Gardening of Soul: Riso workshop
Gardening of Soul: Riso workshop – 31/10 and 1/11 from 16 – 19. Two day workshop in riso printing for 14 and up in Prentverk Seyðisfjörður, Öldugata 14. The workshop…
Education
The Young Arctic Creatures Workshop
Skaftfell Art Center, in association with BRAS, Múlaþing, and Ströndin Studio, will host an all-day creative workshop with students from Brúarásskóli, on Wednesday, May 3, in Seyðisfjörður. The workshop was…
Colour of Memory – Workshop for children and adults by Ji Yoon Jen Chung
Saturday March 11, 2023, 14:00-16:00, Herðubreið This workshop explores ways to convert memory into a painting, using the exact colour from a photograph. By extracting ink from the film, participants…
Workshop for young people: DINNER & A MOVIE
Saturday, December 10, 2022, 11:00 – 18:30, Herðubreið community center, Seyðisfjörður Skaftfell offers a full day workshop for 14-18 year olds including video performance and installation on December 10 in Herðubreið,…
Printmaking workshop for young people
Saturday, December 3, Prent Verk Seyðisfjörður Skaftfell offers a printmaking workshop for young people on Saturday, December 3, in the Prent Verk Seyðisfjörður studio in Öldugata 14. The workshop will…
Ceramics workshop for young people
Skaftfell invites young people of all ages to join our ceramics workshops led by ceramicist Rikke Høgenhof. The workshops will be held on November 19 and 20 in the Heima…
Hello, do you hear us?! Workshop on climate action for young people
On October 22, Skaftfell offers a workshop on climate change awareness and climate action for children aged 8 and older. The workshop starts at 10:00 in Skaftfell, Austurvegur 42, 3rd…
FLOCK workshop with Rachel Simmons
Saturday, August 20, 2022, 10:00-11:30 and 13:00-16:00 Join the FLOCK workshop with Rachel Simmons in Seyðisfjörður! The workshop includes taking a birdwatching walk around town and then making colourful bird prints…
Dear You art exchange project with Arlene Tucker 2021-2022
Arlene Tucker (USA/Taiwan/Finland) is an artist based in Joutsa, Finland. She has been artist in residence at Skaftfell in September 2021 and March 2022, supported by the Nordic Baltic Mobility Programme…
Translation is Dialogue – a workshop by Arlene Tucker for students of Egilsstaðir High School
Translation is dialog is a project developed by the artist Arlene Tucker (TW/USA) who lives and works in Joutsa, Finland. Arlene was artist in residence at Skaftfell in September 2021 and…
Comics drawing workshop with Anna Vaivare
Skaftfell’s artist in residence Anna Vaivare has been teaching a comics drawing workshop for children from 10-14 years old. The workshop was co-organized with Signý Jónsdóttir from Seyðisfjarðarskóli’s after school…
A place to be – Gudrun Westerlund
Current artist in residence Gudrun Westerlund (SE) introduces her latest work through a pop-up exhibition and video artist talk, set in Skaftfell’s gallery, which is closed at the moment due to…
Artist in residence Kristen Mallia and students of Seyðisförður School take part in List í Ljósi 2020
Skaftfell’s artist in residence Kristen Mallia (US) has been teaching a short workshop for school children in Seyðisfjörður, working with light and darkness and the unexpected outcome while using a…
Zdenka Brungot Svíteková – Through the Layers
Dance workshop and individual bodywork sessions “As in all of nature, our patterns are layered into landscapes,changing each moment, while maintaining a sense of continuity and longevity.” Bonnie Bainbridge Cohen…
Creative Writing course #2
Following up on its successful first run in the autumn, Skaftfell is excited to announce the second Creative Writing course, designed and led by writer, journalist and editor Nanna Vibe…
Creative Writing course, for 18 and older
Skaftfell, in collaboration with Bókasafn Seyðisfjarðar, is excited to announce the Creative Writing course, designed and led by journalist, writer and editor Nanna Vibe Spejlborg Juelsbo. Nanna has been running…
BRAS: New culture festival for children and young adults
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…
Drawing course for age 12 and older in Feb and Mar
In the beginning of November starts a drawing course for curious and enthusiastic drawers. The course is aimed for age 12 and older, also grown ups. The main focus will…
Drawing course, for age 12 and older
In the beginning of November starts a drawing course for curious and enthusiastic drawers. The course is aimed for age 12 and older, also grown ups. The main focus will…
Landscape and sound figures
Landscape and sound figures is the title Skaftfells art education project for the winter of 2017-2018 with the sound sculpture Tvísöngur, by German artists Lukas Kühne, as the main focus.…
Printing Matter 2018
Application deadline: Sept 15, 2017 Printing Matter is a three-week thematic residency with an intensive program for 8-10 artists, focusing on artist book making. The program is guided by Åse…
The visualisation of light and dark
Seyðisfjörður is currently preparing for the come-back of the sun. Last year the light was celebrated in a visual way through a new light festival List i Ljósi and this…
Seyðisfjörður Workshop 2017
Seyðisfjörður Workshop is two week long workshop hosted by the Dieter Roth Academy for students from the fine art department at the Iceland Academy of the Arts. Ongoing is the…
Mini-workshop for children
Friday Oct 21 artists-in-residency Morgan Kinne will host a mini-workshop for children age 6-10. Everyone is welcome while there is still space. Hanna Christel, Skaftfells education manager, will assist. The…
Oral tradition and mapping of memories
