VILD - Visual Studies and Learning Design - AAU CPH

24/12/2025

To all of you: Happy Holidays!

03/12/2025

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11/11/2025

Are you interested in applying for the double degree program NoVA?
Watch the webinar from Aalto University.
The Aalto deadline for applying is earlier than at Aalborg University. The webinar introduces you to the program, the structure, the content, the job profiles and the learning methods. you will also get to know about the experiences from two NoVA students who started their master in Aalborg University Copenhagen and currently spend their second year in Aalto University.
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Nordic Master in Visual Studies and Art Education (NM NoVA) is a double degree programme between Aalto University (Finland) and Aalborg University (Denmark) ...

04/11/2025

See the program: You can still register for V!LD conference!
Program:
9.00 – 9.30: Arrival and coffee
9.30 – 9.35: Welcome/ Mie Buhl
9.35 – 9.45: Introduction to: Rewriting History, Reimagining Societies through Art/ Juuso Tervo,
9.45 - 10.30: Keynote: Notes on Re-examining Archival Fragments/ Emil Santtu Uuttu
10.30 – 10.45. Coffee break
10.45 – 11.30: Keynote: Making and Doing History: (Re)Arranging the Past, the Present, and the Future in Art Education Histories/ Juuso Tervo
11.30 - 12.00: Round table discussion/ Mie Buhl
12.00 - 13.00: Lunch
13.00 – 14.00: Workshop session I: Tracing Glitter, Power, and Possibility in Sparkling
Educational Spaces
Astrid Huopolainen & Maria Hvid Dille
14.00 - 14.15: Coffee break
14.15 – 15.15: Workshop session II: Being-With the River – A Remote Storytelling Workshop by the Torne River/ Eija Mäkivuoti, and Jennifer Skriver
15.15 – 15.50: Addressing the theme from an art-based approach / NoVA
15.50 - 16.00: Closing remarks & key takeaways

16/10/2025

We at V!LD are happy to announce Workshop II Being-With the River – A Remote Storytelling Workshop by the Torne River at V!LD Annual Conference 2025: Rewriting history, reimagining societies through art.
The presenters invite you to join a multidimensional storytelling workshop entangling memory work, storytelling, art-making practices, inquiry through art-making and thinking with different bodies of water. The workshop takes the form of a multidimensional story that is facilitated on-site by the free flowing border river Torne in the Torne Valley, somewhere in-between Sweden and Finland. During the presentation you will also be engaged to walk along or to be by a watery body while participating in the workshop. This requires a mobile phone, Zoom videoconference app and headphones with a microphone. The workshop is conducted together with the local weather, so please dress accordingly.
Presenters: Name(s) Eija Mäkivuoti, transborder storytelling multiartist Finland/Sweden & Jennifer Skriver, Post. Doc. Kolding Design School

08/10/2025

Keynote: Emil Santtu Uuttu: Notes on Re-examining Archival Fragments.

We are happy to announce our Keynote speaker Emil Santtu Uuttu. Emils writing and stage works explore deep time, constant change, and pleasure, or the role of memory institutions and historical research. Uuttu’s first play Ihana tytär Erika – Huomioita nimestä (Lovely Daughter Erika – Notes on a Name, translated by Roy Boswell) was awarded both the Archival Act of the Year 2023 and the Lea Prize 2024. At the conference he will address the conference theme by sharing some thoughts on Archival Fragments

Photo: National Gallery / Pirje Mykkänen

30/09/2025

“Tracing Glitter, Power, and Possibility in Sparkling
Educational Spaces”

We at V!LD are happy to announce the workshop “Tracing Glitter, Power, and Possibility in Sparkling
Educational Spaces” at ViLD Annual Conference 2025: Rewriting history, reimagining societies through art.
The workshop invites you to explore glitter as an artistic and critical practice for reimagining educational
spaces. Together, we will talk about how sparkling educational spaces are collectively constructed and how
they engage with questions of power, politics, and affect. You will also be invited to take part in a sensory,
new materialist-inspired walk, tracing glitter and “power in flow” across the campus

Workshop organisers:
Astrid Huopolainen
Assistant Professor
Aalto University
&
Maria Hvid Bech Dille
Assistant Professor
Aalborg University

03/02/2025

See this opportunity for participating in a PhD course!

Nordic doctoral course in contemporary art and art education

11/11/2024

Thanks for contributing to ViLD annual conference: what’s art got to do with it

Last Friday I had the opportunity to share a bit about the research project I've been working on with Kirstine Jo W. Thrane this autumn. I'm grateful to…

06/11/2024

In the nick of time, I made a comic about the election and elections! Continuing a quad-annual tradition started with the 2004 election that returned me to comics-making and set my current path. It’s available on my site with a pdf for printing if you are so inclined. I’ll post the link in comments.

01/11/2024

DEADLINE FOR REGISTRATION TODAY!!! What's Art got to do with it? V!LD annual conference. nov. 8th Register now! Deadline nov.1 https://www.events.aau.dk/event/vild-annual-conference-2024 Venue: Aalborg University Copenhagen/online

Hear Jennifer talk about: Navigating the Boundaries Between Playfulness and Artfulness in Education

How can educators distinguish between playfulness and artfulness in the classroom? While both approaches enrich learning, they do so in unique ways. Playfulness brings elements of fun, spontaneity, and creativity into structured activities, encouraging exploration and breaking down conventional barriers to engagement. In contrast, artfulness engages deeply with aesthetic experiences, using the arts to evoke reflection and provoke critical thought. This presentation explores these distinctions, shedding light on how to use both approaches to foster inclusive and transformative learning environments. Join us to uncover the potential of playfulness and artfulness as catalysts for meaningful educational experiences.

Presenter: Jennifer Ann Skriver, Designskolen Kolding

30/10/2024

What's Art got to do with it? V!LD annual conference. nov. 8th Register now! Deadline nov.1 https://www.events.aau.dk/event/vild-annual-conference-2024 Venue: Aalborg University Copenhagen/online
Meet Kir and Jessica from Copenhagen University College who invites you to discover the unique ways in which Denmark is approaching art teacher training programs and its curriculum. They will talk about the EDDA Norden research project which seeks to map how art teacher education is taught in the Nordic and Baltic countries, the data collection process from Denmark, and how the final report will ultimately be used to compare, contract, and collaborate among the other participating countries.
During the presentation they will share about the goals and aims of the project, why such an international research group exists, and present a few of the key concepts at this point in the project from the Danish context.
Presenters: Kir Jo Thrane, Art Education Lecturer, University College Copenhagen and Jessica Foster, NM NoVA from Aalborg and Aalto Universities.