{"id":13326,"date":"2017-04-19T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2017-04-19T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/tuttugu-hljota-styrk-til-menningar-og-lista\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:00:15","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:00:15","slug":"twenty-receive-a-grant-for-culture-and-the-arts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/tuttugu-hljota-styrk-til-menningar-og-lista\/","title":{"rendered":"Grants that enrich and deepen the artistic life of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Cultural grants were awarded at a ceremony in Hafnarborg today. Twenty-two projects received a grant this time; individuals, cultural groups or organisations, all of which have one thing in common: they are connected to Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur in one way or another.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>The grants from the Cultural and Tourism Committee of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur are awarded annually to individuals and projects likely to further enrich and deepen the town's artistic life. 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 that involves promoting the cultural activities of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur. The total grant amount is 5,500,000.-<\/p>\n<p><strong>The following received grants this time: <\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Application contact<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Project name<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Amount of grant<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Christian Schultze<\/td>\n<td>May Day<\/td>\n<td>45,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>J\u00f3runn J\u00f6rundsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>Open studio \u2013 bright days<\/td>\n<td>60,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Theatre Society<\/td>\n<td>The weekly<\/td>\n<td>100,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Vigd\u00eds Klara Arad\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>The Icelandic Saxophone Quartet<\/td>\n<td>100,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sara Gunnarsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>Exhibition at Hafnarborg \u2013 preparations<\/td>\n<td>110,000 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>Birgir Sigur\u00f0sson<\/td>\n<td>002 Light Art Gallery<\/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>Alma Bj\u00f6rk \u00c1st\u00fe\u00f3rsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>The Monsters of Lava Land<\/td>\n<td>160,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stef\u00e1n \u00d3mar Jakobsson<\/td>\n<td>Entertainment concerts<\/td>\n<td>200,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brynd\u00eds Bj\u00f6rgvinsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>The Elves' Perspective<\/td>\n<td>200,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thorarinn Sigurbergsson<\/td>\n<td>The Icelandic Guitar Trio<\/td>\n<td>200,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Martin Sindri J\u00f3nsson<\/td>\n<td>S\u00f3ley and Marteinn Sindri at B\u00e6jarb\u00ed\u00f3<\/td>\n<td>200,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jon Rafnsson<\/td>\n<td>Ella Fitzgerald<\/td>\n<td>225,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Theatre Society<\/td>\n<td>Autumn project<\/td>\n<td>300,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Kristjana \u00de\u00f3rd\u00eds \u00c1sgeirsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>Brotherhood<\/td>\n<td>400,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>P\u00e1ll Eyj\u00f3lfsson<\/td>\n<td>You remember J\u00f3nas<\/td>\n<td>400,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Lana \u00cdris Dungal Gu\u00f0mundsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>Romeo and Juliet \u2013 musical<\/td>\n<td>400,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gu\u00f0r\u00fan J\u00f3hanna \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>Singing Festival at Hafnarborg<\/td>\n<td>450,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Finnbogi \u00d3skarsson<\/td>\n<td>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Brass Band \u2013 Concert<\/td>\n<td>500,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Henn\u00fd Mar\u00eda Fr\u00edmannsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>Home<\/td>\n<td>500,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sveinssafn Ltd<\/td>\n<td>Mother Earth and the Stones of the Earth, exhibition<\/td>\n<td>500,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p><strong>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur warmly congratulates all the grant recipients!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Menningarstyrkir voru veittir vi\u00f0 h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0lega ath\u00f6fn \u00ed Hafnarborg \u00ed dag. Tuttugu og tv\u00f6 verkefni hlutu styrk a\u00f0 \u00feessu 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-13326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13326","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=13326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13326"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}