Skaftfell býður Rachel Simmons gestalstamann ágústmánaðar hjartanlega velkomna! Rachel starfar sem prófessor við Rollins College í Winter Park, Flórída, þar sem hún tengir listkennslu og samfélag í gegnum félagslega afstöðulist sína, sem leggur áherslu á rannsóknir á loftslagsbreytingum og vistvænni ferðamennsku. Hún vinnur með ýmsa miðla svo sem teikningu, prentgerð og bókagerð. Í ágúst mun hún meðal annars vinna að bókagerð og prentun í nýju Prentsmiðju Seyðisfjarðar og halda námskeið fyrir börn og foreldra. Öll eru velkomin á listamannaspjall með Rachel og sýningu á verki hennar FLOCK á Sunnudaginn, 7. ágúst klukkan 16.30 í @herðubreið. Skaftfell welcomes new artist resident Rachel Simmons, who begins her month-long residency us with today. A professor of art at Rollins College, in Winter Park, Florida, Simmons is committed to connecting teaching and community through her socially-engaged practice, focussing on her research into climate change and ecotourism. Simmons’ artistic practice encompasses drawing, printmaking, and book arts. During her time at Skaftfell, she will work in the new Printworkshop of Seyðisfjörður, printing and bookmaking as well as offering a workshop for children and parents in Seyðisfjörður later this month. Everyone is invited to attend her artist talk and exhibition of her work FLOCK on Sunday, August 7, at 4:30, @herdubreid_sfk #skaftfell #seyðisfjörður #skaftfellresidencyprogram #skaftfellartcenter #printmaking

Í dag er síðasti dagur til að skrá sig á þessi spennandi námskeið Smiðjuhátíðar Tækniminjasafnsins. Today is the last day to register to these wondeful workshops at the Black Smith Festival held by our friends at the Technical museum. Aðeins 4 pláss laus eftir á Prent námskeiðinu Only 4 spots left for the Print - workshop Sign up: [email protected] Verð/price: 8.000kr Aðeins 1 pláss eftir á ljósmyndanámskeiðinu Only 1 spot left at the photography - workshop Sign up: [email protected] Verð/price: 15.000kr

Prentsmiðja Seyðisfjarðar opnar dyr sínar að Öldugötu 14! Verið öll velkomin. Miðvikudaginn 13. júlí, kl. 13:00-17:00 (opið stúdíó: fylgist með prentferlinu) Fimmtudaginn 14. júlí, kl. 13:00-17:00 (opið stúdíó: fylgist með og prufið sjálf) Prentsmiðja Seyðisfjarðar er samvinnuverkefni milli Heima collective, Linus Lohmann, Listaháskóla Íslands, Lunga Skólans, Skaftfell Myndlistamiðstöð Austurlands, og Tækniminjasafn Austurlands. Verkefnið er tileinkað því að bjóða uppá faglega prentaðstöðu og námskeið fyrir heimamenn og gestalistamenn á öllum aldri. Nýja aðstaðan sem unnið hefur verið að síðan 2021 með styrk frá Hvatasjóði hefur komið sér fyrir á Öldugötu 14 á Seyðisfirði og býður upp á rými og aðstöðu fyrir intaglio (línóskurð, tréskurð, ætingu) ásamt öðrum handprentunar aðferðum. Aðstaða fyrir silkiþrykk verður einnig komið upp seinna í sumar. Prentsmiðjan kemur í stað prentaðstöðunnar í Tækniminjasafni Austurlands, sem gjöreyðilagðist í skriðunni sem féll í desember 2020. -------- Seyðisfjörður Print Workshop is opening its doors at Öldugata 14! Everyone is welcome. Wednesday, July 13, 13:00-17:00 (open studio: see the artists at work) Thursday, July 14, 13:00-17:00 (open studio: see the artists at work and try it yourself) Seyðisfjörður Print Workshop is a collaborative project, co-organised by Heima collective, Linus Lohmann, Listaháskóli Íslands, Lunga School, Skaftfell Center for Visual Art, and the Technical Museum of East Iceland. It is dedicated to offering professional printmaking facilities and taught courses for local and visiting artists and students of all age groups. The new facilities, established with a grant from the Incentive Fund, are housed in Öldugata 14 in Seyðisfjörður and offer space and equipment for intaglio (linocut, woodcut, etching) and various hand printing techniques. Silkscreen facilities will be added later this summer. The workshop replaces the printmaking facilities of the Technical Museum of East Iceland, which were completely destroyed in the landslides of December 2020. @iua_fineart @linuslohmann @lungaschool @heimaartresidency @tekmus_seydisfjordur #skaftfell #skaftfellartcenter #seydisfjördur #printmaking

