{"id":22886,"date":"2024-11-12T09:08:58","date_gmt":"2024-11-12T08:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/?page_id=22886"},"modified":"2025-06-18T15:06:38","modified_gmt":"2025-06-18T13:06:38","slug":"participatory-collaborative-projects","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/en\/participatory-collaborative-projects\/","title":{"rendered":"Collaborative Artworks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2014, Trapholt has worked with large-scale collaborative art projects. They engage hundreds of citizens who, together with designers\/artists through creative processes, help create large, unique works of art that are exhibited at the museum and afterwards become masterpieces in the museum&#8217;s collection.<\/p>\n<p>The projects focus on the high level of craft and creativity that can be found throughout Denmark. When Trapholt combines an artist\u2019s visionary concept with the creativity and masterful craftsmanship of individual citi\u00adzens, the result is a unique work that could only be created together as a community.<\/p>\n<h4><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-25174 no-border lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/250604-Aarets-kunstkritikerpris2.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"664\" height=\"250\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/250604-Aarets-kunstkritikerpris2.png 664w, https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/250604-Aarets-kunstkritikerpris2-570x215.png 570w, https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/06\/250604-Aarets-kunstkritikerpris2-340x128.png 340w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 664px) 100vw, 664px\" \/><\/h4>\n<h4>Awards<\/h4>\n<p><strong>Art Critics&#8217; Awards 2024<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>AICA Denmark &#8211; The Association of Danish Art Critics celebrated the Danish art scene with the Art Critics&#8217; Awards 2024.<br \/>\nThings Matter by Randi Samsonsen at Trapholt received the award for &#8220;Art Event of the Year 2024&#8221;.<br \/>\nThe jury&#8217;s motivation:<br \/>\n\u201c<em>With her sculpture project, \u201dThings Matter&#8221;, for Trapholt Art Museum, artist Randi Samsonsen achieved several things. By inviting citizens to participate in the project, she activated a number of people and institutions across the country and initiated discussions about art in public spaces. The citizen participation became a joint sculpture, clearly guided by the artist, who also advocated knitting as an artistic material<\/em>&#8221;<br \/>\nThe jury had shortlisted the following in the Art Event of the Year category:<br \/>\n1. Randi Samsonsen, Things Matter, Trapholt; 2. Inuuteq Storch, Rise of the Sunken Sun, Venice Biennale; 3. Kirsten Justesen, Monument for Countess Danner<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/europeanmuseumacademy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Press-release_EMA_Awards_210918.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23762 no-border lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AMA2-910x231.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"127\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AMA2-910x231.jpg 910w, https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AMA2-768x195.jpg 768w, https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AMA2-570x144.jpg 570w, https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AMA2-340x86.jpg 340w, https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/AMA2.jpg 1362w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2021, Trapholt won the prestigious museum award \u2018<a href=\"https:\/\/europeanmuseumacademy.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/09\/Press-release_EMA_Awards_210918.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>The Artmuseum Award<\/strong><\/a>\u2019, organised by The European Museum Academy (EMA). The EMA represents over 40 member countries.<\/p>\n<p>Karen Gr\u00f8n &#8211; Director of Trapholt and curator of the collaborative projects &#8211; was interviewed by Tom Loughman for Best in Heritage. The interview can be found <a href=\"https:\/\/presentations.thebestinheritage.com\/2022\/trapholt-museum-of-modern-art-craft-and-design\">here. <\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/presentations.thebestinheritage.com\/2022\/trapholt-museum-of-modern-art-craft-and-design\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone wp-image-23184 no-border lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-best-in-Heritage-910x123.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"400\" height=\"54\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-best-in-Heritage-910x123.png 910w, https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-best-in-Heritage-1366x185.png 1366w, https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-best-in-Heritage-768x104.png 768w, https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-best-in-Heritage-1536x208.png 1536w, https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-best-in-Heritage-570x77.png 570w, https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-best-in-Heritage-340x46.png 340w, https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/11\/The-best-in-Heritage.png 1543w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><strong>In 2020, the Danish Arts Foundation honoured GR\u00c6NSEL\u00d8SE STING<\/strong><br \/>\n&#8220;<em>It&#8217;s rare that art created through co-creation is as successful, complete and sharp as \u2018Stitches Beyond Borders&#8217;, created by Iben H\u00f8j and over 700 citizens in Denmark&#8230;. This itself is an achievement that you can&#8217;t be anything but astounded by. For this distinguished work of co-creation, Iben H\u00f8j is honoured<\/em>&#8220;, wrote the Danish Arts Foundation.<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-23774 no-border lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/trapholt.dk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/LogoStatensKustfond.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"130\" height=\"165\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Since 2014, Trapholt has worked with large-scale collaborative art projects. They engage hundreds of citizens who, together with designers\/artists through creative processes, help create large, unique works of art that are exhibited at the museum and afterwards become masterpieces in the museum&#8217;s collection. 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