Åpen dag

Kunst og håndverk – åpen dag 2025

There will be guided tours every hour from 10:00 to 16:00! Students will be showing off “their KHiO” — on stages, in studios, workshops, workplaces, and maybe even their favorite hangout spots. Meet up at the reception!

The Bachelor’s and Master’s programmes in Medium and Material-Based Art provide an art education within the fields of ceramics, textile, printmaking, and metal and jewellery art. In addition, the department offers a Master’s programme in Art and Public Space.

During the Open Day, you’ll have the opportunity to visit the workshops that form the core of our study programmes, observe and take part in workshops and demonstrations of various techniques, and talk with staff and students from the different programmes and subject areas. There will also be exhibitions and live streams throughout the campus, showcasing some of the students’ ongoing work.

Programme

All Students

09:00–17:00: Exhibition: “Very Open Call”. Location: Seilduken 1
All students in the department (approx. 150 in total) are invited to contribute works to a large-scale exhibition in KHiO’s main gallery. The exhibition is organised by the student-run gallery group, responsible for programming and coordinating the Department of Art and Craft’s student exhibitions in Seilduken.

Ceramics

10:00-15:00 : Raku Firing. Location : Outside Akers Mek (by the Akerselva river)
Experience the excitement of a Raku firing – a dramatic ceramic firing technique involving fire, smoke, and water, where results appear rapidly. Come and watch!

10:00-15:00: Workshop Activities. Location: Ceramics workshop and Byggetorget (floor U2)
Teachers and students will be working on their own projects and demonstrating a variety of ceramic processes and techniques, such as throwing, hand-building, and 3D printing. Visitors are welcome to ask questions about the programme and the admission process.

09:00-17:00: Mini Exhibition. Location: Ceramics student workspaces, 2nd floor A pop-up exhibition from the research project Materiality of White will be on display outside the teachers’ offices and student workspaces. Visitors are welcome to stop by the kitchen area for coffee and conversation with students.

Metal and Jewellery Art

09:30–17:00: Ongoing Presentation of subject area and student activities. Location: Metal group room (near student workspaces)
Continuous slideshow presentation of student activities. Coffee, tea, and biscuits will be served. Students and staff will be available to answer questions.

11:00-11:30: Introduction to the Open Day Workshop. Location: BA1 student workspaces

11:30-16:30 (Lunch break 12:00–13:00): Workshop and Demonstrations in the Forge. Location: Metal workshop (forge)
Visitors are invited to observe live blacksmithing demonstrations by staff and students. For safety reasons, the public will view the activities from outside the forge.

17:00: Exhibition of Forged Objects from the Workshop. Location: Metal group room

Printmaking

10:00-12:00 og 13:00-15:00:  Open Workshop and Demonstrations. Location: Printmaking workshopWorkshop master Scott O’Rourke and printmaking students will present works and demonstrate various relief and intaglio printmaking techniques, including mokuhanga – traditional Japanese woodblock printing.

09:00–17:00: Exhibition: “Looking forward to Hearing from You”. Location: Printmaking workshop
Displayed on the walls between the printmaking studios, this exhibition is the result of an exchange project between TYPA & EKA, in collaboration with the Estonian Academy of Arts (EKA), Oslo National Academy of the Arts (KHiO), the University of the West of England, Bristol (UWE), and Eugeniusz Geppert Academy of Art and Design in Wrocław, Poland (ASP WRO).

14:00–16:00: Open Studio – PhD Fellow Oliver Hambsch
Visitors are welcome to visit the studio of PhD fellow Oliver Hambsch, who will present his artistic research in contemporary printmaking.

For questions, please contact the subject area leader for Printmaking:
Aleksandra Janik – alekjani@khio.no, +47 402 88 72

Textile

09:00–17:00: Exhibition: “Flowing Fantastic Hyper River”. Location: Formsal (access from outside by the waterfall; the door near the lift will be closed)
Textile students will be present throughout the day to welcome visitors and answer questions.

09:00–16:00 (Lunch break 12:00–13:00): Course for BA1 Students. Location: Textile printing workshop
A course for first-year BA students will be ongoing in the textile printing workshop. Visitors are welcome to observe the session.
Instructor: Sidsel Palmstrøm

Master’s Programme in Art and Public Space (MAPS)

10:00–15:00: Live stream of a performative journey.
Meeting point: The space in front of the cafeteria.

For the Open Day, all MAPS students will take part in a performative site analysis, exploring a curated selection of parking facilities in Oslo without leaving the car. The performance will be streamed live from a camera mounted on the dashboard of one of the cars, allowing visitors at KHiO to take part in the students’ work. The live stream will be projected onto one of the walls in the space in front of the cafeteria. The students have also selected a soundtrack for the performance, which will be played alongside the stream.
Are you curious about how art can create new connections between people and places?

Feel free to get in touch if you would like to talk about the programme, the admission process, or academic opportunities within the master’s degree:
Merete Røstad
Programme Leader, Master’s Programme in Art and Public Space
mererost@khio.no

Master’s Programme in Medium and Material Based Art (MAMBA)

11:00–15:00: Film Screening – MAMBA Activities. Location: Theory Room
Continuous screening of a film showcasing recent activities from the MAMBA Master’s programme. Visitors are welcome to drop in throughout the day.