Who we are

The Safemuse board:

Hans Ole Rian

Chair (President, Creo – the union for arts and culture)

Nosizwe Lise Baqwa

Deputy (Artist)

(Photo: Michael Ray Vera Cruz Angeles)

Halvard Bakklund

Deputy (Head of Dep. for Culture, City of Harstad)

Lars Christian Fjeldstad

Deputy (Lawyer, LO Norway)

Ingeborg Moa

Deputy (Executive Director, the Norwegian Human Rights Fund)

Terese Mungai-Foyn

Deputy (Actor at the Nordic Black Theatre, Oslo)

Per Jørgen Ystehede

1. Alternate ( Adviser – Dep. of Criminology & Sociology of Law, University of Oslo)

Karoline Kaarbø Asskildt

2. Alternate (Student)

The Administration

Celina Jerman Bright-Taylor

General Manager

celina@safemuse.org

Tiril Ellingsen Thue

Accounting/Project Coordinator

tiril@safemuse.org

Akari IZUMI KVAMME

Adviser

akari@safemuse.org

Jon LUndell

Residence Coordinator

jonlundell@safemuse.org

Heidi Marie Kriznik

Program Officer

heidimarie@safemuse.org

Members

Funding

Safemuse is funded by the Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Creo. Oslo Art Haven is funded by the City of Oslo, Hvitsten Art Haven by EEA (EØS), Viken County Council, and the Safe Havens Conference/SH|FT by the Swedish Arts Council. We continuously seek additional funding for projects and activities.

In addition we also receive grants and funding for a variation of projects. 

Read Our Statues (in Norwegian)