Skaftfell býður þér að hitta A. Kendra Greene, rithöfund, listamann og höfund af “The Museum of Whales You Will Never See: And Other Excursions to Iceland's Most Unusual Museums” (Penguin Books). Kendra mun lesa úr bók sinni og árita eintök. Allir velkomnir! Skaftfell invites you to a book reading and signing with A. Kendra Greene, writer, artist, and author of “The Museum of Whales You Will Never See: And Other Excursions to Iceland's Most Unusual Museums” (Penguin Books). Books will be available for purchase at the event. Laugardaginn / Saturday, 16. júlí, 16:00 The Roth Corner, Skaftfell Bistró Austurvegur 42, Seyðisfjörður #skaftfell #skaftfellartcenter #skaftfellbistro #austurland #seydisfjördur #easticeland

Sumarsýning Skaftfells stendur til 4. September: Fjær / Afield – Diane Borsato, Geoffrey Hendricks, Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir Sýningarstjóri: Becky Forsythe Á sýningunni Fjær er safnað saman samtímalist og munum úr náttúru- og minjasöfnum sem tengjast innbyrðis og hafa skírskotanir í himininn, jarðfræði, könnun á landi og sýnatökur. Rýnt er í samband manns og umhverfis og staða okkar á tímum mannaldar rakin í gegnum vettvangsvinnu, athafnir og rannsóknir. Með því að stilla saman gimsteinum, grjóti og steinefnum til efnisleifa eins og plasts, er gerð tilraun til að draga fram í dagsljósið flókið þróunarferli milli manns, náttúru og lands í síbreytilegu samhengi. Sýnd eru verk eftir Diane Borsato, Geoffrey Hendricks (1931-2018) og Þorgerði Ólafsdóttur. Á sýningunni eru einnig steinar sem Nicoline Weywadt safnaði og jarðfundnir plastmunir frá fornleifauppgreftinum við bæinn Fjörð á Seyðisfirði, sumrin 2020 og 2021. --------------------- Skaftfell’s summer exhibition continues until September 4: Afield / Fjær – Diane Borsato, Geoffrey Hendricks, Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir Curated by Becky Forsythe Afield assembles contemporary artworks and objects from natural history and archaeological collections that center themes and references to the sky, geology, land exploration and extraction. The exhibition digs into the human relationship with the environment, and through fieldwork, performance and research, traces our current position in the anthropocene. From gems, stones and minerals to material remnants like plastic, it attempts to unearth the complex processes between human, nature and land as ever changing sequences. Participating artists are Diane Borsato, Geoffrey Hendricks (1931-2018) and Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir. The exhibition includes minerals collected by Nicoline Weywadt and excavated plastic objects from the archeological site at the farm Fjörður in Seyðisfjörður, dug up during the summer of 2020 and 2021. Myndir/Photos: Nikolas Grabar #skaftfell #skaftfellartcenter #austurland #seyðisfjörður #visualart #icelandartist

