Past exhibitions and events

Atlantic Biennale: Untold Saga

in 2015, Artists-in-Residence, Past program, Residency events and activities

For thousands of years the ocean was defining the limits of the known world. For centuries it has inspired people to overcome the impossible. Today the ocean is connecting nations and ideas and traditions. The Atlantic Biennale: Untold Saga kick-of event at Seydisfjörður invites you to witness the impossible becoming true. Program: 17:00 Departure from the Bookshop-projectspace 17:30 Island 18:00 Presentation of Atlantic Biennale: Untold Saga at Norðurgata residency, open Studio at Robertas Narkus 19:00 Launch party Collaborators: Lunga School, Árni Geir Lárusson, The Seyðisfjörður Music School and Times New Roman The Atlantic Biennale: Untold Saga is the offspring of […]

Perception lab for color and shape

in 2015, Art education project, News, Past program

In conjunction with the exhibition opening of Icelandic artists Eyborg Gudmundsdottir and Eyglo Hardardottir, Skaftfell will launch its seventh educational project. Since 2007 the Center has produced a total of six visual art educational activities tailored to the needs of the primary schools in East Iceland. This time, Icelandic artist Karlotta Blondal will teach a traveling workshop Perception lab for color and shape. The workshop will introduce students to artworks of Gudmundsdottir and Hardardottir and provide them with methods for studying the properties of color and shape. The workshop is available to the schools free of charge and is funded […]