{"id":13003,"date":"2016-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2016-04-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/tuttugu-hljota-menningarstyrki\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T08:59:22","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T08:59:22","slug":"twenty-receive-cultural-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/tuttugu-hljota-menningarstyrki\/","title":{"rendered":"Twenty receive cultural grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Cultural grants were awarded at a ceremony in Hafnarborg today. In total, twenty projects received a grant this time; individuals, cultural groups or organisations, all of which have the common thread of being connected to Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur in one way or another. The grants from the Cultural and Tourism Committee of the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur are awarded annually to individuals and projects likely to further enrich and deepen the city's artistic life.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The allocation of grants by the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur is based on an assessment of applications. Cultural events, artists, associations or institutions applying for a grant must be connected to Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur in some way. Examples include permanent residency, an event\/project taking place in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, and\/or a project involving the promotion of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur's cultural activities. The total grant amount is 4,785,000.-<\/p>\n<p>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur warmly congratulates all the grant recipients!\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong>The following received grants this time:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>J\u00f3runn J\u00f6rundsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>Bright Days \/ Open Studio<\/td>\n<td>60,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Olafur B. Olafsson<\/td>\n<td>Singing in the town<\/td>\n<td>60,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ragnhildur Steinbach<\/td>\n<td>Open studio at Gallery\u00dd<\/td>\n<td>60,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The Old Thrushes' Male Choir<\/td>\n<td>Final Project of the Karlak\u00f3r Eldri \u00derasta 2015-2016\u00a0<\/td>\n<td>75,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sof\u00eda S\u00e6mundsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>Press Days 3-5 June 2016<\/td>\n<td>80,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>J\u00f3hanna \u00d3sk Valsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>A concert by the Barb\u00f3ruk\u00f3rinn Choir in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/td>\n<td>100,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The Lotta Theatre Group<\/td>\n<td>Colourland<\/td>\n<td>100,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Steinunn Gu\u00f0nad\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>The Festival of Hamarkotsl\u00e6kjar<\/td>\n<td>150,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Armann Helgason<\/td>\n<td>Mozart by candlelight<\/td>\n<td>150,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Halld\u00f3r \u00c1rni Sveinsson<\/td>\n<td>They built the town<\/td>\n<td>150,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brynhildur Audbjargard\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>Second game<\/td>\n<td>200,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stef\u00e1n \u00d3mar Jakobsson<\/td>\n<td>Past Tense \u2013 Occupation Ball in G\u00fatt\u00f3<\/td>\n<td>200,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Steingr\u00edmur E Kristmundsson<\/td>\n<td>The heroine<\/td>\n<td>300,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brynd\u00eds Bj\u00f6rgvinsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>Quintet on a Spring Day<\/td>\n<td>300,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Halld\u00f3r \u00c1rni Sveinsson<\/td>\n<td>Runa<\/td>\n<td>350,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>J\u00f3n Gunnar \u00de\u00f3r\u00f0arson<\/td>\n<td>LORCA\/YERMA<\/td>\n<td>400,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sveinssafn Ltd<\/td>\n<td>The exhibitions Brother Knut and The Stones Speak<\/td>\n<td>500,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kristinn Skagfj\u00f6r\u00f0 S\u00e6mundsson<\/td>\n<td>At home 2016<\/td>\n<td>500,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ishus Hafnarfjardar Ltd.<\/td>\n<td>Seaman's Day weekend at the Flensburg Harbour<\/td>\n<td>500,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Finnbogi \u00d3skarsson<\/td>\n<td>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Brass Band<\/td>\n<td>550,000 kr. \u00a0\u00a0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Menningarstyrkir voru veittir vi\u00f0 h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0lega ath\u00f6fn \u00ed Hafnarborg \u00ed dag.\u00a0 Tuttugu verkefni \u00ed heild hlutu styrk a\u00f0 \u00feetta sinni; einstaklingar, menningarh\u00f3par e\u00f0a samt\u00f6k sem eiga \u00f6ll \u00fea\u00f0 sammerkt a\u00f0 tengjast Hafnarfir\u00f0i me\u00f0 einum e\u00f0a \u00f6\u00f0rum h\u00e6tti. Styrkir menningar- og fer\u00f0am\u00e1lanefndar Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6jar eru afhentir einu sinni \u00e1 \u00e1ri til a\u00f0ila og verkefna sem l\u00edkleg eru til [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_breakdance_hide_in_design_set":false,"_breakdance_tags":"","wds_primary_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-13003","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13003","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13003"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13003\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13003"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13003"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13003"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}