Haataja, Christa

Huhmarniemi, Maria

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Environmental art for Tourism in LaplandMaria Huhmarniemi, Christa HaatajaUniversity of Lapland, FinlandAbstractEnvironmental Art for Tourism is a cooperation project of the University ofLapland’s Faculty of Art and Design, The Artists’ Association of Lapland,and the four tourism companies in Lapland. The project aims to increase theuse environmental art in the tourism environments in Lapland, especially inthe sites that are located to the nature. The project consists of pilot projectsin which artists and art students work together to make proposals, ideas anddrafts for the companies. The focus is on applications of artists and designersskills rather than on making artworks in traditional sense. From the point ofview of art education, the models of participatory design and the developmentof user-orientation in place-specific art are interesting. In this presentation Ipresent the project and participating companies and discuss the results andfaced challenges in the project.KeywordsEnvironmental art, Participatory design, Tourism, Community art, Art teacher education.1434 Synnyt / Origins | 2 / 2019 | Abstracts

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