The artist’s home
Ricklundgården was created by the couple Emma and Folke Ricklund in the late 40’s. Together they built their dream villa up on a hill in the middle of the mountain village Saxnäs. The view over the lake Kultsjön and the Marsfjäll massif in the background is amazing. It was an incredibly bold project that became a piece of architectural history.
Today, Ricklundgården is a museum and art residence. Artists from all over the world come here, all year round, to soak up nature and create art in the two studios.
The museum
Walk up the stone stairs, sprinkled with beautifully flowering poppies and enter through the door of the whitewashed villa. Take off your shoes and hang up your jacket in the cloakroom, now you are standing inside Emma Ricklund’s home. Here time has stopped and everything has been preserved as when she left us in 1965. A unique artist’s home with both local and exotic art. Welcome!
Art in residence
Do you get inspiration by the shifts in nature and do you feel tranquility in silence? Whether you want to find peace or inspiration, Ricklundgården’s studios are created for creation. Artists have come here to work for more than 80 years.
Ricklundgården is today an international art residence with two studios and guest artists come from all over the world.
NEWS
On the surface, Ricklundgården may seem calm and tranquil, but underneath, inspiration and creativity burst forth, like all the changes in nature. Candles light up during the dark winter nights and maybe a fire sparks in the fireplace. But soon it blossoms in Emma’s flowerbeds and the slate paths are framed by greenery. Emma Ricklund was a very talented woman full of visions and we continue to develop and create in her spirit.
EMMAS
Our art education workshop and meeting place for people of all ages.
KRAM
“Emma Ricklund’s foundation receives support of roughly 3.1 million from the Heritage Fund for the project “KRAM”
“KRAM (Creativity, Relationships, Everyone’s equal value, Courage to be yourself)” will develop a new cultural-pedagogical working method where children’s and young people’s needs, reflection, wishes and the artistic process are at the center. The project will build three physical art education nodes in Saxnäs, Dikanäs and Vilhelmina and also create an outreach mobile activity based on the new way of working.
News
Open studio during the Christmas market
During the Christmas market day in Saxnäs on November 22nd, our fantastic artist in residence @karinefraimart invites you to Folkes Ateljé!
The entrance to the studio is at the back of the house, follow the sign / marshals and you will find the right one.
Time: 1-4 pm
Welcome!
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Many thanks to MC Coble & Simon Gripenberg
Many thanks to MC Coble & Simon Gripenberg for your personal, honest, interesting and generous artist presentations yesterday!
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We heard about exclusion, threats of violence, not feeling at home in your body, the path to new life, the power of nature as a way to feel good and see life from a different perspective. We heard about climate change, actively protesting and standing up for your opinion, changing career choices later in life and a little about what it is like to belong to the Swedish-speaking minority in Finland called Finland Swedes.
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The day ended with a guided tour of the museum by visiting visitors from Västernorrland!
Also with us on the tour were two students from @academyoffinearts_umea
EMMAS’ art education workshop has become a natural meeting place and complements the residency activities at Ricklundgården incredibly well. EMMAS makes it possible for us to arrange outreach activities and workshops even if all studios are occupied. It is not always desirable for an artist living with us to invite people to their studio while work is in progress, nor is our museum always suitable for various public events. It is nice not to have to choose, we can both have residency accommodation in all studios, guided tours in the museum and activities at EMMAS that require a different accessibility and freedom of choice in how the activities are carried out / implemented or need to be open!
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Premiere of “The Little Show with the Big HEART 2.0”
Premiere of “The Little Show with the Big HEART 2.0”, Friday 21 November at 8pm at Marsfjäll Mountain Lodge!
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Performance no. 2, Thursday 27 November at 7pm in the Nöjesgården at Folkets Hus in Vilhelmina!
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EMMAS Art Education Workshop and the KRAM Inheritance Fund Project invite you to a performance; The Little Show with the Big HEART 2.0! The show offers personal anecdotes, elements of sketches, the joy of dancing and live music. For approx. 2 hours, the audience is treated to a wholehearted commitment and great courage from all who perform as the entire group is amateurs. Our Show wants to touch and spread joy!
“I LOVED MY TIME AT RICKLUNDGÅRDEN VERY MUCH. IN THE SURROUNDINGS EVERYTHING WAS NEW TO ME – NATURE, PLANTS, COLORS, SOUNDS, VIEWS, SPACE – EVERYTHING SO DIFFERENT FROM HOME. AND I COULD WORK UNDISTURBED AND WITHOUT COMMITMENTS FROM THE OUTSIDE. I WAS GONE AND COULDN’T BE INTERRUPTED AND THE WORLD TURNED INTO A MORE COMFORTABLE SELF. THE IMPRESSIONS I GOT WERE THROUGH THE WINDOW AND WALKING TO THE GROCERY STORE AND I LOVED TO HAVE IT THAT WAY. I SLEEPED WHEN I WAS TIRED, ATE WHEN I WAS HUNGRY. WORKED HOW LONG I WANTED. THE STUDIO WAS ALSO FANTASTIC. THE SPACE IN IT, THE VIEW FROM IT, AND THE CLOSENESS FROM THE BREAKFAST TABLE TO WORK. I AM REALLY HAPPY AND GRATEFUL FOR BEING GRANTED TO BE THERE.”
Susanne Vollmer
”I SPENT A MONTH AT RICKLUNDGÅRDEN IN THE SUMMER OF 2019 TOGETHER WITH MY PARTNER MATZ ENGDAHL, WHO ARE DECOR PAINTER AND MUSICIAN. THE STUDIO IS LOCATED IN AN INCREDIBLY BEAUTIFUL ENVIRONMENT RIGHT BY A LAKE AND CLOSE TO SEVERAL MOUNTAINS. IT IS INSPIRING TO TAKE PART OF WHAT EMMA AND FOLKE RICKLUND CREATED IN THIS PLACE AND THE DESIRE THAT BEAMS OUT OF THE HOUSE. FOLKES STUDIO IS SPACIOUS AND BRIGHT WITH HIGH CEILINGS AND A SMALL INDOOR BALCONY WITH A VIEW OF THE MOUNTAINS. WE HAD A FANTASTIC MONTH WITH EXCURSIONS – WE WALKED, WERE AT A FESTIVAL IN VILHELMINA, VISITED FATMOMAKKE AND AT THE SAME TIME WE FOUND PEACE FOR FOCUSED WORK. AT THE END OF THE MONTH, WE INVITED TO AN EXHIBITION AND CONCERT IN FOLKES STUDIO FOR PEOPLE WHO LIVED IN THE AREA AND WHOM WE HAD MET DURING OUR TIME THERE. I CAN REALLY RECOMMEND RICKLUNDGÅRDEN TO FIND PEACE FOR ARTISTIC WORK IN A UNIQUE PLACE.”
Fanny Hellgren
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