Veldi is a group exhibition by graduating students from the fine art department at the Iceland Academy of the Arts. The exhibition forms the conclusion of a two week long workshop in Seyðisfjörður. The students got assistance by locals, who have provided them with insight into the town’s diverse industries, fishing, steel forging and wool processing to name a few. The group also got insight into the isolation and uncertainty caused by snowstorms and as a consequence mountain roads being blocked. This is the largest group of students to attend the workshop since it started, and the entourage also consists […]
Education
Educational project winter 2013-2014
For the past months Skaftfell has invited students from elementary schools in East Iceland to do an educational project about Dieter Roth and graphic technique. Students took a field trip to Seydisfjördur where they received a guided through an exhibition with printworks by Roth and underwent a workshop. Also, the groups visited the Technical museum and saw printing press´s from the last century. A total of eleven schools with about 250 students took part in the project.