"Delightful...Exuberant...With each chapter Greene circles around her subject as if viewing it in a vitrine, approaching it from a different angles...The book is shot through with glee and irreverence." --The Guardian 16. júlí, kl. 16:00 Roth Hornið, Skaftfell Bistró Austurvegur 42, Seyðisfjörður Skaftfell býður þér að hitta A. Kendra Greene, rithöfund, listamann og höfund af "The Museum of Whales You Will Never See: And Other Excursions to Iceland's Most Unusual Museums" (Penguin Books). Kendra mun lesa úr bók sinni og árita eintök. Allir velkomnir! ------------------ July 16, 16:00 The Roth Corner, Skaftfell Bistro Austurvegur 42, Seyðisfjörður Skaftfell invites you to a book reading and signing with A. Kendra Greene, writer, artist, and author of "The Museum of Whales You Will Never See: And Other Excursions to Iceland's Most Unusual Museums" (Penguin Books). All welcome! Books will be available for purchase at the event. #skaftfellartcenter #skaftfell #skaftfellcenterforvisualart #skaftfellbistro #therothcorner #austurland #visitseydisfjordur #easticeland #visitausturland

Skaftfell Residency Program – OPEN CALL 2023 Skaftfell is now inviting applications from individual artists and artistic collaborators to participate in its residency program in 2023. Application deadline: September 1, 2022 The Skaftfell residencies are self-directed. They offer quiet time and space for independent research, reflection, and experimentation. Artists are encouraged to use their stay for in-depth inquiries into their work processes and conceptual interests, to use the magnificent nature of the fjord as a source of energy and inspiration, and to embrace the idea of a “slow residency” that is embedded in a small but vibrant rural community. The program is best suited to visual artists, printmakers, artists with interdisciplinary practices, curators and art writers. Applications are received via our online application form. Please visit Skaftfell’s website for the link and further information: https://skaftfell.is/en/call-for-applications-skaftfell-residency-program-2023/ Link in bio. #skaftfellresidencyprogram #skaftfell #skaftfellartcenter #artistsinresidence #artistresidencies

Júní hefur verið annasamur mánuður í Skaftfelli: Við opnuðum sumarsýninguna Afield / Fjær, í kjölfarið var galleríspjall, stóðum fyrir gjörningnum Again the Sunset í Herðubreið sem hluti af Listahátíð í Reykjavík og opnuðum samsýninguna Gúlígogg í bistrói Skaftfells. Sumarið er komið! Afield / Fjær stendur til 4. september og Gúlígogg til 28. ágúst. Nánari upplýsingar má finna á heimasiðuna: www.skaftfell.is ------------ June has been a busy month at Skaftfell: We opened the summer exhibition Afield / Fjær followed by an in-depth gallery talk, hosted the performance Again the Sunset in Herðubreið as part of the Reykjavík Arts Festival, and opened the group exhibition Gúlígogg in Skaftfell’s Bistro. Summer is here! Afield / Fjær is on view until September 4, and Gúlígogg continues until August 28. Visit our website for more information: www.skaftfell.is Images 1-3: opening Afield/Fjær; 4-6: gallery talk; 7: Again the Sunset, in Herðubreið; 8-10: opening Gúlígogg #skaftfell #skaftfellartcenter #skaftfellbistro #reykjavikartsfestival #seyðisfjörður #austurland #samtímalist

