Residency program

IUA fine art department and Skaftfell Center for Visual Art call for applications

IUA fine art department and Skaftfell Center for Visual Art call for applications

CALL FOR APPLICATIONS: RESIDENCY AND GROUP EXHIBITION OPPORTUNITY FOR IUA FINE ART DEPARTMENT GRADUATES FROM THE YEARS 2017-2022 Skaftfell Center for Visual Art and the fine art department of the Iceland University of the Arts have collaborated for many years. Due to special circumstances both partners have decided to offer artists who graduated from the department in the years 2017-2022 to apply for the Skaftfell residency in the period March 1–28, 2022, along with an exhibition in the Skaftfell gallery from March 26 – May 22, 2022. Applications are invited either from individual artists with projects for a group exhibition, or […]

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Skaftfell participates in the Nordic Alliance of Artists’ Residencies on Climate Action

Skaftfell participates in the Nordic Alliance of Artists’ Residencies on Climate Action

Skaftfell is delighted to announce its participation in a new international research project, which was officially launched last week at Cove Park residency in Scotland and will continue until 2024. We are very much looking forward to our collaboration with the Nordic Alliance of Artists’ Residencies on Climate Action (NAARCA). The project is co-devised and co-led by Cove Park (Scotland) and Saari Residence (Finland). Further project partners are Arctic Culture Lab (Greenland), Artica Svalbard (Norway), Art Hub Copenhagen (Denmark), and Baltic Art Center (Sweden). Together, we will collaborate on research, art production, institutional change, knowledge exchange and public education around climate action. […]

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