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RÓ RÓ guided tour Saturday Oct 4, at 14.00

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…

Christoph Büchel represents Iceland in the Venice Biennale

Skaftfell wishes artist Christopher Büchel and curator Ní­na Magnúsdóttir congratulations on representing Iceland in the next Venice Biennale. Büchel was Skaftfell’s honory artistic director in 2011-2012 and initiated the Narrative…

Open studio

Thursday January 23, from 16:00 – 20:00 Skaftfell residency, Austurvegur 42, top floor Jens has been in residence at Skaftfell for December and January. It`s the fourth time he is…

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…

Works by Geiri exhibited in Brisbane

Six works by local artist Geiri, Ásgeir Jón Emilsson (1931-1999), have been lend to MetroArts í Brisbane, Australia, to be on display in group exhibition. The exhibition is entitled A…

Call for applications

Skaftfell Residency Program hereby calls for applications for a Residency stay with a grant courtesy of KulturKontaktNord. Nordic and Baltic artists are eligible to apply for a 2 month residency…

moveNATURE – Sunday, March 25, at 20.00

This Sunday at The Bookshop – Projectspace Transforming into a minicinema, the Bookshop – Projectspace in Seyðisfjörður, will host a program of experimental film- and video work, under the title…

Artist talk #4

Wednesday, February 16th at 17:00 at the Skaftfell Bistro. The artist duo Konrad Korabiewski and Litten will talk about their work and present the audio-visual book-work ‘AFFECTED AS ONLY A…

2010

Skaftfell’s residencies are fully booked through out 2010 and we are not accepting any applications for 2011 yeat. We will post an opening for applications in spring 2010. The exhibition…

NEW HOMEPAGE!

We are delighted with our new homepage and hope it will prove user friendly and helpufull to all of you. Please send us coments on skaftfell@archive.skaftfell.is or coment here below…

Community projects

Artists are welcome to participate in the Skaftfell educational program, including artist talks, presentations or workshops for the local community, or the Skaftfell Art Class, which provides the opportunity to…

Long-term Residencies

The Long-term Residencies are located in selected charming old houses in the town of Seydisfjordur.
 The town is well known in Iceland for its well preserved wooden houses painted in…

Library – Skaftfell Bistro

The Skaftfell Bistro, at the ground floor of the main building houses a specialized visual arts library with a good selection of book works by the artist Dieter Roth, along…

Print studio & Metal workshop

The print studio consist partly of Dieter Roth´s printmaking presses and tools, in addition there is a letterpress and basic tools for bookbinding. Metal workshop with Forge. Basic tools (minus…

The Bookshop – Projectspace

The Bookshop – Projectspace is a stripped 30 sq. multi-functional space where artists are invited to work, exhibit, perform, etc. The projectspace is also home to a rudimentary silk screen…

The Skaftfell hub

The Skaftfell hub is an open workspace on the top floor of Skaftfell’s main building. Artists in residence are welcome to use the facilities at the Skaftfell Hub and are…

Skaftfell Hub – Toolbox

The Skaftfell hub is an open workspace on the top floor of Skaftfell’s main building. Artists in residence are welcome to use the facilities at the Skaftfell Hub and are…