Skaftfell warmly welcomes Victoria Torboli, a Finnish art student at the School of Fine Arts of Satakunta University of Applied Sciences, in Kankaanpää, Finland who has been given an Erasmus internship to work in Iceland this summer. As Skaftfell’s curatorial intern, Victoria will receive visitors in Skaftfell’s gallery and provide information about The Arctic Creatures exhibition, Skaftfell, and public artworks in Seyðisfjörður. She will also work collaboratively on workshops and summer programs.  

Episode 4: Baltic Art Center – Artists’ Role in an Age of Climate Crisis  https://naarca.art/testing-grounds-podcast/ What role can, and should, artists play in an age of the climate crisis? What opportunities do artists have in this context, and what – if any – are their responsibilities? Baltic Art Center (BAC) is NAARCA’s Swedish partner. It’s based in Visby, the main town on Gotland, an island in the Baltic Sea. Gotland is a popular tourist destination known for its beaches, its medieval history, and – increasingly – its water shortages. The reasons for these shortages are complex – industries such as […]

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