Group exhibition
Creation of Childhood 2023
25.02.2023 – 23.04.2023
Salir / Galleries 10-11
This is the tenth exhibition with the title Creation of Childhood. As part of the museum education the aim is to present and stimulate creative work and creative thinking of school children from the age of five to sixteen. Participants each time are children and artists who create works according to the theme, which this time is human beings.
Participating artists this year are Úlfur Logason and Hlaðgerður Íris Björnsdóttir. Participating playschool this time is Klappir and the elementary schools Lundarskóli, Brekkuskóli and Síðuskóli, as well as Akureyri Museum / Toy Museum. Children from the playschool visited the museum in November and created their work under guidance from Úlfur Logason and Guðrún Pálína Guðmundsdóttir, museum teacher and curator. Art teachers from the elementary schools cooperate with their students in creating the works they will exhibit.
Creation of Childhood was in 2020 alotted a-threeyear honors grant from The Icelandic Museum Fund. A splendid book will be published in where the project and the exhibitions will be reviewed.
Curator: Guðrún Pálína Guðmundsdóttir.
