The deadline for the Skaftfell residency program in 2015 expired on September 1 and nearly 180 applications were received. A selection panel goes over the applications and results will be announced to the artists in the coming weeks. In recent…
This coming Saturday Ráðhildur Ingadóttir, curator of RÓ RÓ, will have a guided tour of the exhibition. The event is a part of Haustroði and will be in Icelandic. The exhibition RÓ RÓ will be ongoing until October 14.
The first artists participating in the Frontiers in Retreat project at Skaftfell, Kati Gausmann and Richard Skelton, arrived in Iceland in the end of August. Simultaneously the volcanic activity in South Iceland reached its peak and magma started flowing from Holuhraun. Hence it…
The annual Authors train will stop at Seyðisfjörður Saturday November 29. The reading will be begin at 20.30 sharp in the exhibition space. Five authors will read from their newly published books, in Icelandic: Þórarinn Eldjárn, Soffía Bjarnadóttir, Kristín Eiríksdóttir, Gyrðir…
Natures aesthetic preservation and human intervention / aspects of utopia and dystopia. This Thursday evening, August 28, the Greek artists Maria Glyka and Vassilis Vlastaras will present a taste of their recent project they have been working on while residing…
OPENING EVENT AND RELEASE OF PUBLICATION AT HÃLL, AUGUST 28 AT 16.00 The project SECRET GARDEN VERÃND was initiated in 2012 by visual artist Suzanna Asp in collaboration with Skaftfell, and starts off from the actual site of the house…
Friday the 8th of August at 17:00 Skaftfell invites you for an artist talk with the current artists in residence for the month of August; Daniel Björnsson (IS), Maria Glyka and Vassilis Vlastaras (GR) at the Bookshop – projectspace. Each artist…
During the summer Skaftfell offers a guided presentation of the current exhibition “Rà RÔ every Wednesday afternoon. The staff will present each artwork in the exhibition room as well as selected works at other locations in town.…
Sunday July 6 at 15.00 a singing event will be held in the sound sculpture Tvísöngur by artists Lukas Kühne. The Tvísöngur sculpture is located in the mountainside just above Seyðisfjörður town and this is the third time the event…
Welcome on Sunday to events that are a part of RÓ RÓ, the Skaftfell summer exhibition. The program begins in the Harbour community garden and then relocates to Skaftfell’s backyard. Program starts at 15.00 Artists Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir re-performs “Census” in…