Exhibitions
10 Feb 2022
Pattern Party 6.5. - 3.6.2022
Pattern Party celebrates cultural heritage and women's history in Sweden and Finland from 1930s till 1980s
The role of Finland and Sweden has been important, vibrant and successful during the decades when the Nordic design has enjoyed international popularity and high demand from its buyers.
Now it is time to showcase these patterns and designers once again. We will begin our journey from Dora Jung design studio in Helsinki and continue through the 1940s and 1950s with hand-printed fabrics by Ulla Ericson-Åström - small prints and toned down colours. During the same time, Viola Gråsten was in the middle of a color revolution with her designs in Stockholm, leading to the 1960s and a complete explosion of colour in Lena Rewell and Ritva Wahlström patterns. In contrast, the 1970s were a decade of clear colors and playful patterns with "flower power", as we can see in patterns created by Kaarina Kellomäki and Anneli Airikka Lammi. Our Pattern Party will end in the joyful 1980s with a Finnish textile studio Studio Ulla & Stina and a Swedish textile designer Birgitta Hahns, who was part of the so-called Swedish 10-group that created patterns with organic shapes and a fresh feel, connecting to Stockholm-themed designs.
The exhibition consists of textiles from 16 Finnish and Swedish designers as well as photographs, fashion pieces, newspaper articles and sketches. Collector Maria Jernkvist is a textile entrepreneur and freelance writer from Stockholm. Most of the exhibition pieces are from her private collection, but some of them are borrowed samples from textile designers, relatives and other Finnish museums. The exhibition is written by Maria Jernkvist and Scandinavian Retro -magazine editor in chief Viveca Carlsson.
Maria Jernkvist started collecting in 2004.
The exhibition will be on show at the gallery Vinkkeli, Forssa Library 2nd floor, Wahreninkatu 4, Spinning Mill Forssa
https://mariajernkvisttextile.se/
+46(0)704413766
Mönsterfest 6.5.– 3.6 2022
Både Finland och Sverige har haft en nyanserad, framgångsrik och viktig roll inom textilindustrins utveckling under många
decennier då efterfrågan på nordiska mönster var stor.
Nu lyfter vi fram mönstren och textilformgivarna på nytt och vi börjar 1932 i Dora Jungs ateljé på Högbergsgatan 19 i Helsingfors. Därefter fortsätter vi genom ett 40,- och 50-tal med småmönstrade handtryckta tyger i sobra färger av Ulla Ericson Åström .Viola Gråsten gjorde färgrevolution i Stockholm med sina mönster under samma tid. 1960-talet bjöd på en storskalig färgexplosion från bland annat Lena Rewell och Ritva Wahlström. På 70-talet blev färgerna klarare och motiven mer lekfulla och mönstren för den tiden var mer eller mindre ”flower power”, Anneli Airikka Lammi och Kaarina Kellomäkis mönster visar på det. Vår mönsterfest avslutas i det glada 80-talet med den finska textilduon Studio Ulla & Stina och den svenska textildesignern Birgitta Hahns från 10 gruppen som skapade friskt med organiska former och Stockholmsmotiv.
Utställningen visar en blandning av tyger, fotografier, modeplagg, tidningsartiklar och skisser av 16 kvinnliga textilformgivare från Finland och Sverige.
Utställningen är gjord av Maria Jernkvist, tygentreprenör och frilansskribent från Stockholm. De flesta tyger och kläder som visas kommer ifrån hennes egen samling men en del är också inlånade från textilformgivarna, anhöriga och andra museer i Finland. Texterna är skrivna av Maria Jernkvist och chefredaktör Viveca Carlsson för Scandinavian Retro.
Maria Jernkvist började att samla på tyger 2004.
Jag hittade Maija Isolas mönster ”MELOONI” på en loppis i Stockholm. Mönstret och färgerna påverkade mig så starkt att det fick mig att helt ändra riktning i livet”.
Samlandet tog fart och ja började ivrigt söka kunskap och började blogga för att dela med sig av den information jag hittade.
2015 fick jag en fråga om jag ville skriva för Scandinavian Retro magasin om Kerstin Ratia som var designer för Marimekko under 60,- och 70-talet. Jag hade besökt henne i Finland året innan. Jag sa ja, och det har lett till att jag fått möta många av de formgivare och anhöriga jag visar på utställningen.
Jag hoppas med utställningen att väcka ett större intresse och inspirera människor att bevara tyger och kläder från den här tiden. De är en del av vårat kulturarv, kvinnohistoria och en härligt mönsterskatt.”
https://mariajernkvisttextile.se/
+46(0)704413766
2.5-5.6 2022
Näyttelytila Vinkkeli
Forssa Library 2nd floor
Address: Wahreninkatu 4 B
Open: Tue-Thu 11-19, Fri 11-17, Sat 10-14
THE CITY OF COLOURFUL CLOTH
Our permanent exhibition City of Colourful Cloth tells how Forssa evolved from a group of farming villages in the middle of the 19th century into a modern industrial city.
