Past Present Perfect exhibitions. 13 November 2010 -  29 January 2011 Past Present Perfect is taking place across three venues in the North West of England (Manchester Craft & Design Centre, the Manchester Museum and the Grosvenor Museum, Chester).  The exhibitions will showcase innovative work...

Edith Lundebrekke Exhibits her work as part of our Opening Night- 18th Nov- 19th Dec 2010. Whitworth Art Gallery Edith Lundebrekke will host some art talks Artist statement Edith Lundebrekke has her background in textile arts, specializing in textile printing and research into dynamic repetition and...

Viking-Festival-Heritage programme at Grosvenor Museum Chester 18th September- 16th December 2010 September    18th Reap and Tillage exhibition launch day Come along to the opening day of the exhibition, meet some wonderful Viking characters and have a go at Viking crafts. 22nd Viking Chester tour 23rd...

Lars Saabye Christiansen. Tuesday 19th October, 13.00 Manchester Town Hall. Book on 0843 208 0500 MLF and NICE Festival of Nordic Art and Culture are honoured to present Norway’s leading contemporary writer, Lars Saabye Christensen. He is the author of twelve novels as well as short stories and poetry....

The World of Moomins, Sophia Jansson. Sunday 24th October, 17.00 Whitworth Art Gallery. Tickets: £5/£3 concessions The Moomin books, first published sixty-five years ago, are rightly loved the world over, and not just by children. Author Tove Jansson was also a renowned painter, illustrator and cartoonist. ...

Marianna Morkore and Rannva Karadottir (Faroe Islands). 18 September – 28 November 2010. Nordic Pavilion / Novas CUC Magma is the first film in a series of short films that embrace and discover movement through camera. The films are shot in the extreme and wild landscape of a remote group of islands...

Hrafnkell Sigurdsson (Iceland). 18 September – 28 November 2010. Nordic Pavilion / Novas CUC Highland of Iceland. Sigurdsson organised a performance of forty-nine men, dressed in orange work overalls with hoods on, standing in a grid in the winter landscape. A simple synchronized choreography with...

Kalle Brolin (Sweden). 18 September – 28 November 2010. Nordic Pavilion / Novas CUC Video installation by Kalle Brolin, based on research where geographical and historical connections are created or set up rather than discovered, through poetical as well as factual associations. Exiles from the Paris...

Johanna Lecklin (Finland). 18 September – 28 November 2010. Nordic Pavilion / Novas CUC Story Café “Tell a story – get a coffee.” In my café, Story Café, the visitor gets a cup of coffee in exchange for a story. The stories are recorded on video. The visitors can also watch videos of earlier...

Hrafnhildur Arnardottir AKA ‘Shoplifter’ (Iceland). 18 September – 28 November 2010. Nordic Pavilion / Novas CUC Hrafnhildur Arnardottir AKA ‘Shoplifter’ (Iceland) Gloria, a study for an opera ll