art in vesterålen

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Hovden

Melbu

Nyksund

Skjervøy

Teigan

Vinjesjøen

Stø

Myre

Andenes

Jennestad

Rise

Børøya

HustadLødingen

Risøyhamn

Stokmarknes

SigerfjordBreines

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Sortland

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Skogsøya

TindenFinnvåg

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Flatset33

Taen39

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= Art galleries/workshop studios/sales exhibits

= Artscape Nordland

= RÆK- og TRAFO installations

= Sculptures/other

2010 A GUIDE

Artin vesterålen

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Streams of energyThis folder guides you to quality art and acquaints you with the artists in Vesterålen. Most of the exhibitions are sched-uled during the summer months, but most of the information is valid throughout 2010. Cultural Cooperation in Vesterålen bids you welcome to a large variety of art experiences!

Vesterålen is a strip of islands along the northwest coast-line. Nowhere else in the world does the Gulf Stream snuggle in closer to the shoreline than here. It was for that reason that the Gulf Stream was chosen as a theme and metaphor when the Vesterålen islanders celebrated the new millennium. The celebration is still going on!

The Gulf Stream brings with it warm blue currents and provides Vesterålen’s oceanscape and landscape with an energy that inspires artists of many kinds. They may be visiting guests or artists from the outside world who have chosen to live and work here, but they also include Vesterålen residents who have lived here for generations.

Much of the art created in Vesterålen may be ex-perienced on a trip through the six municipalities, including Lødingen. This little folder is designed to be your guide to Vesterålen art. We present the artists, studios, sculptures, installations and gal-leries that display what the artists have created, as well as works in progress.

We also focus on some of the collaborative projects, many of which are the result of the area’s collective tribute to the Gulf Stream.

Cover photo: The art installation RÆK IV was officially opened during winter 2010. Read more, page 8 bottom. Photo: Siv Johansen

HADSEL:«Transformasjoner» Myriam Borst

ØKSNES:«Naustet» (The Boathouse) Karel Rouwenhorst.

SORTLAND:«Strømninger» (Currents) Heidi Nygård

ANDØY:«Havblomst» (Sea Blossom) Siri Tollefsen

BØ:«Det røde gullbergslottet» (The Red Gullberg Castle) Terese Riis

LØDINGEN:«Livskraft» (Life Force) Heidi Nygård4

Electrical transformer sheds become power artSix grey, drab and modest transformer sheds in the six Vest-erålen municipalities have been transformed into powerful works of art. The project was achieved by the Vesterålen Cultural Council with joint financing and the collaboration of Andøy Energi, Hålogaland Kraft, Trollfjord Kraft, Vest-erålskraft Nett, the municipalities of Andøy, Bø, Hadsel, Lødingen, Sortland and Øksnes as well as Nordland County Administration.

The transformer art is part of Vesterålen Cultural Committee’s cultural boost from 2000 to 2010, and builds upon the concepts of the millennium celebration. But why transformer art? Art supervisor Ingrid Larssen explains: – We have previously completed something similar through the RÆK project in collaboration with the Andøy Art School at Andenes. The transformer art was very well received here, and we wanted to extend the project. The transformer sheds practically screamed out for artistic decoration; they were solid cubes waiting for an artist’s touch.

Five artists closely associated with Vesterålen have completed their projects (sites in parentheses): Siri Tollefsen (Risøyhamn in Andøy), Terese Riis (Vinjesjøen in Bø), Myriam Borst (Stokmarknes in Hadsel), Heidi Nygård (Sortland centre and Lødingen centre) and Karel Rouwenhorst (Myre in Øksnes).

Lødingen has two decorated electrical sheds, «Livskraft» (Life Power) and «Kystkraft» (Coastal Power). The first of these is located at the bus stop in Lødingen; the other is on the right side of the road exiting Lødingen.

ØKSNES:«Etterbilder» (After Images) Inghild Karlsen

LØDINGEN:«Øye i stein» (Eye in Stone) Anish Kapoor

HADSEL:«Dager og netter» (Days and Nights) Sarkis

BØ:«Mannen fra havet» (The Man from the Sea) Kjell Erik Killi Olsen

ANDØY:«Øymuseet» (Island Museum) Rafael Rheinsberg

SORTLAND:«Havsøye» (Eye on the Sea) Sigurdur Gudmundsson

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Art takes placeArtscape Nordland is an internationally renowned art project. Six of the 33 sculptures are located in Veste rålen – an area representing Artscape’s northern-most border. “Art takes place” is a motto for Artscape Nordland. In Vesterålen, art takes place along the sea. All of the sculptures here are placed directly on the seashore or are inspired by a maritime theme.

