C/O Regina Mucwicki Mabrouk
Himmelsvägen 34
S-743 35 Storvreta
Uppsala
Sweden
- Arts
It was created in 1955 mainly to create a meeting place for the local artists, but also the association wanted to increase the artists´ possibilities to support themselves as professional artists. For this a member’s gallery and a working place was necessary. Through the years the artists have become more nationally and internationally oriented. The association is now an important and creative part of the artistic activities in Uppsala Municipality.
Being a meeting place for artists, running an art gallery for its members – Galleri 1 (with approximately 16 exhibitions/ year) and “Annexet” for guest artist from other countries and other parts of Sweden as well as members. With public events as seminars, workshops and debates. The association also runs a workshop/studio with a fully equipped graphic studio. For artists exchanges there are possibilities for accommodations for two persons.
Locally oriented art projects are for instance collaboration with the Linné garden and with the University of Uppsala, the ARTEMIS project. There is an annual art exchange program with Visby, Gotland, Sweden and Wismar in Germany. Members and groups of members are or have recently been involved in international exchange projects. There has been collaboration with artists from Japan, China, Latin America and Russia creating different art projects.