Workshop 1: 4.-5. October - fully booked!

Workshop 2: 6.-7. October

Over two days you will get an introduction to basic compositional principles, collage, drawing and writing techniques and digital printing on textiles. You will be introduced to artists who have worked and work with similar techniques and can be influenced in your own work.

No prior knowledge is required, but we expect you to have an interest in drawing and design. Day two, everyone must bring a cotton fabric to print on. This must be able to be laid flat and can be, for example, a used T-shirt, a cloth tote bag or a piece of fabric you want to give new life to.

You will learn about image composition and how to combine different techniques and the drawn line in combination with cut-out images and found material. During the course we will work with different types of drawing tools, paper, scraps and found material. You will be introduced to techniques that you can explore further on their own, but also learn how to give new life to old textiles instead of buying new and, thus contributing to a more sustainable world.

Annika Simonsson works, alongside her art practice, as a educational coordinator at Kunstnernes Hus, where she arranges and develops workshops for various target groups, with the main emphasis on children and youth. She has previously taught at the Cultural School in Oslo and Akershus. She has studies from the Academy of Fine Arts in Trondheim (NTNU) and Royal Academy of the Arts, Stockholm.

Mikael Munz Bakketun is a trained visual artist from the Academy of Fine Arts in Oslo, and works as a guide at Kunstnernes Hus and the Astrup Fearnley Museum. Here he has held various workshops for children and youth.