Irene Fanebust Eknes

Irene Fanebust Eknes serves as an Associate Professor in Arts & Crafts within the Teacher Education program at NLA University College in Bergen, Norway. Her office is located at Kalfaret P30, and she can be reached at phone number 55 53 69 56. She holds multiple leadership roles including Course Leader for GLU Arts and Crafts 1 & 2, KH 2, and BLU Art, culture and creativity, as well as Year Coordinator for GLU 4.

Her educational background includes:

• University and college pedagogy (NLA)
• Design, redesign and sewing of clothes (HSN)
• Basic art history (UIB)
• Major in formation/shaping (USN)
• Subject teacher education in formation and formation subjects (USN)
• Examen philosophicum & Methodology (UIB)

Eknes specializes in A/r/tografi methodology, which integrates three interconnected roles: Artist (A), Researcher (R), and Teacher (T). This approach emphasizes sensory-oriented artistic products understood through ongoing engagement with the world. Her research explores the complex space where exploration draws practitioners toward researcher identity while maintaining artistic commitment through creation, transformation, and resistance. She has developed expertise in visual communication methods for education as evidenced by her authorship of 'Kunst og visuelle virkemidler 1-2-3' in Aistheis - KDA.

Her professional experience spans multiple educational settings:

• College lecturer at NLA, Breistein (GLU and BLU programs)
• Workshop leader at Hyssingen production school in Bergen
• Subject responsible and teacher in Design and crafts at Osterøy secondary school
• Teacher in art and crafts at Hosanger Montessori school and Osterøy
• Teacher in design subjects at Bleiker secondary school in Asker

Eknes actively disseminates her work through multiple channels including her personal website EknesA/r/Tografi, subject-specific blogs about development work in Art, design and crafts, student projects at NLA, and design and crafts in secondary education.