Join us for a special Mural Visioning Meeting with artist Amber Webb! 🗓 When: Wednesday, May 21, 2025🕡 Time: 6:30 p.m.📍 Where: McGrath Native Village Council...

We promote convergence of diverse knowledge systems such as Arts, Science, Local and Indigenous Knowledge (ArtSLInK). It encompasses synchronous, equitable, co-productive engagement across the social and natural sciences, the arts and place-based local and Indigenous knowledge systems, each with their distinct modes of exploration and expression.
Our Projects
MUST
Measuring Urban Sustainability in Transition
2021–2026
Co-Designing Future Arctic Cities in the Anthropocene
Frozen
Commons
2021–2026
Change, Resilience and Sustainability in the Arctic
Informal
Roads
2019–2022
The Impact of Unofficial Transportation Routes on Remote Arctic Communities
Collaborative projects
2020–2023
Building Socio-Ecological Resilience through Urban Green, Blue and White Space (SERUS)
News
Revisiting Arctic StoryWorlds: Frozen Matters
Co-curated by Olga Zaslavskaya, Vera Kuklina, and Tatiana Degai, the exhibition Arctic StoryWorlds: Frozen Matters brought together a vibrant mix of voices,...
On 24 March, the exhibition Art of Indigenous Science / Science of Indigenous Art, curated by Indigenous scholars Vera Kuklina (GWU, USA) and Tatiana Degai (University of Victoria), was launched.
A new exhibit, Art of Indigenous Science/Science of Indigenous Art, offers a unique window into the world of Indigenous knowledge, centering community voices...
Getting to Know Local Plants Using Clay
Fairbanks, June 23, 2024 During the visit to Fairbanks, the MUST project team led by Vera Kuklina collaborated with Kelsey Aho, the Alaskan artist who...
Arctic StoryWorlds: Frozen Matters
Don't miss your chance to dive into the captivating world of the Arctic at the exhibition "Arctic StoryWorlds: Frozen Matters," open until June 8, 2024. If...
Frozen Matters in the Arctic
Today, 29 May 2024, we are excited to announce the opening of the exhibition "Arctic StoryWorlds: Frozen Matters" in Bodø, Norway. Еxhibition is an integral...
Exhibitions
We organize exhibitions all over the world, with scientists, photographers, and artists.
Latest Expeditions
Frozen Commons expedition in Khövsgöl aimag, Mongolia
Dates: 16-26 March 2024 In March 2024 Frozen Commons team members organized knowledge sharing gathering with scholars, artists and knowledge holders in Ulaanbaatar, Mongolia, in collaboration with the Institute of Geography and Geoecology Mongolian Academy of Sciences...
Meetings
2023 Arctic Development Expo
From June 12th to 15th, 2023, the MUST team participated in the annual 2023 Arctic Development Expo, held in Inuvik, Northwest Territories, Canada.
Roundtable during the Arctic InfraScapes exhibition
• 20 February 2023
• Vienna, Austria
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