It tells how Axel Wahren founded Forssa and how “cotton angels” came to work in the factory. It tells about the time when the river through the city got blue, green or red, depending on the dyeing plant. It also tells about later days when rotating machines produced kilometres of colourful cloth, and when houses were made of concrete.
Opening hours
Mon closed
Tue-Fri 10-16
Sat 10-14 (summer season 12-16)
Sun 12-16
THE PATTERN CENTRE
The Pattern Centre is home to our museum's collection of printed textiles. The space is divided into an exhibition space, museum shop, archive, and research facilities.
The new exhibition tells the story of Finnish textile printing, an industry that began in Forssa in the 1860s. Forssa maintained its status as a focal place of printmaking know-how and design, through the age of industrial textile printing in Finland, and continued onwards from the 1930s as an important part of Finlayson Co.
From the year 1951 onwards the Forssa design studio hosted textile designers and artists who created patterns of different colors and designs: stripes, polka dots, florals, abstracts, and everything in between, always getting inspired by the movements of art, popular culture, and design of their time. These printed fabrics dressed our nation, decorated our homes, and spread across the border to international markets.
Our permanent exhibition includes information, illustrations, and photographs of designers and their time as well as printed textiles, made into textile installations. These installations have been created to showcase different styles and decades of Finnish printed textile design. You can learn about color layering, color theory, and textile printing in our exhibition that invites you to touch, feel and try for yourself!
We are open, starting April 30th, 2022
Mon closed
Tue-Fri 10-16
Sat-Sun 12-16
(outside the summer season upon request during weekends)
Address: Wahreninkatu 13, 30100 Forssa
RONTTISMÄKI factory workers' house museum
Experience the living of local industrial workers and craftsmen in the 1880s in a complex of three wooden houses. The Workers House Museum is open during events in the summertime. All the events are free of charge. You can visit or book a tour outside the events by contacting the museum staff in advance by email or phone:
Contact:
kristiina.huttunen@forssa.fi
+358 3 4141 5101
Location: 2. Linja 5-7, Forssa
GALLERY MOLETTI 2023
10.-29.1. Anne Vilkuna: Paintings, "Piece by piece"
31.1.–26.2. Veera Nivalainen: Sharing fruit and other intimate encounters.
28.2.-26.3. Outi Rämö: Paintings
28.3.–23.4. Jaana Saario: Paintings and frescos.
25.4.-7.5. Keramiikka-artesaanit, lopputyönäyttely. Forssan ammatti-instituutti.
9.5.-21.5. Forssan lasten ja nuorten kuvataidekoulu, lopputyönäyttely.
23.5-18.6. Elisabeth San Miguel: Installations.
20.6.-16.7. Työryhmä Pehmeä puoli ( Työryhmä Heidi Hakkarainen, Sirpa Hannele Heinonen, Lotta Leka, Kirke Muhonen, Janne Raappana, Katariina Rantala, Kristiina Töyry, Leena Vainio, Hanna Valtokivi, Sanna Ristolainen, Marika Viskari ja Heli Väisänen. )
18.7.-13.8. Petra Kallio: Graphic art.
17.-20.8. Naomi Ito ja Anu Tuominen: Helminä
22.8.-10.9. Valokuvaaja Jussi Pohjakallion lehtikuvia (SK) 1950-luvulta. Journalistic photographs.
12.9.-8.10. Veera Inkeri: Installations
10.10-5.11. Pia Männikkö: Installations
7.11.-3.12. Niina Hiltunen: Textile art.
4.12- 7.1.2024 Niko Saarinen: Drawings and sculptures.
The picture is form an art exhibition by Noora Ylipieti - Toisia palveleva rakkaus, 2019.
ARE YOU INTERESTED IN HAVING YOUR OWN EXHIBITION IN THE MUSEUM ART GALLERY?
If interested, please send in your application including an exhibition plan, CV, photographs of your previous work or exhibitions, and your preferred time for the exhibition.
Application time for the year 2023 starts in April 2022
Exhibition times will be decided during the summer season. We will contact the artists chosen for the year 2023 during the summer of 2022.
Gallery space is approximately 80m2.
Rent for the exhibition space is 80 € for the first week + 40 € every week after that (includes VAT24%). The standard exhibition time is 4 weeks, but exceptions can be made.
For more information + sending in your application please contact us via phone or email:
kristiina.huttunen@forssa.fi
+358 3 4141 5101
Mailing address:
Forssan museum
PL 62
30101 Forssa
Finland
