Artists in residence for the month of July 2023 Natalie Goulet is a Canadian artist working within expanded realms ofphotography and image making. Of Scottish/French settler ancestry, she was raised inNorthern Ontario (Treaty 9 territory) and currently resides...
Artists in residence for the month of June 2023 Anika is an emerging artist interested in the intersection between the disciplines of cognitive science and sculpture. With a sculptural background of bronze and metal, emphasising materiality and form,...
Gil Artist Residency is open for applications for one month stays in January to December 2024. Application deadline is August 1st 2023. Gil Artist Residency is an Artist in Residence Program located in Akureyri, North Iceland. We are located...
Artists in residence for the month of April 2023 In her own words: I am Päivi Vaarula, a Finnish textile artist. I am working in Gilfélagið artist residency in April 2023. I have been doing textile art for...
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Artists in residence for the month of March 2023 Hyojung Bea explores fear, identity, and the anxiety-provoking instability of groundlessness due to her constant moving without a permanent home. Being active both in New York City and Jeju...
Artists in residence for the month of December 2022 Mary Hurrell (b. South Africa) is an artist based in London. In her work sound production, live performance and sculpture perform similar functions; to explore movement and the body...
Artists in residence for the month of November 2022 Tetsuya Hori is a Berlin-based composer from Sapporo/Japan. His works include instrumental, vocal, electronic, ensemble, chamber and orchestral music. He compose commissioned works for various performing musicians, chamber and...
In Deiglan Friday 11 – Thursday 17 of November. Boreal is an international video dance festival that had its first edition in November 2020 in Mjólkurbúðin Gallery, Akureyri. Various screendance pieces were projected by a variety of artists from...
Gestalistamenn september mánaðar sýna í Deiglunni. Michelle Bird og Sóley Sefánsdóttir bjóða á opnun sýningar sinnar í Deiglunni, sal Gilfélagsins, Listagilinu á Akureyri, laugardaginn 24. september kl. 14.00 til 19:00. Vertu velkomin. Sóley og Michelle – Myndspuna dúett. Tónlistin...
Sýningin opnar laugardaginn 10. september kl 13.00 Trönurnar er hópur kvenna sem stundaði nám saman í Listasmiðjunni Fræðsla í formi og lit veturinn 2016-2017 undir leiðsögn Bryndísar Arnardóttur og Guðmundar Ármanns Sigurjónssonar. Þess utan hafa þær sótt ýmiss...
The Gil Society was founded in 1991, marking the beginning of the construction of an Art Centre in Grófargil which is now the focal point of culture in Akureyri. This is where we find the Akureyri Art Museum, the Akureyri School of Art and exhibition halls of varying dimensions. This is the location of Deiglan, multiple restaurants and artists studios. The Gil Society runs an artist residency and is an organiser of art exhibitions, music and other happenings connected with the diverse and ambitious cultural life of the towns people of Akureyri.
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