{"id":14809,"date":"2021-10-12T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-12T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/13-verkefni-hlutu-menningarstyrk\/"},"modified":"2022-09-26T15:18:34","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T15:18:34","slug":"13-projects-awarded-cultural-grants","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/13-verkefni-hlutu-menningarstyrk\/","title":{"rendered":"Thirteen projects receive cultural grants"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Grants from the Cultural and Tourist Board of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur for projects and events were awarded at a ceremony held at the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Library yesterday, with thirteen projects receiving grants on this occasion. The total amount of grants in this allocation is 2.7 million, bringing the total amount of cultural grants distributed in 2021 to 11 million.<\/p>\n<h4>Projects that enrich and deepen the town's artistic life&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/h4>\n<p>The City of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur awards cultural grants twice a year to individuals and projects likely to further enrich and deepen the city's artistic life. The allocation of grants is based on an assessment of applications, and cultural events, artists, associations or institutions applying for a grant must be connected to Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur in some way. This includes, for example, 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.<\/p>\n<h3>Recipients of the second 2021 cultural grant allocation<\/h3>\n<table>\n<tbody>\n<tr>\n<td><strong>Party to the proceedings<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Strength<\/strong><\/td>\n<td><strong>Project title<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Bjarni Thor Johannsson<\/td>\n<td class=\"num\">250,000 kr<\/td>\n<td>A photography exhibition of Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur and its residents.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Eva \u00c1g\u00fasta Arad\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>100,000 kr<\/td>\n<td>Photographic exhibition at the Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Library<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hafsteinn Hafsteinsson<\/td>\n<td>200,000 kr<\/td>\n<td>Oktoberfest at Krydd Restaurant<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Halla Bj\u00f6rg Haraldsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>200,000 kr<\/td>\n<td>Let's sing together \u2013 a no-obligation monthly singing session with Gu\u00f0r\u00fan \u00c1rn\u00fdja<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>J\u00f3hanna \u00d3sk Valsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>400,000 kr<\/td>\n<td>Christmas Couple \u2013 streaming and concerts at care homes for the elderly in Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Jon Rafnsson<\/td>\n<td>300,000 kr<\/td>\n<td>Afternoon Tones in the Winter Months (?working title for now)<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur Theatre Society<\/td>\n<td>100,000 kr<\/td>\n<td>Acting course for beginners<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Margret Arnardottir<\/td>\n<td>100,000 kr<\/td>\n<td>The Children's Wishing Song<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Olga Bj\u00f6rt \u00de\u00f3r\u00f0ard\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>250,000 kr<\/td>\n<td>The Place, podcast.<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Pamela De S. Kristbjargard\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>400,000 kr<\/td>\n<td>WindWorks music festival<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>R\u00f3sa Gu\u00f0r\u00fan Sveinsd\u00f3ttir<\/td>\n<td>100,000 kr<\/td>\n<td>Ella &amp; Louis \u2013 A Tribute Concert<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Unnur Helga M\u00f6ller<\/td>\n<td>200,000 kr<\/td>\n<td>Road Song \u2013 A Concert about Tolkien<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<tr>\n<td>Thorbjorg Signy Agustsson<\/td>\n<td>100,000 kr<\/td>\n<td>Life is art and art is life<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n<p>Hafnarfj\u00f6r\u00f0ur warmly congratulates all the grant recipients!<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Styrkir menningar- og fer\u00f0am\u00e1lanefndar Hafnarfjar\u00f0arb\u00e6jar til verkefna og vi\u00f0bur\u00f0a voru afhentir vi\u00f0 h\u00e1t\u00ed\u00f0lega ath\u00f6fn \u00ed B\u00f3kasafni Hafnarfjar\u00f0ar \u00ed g\u00e6r og hlutu \u00ferett\u00e1n verkefni styrk a\u00f0 \u00feessu sinni. Heildarupph\u00e6\u00f0 styrkja \u00ed \u00feessari \u00fathlutun er 2,7 millj\u00f3nir og \u00fear me\u00f0 hefur samtals 11 millj\u00f3num veri\u00f0 \u00fathluta\u00f0 \u00ed formi menningarstyrkja \u00e1 \u00e1rinu 2021. Verkefni sem au\u00f0ga og d\u00fdpka [&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-14809","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-frettir"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14809","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=14809"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14809\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14809"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14809"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hafnarfjordur.is\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14809"}],"curies":[{"name":"WordPress","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}