Screen
December 14, 2013 – January 5, 2014 Every day from 16.00 to midnight Screen is a time and site-specific installation using different kinds of light, crystals, objects and slowly rotating…
2013
Workshop for children and RIFF selection
Guided tour and workshop for families Saturday Nov 9, at 15.00 Hanna Christel Sigurkarlsdóttir, educational manager at Skaftfell, will offer a gudied tour for families through the exhibition “Fancy-Cake in…
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…
The Visual Art Day – Open studios
Every year the Association of Visual Artists in Iceland celebrate the Visual Art day. The event will take place this coming Saturday, November 2, and artists all over the country…
Guided tour
Skaftfell offers a guided tour through the exhibition ÂFancy-Cake in the Sun Wednesday Oct 28, 15.00 Admission 500 ISK Language English The tour gives an insight to the history of…
Night Fall
Saturday October 12th from 14:00 to dusk Night Fall A live radio art performance by Anna Friz (CA) with special guest Konrad Korabiewski  (PL/DK/IS). Anna Friz has been transmitting the radio art beacon Radiotelegraph from 7.-11. October at…
Släden
Saturday October 12, 2013. With this tool, I try to explore the landscape nature in a more filmic and painterly narrative way. From 14:00-17:00, visual artist Björn Olsson (SE) will…
Radiotelegraph – 107.1 FM
Radiotelegraph is a beacon simulcast by a private low-watt transmitter in Seyðisfjörður (around 107.1 FM) and by the experimental radio platform Radius in Chicago (88.9 FM) at sundown Seyðisfjörður time,…
Poetry reading
Icelandic poet Sveinn Snorri Sveinsson will read from his newly published book ” The leafs on the raintree”. The reading will take place in the Bistro in Icelandic after Tapas…
RIFF selection 2013
Skaftfell, in collaboration with the Cultural Center of Fljódalshérað, will host an off-venue for ReykjavÃk International Film Festival in Seyðisfjörður November 11 and 12. Four documentaries will be screened in…
Artist Talk #14
Skaftfell is currently hosting five Artists-in-Recidence: Anna Friz from Canada, à se Eg from Denmark, Björn Olsson, Helena Wikström and Gerd Aurell from Sweden. This coming Friday, Sept. 20, they will present their work and subject matter in an…
Call for Application / Short Notice
Call for Application / Short Notice Due to cancellation we have an unexpected opening in the Skaftfell residency program from 1st of October – 30th of November 2013 (two…
They come out at Night
Students from the visual art class in Seyðisfjörður elementary school, grade 7  10, will present projects with a focus on light and darkness.
Entrance
“Entrance” by previous artist-in-residence Anna Anders will be screened on during the weekend November 15-17. The video was recorded in Seyðisfjörður June 2012 and many locals participated in the making.…
Found
13.09.13-17.09.13 Bookshop-projectspace The work Found by Paula Prats is a series of snapshots from the 60Âs found in a Canadian flea market with images taken by her today, each pair…
Fancy-Cake in the Sun
September 7, 2013 – February 16, 2014 Main exhibition space Skaftfell  Center for Visual Art in Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland proudly celebrates the 15th anniversary of the institution with an exhibition…
Workshop for Everything – October 14-28
Detailed information Dates: October 14-28, 2013. The workshop is two-weeks long, starting and ending on a Monday. Location: Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland. Participants: Practising artists at all levels Registration deadline: On-line…
Seyðisfjörður carpeting
Thursday August 29, from 21.00 Visual studies of the weather, light, wind and other environmental data collected by Michal Kindernay (CZ) during his current stay as an artist in residence…
Mapping artistic practise and working relationships in Seyðisfjörður
Artist talk #13
Monday the 5th. of August à se Eg Jørgensen, Ragnar Helgi Olafsson and Michal Kindernay, – all newly arrived artists-in-residence at Skaftfell, will give a short introduction to their work. welcome…
PALE BLUE DOT
Friday July 26, at 17.00, the Bookshop-projectspace Ragnheiður Gestsdóttir and Curver Thoroddsen have stayed as Artists-in-Residence at Skaftfell for July. The exhibition is a collaboration between the artists and will…
Creative: mapping the creative industry in Seyðisfjörður
The artist group RoShamBo, in good collaboration with Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art has now published a web based map which contains information on workshops, residencies, galleries, project platforms, schools and…
Performance and concert
