CONNECTING

CONNECTING Baltic Arts and CraftsCONNECTING is a travelling exhibition that is planned together with the art and craft associations of Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) and its partner regions in Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Norway. 40 artists will present their newest artistic oeuvre together in the five countries. They will engage in an intensive dialogue on both artistic formal languages and concepts of arts and crafts in the different countries.

  • What is the project about?

    CONNECTING is founded on the idea of international cooperation on the fields of art exchange, cultural administration, funding and artists direct involvement. The project is an additional event to other international ones which often are initiated by museums or other established institutions.

    A group of professional artists from the art and craft association, Berufsverband Kunsthandwerk, in Schleswig-Holstein (Germany) initiated the project in 2006 by organising and producing a series of eight bilateral partnership exhibitions. All exhibits have been shown both in Schleswig-Holstein and in the corresponding regions.

    The earlier and the coming exhibitions are arranged in cooperation with the national and regional arts and crafts associations and have been arranged in the context of the Schleswig-Holstein Cultural Partnership Cooperation. They have been supported and founded by the Ministry of Education and Culture, the cooperating regions, the consulates, the regional arts and crafts associations and regional sponsors.

    Through the cordial planning and development of the project the artists establish sustainable connections around the Baltic Sea, both personally and professionally. That kind of project process is explored for the first time in these regions on the arts and crafts field and this makes the project unique in many ways.

  • Project partners

    Germany: Berufsverband Kunsthandwerk Schleswig-Holstein, Ministry of Education and Culture of Land Schleswig-Holstein, Kulturstiftung des Landes Schleswig-Holstein

    Norway: Eastern Norway County Network, Norske Kunsthåndverkere

    Finland: Konsti Art and Design Association, Regional Council of South Ostrobothnia, Regional Council of Ostrobothnia

    Denmark: Danske Kunsthåndværkere Syd, Region Syddanmark, Sønderborg Kommune

    Sweden: Konsthantverkscentrum KHVC

    >> Connecting cooperates with another ARS BALTICA granted project: folkBALTICA.

  • Next edition of the project

    Start and opening of the event: 13 February 2011 at Museumsberg, Flensburg (Germany)

    Museumsberg Flensburg, Flensburg (Germany): 13 February to 8 May 2011

    Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrøm (Norway): 18 June to 31 July 2011

    Pohjanmaan museo/ Österbottens museum, Vaasa (Finland): 9 September to 27 November 2011

    Augustiania, Augustenborg (Denmark): 15 April to 15 June 2012

    Landskrona konsthall, Landskrona (Sweden): 29 June to 29 August 2012

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"ARS BALTICA is not a bureaucratic construction for political posturing, but a concept that stands for unconventional and committed collaboration in real cooperative projects." (Rainer Haarmann, former ARS BALTICA Coordinator, 1997)

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Key Facts

  • start of the exhibition in 2011
  • accredited with the ARS BALTICA logo since 2010
  • project management: Germany and Norway
  • countries involved are: Denmark, Germany, Finland, Norway, Sweden

Website

http://www.connecting-artsandcrafts.comhttp://www.balticartsandcrafts.com

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