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The Author's Nature Art CV The author’s nature art CV http://www.uia.no/no/portaler/om_universitetet/kunstfag/ansatte/institutt_for_visuelle_og_sce niske_fag/soerenstuen I have worked with arts and crafts in general teacher and pre-school teacher training since 1977, first at Hedmark University College, then at Agder University College – now the University of Agder. I was technical advisor and supervisor in arts and crafts for the National Board of Teacher Education under the Ministry of Culture and Church Affairs 1986−1990. 1984 Telemark University College: Photo exhibition of works of nature art in coastal environments in Southern Norway. 1984 Telemark University College: Architecture/room art in naturally grown materials and lashing techniques. 1984 Exhibition of the project Wind, sail and movement at Kilden Culture Centre in Arendal in collaboration with the kindergarten sector in Arendal Municipality. This project displayed children’s exploration and experimenting with wind as phenomenon and wind’s effect on various materials. 1985 Telemark University College: Exhibition of my dissertation Wind, sail and movement in sculptural expressions. 1989−2000 Instructor in the didactic development project The Wind at Lista in collaboration with Borhaug Kindergarten at Lista in Vest-Agder County, a project dealing with explor- ation of physical surroundings, children’s linguistic expressions and imagery. 1992 Organized the exhibition The Hundred Languages of Children from Reggio Emilia, which travelled to Arendal, Stavanger, Hamar, Trondheim and Bodø in cooperation with the culture department in Arendal Municipality. The exhibition was opened by Grete Berget, the Norwegian Minister for Children and Family Affairs, and was seen by around 15 000 visitors. 1992 Under the auspices of Kristiansand Teacher Training College, I established the Nordic ESJA Network in collaboration with university colleges and universities in the Nordic countries within the fields of teacher training, arts and education. The network aimed to strive for greater emphasis on the relationship between nature, culture and aesthetics. 1995 In a project organized by the ESJA Network, 25 participants from five Nordic countries gathered at Snæffelsnes in Iceland to work with land art-inspired activities. The participants committed themselves to use their experiences in their work with young people in their home countries. 1995 The exhibition Earth and environmental art, held at Lindvedske hus in Arendal: turf blocks (3000 year old plant remains) were used as building material for architecture and playgrounds. Participants were children from Arendal and students from HiA. 1997 Organized the ESJA Network’s travelling exhibition To create in and with nature, funded by the Nordic Culture Fund, based on photographs of Nordic children’s and youth’s creative activity in nature. Shown at Lindvedske hus/Arendal Art Society, Huset Galleri in Ålborg, Denmark, Vasa Culture Centre in Finland, the University of Gothenburg in Mölndal, Sweden, and in Gerduberg Culture Centre in Reykjavik, Iceland. Artists from another Nordic country than the exhibition country were invited to tie the exhibition up with an art tradition, showing their own artworks at each exhibition venue. 1997 To create in and with nature was one of the main contributions at a conference regarding arts and crafts in the Curriculum for the 10-year compulsory school in Norway (L97) for teachers in primary and secondary schools and university colleges, held in Arendal 1997. 1997 To create in and with nature was shown at the international aesthetics network in Gothenburg. The network had gathered 30 participants from the universities of Gothenburg, Salamanca, Vila Real, York and Dublin, and from Hjørring Seminarium in Denmark and Agder University College (HiA). The network made use of the exhibition as a source of inspiration and background material for similar work in nature in Gothenburg and Arendal. 1997 Course in nature art and aesthetic documentation for 40 teachers in primary and lower secondary school, under the auspices of Junta de Castilla y León in Palencia in Northern Spain. 1997 The article ”Land Art en la Escuela”, included in a compendium of articles and in a video made by Junta de Castilla y León, Salamanca. 1998 The aesthetics network ESJA continued working with nature art in its gathering in 1998 at Hove outside Arendal. 1998 Organized the project Living Room at Randvika in Risør, in cooperation with the artist Arnfinn Haugen, the artist group Villvin and Risør Municipality, where different student groups were instructed by land artists, including Alfio Bonanno, Arve Rønning and Inge van der Drift. 