Relate North 2018 – Nord University, Nesna

The seventh Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design (ASAD) Symposium was held from 6 to 8 November in Nesna, Norway and was organized by the University of Lapland and the Nord University. As has become the norm for Relate North events, scientific presentations took place in parallel with an art exhibition. The theme of the symposium, Collaborative Art, Design and Education, highlighted the benefits and challenges of cooperation in various fields of art and science, focusing particularly on teacher training. Participants at the international symposium travelled from eight different countries from as far afield as Alaska and the Komi Republic, Russia.

ASAD is one of the most active Thematic Networks of the University of Arctic, with 26 Arctic Universities from eight countries. The network aims to identify, support and disseminate best practice and research in Arctic art, art education and design.

Relate North 2018: Collaborative Art, Design and Education
The Symposium focused on the wider perspective of collaborative practices within the Arctic region. This includes art and design projects within and between society, schools, universities, business, culture, tourism and well-being.

RELATE NORTH is a collaboration between the University of the Arctic’s Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design thematic network (ASAD), Nord University Faculty of Education and Arts, University of Lapland, UArctic and Helgeland Museum. This will be the seventh symposium in the series hosted by ASAD.