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REINE CENTRE OF ARTS AND CULTURE
REINE CENTRE OF ARTS AND
CULTURE is situated in the centre of Reine i Lofoten, a vibrant
fishing village of considerable importance to local trade and
industry, coastal culture and tourism. Not least, Reine has been a
considerable source of inspiratrion to artists, who have found their
way here since the 1800s. Reine’s magnificent location, outermost in
the Lofoten Islands, attracts a flood of travellers throughout the
year.
THE CENTRE was opened in the summer of 2007, and our objective
is to be an arena for a variety of cultural activities: pictorial art,
music, theatre, architecture and literature. Today, the centre houses
a permanent gallery with pictorial artist Eva Harr’s paintings and a
collection of her lithographs. In our theatre we screen an AV show by
fotographer and writer Frank A Jenssen. Every summer we have varying
exhibitions in three different exhibition halls with emphasis on
variation in expression and technique. The Centre also includes an art
and souvenir shop with quality products and a rudimentary café.
REINE CENTRE OF ARTS AND CULTURE is under constant develop-ment,
and in 2010 we will have completed three studio apartments intended
largely for rent to artists wishing to stay here in Lofoten for a
shorter or longer period of time.
OUR MAIN SEASON is from May to September, but we will gladly
open on request at other times of the year. In the autumn and winter
season, we plan to arrange concerts, courses and Christmas events.
IN JUNE 2009 we arranged our first Lofoten International Festival of
Literature, “ReineORD, an ocean of books (Click
here for details), and
we are greatly looking foreward to this as an annual event.
Our mission is to be an arena for culture at a local, national and
inter-national level.
REINE CENTRE OF ARTS AND CULTURE is owned and run by travel
agent pioneer Wiggo Andersen, Fredrikstad and architect Ole Tørklep,
Oslo. The centre manager is musician Lilian Dijkema, Reine.
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