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You are warmly welcomed to the opening of the first International Mini Textile Art Exhibition in Craft Museum Of Finland in the city of Jyväskylä 8th of September at 18.00. Museum is located in Kauppakatu 25, Jyväskylä.

Voyage-exhibition explores the concept and thought of a journey into the art. The exhibition brings together 49 artists from 25 countries to express their creative visions. The selected artworks deal with the subject in a multitude of ways. A voyage is seen for instance as an abstract theme connected to life, time and space, or as a literal and concrete object. Every artwork tells a story in their own way. Every artist interprets the theme using their own culture of artistic work, unique style and creative use of materials and artistic techniques.

The participants are Eunsun An (Korea), Jesse Avdeikov (Finland), Armelle Blary (France), Helga Palina Brynjolfsdottir (Iceland), Carlos Mello Carvalho (Brasil), Ancuta Frantz (Romania), Aleksandra Gisges-Dalecka (Poland), Auste Guogaite (Lithuania), Sirpa Hannele Heinonen (Finland), Zuzana Hromadová (Czechia), Yasuko Iyanaga (Japan), Linda Pearl Izan (UK), Raija Jokinen (Finland), Magdalena Kleszyńska (Poland), Gabriela Kravcová (Slovakia), Ilai Elias Lehto (Finland), Paulo Jacobo Alonso León (Mexico), Cinzia Li Volsi (Italy), Sawatou Mouratidou (Austria), Hitomi Nagai (Japan), Emiko Nakano (Japan), Alexandra Neacsu (UK), Mie Vaale Noddeland (Norway), Naoe Okamoto (Japan), Aet Ollisaar (Estonia), Piotr Pandyra (Poland), Jurate Petruskeviciene (Lithuania), Johanna Pöykkö (Finland), Satu Rautiainen (Finland), Kenji Sato (Japan), Norman Sherfield (USA), Yukako Sorai (Japan), Noriko Steiner-Obata (Switzerland), Tina Striuk (Ukraine), Torella Alice K. Szegedi (Hungary), Estefania Tarud Karl (Chile), Sumiko Tasaka (Japan), Ruth Thomas (France), Thorbjorg Thordardottir (Iceland), Helene Tschacher (Germany), Misao Tsubaki (Japan), Riitta Turunen (Finland), Reika Vesala (Finland), Zoe Vida Porumb (Romania), Mervi Vuolas (Finland), Hiroko Watanabe (Japan), Susanne Weber (Austria), Henryka Zaremba (Denmark), Maria Ignacia Walker (Italy)

Mini art exhibitions are a well known tradition within the field of textile art. The scale of the artworks is usually limited to the maximum dimension of 20 cm. The small scale creates balance to the idea of monumental art that is often seen in the artworld. Also it is a statement in its own way.

The exhibition is organized and curated by the Finnish Association of New Textile Art - UUTE Ry in cooperation with the Craft Museum Of Finland in the city of Jyväskylä.

This exhibition has received support from The Arts Promotion Centre Finland TAIKE.