Konstfack ♥ Stockholm Craft Week

On October 4–8, Stockholm Craft Week will take over the capital with the aim of making contemporary craft visible and strengthening its position on the art scene both nationally and internationally. Students, teachers and alumni from Konstfack participate in some of the week's roughly 200 events, the larger ones are listed below. Welcome! More information is available on Stockholm Craft Week's website.

Jewellery and Corpus: Ädellab c/o Hallwyl Museum
4 – 8 October, Hallwyl Museum, opens at 12 pm on Wednesday, 4 October
Current students and new graduates from Konstfack’s Bachelor’s programme Jewellery and Corpus: Ädellab respond to Hallwyl Museum’s collections through their work. In the exhibition, works made over the past three years are set in dialogue with Hallwyl’s historic house and collection, making visible narratives and possibilities of what jewellery and corpus are and can be.

Works by Textile Alumni
5–7 October, Konstfack, Vita havet, opening, Thursday 5 October 3-5 pm.
A group of recent graduates from the bachelor’s programme in textiles present their works.

Recipes for Craft Research
5–8 October, Konstfack, Pölen
Employees from Konstfack’s department of crafts participate in the group exhibition “Recipes for Craft Research”.
Programme Thursday, 5 October:
12 pm: Release for “The Vessel” issue #6 and presentation of issue #5 co-edited by Agnieszka Knap. Artisk talk with Johanna Zanon, Renate Dahl, Judit Fritz and Lauren Kalman.
2 pm: Sewing Circle in Pölen organized by Anneli Renborg, matt lambert and Ulrika Mårtensson Hanje.

Fresh Brew
5–22 October, Kulturhuset Stadsteatern, Gallery 5, opens to the public on Thursday 5 Oct, 11 am–7:30 pm
Fresh Brew is a group of 22 makers who recently completed the CRAFT! Master’s Program at Konstfack. We invite you to taste our first batch — the beginning of many batches to come — brewed with various processes, approaches and perspectives of today’s craft. Curator: Anne Klontz