We say farewell to Bodil and Rita and Anette and family. Thank you for staying with us and we hope to see you soon again. We welcome Sigrún, Veronique and Joan who is with us again this year. We hope they all have a good and creative stay at Gullkistan.
Summertime
Scandinavian guests are now here at Gullkistan, very good guests from Finland, Denmark and Norway.
Finland, Norway and Denmark are now here at Gullkistan
Yesterday Annika Bergvik-Forsander, Heidi Naumanen and Laura Ruotsalanien from Finland arrived with their wonderful families, total 8 people. Today Fie Tanderup, from Denmark and Bodil Steinsund from Norway arrived together with husband and friend, total 4 people. So all together there are 13 guests staying at Gullkistan with the Icelandic writher Hlín Agnarsdóttir. That’s so wonderful. When arriving at Laugarvatn the rainbow and the clouds around Hekla and the steam from Eyjafjallajökull did there best to look impressive for our guests.
Installation and open studio day
Kendra Bulgrin and Jimmy Eddings had an open studio today. They made an installation in an old house by the river Djúpá and showed paintings in the studio.
Inspired by Laugarvatn
Kendra Bulgrin and Jimmy Eddings from Kansas, USA, are now working in the studio at Eyvindartunga. We also have three writers: Hlín Agnarsdóttir from Iceland and Kathleen Lee and Miriam Sagan from New York, USA. Rósa Helgadóttir, textile designer from Iceland, is also here for the second time and we welcome her. Everybody is having a good time at Gullkistan. Read More
Litlaá, Sandá and Djúpá
We are now welcoming the first guests to the Eyvindartunga farmhouse.
There are three rooms upstairs available and some vacancies this summer.
We call the rooms Litlaá, Sandá and Djúpá, these are names of the rivers surrounding the farm. Read More
Gullfoss and Geysir with Amy Adams and friends from N.Y.
Always very surprising when Strokkur shows his power. Read More
15th anniversary of Gullkistan
15 years ago we opened the first art festival.
Thank you all, dear family, friends, guests and creative people for everything.
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15 years of Gullkistan
On june 17th 1995 the Gullkistan art festival was opened in Laugarvatn. More than 130 artists of different fields took part all over the village.
The second festival was opened on june 17th in 2005 with even more participants. Art everywhere and other activities including the Gullsprettur run and the midnight walk to the Gullkistan mountain.
Since then we have worked on our dream to make Laugarvatn the paradise for creative people from all around the world. The Gullkistan residency welcomed the first guest in june 2009.
June 17th this year we celebrate the 15 year anniversary and invite everyone to visit us at the Eyvindartunga farm between 4 and 6.
