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ARCTIC ARTS SUMMIT

Ubmeje/Umeå || 16–18 June 2026


Focus on art, culture and social development in the Arctic

Arctic Arts Summit 2026 is an international cultural policy summit with a focus on art, culture and social development in the Arctic.

The meeting will be held in Ubmeje/Umeå on 16–18 June 2026 and will bring together artists, researchers, cultural actors, indigenous representatives and decision-makers from across the circumpolar region.

Representatives from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Iceland, Canada, Greenland and the United States are expected to participate.

The program at Norrlandsoperan

The White Cube

12:00 – 21:30
Guhte gullá / Here to hear

Video installation by Biret Haarla Pieski, Gáddja Haarla Pieski and Outi Pieski.

Main stage

16:00
Avant Joik

Participants
Matti Aikio, Katarina Barruk and Maja Solveig Kjelstrup Ratkje.

20:00
Wow

Participants
Jonas Knutsson, Ingá-Máret Gaup-Juuso, Jörgen Stenberg, Mikael Emsing, Andreas Estensen.

Information

Avant Joik was commissioned by Bildmuseet and Gaaltije Saemien Museume as part of the year-long and multi-site-based project Art and Truth-Telling, which draws attention to the work of the Truth Commission for the Sámi people on the Swedish side of Sápmi. In collaboration with Arctic Art Summit and Norrlandsoperan.

Ávus is Bildmuseet’s contribution to the Arctic Art Summit. In collaboration with Norrlandsoperan.

In English

Avant Joik was commissioned by Bildmuseet and Gaaltije Saemien Museume as part of the Art and Truth-Telling year-long and multi-sited project marking the process of the Truth Commission for the Sámi people on the Swedish side of Sábmie. In collaboration with the Arctic Art Summit and Norrlandsoperan.

Ávus is supported by Bildmuseet in collaboration with the Arctic Art Summit and Norrlandsoperan.

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