Chinese culture festival.
ish Weaving Council) arranges the fair every three years. Partners this year include the county handicrafts adviser and Västerbotten county’s handicrafts association.
SURVIVAL KIT UMEÅ – An art festival about survival Survival Kit is an art festival about survival on many levels, both globally and locally. It showcases the works of some 30 artists from Sweden and the rest of the world. Survival Kit was conceived in Riga in 2009. Since 2012 it has generated an active exchange between the art scenes in Riga and Umeå.
FAIR CITY – Theme: the schools of tomorrow Harvest season is when school starts again so it’s natural that the Fair City project focuses on schools at this time. Pupils from Sävar, a village outside of Umeå, will work with artists from Kulturverket to illustrate their vision of the schools of tomorrow through many forms of expression. Kulturverket. Illustration: Frida Hammar
INITIATIVES Read more about general projects and recurring themes on pages 80–95.
8 x ART – Street Art Street Art is an event that spotlights art in the open air and among buildings. The streets of Umeå will be filled with ideas, elegance and wonder for several days in June 2013. The experiences learned during these days will be used to develop a multifaceted, wideranging programme for 2014, where urban interventions are invaluable contributions rooted in co-creativity and professionalism.
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FESTIVALS CHINESE CULTURE FESTIVAL – A cultural exchange between Umeå and China The Chinese Culture Festival celebrates the vibrant Chinese culture in Umeå. The aim