Faculty of Fine Arts Lecture Series // Spring 2025

A lecture series is held each semester in the Department of Fine Arts at the Iceland Academy of the Arts and is open to all departments and outside the school. In five lectures per semester, experts in the field of fine arts will discuss their own research, experiments, and artistic creation.

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SCHEDULE:

Friday, January 31st
Joe Keys

Friday, February 14th
Adam Buffington

Friday, February 28th
Directed by Örn Guðmundsson

Friday, March 21
Anna Julia Fridbjornsdottir

Friday, April 4th
Anna Guðjonsdottir

The organizers of the lecture series in spring 2025 are:
Sirra Sigrún Sigurðardóttir, Associate Professor & Director of BA Fine Arts.
Páll Haukur Björnsson, Lecturer & Director of BA Fine Arts.

Lectures will take place from 13:00 PM – 14:00 PM in lecture hall, L193 on the first floor in Laugarnes.

Department of Fine Arts lecture series spring 2025

A lecture series is held every semester in the Fine Arts department and is open across departments and to the public. In five lectures during the semester, experts in the field of art and exhibition production will discuss their own research, experiments and artistic creation.

SCHEDULE:

Friday January 31st
Joe Keys

Friday February 14th
Adam Buffington

Friday February 28th
Directed by Örn Guðmundsson

Friday March 21st
Anna Julia Fridbjornsdottir

Friday April 4th
Anna Guðjonsdottir

The organizers of the spring 2025 lecture series are:
Sirra Sigrún Sigurðardóttir, Associate Professor of Fine Art & BA Programme Director
Páll Haukur Björnsson, Assistant Professor & BA Programme Director

Lectures take place from 13:00 – 14:00 in the lecture hall, L193 on the first floor in Laugarnes.

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