Skaftfell Center for Visual Art runs a residency program for artists and scholars in three locations in the town of Seydisfjorður, East-Iceland:
Call for applications is from 1st june with deadline 1st September, applications are not accepted at other times of the year.
See further details, fee and requirements below
Objectives
The Skaftfell residency program’s objective is to create a community made up of artists and the general public in the rural setting of East-Iceland. Creating a platform to stimulate innovative dialogue between art and life. Allowing a space for artists to experience and explore a new angle to their artistic work in context with living and working in a unique, micro community were creativity is applied to every day life.
Criteria
Skaftfell uses the following criteria when evaluating applicants:
- Primarily the quality of the applicants work as indicated by submitted visual documentation.
- A record of exhibition and curriculum vitae.
- Demonstration of a serious and consistent dedication of the professional practice of visual arts through submitted documents.
- Evidence that the applicant is at a critical juncture in their development that will be advanced by the residency.
Although Skaftfell’s residency program is aimed at artists working with in the field of visual art, experimental artists working in intermediate methods are eligible to apply regardless of the nature of their primary profession/education within the arts. Group applications are welcome.
Periods:
From 1 to 6 months.
Each residency starts the 1st of the month, only whole months are available.
Residency fee:
Month 50.000 iskr
Confirmation fee, worth one month, is due at booking.
Skaftfell - residency
On the top floor at Skaftfell is a beautiful and bright studio apartment. The apartment is 80 square meters and is fully equipped with all necessities. The apartment/studio is divided into two bedrooms, with a double bed each, a bathroom with a shower and a spacious working area. In the working area is a small kitchen that is equipped with cutlery a refrigerator, a table, chairs and a sofa-bed. The studio also is furnished with a light table, plywood tops, sawhorses, and has a computer and wireless Internet access.
Hóll – The Birgir Andrésson residency
Birgir Andrésson (1955 - 2007) was one of Iceland’s most important artists of his generation and his legacy is an important part of the history of Icelandic art. Hóll was Birgis house where he spent some time every year, working. The residency is for artists and scholars and it is run in the memory of Birgir.
Hóll is a house on Vesturvegur in Seyðisfjörður. The house is a small two storey building from early 1900. It stands on the banks of Fjarðará River. On the ground floor there is a living room with a good workspace overlooking the river, a small kitchen and a bathroom with a shower and a washing machine. Upstairs there are two bedrooms, one with two beds, and the other with a single bed. The house is equipped with two extra beds, dining set, duvets, linen and towels for 5 people.
Fossgata - the Iron House residency
The house at Fossgata 4 is over 100 years old, the first house in Iceland with a steel structure carrying the roof, it is owned by a couple of artists that spend parts of the year there and they have done all renovations on the house them selves. The tiny, one-way street Fossgata leads to the beautiful waterfall Dagmálafoss, seen through the windows of the bedroom. The house is 115 sq.m. with two bedrooms, bathroom with shower and a large studio space equipped with good working facilities, a small living room corner and kitchen.