Verið hjartanlega velkomin á opnun hópsýningar GÚLÍGOGG – Jón Sigurpálsson, Pétur Kristjánsson, Örlygur Kristfinnsson. 17. júní, kl. 16, í bistrói Skaftfells Allir velkomin. Sýningin stendur til 28. ágúst 2022. Opnunartími: mán–fös 12-22, lau-sun 17-22 Sýningin nú verður þriðji og síðasti þátturinn í þrísýningnum YPSILON GOGG. Undirbúningur að þessari sýningaröð hófst á haustmánuðum 2019 með spekúlasjónum ásamt heimspekilegum vangaveltum og mátulegu ívafi af tilfinningasemi gangvart þeirri vinátta sem safnakarlarnir í bæjunum þremur, Ísafirði, Siglufirði og Seyðisfirði höfðu ræktað með sér gegnum árin. Fyrsta sýningin, GOGG, var á Ísafirði súmarið 2020. Önnur var GÚL á Siglufirði sumarið 2021 og nú 2022 verður lokasýningin, GÚLÍGOGG, á Seyðisfirði. ---------------- Welcome to the opening of the group exhibition GÚLÍGOGG – Jón Sigurpálsson, Pétur Kristjánsson, Örlygur Kristfinnsson. June 17 at 16:00, Skaftfell Bistro Everyone is welcome. The exhibition continues until August 28, 2022. Opening times: Mon-Fri 12-22, Sat-Sun 17-22. This exhibition is the final episode of the YPSILON GOGG trilogy. Preparations for this series of exhibitions began in the autumn of 2019 with philosophical speculations and a modest hint of emotional tendencies towards the friendship that the three museum veterans from the three towns of Ísafjörður, Siglufjörður and Seyðisfjörður had cultivated over the years. The first exhibition, GOGG, was staged in Ísafjörður during the summer of 2020. Second up was GÚL in Siglufjörður 2021 and in June 2022 opens the finale, GÚLÍGOGG, in Seyðisfjörður. #skaftfell #skaftfellartcenter #skaftfellbistro #visitseydisfjordur #austurland #easticeland #seydisfjördur

Again the Sunset 6. júní 2022, 20:00, Herðubreið, Seyðisfjörður Verið velkomin á þennan einstaka gjörning/tónleika, sem Skaftfell stendur fyrir í bíosalnum í Herðubreið. Verkið er hluti af @reykjavik.arts.festival og er á ferð um Austurland dagana 5.-7. júní. Frítt inn. Við þökkum @herdubreid_sfk kærlega fyrir stuðninginn. Af heimasíðu listahátíðarinnar: "Tvær mannverur birtast okkur. Þær vinna til þess að halda áfram og halda áfram til þess að vinna, þær færa það sem þarf að færa og syngja það sem þarf að syngja um svikula steina, vafasöm ský og vonlausar sögur af ástinni. (...) Inga Huld Hákonardóttir er einn framsæknasti danshöfundur landsins og hefur unnið víða á hinni alþjóðlegu dans- og gjörningasenu. Yann Leguay er hljóðlistamaður sem reynir á þanþol listformsins og hefur tekið þátt í sýningum og hátíðum í ýmsum löndum. Í sýningunni sameinar þetta listafólk krafta sína til að skapa hljóð- og sjónrænt hugsanaflæði á andvökunótt." Danshöfundur, Listrænn stjórnandi: Inga Huld Hákonardóttir Hljóðmynd: Yann Leguay Sviðsmynd: Inga Hákonardóttir, Yann Leguay Ljós: Gregory Rivoux Listræn ráðgjöf: Gaëtan Rusquet Framleiðsla: Kunstenwerkplaz Pianofabriek og Kosmonaut Production Ljósmyndir: Stanislav Dobak ----------------- Please join us for this extraordinary performance/concert in Herðubreið's cinema on June 6, 20:00, hosted by Skaftfell. The work is part of @reykjavik.arts.festival and is traveling through East Iceland from June 5-7. Free entry. Many thanks to @herdubreid_sfk for the support and collaboration. From the Reykjavík Arts Festival's website: "Two humans put their bodies to work. They work to continue and continue to work, they move what needs to be moved and sing what needs to be sung about deceptive stones, dubious clouds and hopeless histories of love. (...) Inga Huld Hákonardóttir is one of Iceland‘s most innovative contemporary choreographers and has worked internationally in the field of dance and performance. Yann Leguay is a cutting edge sound artist. In Again the Sunset, these artists come together to create an audiovisual rambling of thoughts on a night of insomnia." #skaftfell #skaftfellartcenter #austurland #visitseydisfjordur

