Art course and workshop for children

FLOCK workshop with Rachel Simmons

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Saturday, August 20, 2022, 10:00-11:30 and 13:00-16:00 Join the FLOCK workshop with Rachel Simmons in Seyðisfjörður! The workshop includes taking a birdwatching walk around town and then making colourful bird prints together in the afternoon. Kids of all ages and parents/guardians are welcome! Free of charge. Please email fraedsla@old.skaftfell.is for further information and registration. 10:00-11:30: Birdwatching walk. Meet at Herðubreið community center at 10:00 to view the FLOCK exhibition and go on a birdwatching walk with the artist. 11:30-13:00 Lunch break 13:00-16:00: Printmaking. Meet at 13:00 at Seyðisfjörður Prentverk, Öldugata 14. Rachel Simmons is an artist and art educator from […]

Dear You art exchange project with Arlene Tucker 2021-2022

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Arlene Tucker (USA/Taiwan/Finland) is an artist based in Joutsa, Finland. She has been artist in residence at Skaftfell in September 2021 and March 2022, supported by the Nordic Baltic Mobility Programme (Nordic Culture Point). Since her first residency in September, Arlene has been working with groups of children at the Seyðisfjörður School (both primary school and kindergarten level), connecting them with school classes in the Ukraine, Greenland, Czech Republic, and the USA through her Dear You art exchange project. Throughout the past months the children have been exchanging artworks by post, and have been meeting and interacting online, following a set of […]