News

October 15, 2025

Episode 4: NAARCA Testing Grounds podcast is up! Featuring the Baltic Art Center (Gotland, Sweden)

April 13, 2023

News: Preserving Tvísöngur

April 9, 2023

Episode 3 of NAARCA Testing Grounds podcast is out: Skaftfell Art Center

April 2, 2023

News: Skaftfell Bistró

April 2, 2023

Residency news: Welcoming artist in residence Roman Sokolov

March 2, 2023

Artist Talk: Ji Yoon Jen Chung and María Sjöfn Dupuis Laufeyjardóttir

February 8, 2023

Lucia Gašparovičová: 26 minutes

January 27, 2023

Artist Talk: Lucia Gašparovičová, Tóta Kolbeinsdóttir and Salka Rósinkranz

January 26, 2023

NAARCA podcast launch: TESTING GROUNDS

January 26, 2023

Artist Talk: Jessica Auer

December 13, 2022

Gardening of Soul: Introduction. Exhibition at House of Arts, Ústi nad Labem

November 25, 2022

Nicola Turner: Myth and Miasma

November 8, 2022

Artist talk: Jan Krtička and Nicola Turner

November 4, 2022

New international collaboration “Gardening of Soul: In Five Chapters”

September 27, 2022

Artist talk: Brooke Holve (US), Catherine Richardson (UK/US), Eve Provost Chartrand

September 23, 2022

Bernd Koberling, Autumn – Loðmundarfjörður

September 21, 2022

Photos from the opening: Rikke Luther – On Moving Ground

September 4, 2022

Rikke Luther – On Moving Ground

August 15, 2022

FLOCK workshop with Rachel Simmons

August 4, 2022

Exhibition and artist talk with Rachel Simmons

July 12, 2022

Seyðisfjörður Print Workshop is opening its doors

July 6, 2022

Reading with A. Kendra Greene

June 20, 2022

Call for Applications – Skaftfell Residency Program 2023

April 6, 2022

NAARCA: Open Call for a Podcast Producer

March 15, 2022

Art Sale for Ukraine raises 500.000 kr

March 7, 2022

New director of Skaftfell: Pari Stave

March 4, 2022

Fundraiser Art Sale for Ukraine

February 1, 2022

IUA fine art department and Skaftfell Center for Visual Art call for applications

December 17, 2021

Newsletter & Season’s greetings 2021

October 29, 2021

“In memoriam,” a publication by Anna Vaivare, has reached the President of Iceland

October 27, 2021

Sequences – Romanticism researched

October 20, 2021

Tóti Ripper on the West Wall

October 11, 2021

Artist Talk: Eva Beierheimer & Samuel Brzeski

September 15, 2021

Anna Júlía Friðbjörnsdóttir and Karlotta Blöndal: Slóð (Trace)

September 15, 2021

Translation is Dialogue – a workshop by Arlene Tucker for students of Egilsstaðir High School

September 11, 2021

Residency program in 2022

July 25, 2021

Magdalena Noga – Even though it might hurt

June 1, 2021

New mural in Seyðisfjörður by Anna Vaivare

May 27, 2021

Anna Vaivare – Houses, Mountains and Landscapes of Seyðisfjörður

May 15, 2021

Comics drawing workshop with Anna Vaivare

May 7, 2021

Pétur Kristjánsson – Tinkering ideas

January 29, 2021

Skaftfell Bistro reopens

December 28, 2020

Skaftfell remains closed after landslides hit Seyðisfjörður

December 1, 2020

Advent Pop-up Shop

November 20, 2020

Changes in the Bistro

October 30, 2020

Skaftfell receives funding from the Ministry of Education and Culture

May 26, 2020

Call for Applications – Residency Program 2021

May 20, 2020

Call for Applications from Nordic and Baltic artists

May 6, 2020

Call for Applications from Iceland-based artists: Wanderlust thematic residency, August 2020

April 8, 2020

Quarantine Drawings

March 27, 2020

Skaftfell and COVID-19

March 6, 2020

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March 5, 2020

Pétur Kristjánsson: Downstairs

February 12, 2020

Artist in residence Kristen Mallia and students of Seyðisförður School take part in List í Ljósi 2020

