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SUMMARY:Workshop: tampere: symposium and opening of  9.eqt textile sho
 w - modern european fiber arts
DESCRIPTION:**SYMPOSIUM (3-5 pm) and OPENING (6-8 pm) of 9.EQT-Tampere
  on (Fri) 16 January 2026**

International quilt art will be on displa
 y in Finland in 2026, when the 9th European Quilt Triennale, a trienni
 al exhibition of contemporary textile art, comes to Tampere for the fi
 rst time. The exhibition draws from a large Europe-wide competition, i
 nitiated by Dr. Kristine Scherer of the Max Berk Textile Collection in
  Heidelberg, brings a selection of top-level European quilt artworks t
 o the Finlayson area.

9.EQT (9th European Quilt Triennale)
consists o
 f contemporary modern textile and patchwork artworks made in Europe, s
 elected by an international jury. Nanna was for a second time part of 
 the EQT-committee. They selected 45 works for the exhibition, which be
 gan in Heidelberg in 2025 and also includes two Finnish works: Marita 
 Lappalainen's "A House" and "Touch" by Leena Illukka.
The 9th EQT tour
 ed in Germany and Switzerland during 2025.

The event on social media:
 
Facebook: 9.EQT Tampere 2026
Instagram: 9eqt_tampere_2026

LOCATION:

 Vooninki, Finlayson area, Väinö Linnan aukio 13, Tampere.
OPEN:
Janu
 ary 17–February 15, 2026, Tue–Sun 10 am–4 pm, closed on Mondays.
 
Free admission to the exhibition.

**SYMPOSIUM AND OPENING CEREMONY J
 anuary 16, 2026**
LOCATION: Terde (next to Vooninki), Finlayson area, 
 Väinö Linnan aukio 13, Tampere.
Admission fee €20, payable in cash
  upon arrival at the symposium.
**Advance registration required by ema
 il to pinja.sara.heininen@gmail.com**
Please inform of special dietary
  requirements at your registration.
The symposium has capacity for 80 
 participants, and places will be filled in order of registration: firs
 t come, first served.
________________________________________
3–5 p
 m Symposium at Terde (Väinö Linnan aukio 13, Tampere)
First part (ap
 prox. 20 min) in English:
•    Dr. Kristine Scherer, Heidelberg Text
 ile Museum Max Berk: Introduction
•    Nanna Aspholm-Flik, MA, Texti
 le Artist: Textiles connect us all
•    Minna Hyytiäinen, Executive
  Director, Taito organization: Crafts Bring Happiness
•    Presentat
 ion of all project partners
BREAK
in Finnish (approx. 45 min)
•	Minn
 a Huotilainen, brain researcher, University of Helsinki: Human intelli
 gence and well-being reside in the brain and hands.
•    Dr. Vuokko 
 Isaksson: A new wave of patchwork in Europe

6-8 pm Opening Ceremony a
 t Vooninki (Väinö Linnan aukio 13, Tampere).

9th EQT exhibition cat
 alogues will be available for purchase at the symposium and opening ce
 remony for €20 in cash.

PLEASE NOTE: The Terde space is divided int
 o two floors. Unfortunately, the premises are not wheelchair accessibl
 e: the lower floor of the Terde space, where the symposium will be hel
 d, cannot be accessed by wheelchair or walker.

During the exhibition 
 opening hours a varied program is organized with the collaborations pa
 rtners, like workshops, talks, and guided tours in three different lan
 guages (FI, EN, GER).

Nanna's open guided tours:
Wednesdays at 2:30 p
 m in English
Fridays at 2:30 pm in Finnish
Sundays at 2:30 pm in Finni
 sh (and in German if necessary)

Further information and inquiries:
pi
 nja.sara.heininen@gmail.com
URL:https://nannatextiles.de/programm/extern/symposium-at-9-eqt-tamper
 e-on-quilt-and-the-brain-health-of-crafts
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