The project questions the significance of dress, craftmanship and identity at a time when questions – and tensions - around fast fashion and sustainability, AI, multiculturalism, gender, and globalisation have significantly impacted the way in which Norwegians and Scots look at traditional and historic dress, use it, make it and preserve it.
During the last year, the project has arranged workshops, seminars and artist’s exchanges, both in Scotland and in Norway, supported by Arts Council Norway as well as partners in both countries.
The 26th of November 2026, we arrange a seminar at Oslo Metropolitan University, were we welcome artists, craftspeople, curators, and researchers to explore these issues in depth.
Deadline for registration is 1 November 2026. There is no participation fee.
The conference is moderated by Dr. Kitty Corbet Milward, formerly British Council Nordic Office and Co-Curator of ‘Interweaving Threads’ with Camilla Rossing, Director of the Norwegian Institute for Bunad and Folk Dress.
Program
- 09:00 Coffee and Registration
- 10:00 Welcome by the Oslo Metropolitan University and the Scottish Government
- 10:10 Why ‘Interweaving Threads’? Dr Kitty Corbet Milward and Director Camilla Rossing
- 10:25 The Warp Weighted Loom: Curator Monika Ravnanger, Osterøy Museum
- 10:55 Coffee
- 11:10 Artists in Conversation: Owen Edward Snaith & Ingrid Haugnes with Mhairi Muncaster
- 11:50 Grant 1: Pernille Olstad and Magnhild Peggy Jones Gilje: Interweaving Fellowship
- 12:10 Emma Jones and Lena Vida: OsloMet Student Project / International Tartans
- 12:30 Lunch
- 13:30 Grant 2: Jane Malcolm-Davies, Hannah Vickers, Beatrice Behlen: C17th Knitted Waistcoats
- 13:50 Grant 3: Will Wakely: Knitting Circles in the North
- 14:10 Panel Discussion: What Role does Textile Art and Heritage Dress Play in a Modern Society Moderated by Camilla Rossing. Panel: Emily Taylor, Curator, National Museum of Scotland, Kirsty Hassard, Curator, Victoria and Albert Museum Dundee, Vilde Gullhaug Birkeli, Student, OsloMe, Liv Klakegg Dahlin, Head of Department of Art, Design and Drama, OsloMet
- 15:00 Closing Remarks: Kitty Corbet Milward, Camilla Rossing and Caroline Garland, Journalist at The Independent.
- 15:15 Goodbyes
Project partners: Norwegian Institute of Bunad and Folk Costume, Department of Art, Design and Drama at OsloMet – Oslo Metropolitan University, An Talla Solais, Museumssenteret i Hordaland (MUHO), National Museums Scotland, Cove Park, and Kulturdirektoratet.
