We here at Nes Artist Residency want to mark our two year anniversary by hosting an exhibition with artwork by former artists of Nes. The exhibition will take place during the Country Days festival in the middle of August. The Country Days is a 3 day festival in Skagaströnd that was started by Hallbjörn Hjartarson the Country king of Iceland. This festival attracts over 1000 people from all over Iceland.

We hope that you where inspired by your stay here in Skagaströnd and are willing to share that with us. In order for this event to be successful we are hoping that many of Nes artists will be able to provide artwork for the show.

The town of Skagaströnd is interested in starting an art collection. You can choose if you would like to donate your artwork to the town of Skagaströnd or we can return it when the show is finished.

The artwork should be around 8 ½ by 11 inches or 21 by 30 cm in size in any medium.
If you are interested in sending us your artwork, feel free to include approximately 50 business cards along with your piece. Please send your artwork postmarked 26^th of July 2010 to the following address:

Nes Artist Residency
Fjörubraut 8
545 Skagaströnd
Iceland

Thank you for your cooperation in this effort to showcase the diversity of artists that have stayed here at Nes in the last couple of years.

Please let us know if you are interested in participating or if you have any questions or concerns.

Takk takk og bless bless,

Ólafía Lárusdóttir
project manager

Inspired by Iceland Video from Inspired By Iceland on Vimeo.

There is however a volcanic eruption on the south coast. Because of that we want to stress that it has not made any impact on our lives, not here in Skagaströnd or most other parts of the country. Icelanders’ daily life is proceeding quite normally. The only exception is in a very specific area on the South coast.

Even though the eruption in the glacier is relatively small, airborne volcanic ash has dispersed over a wide area and disrupted air travel in Europe. As strange as it sounds airports in Iceland, Keflavik and Reykjavik, have not been struck by the ash like those in Europe.

So our lives here in Iceland have not changed in any way due to the volcanic eruption. Nevertheless we wish to warn you of exaggerated news reports on the eruption.

If you are not convinced or you have any doubt in your mind about your visit to Skagastrond, please send us an e-mail and we’ll answer a.s.a.p.

This map shows you where we are in relation to the volcano.

Below are links that are regularly updated on the current volcanic situation in Iceland.
This is a link to online Icelandic newspapers, the Engilsh edition:

http://www.mbl.is/mm/frettir/english/

http://www.icenews.is

Link to the tourist information site:

http://www.visiticeland.com/DiscoverIceland/WhatsOn/View/neweruptioninsouthiceland

Volcanic eruption live on this link:

http://eldgos.mila.is/eyjafjallajokull-fra-fimmvorduhalsi/

There is a web which shows the live disperse of the volcanic ash:

http://kortavefur.samsyn.is/

The web of the Icelandic Met Office gives very good info on the eruption in English.

http://en.vedur.is/

Allir ættu að þekkja rætur sínar og staðarins sem þeir búa á.

Markmið námskeiðsins er að deila upplýsingjum um sögu Skagastrandar ásamt sögum frá Skagaströnd með frásögnum og listsköpun. Námskeiðið er opið öllum börnum,  foreldrum, öfum og ömmu. Í hverjum tíma verður sögumaður og þema. Hægt er að taka þátt í öllum tímunum eða bara einum.

Tími 1: Lífið á Skagaströnd                                    8.maí 2010 kl. 13.00 – 14.30

Við munum búa til módel af Skagaströnd eins og hún leit út í gamla daga. Notuð verða pappír, pappi, sandur og steinar. Ef þú átt eitthvað sem þig langar að nota við gerð módelsins er þér velkomið að taka það með.

Sögumaður: Magnús B. Jónsson

Tími 2: Fólkið á Skagaströnd                                     15.maí 2010 kl. 13.00 – 14.30

Við munum heyra sögur af fólki sem búið hefur á Skagaströnd. Í tímanum munum við mála sjálfsmyndir af íbúum Skagastrandar í dag.

Sögumaður: Sigrún Lárusdóttir

Tími 3: Nýjar sögur af Skagaströnd                  17.maí 2010 kl. 14.00  – 16.00

Við munum vinna að sögugerð og listsköpun til að búa til nýjar sögur af Skagaströnd. Nemendur velja sjálfir hvað tækni þeir vilja beita. Í lok tímans munu allir deila sýnum sögum með samnemendum sínum.

Námskeiðið er frítt, verkefnið er styrkt af Menningarráði Norðurlands vestra

Endilega komið með pensla, liti, blýanta og annað sem þið haldið að komið að gagni með ykkur.

Allir velkomnir

Listamenn apríl mánaðar bjóða ykkur velkomin í heimsókn í vinnustofur sínar.

Sarah Mosca og Tim Bruniges verða með hljóðinnsetningu í Hólaneskirkju frá klukkan 17 til 18.

Línudanshópurinn Sylgjurnar sýnir dans sem Anna Marie Shogren samdi í samvinnu við hópinn klukkan 18.

The April artist here at Nes invite you to come and visit their studios.

There will be a sound installation by Sarah Mosca and Tim Bruniges at Hólanes church from 5 to 6 pm.

The linedancing group of Skagaströnd Sylgjurnar will show a dance that is choreographed by Anna Marie Shogren at 6 pm.

Listamenn mánaðarins:
Anna Marie Shogren, Choreographer – USA
Bruce Montcombroux, Mixed-media / Drawing – Canada
Katie Urban, Interdisciplinary – USA
Margaret Coleman, Sculpture – USA
Mari Mathlin, Visual artist – Finland
Melody Woodnutt, Sculpture / Installation / Live art – Australia
Sarah Mosca, Installation – Australia
Sofie Loscher, Sculpture – Ireland
Tim Bruniges, Sound Artist – Australia

Ladies & Gentleman
Dömur og Herrar
Friends & Lovers
Vinir og Elskhugar

Friday, April 16th at 22:00
Föstudagskvöldið 16. Apríl kl. 22:00

Come to Kantrybaer for a night of dancing.
Komið í Kántrýbæ á danskvöld

The night will begin with a workshop, a chance to learn/review a number of social or partner dances; some familiar, some classic, some new.  After gaining this new expertise, the music will play on and we will dance our hearts out.

The workshop will be lead by choreographer, Anna Marie Shogren, with accompanying installation by sculptor, Margaret Coleman, both Brooklyn based Nes residents.

Kvöldið byrjar á námskeiði, þar fá allir tækifæri til að rifja upp og læra nokkra samkvæmisdansa, suma kannist þið við, aðrir eru klassískir en einnig verða kenndir nýjir dansar. Eftir að allir eru búnir að æfa sig verður tónlist spiluð og við munum dansa úr okkur hjörtun.

The older group in the after school art class learned about stop motion video today and they made this little video.