DRAFT Syllabus and Itinerary
Nordic Art and Design
Program Leaders: Dr. Alison Aune, Area Chair Art/Museum Education and Ms. Cheryl Reitan, Associate Director of University Marketing and Public Relations
Lectures, classes, workshops, museum tours and site visits with Scandinavian experts have been pre-arranged. Breakfasts provided at all hotels. Many dinners are provided at hotels.
Group Pre-Trip Mandatory Meetings,
February 26: Humanities 337A 6:30pm: Waffles
March 26: Cheryl Reitan’s House: Introduction to Nordic Art and Design Lecture: Topic Selections (Assignment 1) and Smörgåsbord Potluck
April 30: Three page paper on topic due (Assignment 2) Professor Alison Aune’s House Smörgåsbord Potluck 6-9 pm 5409 London Road
Itinerary
- May 6. Sunday (day after commencement) Mpls-Copenhagen 5 pm Mpls arrive Copenhagen 11:05 am May 7)
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- May 7. Monday
Arrive. Copenhagen airport. Metro to Kongens Nytorf station. Generator Hostel Copenhagen, located in one of the city’s most central locations, is a few minutes’ walk from Kongens Nytorv Square and Nyhavn. Get settled. Meet Guide Enrique da Costa Maya. Walk to Lego store and Flying Tiger Design Stores.
Dinner Nyhavn
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- May 8. Tuesday
9:30 am, Design students take Metro to Islands Brygge to Hello Monday advertising agency. 11:30 All meet at Konggens Nytorf on to Norreport Metro station. Cross to Train.
Train to Louisiana Museum
Late buffet lunch at museum.
Dinner on own.
Generator Hostel Copenhagen
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- May 9. Wednesday
9:30-11 am, Designmuseum Danmark. Free to college students. To hostel to pick up luggage, take Metro to airport/train. Lunch at airport – on own
Train from Copenhagen to Växjö.
Cardinal Hotel, Växjö 6-9 pm (dinner provided)
Assignment 3: Copenhagen: Danish Design. Assignment 11 (visual) ____________________________________________________________________________
- May 10. Thursday
Get City Hall bicycles: Duluth Sister City Monica Sandberg, City Hall. Bike to the university, Linneus University: Linneus University: Lunch (provided) at the university. Meet Stephanie Careleklev, Ann Olbers-Croall, Eva Cronquist, and Kajsa Higgins.
Assignment 4: Växjö: University Art and Design. Assignment 12 (visual)
Group Welcome Dinner Café Deluxe 8 pm provided
Cardinal Hotel, Växjö
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- May 11. Friday
9:10 am – 9:47 am Train/bus to Älmhult: Contemporary Swedish Design in Älmhult. IKEA Museum ‘IKEA Through the Ages’ with tour-guide
Meet IKEA designer Karin Engquist and Sara Ottosson (pending schedules). Anna Rosenquist guide (pending). Lunch on own at IKEA.
Dinner provided Kathedral Skolan with David (UMD alumnus) and Inga-Lil Newkumet
Assignment 5: Contemporary Swedish Design (IKEA)
Cardinal Hotel, Växjö. 6-9 pm (dinner provided)
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- May 12. Saturday
Växjö. Free Day: Suggested to visit the market, the Cathedral, and Konsthallen.
6 pm (TBA) Special Duluth-Växjö Sister City evening
Växjö Sister City Gallery. Plan B Gallery: meet Lixuan Ani and dinner (provided) at Smålands Museet Japanese restaurant, Izakaya Mushi. Monica Sandberg host.
Assignment 6: Swedish Glass: The Crystal Kingdom.
Cardinal Hotel, Växjö. 6-9 pm (dinner provided)
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- May 13. Sunday
9:30 am Coach bus to Annika Olofsson’s Ceramic Workshop in Kosebo.
Break into 2 groups. Alternate between work in the ceramics studio and painting. Lunch and coffee break provided.
