Films
Together with Tjörns filmstudio, The Nordic Watercolour Museum marks United Nations Day on 24 October. View the full programme here.
Elle Marja attends a Sámi boarding school together with her younger sister and is expected to take over the family's reindeer-herding tradition. At the same time, she dreams of a different life, far from the villagers’ harsh words and prejudice, and from the school's strict discipline and compulsory traditional dress. Everything falls apart after the racial biology examinations conducted at the school, and Elle Marja decides to leave everything behind and become Swedish. She steals the clothes and identity of her Swedish teacher and escapes to Uppsala, only to discover that changing her life is far more difficult than she imagined.
Duration: 110 minutes
Admission fre, no pre-booking required. First-come, first-served basis, so please arrive in good time.
The film "Historjá – Stitches for Sápmi" takes its starting point in the artwork "Historjá" and the life and artistic practice of Britta Marakatt-Labba. It explores contemporary Sámi history and the challenges facing Sámi culture today. Don't miss out on experiencing the work in the exhibition at the museum!
Discover more about the art on a public guided tour. The tour starts at 2 pm in the exhibition, and no advance booking is required. Please note that the tour is held in Swedish.
We welcome artist Elin Teilus, joined by Mats Jenséus on guitar and Björn Bohlin on oboe, flute and didgeridoo. Together they create a moving encounter with Sámi history and culture, exploring themes of returning, belonging and the inviolability of life.
As the days grow shorter and nature prepares for cold and darkness, we come together around the simple shared activity of listening together. There will be readings, walks, fika, and creative activities in the forest and by the sea, on Orust one day, and on Tjörn the next. Pre-booking required.
27 september 2026–11 april 2027
Britta Marakatt-Labba has gained international recognition for her extraordinary embroideries. Her drawings and watercolours, however, are almost entirely unknown – works she has kept out of the public eye until now. These delicate, sometimes spontaneous and always evocative images, created largely without any intention of being exhibited publicly, are thematically closely related to her embroideries. The exhibition at The Nordic Watercolour Museum focuses on Britta Marakatt-Labba’s works on paper, which are being shown publicly for the first time. This opens up an entirely new perspective on her artistic practice.
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