In Lødingen, one finds the 37-ton ”Eye in Stone”, at Sortland ”The Eye on the Sea”. In Bø, “The Man from the Sea” towers in tribute to the ocean, and in Øksnes, the artist located the lamp-like sculp-tures “After-images” in the former fishing village of Nyksund and in the centre of modern Myre. In Hadsel, the sculpture “Days and Nights” is installed across the inlet from the old coastal express Finnmarken, and at Andenes, “Island Museum” comprises a collection of articles found along the shoreline.

Maaretta Jaukkuri has expressed the rationale for Artscape Nordland: ”The most important reason for these sculptures being placed in Nordland’s landscape is that it was here that they origi-nated – in the meeting between the landscape itself and the artist. And it is in the corre-sponding encounters between the landscape, the sculpture and the beholder that signifi-cance is recognized and recreated. It is in the moment that art occurs.”

ANDØY:RÆK Iis located at the car park at Hisnakul, Andenes.

ØKSNES:RÆK II at Stø nearStø CaravanCamping.

BØ:RÆK III at Buholmenin Hovden.

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The Gulf Streamhas gone ashoreThe warm caress flowing out of Mexico brings very much with it. At Andenes and Stø, in Hovden and on the seaward side of Hadseløya, much of what has drifted ashore has been used in artistic installations.

The RÆK projects were realized as a part of the Gulf Stream Cultural Lift, which began at Andenes in 2001. The art school here completed the project together with artists Bent Aune and Ingrid Larssen. Sundry items from the shoreline were affixed to a transformer shed in the harbour area, painted blue and decorated with words and phrases.

In 2002, the project was expanded. Myre primary school, Husjord School, Romset School and Øksnes Coastal Society created RÆK II with ornament artist Ingrid Larssen as con-sultant. The artists, working on a volunteer basis, placed three large wooden beams at Stø. The boulder behind it was given an eye – so that it looks like a whale or wolffish.

Using nine metre-long beams of driftwood and a two-metre tall basalt column from Iceland, artist Harald Oredam and his able assistants created an installation that resembles a fish-drying rack.

On the outer side of Hadseløya, at Taen, a stone spiral has been created, since stones have also drifted with the Gulf Stream. Pupils from Stokmarknes Primary School and Hadsel Upper Secondary (Melbu) created the installation in collaboration with artist Siv Johansen. A path with a love bench and poetry leads down to RÆK IV. See front cover.

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The Blue City by the SeaSortland will be painted blue! Newspaper articles with this type of headline now fill seve-ral scrapbooks. Artist Bjørn Elvenes first presented the idea of a blue city in 1998, and a pilot project was started as part of Sortland municipality’s millennium project and as part of its cultural boost and stream of culture, with the Gulf Stream as a source of inspiration.

A storm ensued. The local newspaper, during several stormy periods, printed page after page of letters to the editor, both against and in favour of the blue city, for and against the various shades of colour that were presented. In the meantime, the city has become bluer and bluer. A wall here, an alley there, and a facade the next day.

The idea is to give the local population and visitors to the city new energy, to improve open public spaces, and to cre-ate an environment for growth, quality of life and creativity.

Some of this creative power has found expression in Writing on a background of blue. Young people from Vesterålen have worked together with author Lars Saabye Christensen to create literary embellishments on a volunteer basis.

– We plan to collaborate in order to give Sortland a gift of poetry, said Saabye Christensen, before the volunteer group went out into the streets to find locations in need of a word, a sentence, a poem, a phrase. The blue facades have been adorned with letters – short phrases addressed to you who wander along a wall, cross a street, round a street corner. Be sure to stop and ponder for a moment!

Siv Johansen«Hjertelig»

Eli Rindal Steiro«Uskyld»

Tove Hov Jacobsen«Tromsøpalmer I»

HADSEL (3) INGRIDLARSSEN

Hadsel, Stokmarknes Tel. 99 15 75 44 E-mail: ingrid.larssen@c2i.net Web site: www.ingridlarssen.no Art medium: Arts and crafts design, jewellery and objects in silk or wool. Showing: Ring to make an appointment. Educated at National College of Art and Design and the Rietveld Academy, Amsterdam. A number of solo and group exhibitions in Norway and other countries. Member NK.

