Nils Aas Arts Workshop
Nils Aas kunstverksted
Street address: Nergata 12, N-7670 Inderøy, Norway
Mailing address: P O Box 27, N-7670 Inderøy, Norway
Telephone: 47 7415 5212
Fax: 47 7415 5213
E-mail: [email protected]
Proprietor: Nils Aas Foundation
Contact: Tove Wærdahl Director
Opening hours: Jun-Aug - 10pm-6pm Mon-Fri, 12pm-4pm Sat-Sun, Aug-May - 12pm-4pm Mon-Fri
Nils Aas Art Workshop is a small museum dedicated to well-known sculptor Nils Aas who grew up in the region of Inderøy. Situated in the small village of Straumen, surrounded by lovely countryside of Nord-Trøndelag, the building is designed by Nils Aas. The museum is organised as a 3D autobiography, with sketches, drawings, models, plaster originals to many of the sculptor’s main works and sculptures in bronze, wood, steel and paper. The most remarkable piece is a huge circular monument made in birch wood, situated in the centre of the museum. Many of the sculptor’s busts of famous Norwegians are also on permanent display. It is also a gallery for temporary exhibitions with the aim to promote outstanding contemporary Norwegian artists. The gallery space is particularly beautiful, with its wooden ceilings and floors, for technical details please see below. The Arts Workshop also includes a young persons' workshop.
EXHIBITION FACILITIES
Dimensions: Gallery 1 - 220m² (17m x 13m x 3.5m H) incorporating c 32 linear metres of wall space; Gallery 2 - 46m² (8.5m x 5.5m x 3m H) incorporating c 16 linear metres of wall space; installation system: partly track and hanging rods, partly hammer and nail into wooden walls, partly hammer and nail into free-standing display walls; lighting: flexible combination of spotlights, halogen wall lights and natural light from roof windows; climate control: air-conditioned and heated; availability: partnership arrangement with gallery; sales policy: sales permitted, 35% commission levied; Security system: comprehensive security system throughout museum.
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