Arctic Arts Summit Laboratory III : Sustainability through Art and Culture in the Arctic

Daniel Chartier (CRILCQ, Université du Québec à Montréal) participera au second Sommet des arts de l’Arctique, qui se déroulera à Rovaniemi en Finlande du 3 au 5 juin 2019. Plus de 350 participants sont attendus pour une série de conférences, d’ateliers, de spectacles et de réunions sectorielles entre tous les chercheurs, artistes, diplomates et gestionnaires des arts et de la culture du monde circumpolaire. Le Sommet a décidé de remettre à tous les participants un exemplaire de l’essai de Daniel Chartier, Qu’est-ce que l’imaginaire du Nord? Principes éthiques dans la langue de leur choix : à date, l’essai a été traduit dans 12 des langues du Nord, dont le français et l’inuktitut. Deux autres éditions, en islandais et en estonien, paraîtront en 2019. À cette extraordinaire diffusion s’ajoute une mise en ligne de toutes les versions numériques, pour téléchargement gratuit. Pour télécharger la version en français : https://archipel.uqam.ca/11181/ Pour voir le communiqué (en anglais) diffusé par le Arctic Arts Summit : https://www.ulapland.fi/EN/Events/Arctic-Arts-Summit-2019/Imagined-North Au cours de ce Sommet, Daniel Chartier organisera un colloque sur « Les projets de recherche culturelle et de recherche-création dans l’espace circumpolaire ». Y participera notamment Charlotte Coutu (CRILCQ, Université du Québec à Montréal).

Programme

DAY 2 - Policy Day / Lappia Hall

Policymakers and stakeholders from cultural sectors throughout the Arctic region present, analyze and discuss the role of arts and culture in the Arctic. Representatives from ministries of Arctic countries and keynote speakers share their vision for the development of Arctic art and culture.

MAKE YOUR VOICE HEARD

During Policy Day, participants can contribute to the discussion on the Messagewall. Active discussion on the topics is encouraged.

Three ways to enter:

Twitter: tweet with the hashtag #ArcticArtsSummit

Web: enter your message at https://viestiseina.fi/taike

Phone: send an SMS to 12154, begin with the word Taike

Moderator of the day / Julius Oförsagd, Arctic Factory

09:00–10:00 Registration is open in Lappia Hall

10:00–10:30 Opening of the Arctic Arts Summit 2019

ArtisticProgramme / Sámi Music by Hildá Länsman & Tuomas Norvio

Welcoming words / Timo Jokela, Chair of the Arctic Arts Summit 2019, Professor, University of Lapland, Finland, Lead of the Arctic Sustainable Arts and Design Thematic Network, University of Arctic

Written Greetings of the Patron of the Arctic Arts Summit 2019 / Sauli Niinistö, President of Finland

Welcoming words / Riitta Kaivosoja, Director General, Ministry of Education and Culture, Finland

10:30–11:00 Keynote / Dieter K. Müller, Deputy Vice-chancellor, professor, Department of Geography, Arctic Research Centre at Umeå University (ARCUM), Chairperson, Umeå University, Sweden

Reflection comment / Liisa Holmberg, Film commissioner, International Sámi Film Institute, Norway.

11:00–11:40 Arctic Laboratory I: Art in the Arctic and Artic in the Arts

Ministerial reflections and Q&A

Frida Blomgren, State Secretary, Ministry of Culture, Norway
David Ek, Head of Section, the Division for the Arts, Ministry of Culture, Sweden
Tiina Sanila-Aikio, the President of the Sámi Parliament of Finland

11:40–12:10 Break (tea & coffee served)

12:10–12:50 Artistic Programme / Nordting

12:50–13:30 Arctic Laboratory II: Arctic Culture Cooperation and Research and Education of Culture and Arts in the Arctic

Ministerial and cultural sector reflections and Q&A

Ivan Bolhovitianov, Attache, Embassy of the Russian Federation to Finland, Russia
Baldur Þórir Guðmundsson, Senior Adviser, Ministry of Education, Science and Culture, Iceland
Francesca Du Brock, chief curator at the Anchorage Museum, USA

13:30–14:30 Lunch

14:30–15:30 Arctic Laboratory III: Sustainability through Art and Culture in the Arctic

Panel discussion on following themes: “What have culture and art to give to sustainable development of the Arctic as a whole & UN year of indigenous languages 2019”.

Jan Borm, Professor, Vice-Président délégué Relations Internationales Présidence
Université de Versailles Saint-Quentin-en-Yvelines, France
Daniel Chartier, Professor, Research chair on Images of the North, Winter and the Arctic Universite of Quebec in Montreal, Canada
Tuuli Ojala, Senior Specialist, Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland
Katya García-Antón, Director of the Office for Contemporary Art Norway
Gunvor Guttorm, Professor, Head Master, Sámi University of Applied Sciences, Kautokeino, Norway
Moderator Markku Heikkilä, Arctic Centre, University of Lapland, Finland

15:30–15:40 Q&A

15:40–16:10 Break (tea & coffee served)

16:10–17:10 Panel Discussion:/ Making visions true

Funding organizations hold a strong position to define what kind of art and culture is supported. In this panel discussion the leaders of most important funding organizations of the art and cultural field talk about their strategies and future perspectives. These notable panelists are challenged to ponder, how we can make circumpolar collaboration in art and culture possible and promote sustainability. Panel members are:

Steven Loft, Director, Creating Knowing and Sharing: The Arts and Cultures of First Nations, Inuit and Métis Peoples, Canada Arts Council
Raija Koli, director of Frame Finland
Ola Kellgren director of Nordic Culture Point
Staffan Forssell, Director General of the Swedish Arts Council, Sweden
Esa Rantanen, Head of Arts Support in the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike), Finalnd
Reflection speech will be given by Benny Marcel, director of Nordic Culture Fund
Moderator Maria Paldanius, journalist, Finland

17:10–17:25 Q&A

17:25–18:00 Closing & Artistic Programme / Jenni Kallo from Piste Collective

Korundi House of Culture

18:30–21:00 Welcome reception by the City of Rovaniemi

Exhibition opening / Arctic // Street Art // Summit - the Northern art breaks free from the museum and takes over the facade of the building. Artists making their marks to the wall of the old post bus depot are Hanna Kanto, Samuli Kontio (Finland), Vemund Thoe (Norway), Iliya Baidak (Russia) and Anders Sunna (Sweden). The exhibition is produced by Rovaniemi Art Museum in collaboration with the curators collective Pikene på Broen, Norway.

Exhibition Place of Origin / The Rovaniemi Art Museum has produced the exhibition of the contemporary Native art of Alaska in collaboration with the Anchorage Museum, Alaska.

Artistic Programme / Piste Collective