Program:
12.00 – 13.30 Lunch and check-in
13.30 – 13.50 Keynote speaker: My Gren and Lisa Holström
13.55 – 14.00 WELCOME
14.00 – 14.15 Change Creators
14.25 – 14.40 Not Quite
14.50 – 15.05 Ställbergs Gruva
15.10 – 15.25 Trans Europe Halles
15.25 – 15.35 Moderator Sara Vogel-Rödin
15.35 – 15.55 BREAK
15.55 – 16.10 RiK Symbios
16.15 – 16.30 HURRA PANGPANG
16.35 – 16.50 Studio Växt
17.00 – 17.15 Konsthall 323
17.15 – 17.25 Moderator Sara Vogel-Rödin
17.25 – 17.45 Josefin Şîlan Karlsson – the conference poet
18.30 ( – late) After Work at Stenebykårens union house
Sara Vogel-Rödin (moderator) has worked with culture, cultural entrepreneurship, and rural development for over 20 years in Dalsland and the Västra Götaland region. You may have seen her e.g. as head of culture in Bengtsfors and Åmål municipalities, operations manager at Not Quite and Mötesplats Steneby, as project manager for Glupsk in Dalsland, and much more. She is curious, inquisitive, and energetic (and thinks this will be great fun).
My Gren and Lisa Holström will kick off the conference as keynote speakers with the theme cooperation. They will speak from their own lived experiences as employees at municipalities, in private sectors and as freelance culture workers and pedagogues.
“To cooperate we need a willingness to work together, an openness, curiosity and dare to do something completely new. To be able to compromise, shake up our roles and the pre-existing hierarchies.”
Change Creators is an EU project with the aim to strengthen the creative sector in rural Europe. Our focus has been on cluster organisations of artists in the countryside. We have seen a need for new cooperation with the public sector and other actors. A cooperation where the impact on society development, community, and resilience – by culture – is made more visible. Facilitating better understanding between actors and showing the potential with better cooperation, might release the power needed to give culture a bigger role in society.
Not Quite, Helen Mahieu will talk about how the artist collective in Fengersfors has created a dynamic and inspiring community, where collaboration and shared resources enable both individuals and the collective to grow. Not Quite is a diverse group of artists and craftsmen who, among other things, run exhibitions, a shop, and a café. While many people see Not Quite as a destination, a place to visit, Helen will explain that it’s much more than what