Events at the Nordic Heritage Museum in April

These are the events at the Nordic Heritage Museum in Seattle in April.

IRREVERENT: Contemporary Nordic Craft Art

Yerba Buena Center for the Arts (YBCA) presents Irreverent: Contemporary Nordic Craft Art curated by Kate Eilertsen. This exhibition features a new generation of craft artists from Sweden, Norway, Denmark and Finland who challenge the aesthetics and principles of Scandinavian Modernism.

Norwegian Porcelain Doll Exhibit

Porcelain dolls dressed in traditional costumes are on display in Galveston, Tx, from September 16 to January 11, 2006. After a getting a great reception at Moody Gardens, Galveston the dolls have extended their stay until January 2006. The dolls handmade by Tordis Røyne are on loan from the Valdres Folk Museum in Norway.

"Norwegian Clay"-exhibit of contemporary Norwegian ceramics

Anne Arundel Community College invites you to "Norwegian Clay," an exhibit of contemporary Norwegian ceramics at the Cade Center for Fine Arts Gallery in Arnold, Maryland. Works by ten Norwegian contemporary ceramicists will be exhibited.

Fanny Sophie Gjestland at the Museum of Arts & Design

On Saturday, August 28, Fanny Sophie Gjestland was announced as this years winner of the fall exhibition, titled "Triennale 2004", at The Museum of Applied Art in Oslo. Fanny Sophie Gjestland will participate in the exhibition Fiberart International at the Museum of Arts & Design in New York City in September. Fiberart International will feature the work of 48 artists, showcasing the ...

Nordic Moods

An exhibition of paintings, prints, photography, textiles and ceramics by artists of Nordic/Scandinavian decent. Displayed at the Norwegian Seaman's Church in San Francisco.

Breakable Art: Contemporary Glass and Ceramics from Norway

Breakable Art features 51 works by 24 of Norway's most innovative and influential glass and ceramics artists. The exhibition demonstrates the dynamic developments in the field that have taken place in recent years. Exploring both figural and abstract themes, the exhibition includes objects representing a wide range of color, form, and function. Some engage with figurative ornamen...

First Flowering: Rosemaling by Early Masters

Vesterheim Norwegian-American museum will this April exhibit traditional Norwegian Rosemaling. The exhibition includes masterpieces by the first generation of Norwegian rosemalers: Thomas Luraas, Hans Glitterburg, Torkjell Sausgardhaugen, Hebrand Sata and Knut Mevastaul. These painters were all active in the first half of the 19th century. Lesser-known, and even unknown artists with an apparent...

Knitting along the Viking trail

Elsebeth Lavold, artist and designer of Swedish, Danish and Norwegian descent, spans a millennium with her unique knitwear exhibit.

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