Swedish artist will teach Vitebsk colleagues to felt not valenki, but sculptures

January 19, Vitebsk / Diana Kurilo - BELTA /. A Swedish artist will teach Vitebsk colleagues to felt not valenki (traditional Russian felt boots), but sculptures, will give a lecture on the art of felting, and will present her exhibition. The project "Aspects of Life" by Gunilla Pethau-Schoeberg will open today in Vitebsk, the Vitebsk Center for Contemporary Art told a BELTA correspondent. Gunilla Pethau-Schoeberg is a Swedish artist working in the fashionable technique of felting. She studied traditional methods of felt making in Mongolia, Turkey, Hungary, as well as in Belarus, and has transformed the ancient technique of wool processing into an expressive artistic medium. In Vitebsk, the felt master will present her exhibition "Reliefs and Sculpture," meet with artists and students involved in arts and crafts, give them a master class, and also deliver a lecture "The Art of Felting: History and Modernity." Gunilla Pethau-Schoeberg's exhibitions have been successfully held in many countries around the world. The artist's works are in museums and private collections in Sweden and beyond. At the end of last year, the "Aspects of Life" project was showcased in Minsk. The organizers of the exhibition are the Embassy of Sweden in Belarus, the Department of Culture of the Vitebsk City Executive Committee, and the Vitebsk Center for Contemporary Art. The exhibition will be open until February 6. -0-