Afield / Fjær 4.6.-4.9. 2022 Sýningin opnar 4. júní kl. 16-18 í sýningarsal Skaftfells. Leiðsögn með Þorgerði Ólafsdottur og Becky Forsythe verður 5. júní kl. 11. Á sýningunni er safnað saman samtímalist og munum úr náttúru- og minjasöfnum sem tengjast innbyrðis og hafa skírskotanir í himininn, jarðfræði, könnun á landi og sýnatökur. Rýnt er í samband manns og umhverfis og staða okkar á tímum mannaldar rakin í gegnum vettvangsvinnu, athafnir og rannsóknir. Listamenn: Diane Borsato, Geoffrey Hendricks, Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir. Á sýningunni eru einnig steinar sem Nicoline Weywadt safnaði og jarðfundnir plastmunir frá fornleifauppgreftinum við bæinn Fjörð á Seyðisfirði, sumrin 2020 og 2021. Sýningarstjóri: Becky Forsythe —————- Opening June 4, 16-18:00, in the Skaftfell gallery. Guided tour with Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir and Becky Forsythe on June 5, 11:00. Afield assembles contemporary artworks and objects from natural history and archaeological collections that center themes and references to the sky, geology, land exploration and extraction. The exhibition digs into the human relationship with the environment, and through fieldwork, performance and research, traces our current position in the anthropocene. Artists: Diane Borsato, Geoffrey Hendricks, Þorgerður Ólafsdóttir. The exhibition includes minerals collected by Nicoline Weywadt and excavated plastic objects from the archaeological site at the farm Fjörður in Seyðisfjörður, dug up during the summer of 2020 and 2021. Curator: Becky Forsythe ———— Sýningin er styrkt af / the exhibition is supported by: Myndlistarsjóður, Múlaþing, Menningar- og viðskiptaráðuneytið, Náttúrufræðistofnun Íslands, Nýlistasafnið, Safnasjóður, Síldarvinnslan, Tækniminjasafn Austurlands, Þjóðminjasafnið Mynd/Photo: Snædís Sunna Thorlacius. Með leifi / courtesy of Ragnheiður Traustadóttir and Antikva ehf. @thorgerdurolafsdottir @dianeborsato @beforsythe @visitausturland @austurland #skaftfell #skaftfellartcenter #seydisfjordur #visitausturland #visitseyðisfjörður #samtímalist #contemporaryart #austurland #easticeland

May 17, 2022, 17:00-19:00, Herðubreið   Gestalistamenn Skaftfells, Joan Perlman (US) og Marc-Alexandre Reinhardt (CA), munu kynna nýleg verk á stuttri sýningu þann 17. maí, þar á meðal prentverk, myndbönd og verk í vinnslu. Skaftfell's residency artists Joan Perlman (US) and Marc-Alexandre Reinhardt (CA), will present current and recent work in a pop-up exhibition on May 17, including prints, videos, and work in progress.   Joan Perlman @perlman.joan is a visual artist based in Los Angeles and Santa Fe, New Mexico. Her paintings and videos have been widely shown in solo and group exhibitions in the US and abroad, and in Iceland in solo shows at Hafnarborg and Skriðuklaustur. During her stay in Seyðisfjörður Joan is filming a video piece, and making monoprints and gouaches. This work comprises a new project inspired by the coastal waters, ocean and tides in Iceland, including the vibrant life, colors and light found in intertidal zones; and the tides' deep wave energy. The project continues her long standing exploration of the transformative energy of the powerful waters and volcanic terrain of the far north. Marc-Alexandre Reinhardt  @marcareinhardt is an interdisciplinary artist and researcher working at the intersection between sound, performance and installation. He works and lives between Aylmer and Montreal, Canada. Marc's practice, grounded in specific sites or communities, develops conceptual strategies that investigate historical, political and cultural phenomena. His work has been exhibited and performed in Canada, the United States, Chile and Greece. During his residency at Skaftfell, Marc has been interested in deconstructing the romantic worldview of the sublime in relationship to the surrounding environment of Seyðisfjörður. Through photographic studies, field recordings, video work and ready-made sculptures, he has been exploring how we inhabit an unpredictable landscape that we depend on, but can’t control. Images 2+3 Joan Perlman, images 4-7 Marc-Alexandre Reinhardt  #skaftfell #skaftfellresidencyprogram #skaftfellartcenter