On Sunday, June 29th, you can join an embroidery workshop with textile artist Marsil Andjelov Al-Mahamid in Perspektivet Folkeparken! The second floor of Kvitnesgården will be filled up with coffee, needles and thread.
Embroidery workshop with Marsil
Embroidery takes some time, so feel free to join from the start and take in the whole workshop. Duration time: 12 pm –16 pm Age: 10 years and up
Andjelov Al-Mahamid uses embroidery to create situations where people gather and embroider together with him. He calls these shared moments Social Sculptures, and participants are encouraged to reflect on what it means to have a home. Andjelov Al-Mahamid now has a collection of over 200 Social Sculptures. What is “home” for you?
About the artist Marsil Andjelov Al-Mahamid (b. 1983, Serbia). His father is from Syria, while his mother is Serbian. By examining war memories and migration, he attempts to understand how history has shaped different societies. Al-Mahamid works mainly with embroidery, video art and social sculptures.
He has lived in Tromsø since 2009, and he holds a bachelor’s degree from the Tromsø Academy of Fine Arts from 2015. He has exhibited at the Artists’ Association (Oslo, 2022), Soft Gallery (Oslo, 2019), the National Museum in Kikinda (Serbia, 2019), “Generation Why” (Risør, 2023), the Central Museum of Textile (Łódź, 2023) and the “Hannah Ryggen Triennale” at the Nordenfjeldske Kunstindustri-Museum (Trondheim, 2022).
Al-Mahamid has been awarded the Tromsø Municipality Cultural Scholarship (2018), the Horten Municipality Cultural Scholarship (2016) and the Norwegian State’s three-year artist scholarship (2017, 2024).
Other Activities in Folkeparken
June 29th 2025 12.00–16.00
Perspektivet Folkeparken is open
Activities, exhibitions and kiosk
Ice cream from Stabburet kiosk, stilts, Can knockdown, boat building, exhibitions, tours and fun workshops and experiences throughout the summer. This is just a selection of our activities to capture the spirit of the summer. Look forward to wonderful Sundays between 12pm and 16pm in the park!
Summer program
We are open from 12:00 pm to 16pm every Sunday between June 22nd and August 24th. We are continuously updating the calendar with new activities, so follow us here and on Facebook.
We look forward to meeting you this summer! See you at Kvaløyvegen 38!