OPEN CALL: plant dyeing workshop with Hilde Hauan Johnsen

This winter, Bergen Kunsthall welcomes textile artist and scenographer Hilde Hauan Johnsen back to Bergen for a one-month residency. Johnsen lived in the city for 16 years, including 14 as a professor of textile at the Bergen Academy of Art and Design. Her weaving and dyeing practice has consistently observed plant life and the geopolitics inscribed within it.

During her residency, Johnsen will search for the palette of Bergen in winter, looking to plant life and other forms of life in the cold season for the city’s expression and the stories it might tell. She will open this process up to the community through an open call, inviting 15 local participants (plant enthusiasts, hikers, textile artists and curious minds) to join her for weekly meetings over the course of the month. Every Sunday, the group will walk the landscape to discover what pigments it holds, collecting algae and tree bark, visiting gardens and hiking, then experimenting with dyeing fabric from the collected material in the Live studio. You can apply to be part of the group with this form. Deadline: November 9, 2026.

Sunday 15 November 2026, 10:00—14:00
Sunday 22 November 2026, 10:00—14:00
Sunday 6 December 2026, 10:00—14:00