(4) MYRIAMBORSTStorskjervøya, access by boat from Stokmarknes. Tel. 90 22 13 52 E-mail: myriam.borst@gmail.com Web site: www.myriamborst.com Art medium: Pictorial art. Exhibitions: Galleriet Parallell Univers on Storskjervøya, showing by appointment (see p. 23). Education from the Willem de Kooin-ing Academy in Rotterdam, Solo exhibitions and group exhibitions. Decoration commis-sions. Member NBK.

(5) SIVJOHANSENTeigan, about 12 km west of Stokmarknes. Tel. 91 72 03 82 E-mail: siv.johansen@gmail.com Web site: www.sivjohansen.com Art medium: Painting, textiles and glass art. Exhibitions: Summer exhibition at Galleri Uvær. Open: See p. 22. Education from Mølla School of Art and Un-versity College of Oslo, plus courses in glass fusing. Solo and group exhibitions.

ArtistsSeparate galleriesand open workshops

ANDØY

(1) BENTAUNEFr. Nansens gt. 37, AndenesTel. 95 11 28 56 E-mail: bent-h-a@online.no Art medium: Graphics, paintings. Exhibitions: «Verkstedet» Studio. Ring to make an appointment. Educated at the Academy of Art, Bergen. Participated in a number of juried exhibitions at home and abroad. Several public acquisitions. Member of Norwegian Pictorial Artists (NBK) and NNBK.

(2) DICKMONSHOUWERRisøyhamnTel. 76 14 51 00/47 65 00 58 E-mail: dick.monshouwer@c2i.net Web site: www.dickmonshouwer.com Art medium: Jewellery, paintings. Exhibitions: Galleri Dick Monshouwer, Risøyhamn. Open: See p. 19.Educated at Vakschool Schoonhoven, workshop attendance, Kautokeino. Participated in juried solo and group exhibitions in Norway and other countries. Member NK.

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Sigrid Szetu«Uten tittel»

Eva Charlotte Nilsen«Blått bad»

Ivar Mallaug«Hare»

(6) ANTHONYWHITEStrandgata 5, MelbuTel. 47 84 25 69 E-mail: antleo42@live.co.uk Web site: www.artby.net Art medium: Painting, collage, drawing. Exhibitions: Tollergården Atelier. Open: See p. 22. Showing: Ring to make an appointment. Education from Northbrook College, Sussex and University of Brighton. Solo exhibitions in Vesterålen, group exhibitions in Norway and other countries. Member NBK.

(7) KARINHAYWHITEStrandgata 5, MelbuTel. 47 84 25 69 E-mail: karinw08@hotmail.com Web site: www.artby.net Art medium: Painting, drawing. Exhibitions: Tollergården Atelier. Open: See p. 22. Showing: Ring to make an appointment. Education from Northbrook College, Sussex and University of Brighton. Solo exhibitions in Vesterålen, group exhibitions in Norway and other countries. Member NBK.

(8) RAGNHILDADELHEIDHOLTENIvar Bergmos gt. 6, Stokmarknes Tel. 47 37 52 19 E-mail: adholten@gmail.com Web site: www.adholten.no Art medium: Painting. Showing: Ring for an appointment for a studio showing. Education from Northbrook College, Sussex Edu-cation in wordworking and TV/film in Norway. Solo and group exhibitions in Norway and other countries. Member NBK.

(9) CHRISTIANSKAGENIvar Bergmos gt. 6, Stokmarknes Tel. 47 39 55 50 E-mail: papirarbeider@gmail.com Web site: www.cskagen.no Web site: www.cskagen.com (English) Art medium: Drawing and constructions. Exhibitions: Nyksund 10 Festival. Se p. 29. Showing: Ring for an appointment for a studio showing. Education from Granum Art School, The School of Art in Kabelvåg and NTNU. Public decoration commissions. Rep-resented at the 64th North-Norwegian Art Exhibition. (2010). Member of the Associa-tion of Norwegian Drawers and NBK.

SORTLAND

(10)ToveHovJacobsenLihallen Cultural Centre, SigerfjordTel. 76 12 70 11/95 17 87 97 E-mail: post@lihallen.no Web site: www.lihallen.no Art medium: Painting and graphics. Exhibitions: Lihallen Cultural Centre Open: See p. 26. About the artist: Education from Egen Art school of painting, Oslo and studies in France. Solo exhibitions all over Norway, group exhibitions. Several decoration com-missions. Member NBK.

(11)IVARMALLAUGRisev. 253, Sortland. Tel. 76 12 61 06/90 58 76 96 E-mail: imallaug@tnett.no Web site: www.mallaug.no Art medium: Ceramics. Sales: Ceramic sales from the workshop. Open: See p. 26. Applied crafts and unique items in stone and porcelain.

