Saturday, March 14th, 12-4pm

The seminar was developed in collaboration with visual artist Maja Bang, producer and host of the podcast Kunst og Psyke.

The seminar has a limited number of places.
The registration fee is NOK 150 per person, and includes a simple lunch with baked goods, mineral water, coffee and tea.
Please advise of any allergies or intolerances on the registration form.

Lotte Konow Lund is a visual artist and professor at the KHiO Department of Art and Crafts. She has previously had solo exhibitions at a number of Norwegian art museums such as Lillehammer Art Museum (2016), Henie Onstad Art Center (2016), Vigeland Museum (2011) and KODE (2025). Konow Lund has published the books Om kunst – 25 kunstnersamtaler (Forlaget Oktober, 2021) and Dagbøkene 2014 – 2016 (Teknisk Industri, 2016) and is currently working on a new book project.

Åse Minde is an art psychotherapist, a pioneer in art psychotherapy in Norway, founder and former head of the Special Outpatient Clinic for Eating Disorders at Oslo University Hospital, Gaustad, since its inception in 2000. She is educated in England and the USA and has worked in the public health system in Norway for over 40 years. Minde has written several books and chapters in various professional books, in addition to giving lectures both nationally and internationally. For many years, she has supervised and taught throughout Norway on art therapy and the treatment of eating disorders. In 2017, she received the King's Medal of Merit for her efforts in art psychotherapy and the treatment of eating disorders.

Maja Bang is an artist and art educator, educated at KHiO with a bachelor's degree in handicrafts and a master's degree in fine arts. She has had several solo exhibitions in Oslo and participated in a number of group exhibitions, both in Oslo and internationally. In the past year, she has started and run the podcast and dissemination platform Kunst og Psyke, which explores the intersections between art, literature and psychology through biographical portraits. In connection with the project, she has also given lectures and participated in several seminars.

Tore Gude is a psychiatrist and professor emeritus at the University of Oslo, affiliated with the Department of Medical Behavioral Sciences. He has had a long clinical and professional career at Modum Bad, including as department chief physician, research leader and supervisor in psychotherapy. His doctorate deals with patients' progress after treatment at Modum Bad. Gude has been chairman of the Norwegian Psychiatric Association and has held several key positions within specialist education and psychotherapy development. He has also been a supervisor at Dikemark and Ullevål, and is currently deputy chairman of the board of Dikemark psykiatriske sykehusmuseum .

Greta Gjøl Hagen is a visual artist, educated at the Norwegian National Academy of Fine Arts with further education in special education from the Norwegian College of Education in Design. She has had a number of solo exhibitions and has participated several times in the Autumn Exhibition, the Østlandsutstillingen and other juried exhibitions. Gjøl Hagen was a teacher at Kongsskogen VGS from 1991-2017, first in Oslo and then in Dikemark.

📍How to get to Dikemark:

We encourage all visitors to travel by public transport by train to Asker station and then bus 280 towards Dikemark/Heggedal (departures every 10 minutes on weekdays/every 20 minutes on weekends). If you are coming by car, there is free parking in the area.

The seminar is made possible with support from Akershus Fylkeskommune , Asker kommune and Kulturrådet .