5 year anniversary!

We had a wonderful opening with Baniprosonno’s works as we celebrated Gullkistan’s 5 year anniversary. More than 100 people came by on a beautiful day. The exhibition will be open on the weekends this month. “Thank you Bani for your incredible...

Working hard…

January and February were calm. Joe traveled and photographed in some real winter weather. Mary was spoiled with northern lights. Now Erin and Maya have arrived and they will be enjoying the coming of spring we hope. At the same time the Gullkistan clan is working...

Thank you Seeds!

Founded in 2005, SEEDS Iceland is an Icelandic non-governmental, non-profit  volunteer organisation designed to promote intercultural understanding, environmental protection and awareness through work on environmental, social and cultural projects within Iceland. They...

Bani, Putul and the other kids!

Enjoy photos from the workshop we had for kids the other day with Baniprosonno and Putul. Branches turned into phantastic animals, all kinds of animals came out of a felt pen. Click on Read More to see the fun we all had.

Gullkistan expands

The big news is that Gullkistan has just bought two buildings in Laugarvatn that stand right next to each other, on the east side of the Laugarvatn village. We will soon start clearing out everything and then start to put in things as we want to have them. There is...

“Wizard of Oz”

The month of october is full of colour, autumn palette was at its best and now the sky has given us the wonders of playful colors and light. Our guest Jennifer took some amazing photos and said it reminded her of The Wizard of Oz. Andrea is out working a lot,...

Autumn breeeeeze

Autumn is not coming quietly, not at all! Rain and wind of unknown power. Hopefully it is a sign of a smooth winter. Our guests still enjoy every moment and work the harder. The Art Loop Project people came and left and we will be watching their exciting journey to...

Animation workshop

Martin Sercombe and Britta Pollmuller stayed at Gullkistan last weekend. They shared their immense knowledge and experience on animation with 10 hungry students and the outcome was incredible. What a privilege to be with them! We are totally grateful and hope to do...