3-4 pm Bus to Leif Hauge Glassworks, recycling glass artist, 7km (4 miles) from Annika.
4:30 pm Bus to Kronobergs Castle Ruins (cafe (Slottsruin).
Assignment 13 (visual)
Cardinal Hotel, Växjö. 6-9 pm (dinner provided)
or dinner on own: Free evening
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- May 14. Monday
10:10 am train to Växjö to Stockholm to Falun
Lunch on own, bag lunch or eat on train.
4:26 arrive in Falun
Free evening
Clarion Collection Hotel Bergmastaren (dinner provided) ____________________________________________________________________
FALUN
- May 15. Tuesday
Morning Bus To Carl Larssongården, Sundborn: Karin and Carl Larsson Home. Pre-booked tour in English at 10 am.12-1 noon pre-booked Lunch (provided) at Hyttstugan Restaurant http://www.hyttstugan.nu/
3-5 pm Optional Afternoon: Dalarna Museum (https://www.dalarnasmuseum.se/)
Folk Art : Dalecarlia Designs: Dalarna Horses and Hemslojd (closes at 6pm) http://www.dalarnashemslojd.se/ Stora Torget
Assignment 7: Falun: Carl Larsson/Dala Horses. Assignment 14 (visual)
Clarion Collection Hotel Bergmastaren (dinner provided)
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STOCKHOLM
- May 16, Wednesday
8:30 am – 11:15 am Train from Falun to Stockholm.
Shuttle from train to Skeppsholmen (drop luggage) to Thielska Galleriet, meet with director Patrik Steorn. Lunch at museum provided.
(Optional tours: Folk Art with Alison Skansen and Nordiska Museet FREE 5-8 pm on Wednesdays)
Dinner on own
Assignment 8: Stockholm
Hostel: STF af Chapman Skeppsholmen
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12 May 17. Thursday
9 am Södermalm
Pompe Hendengren: International design firm: Stockholm Design
Explore Södermalm designer studios, galleries, second hand shops, and cafes: Tio Gruppen
Lunch on own
2 pm Gudrun Sjödén Design AB. Meet the design team. Visit Lager på Lager Discount store. Opening hours (CET): Mon-Fri: 9am – 5.30pm, Sat 9am – 5pm.
6 pm Group dinner at Aifur (Viking) Restaurant Gamla Stan Västerlånggatan 68
Assignment 10: Stockholm Design. Assignment 15 (visual)
Hostel: STF af Chapman Skeppsholmen ___________________________________________________________________________
- May 18. Friday
Moderna Museet (Meet Lena Malm, Maria Taube and Nina Blom) Lunch provided at museum.
Afternoon National Museum
Assignment 9: Stockholm: Moderna Museet, Assignment 16 (visual)
Optional Svensk Tenn, Free evening
Hostel: STF af Chapman Skeppsholmen
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- May 19. Saturday
10 am – 1 pm. City bus or Shuttle/vans to the Carl Milles Museum
Lunch on own at café
Free afternoon and evening
Hostel: STF af Chapman Skeppsholmen ____________________________________________________________________________
- May 20. Sunday
10 am Fika at Hotel Skeppsholmen (provided) Students present journals to the group.
12:30 pm Thory Strandh: Viking Designs and prints in Gamla Stan. ?
Afternoon and evening free
Lunch and dinner on own. Option: eat at oldest restaurant in world: Den gyldene freden m Österlånggatan.
Hostel: STF af Chapman Skeppsholmen
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- May 21. Monday
Take early Shuttle/vans to airport. Fly home Stockholm-Mpls.
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Assignments
Individual Topic: Each student will choose a topic from the topic list for a 3-page paper (due in early May) and an on-site presentation to the group.
Trip Assignments: Students keep this assignment list. Each assignment is labeled in the journal, leaving space at the front of the book to include a table of contents and leaving extra pages between assignments for additions. Pages are numbered and identified by assignment.
