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Design workshop with Friðrik Stein Friðriksson

Design workshop with Friðrik Stein Friðriksson

All to the end - Art workshops in the Art Museum in Akureyri
The second "Allt til enda" workshop will take place on November 18 - 19, 2023. Then Friðrik Steinn Friðriksson, product and experience designer, will invite young people to create models of furniture that can later be easily used at home. Furniture that is both a mini version of normal objects and a step towards building full size. Work will be done in a scale and material that is easy to transfer and will be based on the aesthetics of Enzo Mari and Rietveld.

The workshop ends with an exhibition in the Art Museum in Akureyri that the participants organize themselves. The exhibition runs until December 17, 2023.

Friðrik Steinn graduated from the Iceland Academy of the Arts in 2011 with a bachelor's degree in product design. In 2013 he completed an MFA degree from Konstfack in Stockholm. Since then, he has worked on various projects related to design. Friðrik was a part-time teacher at LHÍ from 2014 to 2018, he was on the board of the Product and Industrial Design Association from 2019-21 and has been on the board of the Design Fund from 2021 to 2023.

Age: 7th - 10th grade. 
Timing: November 18 - 19 at 11-14 both days. 
Location: Museum education space of the Akureyri Art Museum. 
Participants: 10 young people. 
Participation fee: Nothing, but registration is required. .
Registration: heida@listak.is 

All the way to the end consists of inviting children of primary school age to attend three different art workshops in the Art Museum in Akureyri and work there under the guidance of dynamic and exciting artists and designers. It is emphasized that the children take an active part in the whole process, from seeking inspiration, creating the work in collaboration with an instructor and then showing the result in a special exhibition that will be set up at the end of the art workshop and will be open to everyone. There, the children have the opportunity to shine at their own exhibition in the Art Museum in Akureyri; everything from start to finish.

heida@listak.isAll further information is provided by Heiða Björk Vilhjálmsdóttir, project manager, at the email address or by phone at 892-0881.



All to the end is a joint project of the Art Museum in Akureyri, Akureyra town and the Museum Fund.
The project is funded by the Museum Fund and Akureyr City.

When
November 18 - November 19
Time
11:00-14:00
Where
Listasafnið á Akureyri, Kaupvangsstræti, Akureyri