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Ceramics workshop for young people

Ceramics workshop for young people

Skaftfell invites young people of all ages to join our ceramics workshops led by ceramicist Rikke Høgenhof. The workshops will be held on November 19 and 20 in the Heima studio, Austurvegur 15, Seyðisfjörður. Saturday November 19 from 12-16 Monster modelling, for 5-10 year olds Bring your monster ideas to life in clay! Parents are welcome. The artworks will be sculpted in clay and painted during the workshop and then glazed and fired by Rikke in the following week. They will be exhibited in Heima on Saturday, November 26, from 14-15, after which they can be picked up by the […]

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Artist talk: Jan Krtička and Nicola Turner

Artist talk: Jan Krtička and Nicola Turner

We warmly invite you to a presentation of work and sharing of thoughts by our two current residency artists.  Thursday, November 10, 19:00 – 20:30. Skaftfell, top floor. Sound and installation artist Jan Krtička is based in the Czech Republic, where his work has been widely exhibited. He teaches at the Faculty of Art at Jan Evangelista Purkyně University in Ústi nad Labem. Jan’s residency is part of the international collaborative project Gardening of Soul: In Five Chapters, of which Skaftfell is a partner. Funded by the EEA Iceland Liechtenstein Norway Grants, the project explores and commissions public artworks that […]

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