NORDIC TEXTILE ART - MAKING LOOPS - NORDIC/BALTIC 2026
Report from our Nordic/Baltic textile meeting 23-27 April 2026.
A full program that started in Stockholm, continued on the boat over to Tallinn, where it continued to fill up for three days and ended on the boat back to Stockholm.
Read the report here. It is in Danish. Please google translate if you do not understand. It is worth it! And there are a lot of inspiring pictures. Report by Vibeke Lindhardt head of NTA board.
Read Beatrijs Sterk´s blog on Textile Forum. It is in English and in German.
Making Loops
Loop, a common term in textile techniques: loop, stitch, sling, noose, interlace. Loop becomes in our textile conference a symbol for our aim to strengthen our network, where we by boat make a loop over the Baltic Sea. We see the boat trip as a connection that spans several dimensions. Shipping has, at all times, brought people together, and the life at sea carries much of the textile knowledge with its nets, knots, ropes, and hawsers. Being together on a boat provides the time and opportunity to bring people together both in knowledge, creativity, intergenerational meetings, and across national borders.
The annual meetings are organized circulating in the Nordic countries with thematic program content with activities to create mobility with new forums for textile art. We call it Nordic Textile Meeting because we think the meeting is the most important aspect. In 2026, it was time for Sweden to host the event. We have established good contacts with artists from Estonia and the Estonian Textile Artists' Association. This year, we therefore want to strengthen and expand our networks and make a loop to Estonia.
Team NTA Sweden: Josabet Werkmäster, Elisabeth Brenner Remberg, Maria Johansson och Anna Segelman.
Elisabeth Brenner Remberg, "Network".
