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Residency artists for 2017 confirmed

The selection process for the Skaftfell residency program for 2017 has now finished. Nearly 325 applications were received; a 30% increase from the year before. A selection panel reviewed all of the applications to finalise the selection for the residency positions. The Skaftfell residencies are self-directed and can be used for research and/or for the production of work. Three artists received a travel and residency grant through the Nordic Culture Point Soren Thilo (DK), Tina Helen Funder (DK) and Tuula Närhinen (FI), and one artist, Uta Pütz (DE), s staying courtesy of Goethe-Institut Dänemark, The Skaftfell residency artists for 2017 […]

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The final stage of Climbing Invisible Structures

The final stage in the project Climbing Invisible Structures in an exhibition opening Feb 10 in Akershus Kunstsenter. Artists presented are: Mo Abd-Ulla, Eglė Budvytytė, Tanya Busse, Victoria Durnak, Gunnhildur Hauksdóttir, Berlind Jona Hlynsdóttir, Saulius Leonavičius & Vida Strasevičiūtė, Robertas Narkus, Augustas Serapinas, Kristin Tårnesvik. Climbing Invisible Structures, is a curated visual arts residency exchange and exhibition programme organised by the Nida Art Colony of Vilnius Academy of Arts (NAC) (Lithuania), in collaboration with the Office for Contemporary Art Norway (OCA), the Nordic Artists’ Centre Dale (Norway), the Skaftfell Center for Visual Art (Iceland), and the Ars Communis Residency Centre YO-YO (Lithuania). The programme is financed by the European […]

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