Programm

In 2024 the weekend of 20.-21. April was chosen by the nonprofit-association for arts, design and crafts “Pirkanmaan taidesuunnistus” https://taidesuunnistus.net as date for the 20th participatory event PIRKANMAAN TAIDESUUNNISTUS. The word “suunnistus” comes from sports and it means orientation/orienteering/navigation. Visitors move between checkpoints, or sites, which are all marked and described on the elaborate taidesuunnistus-map. “Taide” is arts in Finnish. The region Pirkanmaa encompasses numerous municipalities in and around Tampere. In German one would say Pirkanmaa-Landkreis.

The annual Art Orienteering or Art Navigation event gives the public the opportunity to visit studios, workspaces, galleries and other exhibition venues to experience art, design and crafts or to look over the shoulder of artisans at work. The public is encouraged to interact, engage on dialogue-conversations, to try-out and learn new techniques-of-making, to support the makers by purchasing a work or just to admire local talent. Just dropping by for a cup of coffee is also fun!

2024 marks the amazing 20th anniversary of the Art Navigation initiative. Around 190 art sites in 14 different municipalities in Pirkanmaa have registered as participants.

Nanna joins Sara Lundén at site #7 in Kangasala: Mustoontie 174 in Kangasala-Suinula.
Sara’s location, an old lakeside-villa that she restores mindfully using old methods of refurbishing, serves as her studio. All Taidesuunnistus-sites are open on both days from 11 am to 5 pm. Nanna is only present on Saturday. In her collaboration with the host Sara, she showcases her latest art and guides visitors to participatory stitching (also called “communal stitching”). Sara visited Nanna in Stuttgart in November 2023 to introduce her textile ethnology research-topic “pirtanauha” to the German public. She gave so called textile talks.

You can pick up your Artistic Navigation map (booklet) at libraries, galleries, cafés and other locations in Pirkanmaa, or please check for navigation-sites online.

The organizer of the Art Navigation is Taidesuunnistus ry, a non-profit association whose member associations are Tampere Artists' Association, Modus ry, Valokuvakeskus Nykyaika ry, Rajataide ry and Taito Pirkanmaa ry. The purpose of Taidesuunnistus ry is to promote the commercial conditions for art, design and crafts in the region Pirkanmaa and to highlight local expertise. The event is supported by the City of Tampere. (Nanna was accepted to Modus ry https://www.modus.fi as a member in early 2024.)

A warm welcome to everyone to come to Kangasala on Saturday, April 20! Sara’s historical villa is 22 km from Tampere city hall, a 25-min car-ride away.

Please click on the pink logo to land on the taidesuunnistus-website. There you can find all sites.

Photo: A section of the textile that Nanna uses for the "communal stitching" project is shown. It already travelled to two art-events in Germany and one in Austria. Join us in the enjoyment of stitching. Place your individual mark on the large piece of linen. Needles and yarn are provided for. Nanna encourages everyone to test if taking a textile-break, if your spending a moment of stitching, has a calming effect on you. It is not difficult, you just have to want to try it out.