Name: Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir: Wayfinders
Start: 2023-10-12T10:00:00-07:00
End: 2023-10-12T11:00:00-07:00
Location: Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir: Wayfinders

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National Nordic Museum

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National Nordic Museum
2655 Northwest Market Street, Adams, Seattle

Visitors navigate the public spaces of the National Nordic Museum alongside Wayfinders, an installation of 13 life-sized aluminum-cast sculptures. Icelandic sculptor Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir conceived of the exhibition.

The design of the Museum’s building evokes the natural features of the Nordic countries—most notably a fjord set in a valley formed by steep cliff walls. It also references transatlantic migration through forms that resemble the hull of a ship and bridges connecting galleries devoted to the Nordic region and Nordic America. Þórarinsdóttir’s sculptures are woven into the architectural and curatorial narratives of a journey from the Nordic countries to North America. During Þórarinsdóttir’s creative process, the story of her great-uncle, Friðrik Sigurðsson, who left a remote farm in east Iceland to create a new life and identity as a barber named “Fred” in Brooklyn, came to mind. Despite this personal connection, Þórarinsdóttir considers travels and resettlement abroad as part of the great migration of Nordic peoples. And, though the artist’s two sons serve as models for her work, the sculptures are anonymous forms that highlight connectivity and the universal human experience.

Wayfinders includes an installation of Þórarinsdóttir’s watercolors, which explore the ideas and concepts that inform her sculpture.

Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir: Wayfinders is organized by Leslie Anderson, Director of Collections, Exhibitions, and Programs, National Nordic Museum. Images courtesy of Steinunn Þórarinsdóttir. For a map of the installation, see below.

Read an interview with the artist.

Upcoming Dates

Tue, Dec 5, 2023 10:00am
Wed, Dec 6, 2023 10:00am
Thu, Dec 7, 2023 10:00am
Fri, Dec 8, 2023 10:00am
Sat, Dec 9, 2023 10:00am
Sun, Dec 10, 2023 10:00am
Tue, Dec 12, 2023 10:00am
Wed, Dec 13, 2023 10:00am
Thu, Dec 14, 2023 10:00am
Fri, Dec 15, 2023 10:00am
Sat, Dec 16, 2023 10:00am
Sun, Dec 17, 2023 10:00am
Tue, Dec 19, 2023 10:00am
Wed, Dec 20, 2023 10:00am
Thu, Dec 21, 2023 10:00am
Fri, Dec 22, 2023 10:00am
Sat, Dec 23, 2023 10:00am
Sun, Dec 24, 2023 10:00am
Tue, Dec 26, 2023 10:00am
Wed, Dec 27, 2023 10:00am
Thu, Dec 28, 2023 10:00am
Fri, Dec 29, 2023 10:00am
Sat, Dec 30, 2023 10:00am
Sun, Dec 31, 2023 10:00am
Tue, Jan 2, 2024 10:00am
Wed, Jan 3, 2024 10:00am
Thu, Jan 4, 2024 10:00am
Fri, Jan 5, 2024 10:00am
Sat, Jan 6, 2024 10:00am
Sun, Jan 7, 2024 10:00am

Age Recommendation

Open to all ages!

Ticket Info

Admission included in a paid General Admission ticket(Opens in a new window).

The National Nordic Museum’s parking lot is located on the south side of the building and can be accessed from the corner of NW Market St and 28th Ave NW. Parking rates are $2.00 per hour and must be paid at the parking kiosks located at the base of the stairs or via app with REEF Mobile(Opens an external site in a new window).

Alternative parking options are available along NW Market Street, in the residential neighborhoods surrounding the Museum, and at the Hiram Chittenden Locks parking lot—a five-minute walk to the Museum.

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