careful planning,…
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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 theme of the conference was traditional knowledge. Traditional knowledge touches Indigenous peoples very deeply and on many levels – it is not just a collection of facts or skills, but an essential part of our culture, identity, and worldview. The main objective of the Youth Council is to promote the cultural and language rights…
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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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At the end of our spring workshops the research team gave out a task as homework for the participating groups. The team decided on a bingo-task, through which the participants could examine their own relationship with their immediate environment. About the Bingo The main task, given to students as homework, was a photo bingo. In…
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The Rievdan–Muutos project participated in the 38th InSEA (International Society for Education through Art) World Congress, held from July 21–25, 2025, in Olomouc, Czech Republic. The theme of the conference, Unexpected Territories, explored diverse perspectives of contemporary art education around the world. Nearly 500 art educators, artists, and researchers took part in the event. https://www.inseaconference.com/ Mirja…
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The Rievdan core team is familiar with life in the far North. The project’s leader, Professor Mirja Hiltunen from the Faculty of Art and Design at the University of Lapland, and Korinna Korsström-Magga, post-doctoral researcher and coordinator of the Rievdan project, have both lived in the region for over 30 years. Jalvvi Mari Ante, also…
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This project was something we could hardly anticipate in advance. We had never worked with the other participants involved in this project before, so it was a special and unique opportunity to encounter them around a shared cause. The project took off quickly for us, and we are very happy to have been part of…
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