Calls for Application

Call for Applications – Wanderlust Thematic Residency 2020

THIS CALL IS NOW CLOSED. Skaftfell is inviting applications to participate in the thematic residency „Wanderlust“, which will be taking place June 8-30, 2020. Application deadline: October 31, 2019 Referring to Rebecca Solnit’s book Wanderlust, this thematic residency will bring together seven artists who wish to consider the notion of wandering as an aesthetic practice. Linking the activities of walking, thinking and art-making, the aim of the residency will be to explore how art can convey one’s experience of place. The roads, paths, and valleys of Seydisfjördur will provide participants with the arena to move and think about notions of space, […]

Call for applications – Residency program 2020

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Skaftfell is inviting applications from individual artists and artistic collaborators to participate in the self-directed residency program in 2020. Application deadline: September 5, 2019. Skaftfell Center for Visual Art is located in Seyðisfjörður, a small town of around 700 inhabitants in Iceland’s eastfjords, which is surrounded by a stunning chain of mountains. Despite its small size, Seyðisfjörður offers a rich and diverse cultural life, and has a long history of welcoming visiting artists. The Skaftfell residencies offer quiet time and space for independent research, reflection, and experimentation. Artists are encouraged to use their stay for in-depth inquiries into their work processes and conceptual interests, to […]