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SUMMARY:NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER: THE COLD STITCH
DESCRIPTION:Scandinavia House\, in partnership with New York Textile Month\, is pleased to present the third iteration of NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER\, an exhibition\, workshop series\, and symposium highlighting contemporary Nordic Textiles\, coinciding with NY Textile Month in New York City. Featuring an exhibition in the Scandinavia House gallery\, the program includes artist talks\, a reception\, and hands-on workshops. The exhibition opens on Friday\, September 4\, to Wednesday\, September 16\, 2026. More details will be announced shortly. \nTHE COLD STITCH is a Nordic textile collaboration project co-organized by Ragna Froda (ISL/US)\, Director of New York Textile Month\, and Emily Stoddart (CA)\, manager of exhibitions and community programs at Scandinavia House\, New York. The exhibition has been curated by Ragna Froda (ISL/US). \nABOUT THE COLD STITCH\nIn the Nordic countries\, stitching has long been more than decoration or domestic craft. It is a necessity\, a form of storytelling\, survival\, memory\, and care. In landscapes shaped by cold climates and long winters\, textiles have become vessels of warmth\, protection\, repair\, and continuity\, carrying traces of everyday life and cultural identity across generations. \nTHE COLD STITCH brings together artists from across Scandinavia whose practices engage with textiles as both material and language. Through quilting\, patchwork\, collage\, weaving\, hand embroidery\, sculptural textiles\, and visible and invisible stitching\, this exhibition explores how textile traditions have continued to evolve within contemporary art. The exhibition’s title refers both to the geography of the North\, the relationship with textiles and the act of stitching itself. \nA stitch repairs\, connects\, layers\, and transforms. It binds fragments together while allowing histories\, emotions\, reflections on the political climate\, and personal narratives to remain visible. Echoing this feature\, many of the works in the exhibition embrace reuse and transformation\, giving discarded fabrics\, garments\, yarns\, and textile remnants new meaning through the artistic process. \nTHE COLD STITCH celebrates textile art as a living and evolving practice deeply rooted in the cultures of the North\, where there is a strong tradition of working with textiles as an art form and where stitching continues to mend\, preserve\, and reimagine the world around us. \nBanner image credit: Ellen Dynebrink\, Kiyoshi Yamamoto\, Nora Strand\, Lee Jensen\, and Heidi Hankaniemi \nTEXTILE TAKEOVER is presented in partnership with New York Textile Month.
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/textile-takeover-the-cold-stitch/
LOCATION:Scandinavia House\, 58 Park Avenue\, New York\, NY\, 10016\, United States
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SUMMARY:NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER | OPENING CELEBRATION
DESCRIPTION:Scandinavia House\, in partnership with New York Textile Month\, is pleased to present the third iteration of NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER\, an exhibition\, workshop series\, and symposium highlighting contemporary Nordic Textiles\, coinciding with NY Textile Month in New York City. Featuring an exhibition in the Scandinavia House gallery\, the program includes artist talks\, a reception\, and hands-on workshops. The exhibition opens on Friday\, September 4\, to Wednesday\, September 16\, 2026. \nPlease join us on Saturday\, September 12 for a program and opening reception for The Cold Stitch. An introduction by Emily Stoddart\, Co-Organizer of The Cold Stitch and Manager of Exhibitions and Community Programs at Scandinavia House\, will be followed by artist talks by Nora Martine Hjelle Strand\, Thórunn Elísabet Sveinsdóttir (Tótalisa)\, and Ingunn Fjóla IngÞórsdóttir\, all of whom are presenting work in this year’s exhibition. Following the talks\, Ragna Froda\, Curator of The Cold Stitch and Founder of New York Textile Month\, will lead a Curatorial Walkthrough of the galleries. An opening reception beginning at 4pm will round out the afternoon. \n\nThis program will take place in this September’s NORDIC TEXTILE TAKEOVER\, resented in partnership with New York Textile Month. \nPurchase Tickets \nWork by: Nora Martine Hjelle Strand\, Thórunn Elísabet Sveinsdóttir (Tótalisa) \n\n\nABOUT THE SPEAKERS\n\nIngunn Fjóla Ingþórsdóttir (b. 1976) is an Icelandic artist based in Denmark. Working across textiles\, painting\, drawing\, and installation\, she explores the structures and systems that shape human life\, and the ways individuals negotiate\, adapt\, and transform them. \nIngunn Fjóla’s work has been exhibited widely in Iceland\, Denmark\, Germany\, and the United States\, and is represented in numerous public and private collections in Iceland. Recent solo exhibitions include The Only Constant Is Change at the National Gallery of Iceland and You Are the Input at LÁ Art Museum in Hveragerði. In 2022\, she received the Guðmunda S. Kristinsdóttir Art Award for Outstanding Female Artists in Iceland. \nIngunn Fjóla holds an MA in Fine Art (2017) and a BA in Fine Art (2007) from the Iceland University of the Arts\, as well as a BA in Art History (2002) from Aarhus University\, Denmark. \n  \nNora Martine Hjelle Strand is a Norwegian artist based in Bergen\, Norway. Her practice centers on processing memories and emotions through physical action. This is the starting point for her autobiographical textile works\, which are built through repetitive\, time-consuming techniques such as weaving and hand-quilting. Strand is interested in how we are connected as human beings\, and how experience shapes the way we live – a theme she explores both directly\, through text\, and indirectly\, through color and imagery. Every work begins with the personal. The finished piece becomes a physical trace of the internal process behind it: every thread holds a thought\, every stitch a memory. \n\n  \n  \n \n\nThórunn Elísabet Sveinsdóttir (Tótalisa) is an artist and costume/set designer based in Reykjavik\, Iceland\, whose career spans more than four decades across theatre\, film\, and fine art. \n\nAs a visual artist\, Thorunn Elisabet is known for her storytelling through textiles\, transforming repurposed fabrics\, garments\, and old cloth into large-scale quilts and sculptural works that give discarded materials new meaning and value. Her practice reflects a lifelong instinct for giving material history a second life.\nShe has presented numerous solo and group exhibitions and is a member of both The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists and The Icelandic Actors and Drama Guild. She recently received the distinguished GRIMAN Honorary Award for both costume/set design and her curatorial work through her successful career.\nHer life and work have also been the subject of two published books: I Love Being Alive – A Testimony of a Unique Icelandic Artist and She Is My Sweetheart For 50 Years.\n 
URL:https://www.scandinaviahouse.org/event/nordic-textile-takeover-opening-celebration/
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