Art Sanctuary - and 'The Enchanted Garden' - The Story

POETIC ARTIST GARDEN

  

A man who loves to plant trees and make ponds

And a poetic painter who loves to be in Nature

Together they made Art Sanctuary;

A large and natural beautiful garden (1,5ha);

An ‘avenue’ of 100 cherry trees runs throughout the garden –

A forest, with secret rooms and chambers, lots of ponds and waterways –

And finally; a most romantic Labyrinth, 

where you can lose your way amongst the bushes and trees, all flowering at different times…

Their focus is to keep all ‘as natural as possible’;

encouraging indigenous plants and flowers to find their own chosen places –

one year here … next year there….!

A garden in constant change.

In 2011 they decided to open the gates to the public;

 

Inviting artists and visitors to

 

THE ENCHANTED GARDEN

 

A celebration of Art and Nature in Dialogue!

 

 

 

 

 

ART INSPIRED BY AND/OR IN DIALOGUE WITH NATURE

20 artists from Belgium, France, The Netherlands, Norway and Denmark, exhibiting in a large and beautiful natural garden, and inside the old train station house of Station 14, Ste-Marie-Geest, Jodoigne, Belgium.

Click on image to see the artists exhibiting!

 

See videos of the preparations, the vernissage - and Of course the exhibition.

Opening Concert by:

 

In 2012

Art Sanctuary again opened its gates (June 29 - August 5): and 'The Enchanted Garden'

Theme: 'Dance'; 

 

33 International artists invited to exhibit in this ever-evolving natural garden

+ performances and concerts

+ Composer Nicky Bendix' 'Special Edition CD - 2012' was played as a sound installation throughout the exhibition period.

 

 

Click on image to listen

(All art work: Tone Aanderaa)

 

Closing concert and performances:

 

Glimpses from 2012:

 

 

 

In 2013

we again opened the gates to 'THE ENCHANTED GARDEN' -

with 21 International artists exhibiting;

This year's theme:

'C'EST LE RÊVE' - 'IT IS THAT DREAM' - 'HET IS DE DROOM'

 

 

Please see also 'The Enchanted Garden' 2013

 

 

In 2014

we again opened the gates to 'THE ENCHANTED GARDEN' -

21 International artists exhibiting:

Click on image to see the artists exhibiting

 

 

 A few glimpses from this year's 'Enchanted Garden' exhibition.
The presentation is accompanied by the music of Nicky Bendix; 'Three Sisters and a Flower' - from the CD 'Healing Garden', created as a sound installation in Art Sanctuary's 'Enchanted Garden' International Art Exhibition, 2014

 

(All artwork: Tone Aanderaa)

 

 Also played as a sound installation, in the forest

('Thread room' - installation)

was Nicky Bendix' 'Threads of Nornir'

(All artwork: Tone Aanderaa)

 

 Glimpses from 'The Enchanted Garden' 2014

 

 

2015 we decided to take a needed 'sabbatical-year'...

The garden, and we, rested...

 

When we again opened the gates, in 2016,

our Celebration of Art and Nature in Dialogue included 31 artists

We now have a 'luxury-problem'... needing more parking space...needing more terasse space... (!)

  

Some glimpses from 2016: 

 

 

Wonderful music installations by Barbara Hills:

 

 

 

 

And 2017:

 

 

Beautiful music installations by Øystein Sævåg:

 

 

 

Art Sanctuary is about artists encountering, meeting - and collaborating - in the Spirit of 

Art Inspired by, and in Dialogue With, Nature.

 



Art Sanctuary's 'Enchanted Garden':

This large and natural garden (1,5 ha), situated just near the ‘border’ between the French and the Flemish part of Belgium, hosts a most special Annual International art exhibition; Artists are invited from far and near - to exhibit and participate, and collaborate - in all different expressions, techniques, media...

Inspired by, and in Dialogue With, Nature. Art Sanctuary is a result – and a happy consequence – of the encounter and meeting, and collaboration, between Norwegian artist Tone Aanderaa (www.toneaanderaa.blogspot.com ) and Ignace Clarysse, Belgian, IT expert. project manager and content-builder (www.ignace-clarysse.com)

 

In 2009 Art Sanctuary arranged 'The Belgian-Norwegian Collaboration'; 12 artists from Norway, The Netherlands, and Belgium, meeting in 2 large exhibitions at HARDANGER FOLKEMUSEUM and HARDANGER KULTURGALLERI

(see also Catalogue for the exhibitions)

In 2011 Art Sanctuary's 'Enchanted Garden' OFFICIALLY OPENED;

And every year the numbers of visitors have been growing, and growing, and inspiring us to keep going and going!