Thank you to everyone that joined us for the Introduction to Linocut workshop. We spent the weekend with artist in residence Cathrine Alice Liberg learning different lino printing techniques in one and multicolour designs.

We are happy to share a report from Svalbard as part of the World Weather Network - A worldwide network of artists, writers and communities reporting on their weather and our climate from June 2022 – June 2024.

Spring is beginning to arrive in Longyearbyen and with it we welcome our next writer in residence, Roald Berg professor emeritus of modern history at the University of Stavanger.

Stibbon will create an immersive experience for the viewer, aiming to act as a stark reminder that the seemingly remote events of polar ice sheet melt is directly connected with the changes being witnessed in a more local and familiar UK landscape.

We are pleased to announce that Artica Svalbard has successfully qualified as a 2023 Active Member with Gallery Climate Coalition. To achieve Active status we had to demonstrate that our organisation had implemented environmental sustainability best practice in line with GCC guidance.

Artica og Svalbardposten sten er på jakt etter neste generasjons miljøjournalister og skribenter. For deg mellom 14 og 20 år som bor i Longyearbyen.

Cathrine Alice Liberg is a Norwegian-Singaporean artist and printmaker working in a variety of techniques, including lithography, photogravure, cyanotype, etching and mezzotint. Her art revolves around the family portrait, where she contemplates the stories that were lost through her family’s migration, and how descendants can never become reliable narrators of their ancestors’ lives.

Thank you to everyone that joined us on Tuesday 12 March for The Moon Rhymes in Frost workshop. Led by our host pastry chef, Ethan Kan, this hands-on session helped participants to learn to craft a variation of a snow skin mooncake.

Påminnelse- Artica og Svalbardposten ser etter neste generasjon miljøjournalister og -skribenter.

Thank you to everyone that joined us on Saturday 2nd March for the Solfestuka workshop.

We are very pleased to welcome pastry chef Ethan Kan to Artica to host this one of kind workshop. Inspired by the end of polar night and the ethereal glow of moonlit nights, this workshop invites participants to immerse themselves in a ritualistic culinary experience.

Ellen Viste lives in Bergen, where she works as a communication adviser at the Bjerknes Centre for Climate Research. Having a background as a meteorologist and climate researcher, she has also worked extensively with popular science writing on weather and climate.