Following the Relate North Show & Tell, Umeå Academy of Fine Arts is inviting all teaching faculty at Art Academies in the circumpolar North to discuss the challenges, responsibilities and possibilities that comes with running a teaching institution in the Arctic region. How does our geographical and geopolitical location inform what we teach, how we teach and who we teach?
In this 90-minute session, you are invited to a structured conversation where we investigate ideas like: teaching from the margin; the institution on settler colonial land; local material consciousness; the promise of an arts education; the art academy as host. The goal is to share knowledge and make connections that strengthens our commitment to the Arts and the Arctic. The session is facilitated by Lisa Nyberg, artist and associate professor at Umeå Academy of Fine Arts.