{"id":13550,"date":"2018-04-20T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-20T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/menningarstyrkir-afhentir-til-ad-audga-listalif-baejarins\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:00:50","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:00:50","slug":"cultural-grants-awarded-to-enrich-the-citys-artistic-life","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/menningarstyrkir-afhentir-til-ad-audga-listalif-baejarins\/","title":{"rendered":"Cultural grants awarded to enrich the town's arts scene"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>The Culture and Tourism Committee awarded grants for projects and events at a ceremony in Hafnarborg on the last day of winter. 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>Grants from the Cultural and Tourist Affairs Committee of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur will now be awarded twice a year 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 of this 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 5,405,000.-&nbsp;<\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Grant recipient<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Subject:<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Amount<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bj\u00f6rgvin Franz G\u00edslason<\/td>\n<td>In the heart of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur, short episodes<\/td>\n<td>320.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Brynd\u00eds Bj\u00f6rgvinsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>The Elves' Perspective<\/td>\n<td>150.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Camera Arcana<\/td>\n<td>Mozart by candlelight, a concert in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Church<\/td>\n<td>120.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Christian Schultze<\/td>\n<td>May Day 2018<\/td>\n<td>75.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eyr\u00fan \u00d3sk J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>Poetry performance, peace and love<\/td>\n<td>200.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gu\u00f0r\u00fan J\u00f3hanna \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>Singing Festival at Hafnarborg<\/td>\n<td>500.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The Homecoming Festival<\/td>\n<td>Heima, a music festival in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/td>\n<td>600.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Inga Bj\u00f6rk Ingad\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>Lute concert at the Free Church in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/td>\n<td>150.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The Threasts Male Choir<\/td>\n<td>Spring Concert<\/td>\n<td>100.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The Threasts Male Choir<\/td>\n<td>Thrast's Ladies' Day Concert<\/td>\n<td>100.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Katr\u00edn Helga \u00d3lafsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>The Contract at the Gaflar Theatre.<\/td>\n<td>150.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>&nbsp;Konr\u00e1\u00f0 Ragnarsson<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;Photographic exhibition of works by Konr\u00e1\u00f0 Ragnarsson<\/td>\n<td>120.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Women's Choir<\/td>\n<td>Spring Concert of the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Women's Choir<\/td>\n<td>250.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Brass Band<\/td>\n<td>Concert of the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Brass Band, 2018<\/td>\n<td>500.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Martin Sindri J\u00f3nsson<\/td>\n<td>Tour profile, concerts<\/td>\n<td>200.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Martin Eliot Frewer<\/td>\n<td>La stravaganza, concert<\/td>\n<td>200.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>P\u00e1ll Eyj\u00f3lfsson<\/td>\n<td>Ey\u00fe\u00f3r Ingi and all the others, a show at B\u00e6jarb\u00ed\u00f3<\/td>\n<td>300.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Battle-axe gape<\/td>\n<td>Viking Festival in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/td>\n<td>320.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sigr\u00ed\u00f0ur Margr\u00e9t J\u00f3nsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>Living Thorsplan<\/td>\n<td>300.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stef\u00e1n Ingvar Vigf\u00fasson<\/td>\n<td>A study of the staging of masculinity<\/td>\n<td>250.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Stef\u00e1n \u00d3mar Jakobsson<\/td>\n<td>The jazz quartet \u00deula, with guest musicians, concert.<\/td>\n<td>150.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Tinna Bessad\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>Elven Festival on Midsummer's Eve in Hellisger\u00f0i<\/td>\n<td>350.000<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>&nbsp;<strong>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur warmly congratulates all the grant recipients!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Menningar- og fer\u00f0am\u00e1lanefnd veitti styrki til verkefna og vi\u00f0bur\u00f0a vi\u00f0 h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0lega ath\u00f6fn \u00ed Hafnarborg s\u00ed\u00f0asta vetrardag. 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 ver\u00f0a n\u00fa afhentir tvisvar sinnum \u00e1 \u00e1ri 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-13550","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13550","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=13550"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13550\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13550"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13550"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13550"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}