Repost from The Grant Green Story’s Facebook page: Looking forward to 3:30pm free screening today at the NES Artist Residency in Skagastrond, a town of about 540 people in rural Iceland. This particular residency has a film component so it will be interesting to get additional feedback from the perspective of these artists-in-residence. I understand… Continue reading excited about screening in rural seaside town today
Yesterday’s exhibition for artists at Textilsetur in Blonduos, Iceland was a success. It was a good way for us to gather and see our work in the same space. The work of my fellow artists is so beautiful. My contribution was a 24-second video of fiber that poses tensions with the screening of the jazz… Continue reading exhibition a sucess
So much to take in as I prepare to leave Iceland in ten days. Again, lucky to share the film here in Iceland. And share in whatever manner I can in tomorrow’s solstice project by fellow artist Conni Gardella. My contribution to the Thursday exhibition is a 24-second video of a fiber piece on which… Continue reading on the eve of the solstice…
Here’s a repost of something I shared June 16th with friends and family on Facebook: Met this sweet Icelandic artist today. His name is Bjarni Bernhardur. He has a show in Reykjavik’s SIM Guesthouse gallery. He: I’m self-trained Me: so am I He: I use words with my pictures Me: So do I. He signed… Continue reading self-taught, or on burgers and the beach
Edinburgh, the capital of Scotland, is in my path while Iceland is still around me. “The Grant Green Story” will be screened at The Cameo there July 8. I was in Scotland last year and the year before owing to my husband’s research. It will be good to return while I am thinking about the… Continue reading in-between space
I’m going to keep this one brief. Magical time. The movie screening went well – all things considered. Wrong movie file, but it made me commit to some images I thought I wouldn’t use. Had the privilege of meeting the Grant Green of Reykjavik in Petur Halligrimsson and seeing my new friends Ingvar and Mumbi… Continue reading magical times
I made it back to Reykjavik for tonight’s screening of The Grant Green Story. While walking to the guesthouse for artists where I am staying yesterday, I saw a deejay in front of a store on a street with a lot of foot traffic. I was struck by how modern, global and “street” Reykjavik is.… Continue reading making connections