Assignment 1: Pre-Trip Meeting March 30. Select topic. ___________ 10 pts
Assignment 2: Pre-Trip Meeting April 27. 3-page paper on topic ______ 50 pts
Reflections (Assignments 3-10) 10 pts each x 8 ____ 80 pts
Minimum one page reflection based on observations, experiences, or a comparative analysis of studio art, art pedagogy, art history, product design, and design).
Assignment 3: Copenhagen: Danish Design
Assignment 4: Växjö: University Art and Design
Assignment 5: Contemporary Swedish Design (IKEA)
Assignment 6: Swedish Glass: The Crystal Kingdom
Assignment 7: Falun: Carl Larsson/Dala Horses
Assignment 8: Stockholm Thielska Galleriet/Djurgården
Assignment 9: Product Design Topic (any city)
Assignment 10: Stockholm Moderna Museet or Carl and Olga Milles Sculpture
Visual Journal Creative Pieces: (Assignments 11-16) 10 pts each x 6
Mixed-media, collage, paintings, drawings, Lettering, Graphic Design — 60 pts
Assignment 11: Copenhagen, Denmark
Assignment 12: Växjö, Sweden
Assignment 13: Falun, Sweden
Assignment 14: Stockholm, Sweden
Assignment 15: Favorite Nordic Art/Design
Assignment 16: Any design/museum topic
Final Presentation of Visual/Literary Journal ____________ 30 pts
(Judged on quality of craft, presentation, organization, content, creativity)
Assignment 17: Tour Guide on site presentations ____________ 40 pts
OTHER: Attendance, Participation, and Attitude ____________ 30 pts
TOTAL ____________ 300 pts
A 279-300 (93%)
A – 270-278 (90%)
B + 261-269 (87%)
B 249-260 (83%)
B – 240-248 (80%)
C + 231-239 (77%)
C 219-230 (73%)
C – 210-218 (70%)
D + 201-209 (67%)
ACADEMIC INFORMATION
Students will explore the cultural paradigms in Scandinavian models of art and design. The group will be exposed to the cultural goals of art for all, the national design aesthetics, and the changing cultural identities in Denmark and Sweden. Issues on art and the environment, contemporary mass media, marketing, visual culture, fine art, museum education, and traditional folk art imagery will be examined.
Students will create visual and literary journals that focus on an area of interest that lead to cross cultural understanding through artistic production, creative writing, visual analysis, critical review, historical comparisons, and other approaches that are appropriate to the research sites and scope of the program.
Required Supplies
One field notebook, one black artist blank book, one large folder envelope for visual artifacts, pencils, markers, watercolors and brushes, pens, glue sticks, scissors, (suggested) digital camera.
See Assignments and Grading Information below.
General Grading Structure
Grading is based upon a point system. Each assignment is given a point value. At the end of the session, grades will be made based on the points collected. Assignments must be handed in on time and care should be taken to have assignments in a presentable format.
The visual-literary journal is a tool to become a better artist, to be more creative, to explore ideas and to find enjoyment in the visual arts as a creative student. Visual journals will serve as an idea diary and a place to process information and thoughts both visually and written). Students will use their journals to collect information, record ideas, and reflect on their international experiences. The visual journal will become a way for students to express themselves through images and words.
Visual Journal Entries: This document includes outdoor sketches, gallery sketches, artifact collage, and artistic documentation of experiences. Visual journaling is an artistic process of reflective thinking and is an expressive tool for image making and understanding.
Literary Journal /Creative Writing Entries: Creative writing assignments will touch on matters of place, travel, identity, personal history, as well as culture, art, literature, local color and observations. The writing assignments include poetry, critical essay, short stories, and descriptive writing.
Students will explore a variety of artistic styles, media, practices, artistic traditions and innovations in Scandinavian art that reflects the culturally specific goal of art for all. Students will create a visual journal that reflects cultural understanding through artistic production, creative writing, visual analysis and critical review with an individualized focus in Nordic art, art education, design, and/or art history. Students will research and present one topic of their choosing.
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