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Christian Skagen«Satelitt»

Blås Ide«Uten tittel»

Ingunn Moen Reinsnes«Sjura»

(12)EVACHARLOTTENILSENTorget 16, Sortland Tel. 91 35 94 96 E-mail: rampelys@online.no Web site: www.rampelys.no Art medium: Photography and film Showing: Ring to make an appointment. Education as a film photographer. Experience as a producer and director of films. Member of the Norwegian Film Association.

(13)INGUNNMOENREINSNESLamarkvn. 54, SortlandTel. 76 12 48 22 E-mail: ingunnjmr@hotmail.com Web site: www.123hjemmeside.no/reinsnes Art medium: Painting, drawing. Showing: Ring for an appointment for a studio showing. Education from the Oslo School of Drawing and Painting. Has participated in a number of juried group and solo exhibitions. Public decoration commissions. Member NBK and LNM and SDS

(14)OVEAALOSolveien 5A, Sortland Tel. 90 03 43 49 E-mail: ove.aalo@vkbb.no Web site: www.oveaalo.com Art medium: Photography. Exhibitions: Photo exhibits at Nyksund Ekspedisjonen in Nyksund all summer long. Open: During the restaurant’s scheduled opening hours. Self-taught.

(15)KARELROUWENHORSTGåsbøl, SortlandTel. 90 57 05 92 E-mail: karelkotz@gmail.com Art medium: Collage, shamanistic style, works with skulls, bones, driftwood, etc. Exhibitions: Exhibition at Nyksund 10 (festival) See p. 29.Showing: Studio in Nyksund. Visits by telephone appointment. Self-taught artist from the Netherlands.

(16)GUNNARTOLLEFSENMaurnes, SortlandTel. 76 12 66 09/92 81 46 68. E-mail: post@atelier-noss.com Web site: www.atelier-noss.com Art medium: Painting, woodworking, graphics, drawing. Exhibitions: Atelier Nøss Open: see p. 19. Education from the Academy of Fine Art, Oslo. Member of Norwegian Pictorial Artists (NBK) and LNM

(17)ELINRINDAHLSTEIROElvebakken 91, SortlandTel. 95 21 69 00 E-mail: elin.rindahl@c2i.net Web site: www.moods-of-elin.no Art medium: Drawing, painting, collage, water colours. Exhibitions: Has studio and solo exhibition at The Artists’ Residence. See p. 26. Midwife exhibition at The Artists’ Residence in conjunction with the centennial jubilee, August. Educated at the Interdisciplinary Institute in Bærum, University College in Tromsø and advanced studies in Fine Arts og Graphics, USA. Has had solo and collective exhibitions.

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Ingrid Larssen«Meduse IV»

Ragnhild Adelheid Holten«Heart»

Gunnar Tollefsen«Byen»

ØKSNES

(18)SIGRIDSZETUKvitbrygga, NyksundTel. 92 09 14 93E-mail: sigridszetu@hotmail.com Web site: www.szetu.net Art medium: Painting and collage. Exhibitions: Atelier 8439: Open: see p. 28. Education from Camberwell School of Art. Solo exhibitions in more than 20 countries, participated in a number of juried group exhibitions. Public decoration commissions. Member of Norwegian Pictorial Artists (NBK) and TF.

(19)HILDESKJØNBERGHANSEN ANDROBERTTANGRANG

T. Liens vei 3, Myre Tel. 95 81 01 61/41 55 01 16 E-mail: skjonberg@hotmail.com Web site: www.blaside.no Art medium: Glass art.Sales: Blås idé Open: see p. 28. Hilde was educated at BA Glass University of Wolverhampton, England. Robert has lengthy experience as a glassblower.

Galleries, exhibitions, sculptures and installations (subject to changes)

ANDØY

(16)ATELIERNØSS Nøss Tel. 76 12 66 09/ 92 81 46 68E-mail: post@atelier-noss.com Web site: www.atelier-noss.com Exhibitions: Painting, woodworking, graphics, drawing, crafts, photo, textile art. Open:: 3.7.–8.8. Tues.–Sun. from 12–17. (closed Mondays) Gunnar Tollefsen, see over-view of artists p. 17. Siri Tollefsen, see p. 30. Espen Tollefsen and Åse Tollefsen.

