LungA School
| LungA School LungA Skólinn | |
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 The 'Netty' workshop and studio-spaces at LungA School in 2024 | |
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| Type | Art school and folk high school |
| Established | 2013 |
| Director | Mark Rohtmaa-Jackson |
| Website | www |
LungA School is an artist-run residential art school based in Seyðisfjörður, East Iceland[1] that offers programs in Art and Land.[2] Although constituted and regulated as a school, LungA School is often also understood as being an artwork,[3] artistic practice,[4] or act of art,[5] that uses the idea of schooling as its medium or form.
History
[edit]Inspired by anarchist pedagogies,[6] the school grew out of the LungA Art Festival, and was founded by Danish artist Jonatan Spejlborg Juelsbo and Icelandic artist and musician Björt Sigfinnsdóttir, the festival's co-founder and director.[7][8] Like the festival before it, the school's name is a portmanteau of the Icelandic words 'lista' (art), 'ungur' (young) and 'Austurlandi' (East).[9][10]
The school was formalized in 2013 with the first program launching in 2014, and is one of only two folk high schools in Iceland,[11] joined by Lýðháskólinn á Flateyri in 2017.[12][13][14] It takes applicants aged 18 years and over from around the world.[15]
In early 2024 the school started a Land program, an alternative to the Art program with increased focus on ideas of land, environment and ecology.[16]
Facilities
[edit]Many of LungA School's buildings and facilities are co-opted from local industry, either occupying spaces underused outside of Seyðisfjörður's busy tourist season or redeveloping spaces vacated by changes to the local fishing industry.[17] Part of the school is also based in the Herðubreið Community and Culture House, upstairs from the Herðubíó, East Iceland's only cinema and host to the Flat Earth Film Festival, an annual film festival of experimental art film.[18]
Since 2016 the school has been the host to an experimental community radio station, Seyðisfjörður Community Radio, part of the Lithuania-based Independent Community Radio Network.[19]
Administration
[edit]American British artist and curator Mark Rohtmaa-Jackson was hired as the new director of the school in October 2023.[20]
References
[edit]- ^ "Explore the Beauty of East Iceland" (PDF). Icelandic Times. No. 47. 2022. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Albert Örn Eyþórsson (11 April 2024). "NÝR SKÓLASTJÓRI LUNGA-SKÓLANS". Austurfrétt/Austurglugginn (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ Joanna Joy (31 August 2018). "Seydisfjordur: harbour for lost souls". UTS Think Global. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Spejlborg Juelsbo, Jonatan (2023). "LungA School - Doing school as collective artistic practice". The Nordic Folk High School Teacher: Identity, Work and Education. LIT Verlag. p. 83-97. ISBN 978-3-643-91240-4.
- ^ "LungA School, 84, LungA School, Global Exhibition Program 2018". Project Anywhere. Retrieved 31 August 2024.
- ^ Lövgren, Johan (2023). "Meta-analysis of concepts and findings: The identity of the Nordic folk high school teacher". The Nordic Folk High School Teacher: Identity, Work and Education. LIT Verlag. p. 106. ISBN 978-3-643-91240-4.
- ^ Yamasaki, Parker (2013). "Kicking It New School". The Reykjavík Grapevine. Reykjavík: Jón Trausti Sigurðarson. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ "Lunga School, 'an ambitious offspring of the festival'". andrewjtaggart.com. 9 August 2013. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Matkaopas: Seyðisfjörður". Guide to Iceland. Retrieved 3 May 2024.
- ^ Pétursdóttir, Elfa Hlín; Halldórsdóttir, Tinna Kristbjörg; Rømer, Lene; Holm, Dennis; Hansen, Marianne (May 2015). Home is where the island heart beats: Out-migrants contribution to their former homes through cultural events (PDF) (Report). Austurbrú. p. 78. Retrieved 21 July 2024.
LungA stands for Listahátíð UNGs fólks á Austurlandi
{{cite report}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) - ^ Antonsdóttir, Júlí Ósk; Þorsteinsdóttir, Ragnheiður Elfa; Ólafsdóttir, Anna (2021). "Aðdragandi, tilurð og inntak íslenskrar löggjafar um lýðskóla" (PDF). Tímarit um uppeldi og menntun / Icelandic Journal of Education (in Icelandic). 2 (30): 167–184. doi:10.24270/tuuom.2018.27.10. Retrieved 11 June 2024.
- ^ Spejlborg Juelsbo, Jonatan (2023). "LungA School - Doing school as collective artistic practice". The Nordic Folk High School Teacher: Identity, Work and Education. LIT Verlag. p. 83-97. ISBN 978-3-643-91240-4.
- ^ "Breathing Life Into Arts Education". grapevine.is. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ "Secondary School in Iceland". norden.org. Retrieved 13 May 2024.
- ^ Kelly, Robert (2016). Creative Development: Transforming Education through Design Thinking, Innovation, and Invention. Brush Education. p. xi. ISBN 978-1550596687.
- ^ Albert Örn Eyþórsson (15 August 2024). "Mikils vert að LungA-skólinn njóti stuðnings Seyðfirðinga". Austurfrétt/Austurglugginn (in Icelandic). Retrieved 13 August 2024.
- ^ "Keepers Of Light: History and Speculations on the future of Icelandic Lighthouses" (PDF). skemman.is. Retrieved 4 May 2024.
- ^ Iryna Zubenko (16 August 2024). "Inside Iceland's Most Remote Cinema". Retrieved 17 August 2024.
- ^ Ish Sveinsson Houle (2 July 2024). "Good Morning, Seyðisfjörður!". Retrieved 3 July 2024.
- ^ Albert Örn Eyþórsson (11 April 2024). "NÝR SKÓLASTJÓRI LUNGA-SKÓLANS". Austurfrétt/Austurglugginn (in Icelandic). Retrieved 3 May 2024.