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A lot is happening at Funen Art Academy. On this front page you will find an overview of what’s on and when.
The mentioned events are open to the public with free admission.

Artist Talk with Jonas Kjeldgaard Sørensen
Jonas Kjeldgaard Sørensen (b. 1993), graduated from Funen Art Academy in 2018, works with performative storytelling at the intersection of science fiction, theatre, and performance. Since autumn 2021, the allegorical figure “The Weapons Grinder” has become Jonas’ artistic persona. Through masks, costumes, and performative universes, Kjeldgaard Sørensen explores contemporary brutality, fluid genealogy, and the collapse of masculinity – themes he will also address in his talk at the Academy.
The talk will take place in the Lecture Hall at Funen Art Academy on November 20, 16:00–17:30.

Lecture by Tinne Zenner
Visual artist and filmmaker Tinne Zenner (b. 1986), graduated from the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in 2016, works with analogue film, digital renderings, and spatial installations. Her works move between the cinema and the exhibition space, examining the physical and cultural traces of Denmark’s colonial interventions in Greenland. This year, Zenner begins her practice-based PhD project Immaterial Extraction at Art Hub Copenhagen & University of Copenhagen, where she investigates mapping and data extraction in Kalaallit Nunaat in relation to neocolonial power dynamics and today’s geopolitical landscape.
Zenner’s lecture will take place on December 4, 16:00–17:30 at Funen Art Academy.

LIGE HER, FORAN BAGSIDEN
Funen Art Academy and Faaborg-Midtfyn Municipality are pleased to invite you to the inauguration of a new decoration at Polymeren in Årslev, created by five students from Funen Art Academy: Cathlin Madeleine Beeck, Ida Winkel, Joël Julien Johannes Wiese, María Kristín Antonsdóttir and Silas Høegh.
Inauguration May 28, 16:00–18:00. Stationsvej 69, at the end of Gate 10, 5792 Årslev.

The participating students and their teacher, visual artist Søren Hüttel, will be present at the inauguration, which will also feature musical performances by performance artist Tine Louise Kortermand and musician Trine Lunau. Visual artist Anders Qvist Nielsen will give the welcome speech on behalf of the Visual Arts Council.
For more information, (Only in Danish) click here.

Decoration of Møllestien
Four Academy students have created a permanent outdoor artwork for the new cycle path by Lumby Mill under Bladstrupvej. The art students are: Amalie Gammichia, Liv Guhle Johansen, Tine Suaning Leone and Silas Høegh.
Find the works at Slettensvej 294, 5270 Odense, and read the press release (Only in Danish) here.
A big thank you to Odense Municipality for funding the project, and to Odense Art Council for appointing students from Funen Art Academy for the task.