by Vicki | Apr 28, 2025 | Uncategorized
Meg Matich is a poet and translator of many books from Icelandic, German, and Danish in Reykjavik, Iceland. Her translations have received praise from The New York Times, Oprah, Publisher’s Weekly, Vulture, and others. She’s received support for her work from...
by Vicki | Apr 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
Karl Ágúst Úlfsson is an Icelandic theatre artist. He’s had a 45 year career in theatre, television, radio and films as an actor, writer, director and translator. In NES he’s working on his 13th theatre musical based on Egils saga Skalla-Grímssonar, connecting the...
by Vicki | Apr 17, 2025 | Uncategorized
Alix Perrin is a French visual artist whose practice is rooted in the exploration of the subtle interactions between nature, memory, and the photographic process. Through a series of alternative techniques, primarily anthotype, cyanotype, and monotype, she captures...
by Vicki | Apr 16, 2025 | Uncategorized
2017, I spent two months on a scholarship in Seyðisfjörður, in eastern Iceland. I was fascinated by the landscape and weather in general—and in particular, by the way climatic and geological phenomena, along with the region’s topography, unexpectedly shifted my...
by Vicki | Apr 15, 2025 | Uncategorized
Alaskan Nancy Lord is an environmental writer, these days mostly of personal essays. Here in Iceland she’s interested in comparisons and contrasts with Alaska. As a former commercial fisherperson, she’s paying particular attention to Skagastrond’s fishing history...
by Vicki | Mar 26, 2025 | Uncategorized
Based in Victoria, BC, Sharon is a Canadian artist who loves capturing the spirit of places. She has been in Skagaströnd for one month and will be here for another, soaking in both the dramatic Icelandic landscape and the creative energy of the artists around her. ...
