Open educational resources on innovative Arctic art education now available on a new website
The New Genre Arctic Art Education website presents visual essays, videos, and exhibition documents that showcases innovative Arctic art education in northern communities.
The website provides a platform for sharing open educational materials, as well as inspiration and examples of art and art education in northern and Arctic communities and environments.
The projects presented on the website were initiated by Timo Jokela, Professor Emeritus of Art Education at the University of Lapland and founder of the ASAD Network, and carried out under his leadership between 2022 and 2025. The projects have involved collaboration with several Arctic universities, including Nord University (Norway), Umeå University (Sweden), Ilisimatusarfik – University of Greenland, and Memorial University (Canada). The projects have also involved many other local partners, such as the Greenlandic Siunissaq Association. The projects have focused on topics such as sustainability-oriented portraits of communities and land-based learning.
“These project activities have strengthened cooperation between Arctic universities, enhanced intercultural dialogue, and created new community-based models for conducting research, art, and teaching together with people in the northern and Arctic regions,” says Professor Emeritus Timo Jokela.
“Through events, exhibitions, and digital communication, the projects have advanced art-based methods for interaction and provided university staff and students with valuable practical experience and tools for bringing the ecocultural and social perspectives of the Arctic region to the attention of a wider audience”, says Professor Emeritus Jokela.