The cultural school bag DKS-LAB in Molde 2023
Are you an artist and want help developing visual art projects for the DKS cultural school bag?
We invite artists from all over the country to apply for participation at DKS-LAB Molde 2023.
DKS-LAB in Molde will be held in week 21 of 2023, that means Monday 22 May to Friday 26 May 2023.
The participants who take part in the test lab receive assistance, guidance and advice from MRK, and the aim is to develop project proposals that can be submitted to Kulturtanken’s portal, which has a registration deadline of 1 October each year.
DKS-LAB is a nationwide network of experimental platform for visual art in the cultural school bag,
which facilitates giving artists, craftspeople, designers and architects better conditions for developing content for the DKS scheme.
• Participants will be selected on the basis of submitted proposals with project sketches.
• MRK covers all expenses for travel within Norway, accommodation and five days of DKS fees.
• Participants who are selected prepare and complete a production for for the national DKS program .
Read more about DKS in English here
What kind of projects are we looking for?
MRK wants proposals from visual artists who work with all kinds of materials and methods in the visual arts field.
Project proposals can be aimed at all grade levels, but we are happy to accept several project proposals that are suitable for upper secondary students.
We want to contribute to the development of productions so that they can be offered to DKS throughout the country.
About DKS-LAB Molde
DKS-lab is a workshop-based gathering with discussions between the participants.
Experienced supervisors from the visual arts field will contribute with help to clarify ideas and methods to best develop the projects.
During the assembly week, we collaborate with schools, where we try out the projects live, in the classroom together with students in relevant age groups.
Send us a short presentation of your art praxis and documentation of previous projects
- Some illustrations- pics- can be from previous projects or idea sketches.
- A written outline of your idea, dissemination plan, and description of the project you want to develop at DKS-LAB in Molde, max. 2 pages.
- Also indicate which school level/age group you think the proposal is suitable for!
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- CV, portfolio or link to website.
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- The documents must be marked with “name + DKS-LAB” and sent together in ONE pdf file of max 10MB to
- post@mrkunst.no
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- Application deadline: 15 March 2023.
- Questions can be directed to Madeleine Park mobile: 913 83 842 e-mail: leder@kunst.no
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- DKS-lab 2023 is organized in collaboration with Kulturtanken and DKS Møre and Romsdal County Council.