Wonderful calm winter

The Eyvindartunga farm is undergoing reconstruction and all is in good progress. It will look and feel very good for our guests from march 1st when we reopen. There are still vacancies and during march and april the monthly fee is 600 € for a double room at the...

Eyvindartunga renovated – winter price

The farmhouse and studio at Eyvindartunga are going through some big changes. It will all be ready on February 1st. We want to welcome especially our guests for the first months and hereby lower the residency fee until April 30th. For a room at the Eyvindartunga farm...

Winter at Gullkistan

Gullkistan, residency for creative people, welcomes guests of all fields of art and academic professions. During winter we provide five rooms in a farmhouse 1 km from the village of Laugarvatn in south Iceland. 70 km from Reykjavík. Situated on the Golden Circle where...

The Reykjavík Academy

This weekend The Reykjavík Academy had a meeting at Eyvindartunga. They enjoyed the warmth of the old farm and we look forward to further collaboration with them in the future. The Reykjavík Academy (RA) is a non-profit institution for independent scholars in the...

Treasure hunters

Andreas Kaiser, David Snoo Wilson and Annie Abdalla leave for home in Germany, UK and Canada. We thank all of them for staying with us. Hlín Agnarsdóttir is leaving for Reykjavík after 4 months at Gullkistan! She connected everything together – because she...

Outdoors exhibition

“Everything is beautiful” is an exhibition of prints from Þórarinn B. Þorláksson’s (1867-1924) paintings. There are six stands, all placed outdoors around the Heradsskolinn schoolhouse and they will be there for the next year. These artists are with...

Everything was so beautiful!

August 14th was definitely the highlight of our fantastic summer at Gullkistan. The seminar gave the 40 guests a new insight into so many things about Laugarvatn. We openend an outdoor exhibition with six prints of paintings by Þórarinn B. Þorláksson who loved...

Raom&Loba – land-scape-ing

Our new guests at Gullkistan are coming from France to work on a project about landscape. You are invited to discover their work and project opening on saturday, August 14th at 4 pm. LANDscapeING, Raom&Loba Opnun myndlistarsýningar í Eyvindartungu á verkum...

„Það er allt fallegt“ – “Everything is beautiful”

Málþing, námskeið og sýningar / Seminar, painting course, exhibitions Dagskrá um listamenn á Laugarvatni fyrr og nú. Laugardaginn 14. ágúst 2010 10 – 12       Listamenn á Laugarvatni fyrr og nú. Málþing, Hótel Eddu, (ML). 10:00  Þórarinn B. Þorláksson – málari...