{"id":13677,"date":"2018-11-27T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2018-11-27T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/threttan-verkefni-hljota-menningarstyrk\/"},"modified":"2022-10-25T09:01:11","modified_gmt":"2022-10-25T09:01:11","slug":"thirteen-projects-receive-cultural-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/threttan-verkefni-hljota-menningarstyrk\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirteen projects receive cultural grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Culture and Tourism Committee of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur today awarded grants from the second round of cultural grants for 2018. Thirteen 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. Cultural and Tourism Committee grants from the City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur are awarded twice a year to individuals and projects that are likely to further enrich and deepen the city's cultural life.&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>The following received cultural grants this time:<\/strong><\/p>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td>Spiccato<\/td>\n<td>Autumn Leaves \u2013 a concert at Hafnarborg<\/td>\n<td>190,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Gu\u00f0bj\u00f6rg P\u00e1lsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>Mermaids at Christmas, concerts in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur during Advent 2018<\/td>\n<td>240,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ragnar M\u00e1r J\u00f3nsson<\/td>\n<td>Festive Jazz in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur \u2013 concert<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp; &nbsp;65,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>The Flensburg Choir<\/td>\n<td>Flensburg Choir's Anniversary Concert<\/td>\n<td>325,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Ultimate Duo<\/td>\n<td>Duo Ultima: a concert featuring works by French composers<\/td>\n<td>100,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Theatre Society<\/td>\n<td>The weekly 13 \u2013 the childish<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp; &nbsp;70,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Theatre Society<\/td>\n<td>A Tourist Dies \u2013 a play<\/td>\n<td>380,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Christmas couple<\/td>\n<td>Christmas Couple \u2013 Concert<\/td>\n<td>300,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Smithsonian Collection<\/td>\n<td>Art exhibition<\/td>\n<td>375,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Brass Band<\/td>\n<td>Concert by Pollap\u00f6nk, the \u00d6ldut\u00fanssk\u00f3li Brass Band and Choir<\/td>\n<td>200,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Sof\u00eda S\u00e6mundsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>Art Days \u2013 Soff\u00eda's Open Studio 4\u201328 October 2018<\/td>\n<td>100,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Theatre Society<\/td>\n<td>Author's course<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp; &nbsp;50,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Andr\u00e9s \u00de. Gunnlaugsson<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;Concerts<\/td>\n<td>&nbsp;200,000 kr.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\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 amount of grants in this allocation is kr. 2,595,000. In total, kr. 8,000,000 has now been allocated in grants for cultural activities this year.<\/p>\n<p>Applications for the first 2019 cultural grants will be invited in January.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur warmly congratulates all the grant recipients!&nbsp;<\/strong><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Menningar- og fer\u00f0am\u00e1lanefnd Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar afhenti \u00ed dag&nbsp;styrki \u00far seinni \u00fathlutun menningarstyrkja \u00e1rsins 2018. \u00derett\u00e1n verkefni hutu 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 tvisvar sinnum \u00e1 \u00e1ri til a\u00f0ila og verkefna sem l\u00edkleg eru [&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-13677","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13677","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=13677"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/13677\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13677"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=13677"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=13677"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}