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Embrace differences...

as Swedish Americans we know all about this. Embrace!, a major art exhibition with works by over 30 contemporary Swedish-born artists who live in the U.S. opens in Sweden today.

Embrace! At Utvandrarnas Hus and Kulturparken, Växjö - The theme for Embrace! is the American dream and the Swedish identity.

The exhibition opens on September 14, 2011 in Utvandrarnas Hus (the House of Emigrants) in Växjö, Sweden, and will run through the end of January 2012.

The multi-media, multi-cultural exhibition will include a variety of works from for instance Kenth Andersson, Ragna Berlin, Siri Berg, Kristofer Dan-Bergman, Agneta Eckemyr, Helena Espvall, Helena Fredriksson, Hans Frode, Sarah Gyllenstierna, Madeleine Hatz, Helena Hernmarck, Anders Knutsson, Catarina Lundgren Åström, Mats Pehrson, Agneta Persson Hauser, Irene Pluntky-Goedecke—all friends, all representing diverse creative fields, from film and photography, to graphic design and fashion.

For more info, see Embrace

Pia Sjölin, co-curator "on loan" from Farmington, Conn., checks the hanging of wall boards on the outside of the museum in Växjö, Sweden. (On the day before the opening Sept. 13)

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Photo from renowned New York based photographer Kristofer Dan-Bergman’s project ‘Space’ which in essence captures the many facets of finding your space, being alive, being alone, making it in a new world, adapting, adopting, or... not.

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What could be a better location for the exhibition than the House of Emigrants, Utvandrarnas Hus in Växjö, Sweden.

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