Scandinavia House, in partnership with New York Textile Month, is pleased to present TEXTILE TAKEOVER, a weekend exhibition, symposium, and workshop series highlighting contemporary Nordic textiles. Featuring an exhibition in the Scandinavia House gallery, the program will also include artist talks, a panel and Sunday workshops by Isabel Berglund (DK) and Heidi Hankaniemi (FI). The weekend program will also highlight work from two Swedish schools: the masters program in textile art from University of Gothenburg’s HDK-Valand, and Boras the Swedish School of Textiles.
The full program schedule will be announced in August; stay tuned for more details and to register.
Featured Artists include:
Isabel Berglund (Denmark)
Sigrún Hlín Sigurðardóttir (Iceland)
Kiyoshi Yamamoto (Norway)
Ingunn Fjóla Ingþórsdóttir (Iceland)
Shoplifter / Hrafnhildur Arnardóttir (Iceland)
Ragna Frodadottir (Iceland)
Mariana Silva Varela (Sweden)
Margrethe Aanestad (Norway)
Alfa Ros Petursdottir (Iceland)
Heidi Hankaniemi (Finland)
ABOUT TEXTILE TAKEOVER
TEXTILE TAKEOVER aims to to serve as a platform for knowledge exchange, accessibility, and meetings within textile art and craft between the Nordic countries and the USA. The project plans three public events during 2024 and 2025, involving textile artists with connections to the Nordic region. Each event will focus on a theme or aspect of textile craft, which will be discussed and explored through meetings between artists active in the Nordic countries and the USA. The project aims to create visibility for contemporary Nordic textile crafts and make them accessible to a broader international audience. The project will also explore the potential of exchanges between Nordic and American textile traditions and movements. Each event will also highlight one of the Nordic art schools with a focus on textiles.
TEXTILE TAKEOVER is a Nordic textile collaboration project initiated by Ragna Froda (ISL/US), Director of New York Textile Month, Evelina Hedin (SWE), international coordinator at Konsthantverkscentrum, and Emily Stoddart (CA), manager of exhibitions and community programs at Scandinavia House, New York.