(2) DICKMONSHOUWERGALLERYJust across from the coastal express pier, RisøyhamnTel. 76 14 51 00/47 65 00 58 E-mail: dick.monshouwer@c2i.net Web site: www.dickmonshouwer.com Exhibitions: Jewellery, paintings. See overview on artists p. 12. Open: 1.6.–15.9. Tues.–Sat. 10–16 and by appointment request. The gallery is open year round.

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Dick Monshouwer«Maleri nr 1501»

Bent Aune«Gammelfjøsen»

Karel Rouvenhorst«Welcome to the machine»

(20)GALLERIFARGEKLATTENSjøgata 38A, Andenes Tel. 97 76 00 20 E-mail: post@fargeklatten.no Web site: www.fargeklatten.no Exhibitions this summer: 26.6–29.7. Solo exhi-bition by Kari Rindal Endresen (water colours) 31.7.–31.8. Solo exhibition of paintings and graphics by Inger Kaurin 4.–30.9. Solo exhibition of paintings and poetry by Oddbjørg Husøy. Open: Summer: Mon.–Sat. 11–16 (closed Sundays) Group reservations may be made by telephone or e-mail.

(21)THEISLANDMUSEUMArtscape Nordland Raffael Rheinsberg. Collection of objects the artist found on the shores of Andøya during August 1992. Exhibition in a garage next to the Polar Museum. Open every day 10– 17(Enquire at the Polar Museum).

(22)THESEAFLOWER ElectricalTransformershed

Siri Tollefsen. Decorated transformer shed at Andøykroa. Andøykroa, Risøyhamn, See p. 4.

(23)HISNAKUL,AndenesCentre for art and cultural experiences. Open: 15.6.–5.8. from 9–18 and16.8.–31.8 from 9–16.

(24)RÆKIDecorated electrical transformer shed at Andenes at HISNAKUL. See p. 8.

BØ

(25)GALLERIHILDRELANDStraume Tel. 95 72 60 11 E-mail: ingrid.lekven@hotmail.com Web site: www.gallerihildreland.com Exhibitions: Alternating exhibitions as well as permanent sales exhibition of pictorial art, jewellery, ceramics, glass, photography, knits, etc. Sale of short-travelled food. Open: 26.6.–8.8. Weds.– Sat. For times, see home page. Open year round, see home page. It is possible to ring for an appointment outside open hours.

(26)MUSEUMNORD–BØMUSEUMVinjesjøenTel. 76 13 56 54/47 46 85 64 E-mail: bo.museum@museumnord.no Web site: www.museumnord.no/bo Exhibitions: Of the Same Wool, by crafts artisan Ingrid Larssen, and Visions for a World (pictorial art) by Tove Elisabeth Dahle. Open: 13.6.–15.8. Tues.–Thurs. from 10– 18. Weds. and Fri. 10– 16, Sat.– Sun. 11– 16 (closed Mondays).

(27)THEREDGULLBERGCASTLEtrafoTerese Riis. Decorated transformer shed, Vinjesjøen at Museum Nord – Bø Community Museum. See p. 4.

(28)THEMANFROMTHESEAArtscape Nordland Kjell Erik Killi Olsen. Cast iron and crystal. Bø Community Museum, Vinjesjøen. See p. 6.

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Anthony White«Museum of Curiosity»

Karin Hay White«Circle and stripes»

Ivar Mallaug«Copycat»

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(29)RÆKIIIHarald Oredam. Installation at Buholmen in Hovden See pp. 8 and 26.

HADSEL

(5) GALLERIUVÆRTeigan, about 12 km west of StokmarknesTel. 91 72 03 82 E-mail: siv.johansen@gmail.com Web site: www.sivjohansen.com Exhibitions: Summer exhibition by Siv Johansen. Art medium: Painting, textiles and glass art. See overview on artists p. 13. Open 27.6.–1.8.: Tues.– Sun. 12–16, otherwise by appointment. (closed Mondays). Open Sun-days during the rest of the year, see home page.

(6/7)TOLLERGÅRDENSTUDIOMelbu Tel. 47 84 25 69 E-mail: karinw08@hotmail.com Web site: www.artby.net Art medium: Painting, collage, drawing and handbags. See overview of artists, Karin Hay White and Anthony White p. 14. Frida White will exhibit her originally designed handbags. Open: 2.7.–31.7. 12–18 daily.

(30)GALLERIAPOTHEKETApothekergården, Stokmarknes Tel. 90 93 74 00/41 30 36 92 E-mail: sylvelin.sandvik@trollfjord.no Exhibitions: Sales exhibition featuring several artists. Art medium: Paintings, graphics, drawings. Open: 26.6.–7.8. Daily 12– 16. (closed Mondays).

