Skaftfell is one of the initiators of BRAS, a new cultural festival dedicated to children and young adults. The festival will take place for the first time all around East Iceland in September with exhibitions, workshops, concerts, theater performances and…
Join us in Herðubreið for the launching of BRAS, a new cultural festival dedicated to children and young adults. Live music from young locals and light refreshments. The Icelandic musician DAÐI FREYR will perform live simultaneously in thee places: Seyðisfjörður,…
Landscape and nature has always been an inspiration for artists. Icelandic artists Nína Tryggvadóttir (1913-1968) and Gunnlaugur Scheving (1904-1972) are no exception from that tradition. Even though their key works in the exhibition “All Kinds of Landscapes”, Síldarbátur (e. Herringboat)…
Skaftfell, Center for Visual Art in East Iceland, is seeking to appoint a focused, independent and driven director. Skaftfell has the essential role of presenting, discoursing and encouraging the development of contemporary art in East Iceland. Its activities are based…
Living in the northern hemisphere we have to tolerate the fact that the sun is not a reliable source to tell time, yet it softly eases us into the different seasons with extreme light and darkness. If we were to build our own…
An artist residency “is an outcome of time, place and people and it offers an opportunity for enduring relationships and a profound communion with both art and one’s own thoughts.“ 1 20 years of Skaftfell’s artist-in-residency program have resulted in…
20 years of Skaftfell’s artist-in-residency program have resulted in 250 artists coming to Seyðisfjörður and to East Iceland. Some have left a physical trace behind, or a trace in someone’s memory. Some have returned many times, and some have stayed…
Five artists are currently participating in the Skaftfell Residency Program. Elena Mazzi, Hannimari Jokinen, Joe Sam-Essandoh, Jemila MacEwan and Pierre Tremblay will this Friday, May 18, introduce their work and practice in Skaftfell’s workstation in Öldugata from 16.00-18.00. Everybody is welcome!…
As of Tuesday, May 8, Skaftfell closes for maintenance. The Bistro will reopen May 25. At the same time there will be a short pause in the exhibition program. The next opening is scheduled Saturday May 26 when to Birds…
Holy Thursday 12:00 Good Friday 12:00 Saturday 12:00 Easter Sunday 12:00 Easter Monday 15:00 * Kitchen closes at 21.00