1998 The project Land art – insects with a group of Vietnamese and Norwegian children from Vågsbygd School in Kristiansand Municipality. 1999 The article ”Living Room” published in Barnehagefolk no. 3, 1999, a journal for the kindergarten sector in Norway. 1999 The article ”Skulpturer som lever” (“Living sculptures”) in the Danish journal Uderommet no. 3, 1999. 2003 Research grant awarded from Agder University College to conduct research within land art and aesthetic documentation in arts and crafts education. 2003 Nature art in the shape of room installations in lattice structures of sallow and rowan, Agder University College, Dømmesmoen, Grimstad. 2004 Exhibition of photographs from my research within nature art and aesthetic docu- mentation, plus submitting of report, Agder University College, Gimlemoen. 2004 and 2005 Snow sculptures at Hovden in Aust-Agder County, commisioned by the tourist office Hovden Ferie 2005 Room installation in lattice of live willow, Agder University College and Grimstad Municipality, Dømmesmoen, Grimstad. 2005 Supervisor in a project dealing with nature art and aesthetic documentation for 800 eight-class pupils and their art teachers, Kristiansand Municipality, Agder Natural History Museum and Botanical Garden and The Cultural Rucksack – a national programme for art and culture. 2005 Responsible for the Faculty of Fine Arts’ stand at the Research Fair in Kristiansand. I also participated with my own project for children: Is it possible to make nature art on a rhubarb leaf? 2005 Interview with the land artist Giuliano Mauri in his home in Lodi, Northern Italy. 2005 Artistic supervisor for environmental art decoration at Nidarhall i Froland in Aust- Agder County in connection with the awarding of the Voluntary Work Prize, where Norway’s Minister of Culture and Church Affairs, Trond Giske, handed out the prize. Employed by Froland Municipality. 2006 The article ”Billeddokumentasjon i pedagogisk arbeid” (”Photo documentation in education”), regarding nature art and documentation in cooperation with Assistant Professor Else Cathrine Melhuus, published in the journal Utdanning no 3, 2006 2007 Presentation of ice sculptures in Lainio Snow Village i Lapland, under the auspices of the University of Lapland and the Nordic EDDA Network. 2008 Land art in Nesna. Courses for kindergarten children. pupils and teachers, organized by Nesna University College, the culture department in Nesna Municipality, the Cultural Rucksack-programme and Nordland County Authority, 10 days. 2008 Environmental art-installation of wood and felt in Nesna harbour, 2008. 2008 Live willow hut in Gullbring Kindergarten, Bø in Telemark County. 2008 Matted hut (”mound”), as part of a scenography in cooperation with Sidsel Huvestad and Agnes Buen Garnås at Gullbring Culture Centre in Bø in Telemark County. 2008 Nature-Aid i Homborsund, land art and performance art in lower secondary school, under the auspices of the education centre Eide Oppvekstsenter and the County Governor in Aust-Agder County. 2008 Article published in Form no 5, 2008, a journal of art and design, regarding land art and performance art: ”Mellom himmel, fot og fjell” (“Between sky, foot and rock”). 2008 Reportage in the journal Nordnorsk Magasin no 3, 2008: ”Naturen som kunstnerisk leikegrind” (”Nature as artistic playpen”) by Ann Kristin Klausen. 2009 KIA-land art (KIA is a Norwegian christian intercultural association).A three days course for an intercultuaral group, mainly from Africa at Dømmesmoen in Grimstad. 2011 Publication of “Levende spor”- to discover nature through art and art through nature, Fagbokforlaget, Norway ISBN 978-82-450-1037-4 2011 A land art and site specific art course for preschoolteachers from Oppdal at Rauøra in Trollheimen. 2012 Doctors degree in Art Education, related to nature-based art. 2012 A land art course for teachers at Dokka Våtmarkssenter. 2013 A site specific art work course in ice for children from Søndre Land at Dokka Våtmarkssenter. 2013 Land art and eco art courses arranged by the culture department of Namdalseid Municipality for pupils and teachers at Statland Primary School, for art-interested women and for artists from the area, 6 days. 2013 My book Levande spår, was published in Sweden by Studentlitteratur AB. 2014 Am invited to make a course of land art for Swedes in Bize in the south of France 2014 Am also working together with Blomstrende Sørland to make land art courses with living willows at Dømmesmoen in Grimstad. .
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