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(31)MELBUMANORMaren Fredriksens Alle 1, Melbu Tel. 76 15 75 56 E-mail: vesteraalsmuseet@museumnord.no Hjemmeside:www.museumnord.no Exhibit of Harald Petersen’s 16 paintings donated as a gift to the Museum Nord– Vesterålen Museum. Open: mid-June – mid-August daily from 11–17.

(32)RØDGÅRDENStrandgata 5, MelbuExhibition during Summer-Melbu. Opening 3 July. 5 p.m. Opening hours: 4.7.–12.7. 12–18. Sales exhibition featuring the following artists. Ståle Blæsterdalen (graphics), Linn Kalseth (glass), Marianne Moe (textiles) and Grethe Andrea Kvaal (photography).

(33)GALLERYATFLATSETFlatset. 7 km west of StokmarknesTel. 41 73 10 16 E-mail: valdisopmanis@inbox1v Exhibitions: Pictorial art. Open: July–September. The artists themselves live here and welcome visitors all day long. Valdís Opmanís is educated from the Art Academy of Riga. Solo and group exhibitions in Norway and other countries. Gundega Zíle is educated from the woodworking school in Riga and from the State University.

(4) GallerietParallellUniversStorskjervøya, access by boat from StokmarknesTel. 90 22 13 52 E-mail: myriam.borst@gmail.com Web site: www.myriamborst.com Art medium: Pictorial art. Exhibitions: 3.7.–18.7. Open daily. Visitors can be picked up by boat, NOK 150 per person, by advance reservation via telephone. See overview on artists p. 13.

Dick Monshouwer«Maleri nr 3321

Eva Charlotte Nilsen«Hud»

Ingrid Larssen«Rom for alle»

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(34)NEPTUNNeptunveien, Melbu. Tel. 76 15 77 66 E-mail: ragnearonsen@nordland-akademi.no Web site: www.nordland-akademi.no Exhibitions: 9 bronze heads by Ola Enstad. Enstad is the profiled artist during Summer Melbu 2010. His is a Norwegian sculptor resid-ing in Oslo. Open: 2.7.–31.9. Mon.–Fri. 9–15. 3. and 4, 10 and 11 July from 12–17 (during Summer-Melbu).

(35)CULTUREFERRYExhibition featuring Vesterålen artists (and craft artisans) on board the « Culture Ferry Melbu–Fiskebøl » during the period 3.–20.7. Arranger: Nordland Academy for Art and Science. (Trial project).

(36)BATHINGBOATHarald Oredam. Sculpture located across from the gravel football pitch, Melbu School. Dark larvikite. See p. 30.

(37)DAYSANDNIGHTSArtscape Nordland Sarkis, Turkey. Sculpture in two parts. Lødingen- and white granite. On the shoreline at the bridge spanning Børøya – Stokmarknes. See p. 6.

(38)TRANSFORMATIONS ElectricalTransformerShed

Myriam Borst. Decorated electrical transformer shed at Stokmarknes, near the hospital. See pp. 4 and 13.

(39)RÆKIVStone spiral near the bathing beach, Taen. Artist Siv Johansen is responsible for the work. See p. 8.

LØDINGEN

(40)FARKOSTAnnelise Josefsen. Sculpture at Lødingen Up-per Secondary School. Lødingen monsonite.

(41)COMMUNICATIONEllen Jacobsen. Sculpture in cast bronze, at the Telenor building in the Telecom Park, Lødingen.

(42)LIFEPOWERElectricaltransformershedHeidi Nygård. Decorated electrical transformer shed at the bus stop in Lødingen. See pp. 4 and 30.

(43)COASTALPOWERElectricalTransformershedHeidi Nygård. Decorated transformer shed at the entrance to Lødingen. See pp. 4 and 25.

(44)EYEINSTONEArtscape NordlandAnish Kapoor. Lødingen granite. Stands on the shoreline at Hustad Farm, Lødingen Vestbygd. See p. 6.

SORTLAND

(45)GALLERIJENNESTADJennestad Trading Station. Tel. 90 01 10 40 E-mail: kbk@dcfu.no Web site: www.jennestad.no Featured exhibitor in 2010 is Håkon Gullvåg. Sales exhibition: Tor-Arne Moen, Lars Elling, Christopher Rådlund, Vibeke Slyngstad, Frank Brunner, Petter Hepsø. Art medium: oil paint-ings, graphics, sculpture. Open: 26.6.–8.8.: Weds.–Sun. 11–17. Mon.– Tues. open by appointment. Permanent exhibition: Hamsun portraits, Jennestad Sculpture Garden.

