As part of the ØYFJELLET: From the Frontline of Land Rights in Sápmi exhibition, there will also be a public working session titled Counter Aesthetic Strategies for Climate Justice.

This working session is about sharing perspectives and approaches to the ethical, political and aesthetic challenges of climate justice. Bringing together artists and researchers from inside and outside academia, we will discuss ethical and aesthetic aspects of the ongoing climate crisis and green transition policies through the lens of climate justice. The working session is a collaboration between the research projects Climate Rights, INTERPRT, IA LAB and PACESETTERS. 

Join us for the next Art Club - an arts and social club for adults. Bring along your own arts and crafts projects to work on in our open studio, share skills, be inspired by others or have a go at one of the provided activities, such as watercolour, drawing or collage. 

It’s the last Coffee Club of 2024! We look forward to welcoming you all for this final festive get-together.

For centuries, Arctic communities have not only seen the Northern Lights but also heard them. Is there a sonic aspect to this phenomenon that goes beyond what science has thought was possible? Artica resident Sébastien Robert, in partnership with radio astronomer Rob Stammes, invites the Longyearbyen community to share any experiences of hearing the rare sound of the Northern Lights.

* Fully Booked *
We hope you can join us for a linocut workshop, where you can create your own artwork with help from artist Olaf Storø. This workshop is for youth and children who can bring their favourite adult.

Join us for the next Art Club - an arts and social club for adults. Bring along your own arts and crafts projects to work on in our open studio, share skills, be inspired by others or have a go at one of the provided activities, such as watercolour, drawing or collage. 

*Fully Booked - waiting list only*
Join Artica Svalbard for this Introduction to Marbling workshop where you can learn how to make beautiful papers using this centuries-old marbling technique. Marbling is one of the most rewarding and fun crafts out there and you don’t need any prior experience to create amazing pieces of art.

We hope you can join us for the next Art Club - an arts and social club for adults. Bring along your own arts and crafts projects to work on in our open studio, share skills, be inspired by others or have a go at one of the provided activities, such as watercolour, drawing or collage. 

Join us for our monthly meet-up with your fellow Longyearbyen peers working in art, literature, photography and design. Share your projects and of course coffee!

This dark season we are opening the studio for Art Club - an arts and social club for adults. Bring along your own arts and crafts projects to work on in our open studio, share skills, be inspired by others or have a go at one of the provided activities, such as watercolour, drawing or collage. 

How do dust, static, and invisible atmospheric transmissions shape our understanding of environmental toxicity? In this artist talk, Nastassja Simensky will explore these questions through her ongoing research at Artica Svalbard.

Join us for our monthly meet-up with your fellow Longyearbyen peers working in art, literature, photography and design. Share your projects for 2024 and of course coffee!

Join us for an engaging evening with our current artists in residence, Ellen Heck and Inma Herrera. This is an opportunity to hear directly from the artists about their unique practices and the exciting projects they’ve been developing during their time in Svalbard.

During the summer of 2023, Artica assisted Oslo/Barcelona based artist Dora García with a film project on Svalbard. We are pleased to welcome Dora back to Longyearbyen with representatives from the CNIO art program to present the project and screen the finished film.

Join us for our monthly meet-up with your fellow Longyearbyen peers working in art, literature, photography and design.

As part of the Longyearbyen Literature festival, writer in resident Endre Harvold Kvangraven will present a lunchtime lecture at the library.

We hope you can join us for First Friday Coffee Club, where you can meet our current residents and Longyearbyen’s creative community.

Join artist-in-residence Kamil Kak for an introduction to Photo Zines Workshop. During the workshop Kamil will guide you through the zine-making process, from layout design to binding techniques. You will transform your photos into unique, self-published zines using a selection of paper, laser printers, and sewing machines.

Summertime in Longyearbyen brings lots of visitors to our city and hopefully some sunshine. Artica will be open for coffee club as usual so do join us and meet some new and old friends.

We hope you can join us at Svalbard Museum for an evening lecture by writer in residence Roald Berg. Please note the lecture is hosted in Norwegian.

It’s Sustainability Week in Longyearbyen, so during this month’s coffee club you’ll have the opportunity to see some of the work we’ve been doing as part of our environmental action plan.

Join us for our monthly meet-up with your fellow Longyearbyen peers working in art, literature, photography and design. Share your projects for 2024 and of course coffee!

If you are interested in learning what Artica’s current residents are up to, come along to our artists talk and soup event. Teas, coffees and a vegetarian soup will be served.

Are you interested in meeting Longyearbyen’s creative community? Then join Artica the first Friday of the month to meet and share your hobbies, projects and ideas with like-minded people working in art, literature, photography, music, science or design.

* Now fully booked * Email us if you wish to be on our waiting list.

Inspired by the end of polar night and the ethereal glow of moonlit nights, this workshop invites participants to immerse themselves in a ritualistic culinary experience. Led by our host pastry chef, Ethan Kan, this hands-on session will help participants to learn to craft a variation of a snow skin mooncake.

Lørdag 2. mars maler vi våre egne solmedaljonger for å feire at sollyset er tilbake i Longyearbyen. I dette maleverkstedet for barn får du muligheten til å male din egen vakre solmedaljong laget av saltdeig, som du kan bære med stolthet når vi feirer at sola er tilbake 8. mars.

Join us for our monthly meet-up with your fellow Longyearbyen peers working in art, literature, photography, music, science or design. Share your projects for 2024 and of course coffee!

Artica Svalbard and the Arctic Chamber Music Festival are pleased to invite you to an after-work gathering with music, soup and a lecture. Featuring the brilliant percussionists Sebastiaan Molenaar and Åsmund Moen from Arctic Philharmonic alongside a lecture by Ph.D Charris Efthimiou, Senior Scientist at the Music University of Graz.