February 10, 2020

Hyun Ah Kwon – Perspective. List í Ljósi 2020

January 14, 2020

Pressure

November 20, 2019

Ingirafn Steinarsson – Hólmi / Elevation

November 5, 2019

Amanda Riffo: ELASTIC STRESS

October 28, 2019

Days of Darkness Artist Talk – Ioana Popovici, Michala Paludan, Rasmus Røhling

September 9, 2019

Elvar Már Kjartansson & Litten Nystrøm: It’s not true

June 21, 2019

Call for applications – Residency program 2020

March 7, 2019

Artists-in-residence for 2019 confirmed

February 4, 2019

Skaftfell Editions

November 5, 2018

A new agreement between the Skaftfell group and Skaftfell art centre

October 2, 2018

Gavin Morrison appointed as the director of Skaftfell

September 30, 2018

Skaftfell will take autumn break from Oct 8

September 20, 2018

Guided tours for families on Saturdays at 15.00 in September

September 17, 2018

Thank you for the residency applications

June 29, 2018

Skaftfell is seeking a director

May 31, 2018

Call for applications – Residency Program 2019

May 31, 2018

Call for applications – Thematic Residencies 2019

May 8, 2018

Skaftfell closed due to maintenance

March 26, 2018

Easter opening hours

March 23, 2018

C A B L E is the selected proposal for the 2018 summer exhibition

March 19, 2018

Residency artists for 2018 confirmed

February 23, 2018

Skaftfell 20 years old

February 12, 2018

Printing Matter for the second time

January 20, 2018

Seyðisfjörður Workshop 2018

December 20, 2017

Opening hours during the holiday season

October 25, 2017

Drawing course, for age 12 and older

October 24, 2017

The Bistro has reopened

September 19, 2017

Thank you for the applications

September 11, 2017

The Skaftfell Bistro is temporarily closed

August 31, 2017

Autumn opening hours

June 23, 2017

Call for exhibition proposal

June 22, 2017

Goethe-Institut residency grant 2018 at Skaftfell

June 22, 2017

Skaftfell Residency Program 2018

April 12, 2017

New advisory panel

April 12, 2017

Easter Opening hours

April 6, 2017

One of Skaftfell’s main benefactors passes away

March 16, 2017

Residency artists for 2017 confirmed

January 31, 2017

The final stage of Climbing Invisible Structures

January 16, 2017

Printing Matter, thematic residency

December 22, 2016

Opening hours during the Holidays

December 22, 2016

Web-map for Oral tradition and mapping of memories

November 17, 2016

Open house at Öldugata 14

November 15, 2016

The office has moved and new staff members

November 4, 2016

Skaftfell Bistró re-opened

November 2, 2016

Gallery closed for two days

October 26, 2016

Seyðisfjörður Workshop, 2001-2018

September 25, 2016

The Bistro closed from Sept 26.

September 8, 2016

Winter opening hours of Bistró and winter closing of Geirahús

September 2, 2016

The call for application for the residency program 2017 is now closed.

August 22, 2016

Call for Applications: Goethe-Institut residency grant 2017 at Skaftfell

June 30, 2016

Rolling Snowball/7, Djúpivogur

June 8, 2016

Call for Applications

April 5, 2016

Open call for curators and writers

March 23, 2016

Easter opening hours

February 3, 2016

Open call for the Goethe-Institut Dänemark residency grant in 2016

December 9, 2015

Holiday opening hours

June 11, 2015

The Skaftfell Residency Program 2016 is open for applications

March 31, 2015

New honorary artistic director appointed

January 6, 2015

New years greeting – Geiri’s house

October 2, 2014

The residency application process for 2015

June 11, 2014

The Residency Program is now open for applications for 2015

June 5, 2013

Skaftfell Residency Program: Call for applications 2014

March 14, 2013

Skaftfell receives a reward

October 26, 2012

Residency available this November

August 23, 2012

Available residency this September – apply now!

July 29, 2012

SKAFTFELL RESIDENCY AVAILABLE 15.th of Aug- 15th of Sep. 2012

July 10, 2012

Call for applications

June 14, 2012

REACTION INTERMEDIATE 2012

June 14, 2012

New honorary artistic director: Ráðhildur Ingadóttir

April 26, 2012

Call for applications

March 2, 2012

Welcome on Saturday March 3

February 13, 2012

The Art Academy students have arrived

November 3, 2011

Open studios in Seydisfjordur Saturday Nov. 5th @13:00 – 16:00

October 21, 2011

Open Studio at Hóll residency October 27th

June 27, 2011

Residency program in 2012 – Call for Applications

June 27, 2011

New residency option available in fall 2011

November 16, 2010

Hóll residency available in January and February 2011

November 9, 2010

Residency available in January 2011

August 24, 2010

FINAL CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – Skaftfell residency program in 2011

July 7, 2010

New exhibition: Birgir Andrésson, Tumi Magnússon & Roman Signer

June 16, 2010

Residency 18. June – 1. July 2010 available

June 11, 2010

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS – Skaftfell residency program in 2011

June 4, 2010

One week available at Hóll – the Birgir Andrésson residency

May 25, 2010

Call for applications from Nordi/Baltic artists

March 30, 2010

Residency open for applications in April due to cancellation:

February 19, 2010

LungA 2010 calls for applications.