Christian Skagen«Nr 18»

Ingunn Moen Reinsnes«Ravn»

Siv Johansen«Engel»

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(48)COASTALEXPRESSTERMINALOpen: 09–15 and 00–03.30. 69.7º N. Decoration by Oili Puolitaival (see p. 17). Inside the terminal there are two texts that are part of the project Writings on a Field of Blue (see p. 10).

(49)SAABYE’SLIBRARY/HAMSUNFOYERSortland HotellHere there are busts of author Lars Saabye Christensen og Knut Hamsun, sculpted by artist Nico Widerberg.

(50)EKSPEDISJONEN(lunchrestaurant)Blåbrygga, Sortland Exhibitions: Alternating exhibitions. Open: During the restaurant’s scheduled opening hours.

(51)HAVSØYE(EyeontheSea), ArtscapeNordland

Sigurður Gudmunðsson, Iceland. Granite. Facing the waterfront at the marketplace, Sortland.

(52)INTERNALDIALOGUEHarald Oredam, sculpture at the entrance to the newspaper building. Rådhusgata 2, Sortland, Monsonite.

(53)MANNMEDEGETTAK [ManwithHisOwnRoof]

Harald Oredam, 1987. Bronze sculpture at Breines, Inner Sigerfjord, down on the shoreline. See p. 30.

(54)CURRENTSElectricalTransformerShedHeidi Nygård. Decorated electrical transformer shed in downtown Sortland, outside the former ”Dairy” building. See p. 4.

(46)GALLERIVESTERÅLENStrandgata 33, Sortland. Tel. 76 12 52 00 E-mail: postmaster@galleri-vesteraalen.no Web site: www.galleri-vesteraalen.no Exhibitions: Dagfinn Bakke, Gunn Vottestad, Eva Harr, Karl Erik Harr and others. Art medium: Oils, water colours, graphics. Open year round Mon.–Fri. between 10–16, Saturdays 10–14, (Closed Sundays).

(10)LIHALLENCULTURALCENTRESigerfjord. Tel. 76 12 70 11/95 17 87 97 E-mail: post@lihallen.no Web site: www.lihallen.no Art medium: Painting and graphics. Exhibitions: Tove Hov Jacobsen. (See overview of artists p. 15). Open: 24.6.–9.8. 12– 16. (Closed Mondays and Tuesdays).

(47)THEARTISTS’RESIDENCEGårdsalleén 6c, Sortland Pictorial artist Elin Rindahl Steiro has her studio at the Artists’ Residence and opens her workshop by appointment from 1 May (tel. 95 21 69 00). She also has a solo exhibition inside the Artists’ Residence during the period 25.6.–17.7. (drawings, oils, water colours). Sales exhibition Transformations by returning young artist Marita Ivarsson Elverum (acrylics, felt tip pen, pastels). Open: 24.7.–29.7. daily 12–15.

(11)CERAMICSSALESWORKSHOPRisev. 253, Sortland. Tel. 76 12 61 06/90 58 76 96E-mail: imallaug@tnett.no Web site: www.mallaug.no Art medium: Ceramics. Ivar Mallaug has sales of ceramics directly from the workshop. See over-view on artists p. 15. Open: daily from 9–22. Applied crafts and unique items in stone and porcelain. Open Sundays during the rest of the year, see home page.

Myriam Borst«Ny Ålesund»

Gunnar Tollefsen«Tårn»

Karin Hay White«Ethnic triangle»

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(19)BLÅSIDÉT. Liens vei 3, Myre Tel. 95 81 01 61/41 55 01 16 E-mail: skjonberg@hotmail.com Web site: www.blaside.no Art medium: Glass art.Open: 5.6.–7.8. Mon.–Fri. 10– 15. Sat. between 10–14 (Closed Sundays). By artists: Hilde Skjønberg Hansen and Robert Tangrang. See p. 18. Appointments can be made by tel. 95 81 01 61.

(18)ATELIER8439 Nyksund. Tel. 92 09 14 93E-mail: sigridszetu@hotmail.com Web site: www.szetu.net Art medium: Paintings, collage and multi-media. Exhibitions: Gerd Frantzen 26.6.–11.7., Sigrid Szetu 13.7.–7.8., Svein Terje Bang 8.8.–15.8. See overview of artists Sigrid Szetu, p.18 in this brochure. Open: 26.6.–15.8. 12–18 daily.

