In September of 2014 the educational project Digital Craftsmanship was launched. The project emphasizes the union of creativity and sustainability and is designed for fifth, sixth and seventh graders in primary schools around the east fjords. Students are taught how to produce their own pigment and paint from locally found raw materials; stones, clay etc. They then transfer the colors into digital form using smart technology and create their own color pallet. The participants take on the role of researchers and carefully record and log each step of the process using photography that is swiftly shared through Twitter, online social […]
Education
The fifteenth Art Academy student group has arrived in Seyðisfjörður
Students from the fine art department at the Iceland Academy of the Arts have arrived for the second time this year to participate in “Workshop Seyðisfjörður”. This is the fifteenth workshop held in Skaftfell and is guided by Björn Roth and Kristján Steingrímur. The duration of the workshop is two weeks and during that time students will share photographs from the process on lhisod.tumblr.com. The workshop concludes with an exhibition opening Saturday November 1 at 16.00 in the Skaftfell gallery. On exhibition at new works produced over the period. Workshop collaborators are the Iceland Academy of the Arts, Dieter Roth […]