January 12, 2010

2010

October 20, 2009

SIM residency call for applications with kknord grant

September 30, 2009

Call for applications for Hóll residency ending tomorrow!

July 31, 2009

Call for applications for Skaftfell residency ending this weekend

May 14, 2009

Call for applications at Skriðuklaustur residency!

May 8, 2009

NEW HOMEPAGE!

June 11, 2000

The old printing facilities at the Technical Museum

January 1, 1970

Nature’s Values

OPEN CALL: Slóð – Skaftfell x Ströndin Walking Residency

Introducing artists in residence

OPEN CALL: Skaftfell Residency Program 2026

NAARCA’s call for applications is now live!

IUA Seyðisfjörður workshop 2025

Advent open house

„Trunt, trunt, tröll og allar aðrar landsins vættir“

Elly Glossop

The Seas’ Blue Yonder: Bryndís Snæbjörnsdóttir and Mark Wilson

Funded residency for Nordic and Baltic artists

Skaftfell residency program 2025

TRIPTYCON LungA school installation

Testing Grounds Episode 8

Celia Harrison new director

The Young Arctic Creatures Workshop to be part of the NAARCA pedagogy toolkit

Residency news: Welcoming new artist in residence Dianne Bos

Residency news: Welcoming new artist in residence Karen Stentaford

Residency news: Welcoming new artist in residence Olivia Louvel

Welcoming Victoria!

Episode 4: NAARCA Testing Grounds podcast is up! Featuring the Baltic Art Center (Gotland, Sweden)

News: Preserving Tvísöngur

Episode 3 of NAARCA Testing Grounds podcast is out: Skaftfell Art Center

News: Skaftfell Bistró

Residency news: Welcoming artist in residence Roman Sokolov

Artist Talk: Ji Yoon Jen Chung and María Sjöfn Dupuis Laufeyjardóttir

Lucia Gašparovičová: 26 minutes

Artist Talk: Lucia Gašparovičová, Tóta Kolbeinsdóttir and Salka Rósinkranz

NAARCA podcast launch: TESTING GROUNDS

Artist Talk: Jessica Auer

Gardening of Soul: Introduction. Exhibition at House of Arts, Ústi nad Labem

Nicola Turner: Myth and Miasma

Artist talk: Jan Krtička and Nicola Turner

New international collaboration “Gardening of Soul: In Five Chapters”

Artist talk: Brooke Holve (US), Catherine Richardson (UK/US), Eve Provost Chartrand

Bernd Koberling, Autumn – Loðmundarfjörður

Photos from the opening: Rikke Luther – On Moving Ground

Rikke Luther – On Moving Ground

FLOCK workshop with Rachel Simmons

Exhibition and artist talk with Rachel Simmons

Seyðisfjörður Print Workshop is opening its doors

Reading with A. Kendra Greene

Call for Applications – Skaftfell Residency Program 2023

NAARCA: Open Call for a Podcast Producer

Art Sale for Ukraine raises 500.000 kr

New director of Skaftfell: Pari Stave

Fundraiser Art Sale for Ukraine

IUA fine art department and Skaftfell Center for Visual Art call for applications

Newsletter & Season’s greetings 2021

“In memoriam,” a publication by Anna Vaivare, has reached the President of Iceland

Sequences – Romanticism researched

Tóti Ripper on the West Wall

Artist Talk: Eva Beierheimer & Samuel Brzeski

Anna Júlía Friðbjörnsdóttir and Karlotta Blöndal: Slóð (Trace)

Translation is Dialogue – a workshop by Arlene Tucker for students of Egilsstaðir High School

Residency program in 2022

Magdalena Noga – Even though it might hurt

New mural in Seyðisfjörður by Anna Vaivare

Anna Vaivare – Houses, Mountains and Landscapes of Seyðisfjörður

Comics drawing workshop with Anna Vaivare

Pétur Kristjánsson – Tinkering ideas

Skaftfell Bistro reopens

Skaftfell remains closed after landslides hit Seyðisfjörður

Advent Pop-up Shop

Changes in the Bistro

Skaftfell receives funding from the Ministry of Education and Culture

Call for Applications – Residency Program 2021

Call for Applications from Nordic and Baltic artists

Call for Applications from Iceland-based artists: Wanderlust thematic residency, August 2020

Quarantine Drawings

Skaftfell and COVID-19

SITE_

Pétur Kristjánsson: Downstairs

Artist in residence Kristen Mallia and students of Seyðisförður School take part in List í Ljósi 2020

Hyun Ah Kwon – Perspective. List í Ljósi 2020

Pressure

Ingirafn Steinarsson – Hólmi / Elevation

Amanda Riffo: ELASTIC STRESS

Days of Darkness Artist Talk – Ioana Popovici, Michala Paludan, Rasmus Røhling

Elvar Már Kjartansson & Litten Nystrøm: It’s not true