(55)GALLERITINDENTinden, Øksnes Vestbygd Tel. 90 94 57 27. E-mail: asle@finvag.no Web site: www.tinden.oksnes.no Art medium: Pictorial art and glass art. Exhibitions: Dagfinn Bakke and the glass-blower workshop Blås Ide. Open: 13.6.–15.8. 10–18.

(56)GALLERYARCTICSEASONS–FinvågFinvåg, Øksnes Vestbygd Tel. 90 94 57 27E-mail: asle@finvag.no Web site: www.arktiske-aarstider.org Art medium: Pictorial art. Exhibitions: Jarle Rosseland. Open: 13.6.–15.8. 10–18.

(57)NYKSUNDEKSPEDISJONRestaurant and café in Nyksund. Exhibitions: photography by Ove Aalo this summer. Open: During the restaurant’s scheduled opening hours.

(58)NYKSUNDTEN(festival)Nyksund Art exhibitions indoors and outdoors in several locations in Nyksund. Tel. 95 11 30 48 E-mail: vel@nyksund.no Web site: www.nyksund.no Art medium: Installations, objects, paintings, photos, sound and video designs. Exhibitions: Christian Skagen, Karel Rouwenhorst, Marius Almås Johansen, Sigrid Szetu, Geir Gjerde, Frank Dubois and others. Open: 12.–15.8. approx. 11–20.

(59)WHEELBARROWFESTIVALSkogsøya, Øksnes Vestbygd. Tel. 95 20 63 55 Art medium: Pictorial art. Exhibitions: Transformations, by returning young artist Marita Ivarsson Elverum. (acrylics, felt tip pen, pastels). Open: 6.–8.8. between 12–17.

(60)ETTERBILDER[AfterImages] ArtscapeNordland

Inghild Karlsen. Granite, galvanised and polished steel, vacuum pressed acrylics and eternally lit lamps. Sculpture in two parts placed in the harbour park at Myre and on the market square in Nyksund. See p. 6.

(61)THEBOATHOUSEElectricalTransformerShedKarel Rouwenhorst. Decorated electrical transformer shed at the entrance to Myre. See pp. 4 and 17.

Anthony White«Electic Dokumentation»

Elin Rindal Steiro«Lengsel IV»

Bent Aune«Märthaklokker»

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Responsibleforthisbrochure:Cultural Cooperation in Vesterålen. Margrethe Berntsen and Erik M. Bugge

EditorialCommittee:Ingrid Larssen, Ingunn Moen Reinsnes and Erik M. Bugge (responsible supervisor)

Photographers:Pages 1–12: Trym Ivar Bergsmo, Erik Bugge. Eva Ch. Nilsen, Heidi Nygård, Vegard Moen, Alf Oxem, Terese Riis and Svein Spjelkavik

Referencetexts:Pages 2–10: Bård Michalsen

Layout:Advertisement bureau Mål og Mening AS in collaboration with the editorial com-mittee.

Englishtranslation:Tim Challman.

The artists from Vesterålen who are represented in this brochure are either members of national professional organi-zations for artists or have been evaluated by a professional jury and approved for inclusion.

Financed through a partnership agreement between Nordland County Administration and Vesterålen

(62)PORTALGunn Harbitz. At Myre Church. Granite.

(63)RÆKIIInstallation of driftwood and stone at Valen, Stø. See p. 8.

OTHER VESTERÅLEN ARTISTS with installations/sculptures, etc.

HEIDINYGÅRDSee p. 4 and works of art 42, 43 and 54.Oslo, originally from Lødingen. Tel. 90 08 97 46.E-mail: heidi@nettforlaget.netArt medium: Mixed medium, comprising serigraphy, water colours and painting.

HARALDOREDAMSee p. 8 and works of art 29, 36, 52 and 53.Eidsfoss, originally from Andøya.Tel. 33 05 71 84/99 26 26 65E-mail: oredam@online.nohttp://www.vestfoldnett.com/art/oredam/Art medium: Sculpture and computer graphics.

TERESERIISSee p. 4 and work of art 27.Stavanger, has lived in Sortland.Tel. 93 03 24 63E-mail: terese.riis@c2i.netArt medium: Scenography/pictorial artist.

SIRITOLLEFSENSee p. 4 and work of art 22.Bergen, originally from Sortland.Tel. 55 31 57 18/41 55 90 78E-mail: siri_tollefsen@hotmail.comArt medium: Textile artist.