The danish artists group A Kassen and Icelandic electronic musician Auxpan will host an event this Sunday, July 7th at 17.00, by TvÃsöngur sound sculpture. A Kassen presents a performance…
The painthing in painting at the magic moment
The Bookshop – projectspace Opening Friday June 21, at 17.00 Saturday June 22, open from 11.oo  15.00 Karin Reichmuth previous Artist-in-Residence at Skaftfell and will be presenting new paintings and…
Creative: the Seyðisfjörður map
The artist group RoShamBo, in good collaboration with Skaftfell Center for Visual Art has now published a web based map which contains information on workshops, residencies, galleries, project platforms, schools…
Skaftfell Residency Program: Call for applications 2014
Deadline September 1, 2013 Skaftfell – Center for Visual Art runs a residency program in Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland. The program is aimed at visual artists but artists working in intermediate fields…
Authors train
The annual Authors train will stop at Seyðisfjörður Saturday November 30. The reading will be begin at 20.30 sharp in the exhibition space. Five authors will read from their newly published…
Video-outstallation; permanent
The surroundings and houses close to Skaftell will be transformed into an exhibition venue Saturday November 30 when ÃsdÃs Sif Gunnarsdóttir (IS) will exhibit a large scale outdoor video installation.…
Bananas
Danish artists group A Kassen have been invited to stay as Artists-in-Residence from June to July at Skaftfell. The residency programÂs objectives is to facilitate circumstances for artists to experience,…
Heiða and Berglind: mom’s and sons
The musicians Heiða Eiríks and Berglind Ágústsdóttir will go on a small tour around the country, beginning of June. They both play original music, that can be categorized as experimental,…
Record your Memory at the Bookshop
Tuesday – Wednesday, May 28-29 The Bookshop is open from 10.00-17.00 Current Artists-in-Residence ÃsdÃs Sif Gunnarsdóttir (IS), Manfred Hubmann (AT), and Yann Leguay (F) will host a mutual two-day exhibition…
Summer Show
All welcome to experience the summer show of Skaftfell Art Class Tuesday June 4, from 19.00-20.00
KNIT: Performance project
Ãsta Fanney Sigurðardóttir (IS) Brent Birnbaum (US) Gavin Morrison (GB/F) – collaborating with Karen Breneman (US) Karlotta Blöndal (IS) Yvette Brackman (US/DK) Curated by Ráðhildur Ingadóttir Performance sessions: May 16 – 24 Open…
Artist talk #12
Tuesday, May 7 at 21.00, three Artists-in-Residence will have an artist talk in the Bookshop-Projectspace. They are: ÃsdÃs Sif Gunnarsdóttir from Iceland, staying for one month. Manfred Hubmann from Austria,…
Artist talks #11
Wednesday 24th of April at 14:00 in the Norðurgata Residency The current artists in residence; Joey Syta, Andrius Mulokas and Liam Scully and Skaftfell invites for an informal artist talk at…
Sequences VI – Off Venue
Program Saturday, April 13 Sunday, April 14 16.00-19.00 Liam Scully (UK) HÃLLISTIC THERAPY Hóll residency 15.00-22.00 Inga Jautakyte (LT) SLEEPING BEAUTY Skaftfell, main gallery 17.00-19.00 Joey Syta (US) ABOUT The…
DOMESTIC BLISS
Sequences VI – Off Venue Saturday April 13, at 18:00-21:00 The Norðurgata residency In a three hour performative installation for Sequences, Andrius Mulokas will be proposing ways to push and support…
ABOUT
Sequences VI – Off Venue Saturday April 13, Â 17.00-19.00 The Bookshop – projectspace In keeping with Sequences’s theme, Joey Syta presents “About”, a work that focuses on how time and…
SLEEPING BEAUTY
Sequences VI – Off Venue Sunday April 13,  15.00-22.00 17.00-22.00 Exhibition space In the performance Sleeping beauty by Inga Jautakyte, the audience is invited to re-look into the action of…
HÓLLISTIC THERAPY
Sequences VI – Off Venue Saturday April 13,  16.00-19.00 Hóll – the Birgir Andrésson Residency For Sequences Liam Scully (UK) will be presenting his film entitled Quake. The film is…
Skaftfell receives a reward
Skaftfell won the Eyrarrós award 2013 for outstanding cultural achievement in non-urban areas in Iceland. We are proud and very thankful for all the attentions. Here is a link to…
Relay – the word passed on
The Icelandic Art Center invited Skaftfell to contribute to a new monthly column, Relay – the word passed on. Relay – the word passed on presents Skaftfell from Icelandic Art…
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…
Open Studio: Livia Salome Gnos & Stephan Perrinjaquet
Swiss artists Livia Salome Gnos and Stephan Perrinjaquet have stayed in the Nordurgata residency since December 2012. They will conclude the residency with an open studio on Saturday January 5,…