What is oral tradition? How does oral tradition manifest in modern times, opposed to the past were individuals relied solely on memory to share stories and knowledge? Skaftfell´s art education…
Tómtónrúm: sound workshop with Héctor Rey
Every room can be heard as an acoustic system consisting of a number of layers: it has its own sonic life; its resonance shapes the sounds produced in it; it…
Printing matter – Thematic Residency
Period: Feb 2-15, 2017. Deadline: September 1, 2016. Printing matter is a two-week thematic residency with an intensive program for 8-10 artists, focusing on printmaking and artist book making. The…
Spring workshop for children – Drawing
A workshop for the curious and the keen in drawing. In the workshop the students will learn everything about proportion, perspective as well as various techniques and styles. The practices…
Spring workshop for children – Sculpting in clay
A workshop for the curious and the keen in sculpting, mostly in clay but also in other materials. The students will work with a certain motive as well as with…
Photography course
Learn once and for all how to work your DSLR camera. In the course the students will learn all the basic technical settings on a DSLR camera as well as…
Light paintings
Nemendur Seyðisfjarðarskóla í 8.-10. bekk tóku þátt í listsmiðju fyrr í vetur sem var stýrð af Nikolas Grabar. Í smiðjunni lærðu þau undirstöðuatriði stafrænnar ljósmyndunar og gerðu í lokin hvert…
Perception lab for color and shape
In conjunction with the exhibition opening of Icelandic artists Eyborg Gudmundsdottir and Eyglo Hardardottir, Skaftfell will launch its seventh educational project. Since 2007 the Center has produced a total of…
King of the North
Students from 2nd to 7th grade in Seyðisfjörður primary school worked in context with the festivals theme on the east side of Iceland which was Reindeer. They enjoyed a visit…
Minimalist Composition (I+II)
Saturday and Sunday May 9-10, from 12.00-14.00 Minimalist Composition (I+II) is a mini field + studio workshop hosted by Canadian artist Reza Rezai. The focus of the workshop will be…
Digital Craftsmanship
In September of 2014 the educational project Digital Craftsmanship was launched. The project emphasizes the union of creativity and sustainability and is designed for fifth, sixth and seventh graders in…
The fifteenth Art Academy student group has arrived in Seyðisfjörður
Students from the fine art department at the Iceland Academy of the Arts have arrived for the second time this year to participate in “Workshop Seyðisfjörður”. This is the fifteenth…
Darkness exhibition
Art class students, grade 6-9 in the Seyðisfjörður primary school, exhibit horror art works. The exhibition is a part of the Afturgangan walk and Days of Darkness.
Guided tour of “RÓ RÓ” Wednesdays at 16:00
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…
In colour
Thursday April 17 Students from grade 7-10 from the Seyðisfjarðarskóli primary school exhibit paintings made with home-made paint and tints from locally available material. Supervised by Litten Nyström.
Educational project 2013-2014
The educational project during the winter of 2013-2014 revolved around the visual language and practice of the Swiss artist Dieter Roth. Skaftfell invited primary school students from ten to twelve…
Veldi
Veldi is a group exhibition by graduating students from the fine art department at the Iceland Academy of the Arts. The exhibition forms the conclusion of a two week long…
Educational project winter 2013-2014
For the past months Skaftfell has invited students from elementary schools in East Iceland to do an educational project about Dieter Roth and graphic technique. Students took a field trip…
Everything is in Everything
Art Class theme week collaboration Everything is in Everything between Skaftfell and Seyðisfjarðarskóli will conclude this friday with a student exhibition at the old school building from 12.30-14.00. All students…
Students from the Icelandic Academy of the Arts
The annual “Workshop Seyðisfjörður” began in middle February for the graduating class of fine art art students in the Icelandic Academy of the Arts. The process ends with an exhibition…
Guided tour and workshop for families
Hanna Christel Sigurkarlsdóttir, educational manager at Skaftfell, will offer a gudied tour for families through the exhibition “Fancy-Cake in the Sun” followed by a workshop. The event is free of…
TRARAPPA
Each year third year students from the fine art department at the Icelandic Art Academy participate in a two week workshop in Seyðisfjörður. The workshop is a collaboration between the…
Presentation at Egilsstadir College
On Wednesday November 28, current artists-in-residence Linda Persson and Liam Sprod gave an artist talk at the college in Egilsstaðir, for visual art students.
Found Colors
West Wall Gallery 15.-29. Nov 2012 Skaftfell art class 7.-8. class Seyðisfjörður school: Chinsujee, Emil, Héðinn, Magnus, Jón, Stefán, Sveinn The art class show recent works – color pigments on…
COLORS OF THE NIGHT
Presentation at Egilsstadir College
Tuesday the 29th of Mars 2012 Artist talk by current artists in residence at Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art; Judy-ann Moule and Fernando José Pereira at the college in…
Short movies and stop-motion
Students from the elementary school, grade 7 -10. Supervised by Hanna Christel Sigurkarlsdóttir and Kári Gunnlaugsson.
GEIRI – Seyðisfjörður elementary school
For the past few years Skaftfell has supervised the visual art class in Seyðisfjörður elementary school, grade 7 – 10. On the West Wall we present projects by 14 – 15…
Light and shadows
Students from Seydisfjordurðs elementary school´s, grade 7 -10 in visual art class, supervised by Skaftfell.