ALPHA Seminar: Cultural Heritage, Craft and Fashion
Time: 12 March 2026, 13:00–15:50 CET
Place: Oslo National Academy of the Arts
How do emerging fashion designers work with cultural heritage? What roles do craft and dress play in connecting the past and the present?
The Nordic organisation ALPHA and Oslo National Academy of the Arts are organising a half-day seminar that explores cultural heritage across contemporary fashion and folk dress. Through a presentation and a conversation, the seminar shares new perspectives on the meanings and use of cultural heritage and craft in fashion and dress. The day concludes with an engaging workshop where everyone can learn how to weave.
The event is supported by the Nordic Culture Fund through ALPHA.
Programme
13:00-13:10: Welcome, Fredrik Floen, Head of Bachelor’s Programme, Clothing Design and Costume Design, Oslo National Academy of the Arts
13:10-13:30: Introduction to Nordic Fashion Cultures, Ane Lynge-Jorlén, Director of ALPHA.
13:30-14:30: Cultural Heritage in Norwegian Fashion and Dress
Conversation with fashion designer Ramona Salo Myrseth, fashion designer Vårhild Bakke Berntzen and cultural historian and senior curator Bjørn Sverre Hol Haugen, moderated by Ane Lynge-Jorlén
14:30-14:50: Coffee break
14:50-15:50: Weaving workshop by designer Ingeborg Iona Isla Kvalnes, who merges weaving with embodied knowledge of hands.
Learn how to weave and bring home self-made items.
Read more about the event here (khio.no).