Nordic Exhibition of Smithery in Tartu, Estland

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<b>Dear blacksmith!</b>

The Estonian National Museum together with the Information Office of the Nordic Council of Ministers in Estonia, the Estonian Academy of Arts and the Estonian Society of Blacksmiths will be staging a Nordic Exhibition of Smithery in
Tartu, Estonia 2004.

<b>The exhibition will be staged January 30 - April 29 2004 at the following museums and galleries in Estonia:

January 30 – February 29 the Estonian National Museum, Tartu
March 10 – April 5 Narva Castle Museum, Narva
April 7 – April 28 Tallinn Town Hall Gallery</b>

<b><font color=red>In addition to the exhibition, a catalogue will be published containing short texts and photographs of the works of the participating smiths.</font id=red></b>

The organizers have the pleasure to announce the possibility for the blacksmiths, museums, societies and other organizations of blacksmiths to take part in the exhibition. The original pieces of art should be fulfilled following the traditional methods of smithery. The participants in the exhibition will be chosen by a committee comprising the representatives of the Estonian National Museum, the Estonian Academy of Arts, the Estonian Society of Blacksmiths and the Information Office of the Nordic Council of Ministers in Estonia. Nordiska Kulturfonden has decided to support the exhibition. Our partners are also the Finnish Institute and Tampere House in Tartu.

You are welcome to contact the organizing committee, preferably before October 1, 2003, by mail or e-mail:

Estonian National Museum
Kuperjanovi 9
50409 Tartu
Estonia

Kristjan Raba
ph.+372 7421311
fax.+372 7422254
kristjan.raba@mail.ee

Madis Kanarbik
ph.+3727423625
fax.+3727441241
madis@nmr.ee

Ivar Feldmann
+3725010641
sepp@art.tartu.ee

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Please send your application to:
Estonian National Museum
Kuperjanovi 9, Tartu 50409
Estonia
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The Estonian National Museum together with the Information Office of the Nordic Council of Ministers in Estonia, the Estonian Academy of Arts and the Estonian Society of Blacksmiths will be staging a Nordic exhibition of smithery in Tartu, Estonia, in February-March 2004. The organizers have planned to invite participants - blacksmiths who keep alive the traditions of smithery as an applied art - from the countries in the Nordic region, including Estonia. The main aim of the exhibition is to show the modern developments of this ancient handicraft as a living art but also to compare it with the samples from the collections of museums.

The exhibition of the works executed by the participating smiths will be staged by the Estonian National Museum, which is situated in Tartu. The modern artistic part of the exhibition will be mounted in the main hall (176 sq m) of the Exhibition House of the museum. The minor halls (75 and 50 sq m, respectively) of the Exhibition House will be used for the historical part of the exhibition.

The main idea of the event is to give an overview of the main trends of smithery in the Nordic countries today, to collect information about the active blacksmiths and smithies in the Nordic region, and to exchange ideas about the future of smithery, which was historically a traditional handicraft and today is also a field of modern art.

In addition to the exhibition, a catalogue will be published containing short articles treating of the traditions of smithery, smithery as a living art, objects related to smithery in the museums, etc.; certainly photographs of the works of the participating smiths will be represented in the catalogue.

The organizers have the pleasure to announce the possibility for museums, societies and other organizations of blacksmiths but also the blacksmiths themselves to take part in the preparation of the exhibition. The participants in the exhibition will be chosen by a committee comprising the representatives of the Estonian National Museum, the Estonian Academy of Arts, the Estonian Society of Blacksmiths and the Information Office of the Nordic Council of Ministers in Estonia.

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