Inside Out: Collecting on the Peripheries - symposium

The Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum and the Living Art Museum have come together in collaboration with The Nordic House and initiated a symposium focused on the collection of outsider art. The symposium Inside Out: Collecting on the Peripheries will examine the environment of museums with specific goals and collection values, their role within the ecosystem of art, and where they are headed.

The symposium will take place Thursday March 14, from 15:00 - 18:00, in Icelandic, interpreted and subtitled in English in real time.

Speakers:

Margrét M. Norðdahl, founder of Listvinnzlan, board member of Art Without Borders and former board member of the Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum

Sigríður Regína Sigurþórsdóttir, Collections Manager

Elísabet Gunnarsdóttir, Chairwoman of the Board of the Icelandic Art Centre and Director of the ASÍ Art Museum

Oddný Eir Ævarsdóttir, philosopher, writer and broadcaster

~ Refreshments ~

Panel:

Auður Jörundsdóttir, Director of the Icelandic Art Centre

Helga Lára Þorsteinsdóttir, Head of Archives at RÚV, the Icelandic National Broadcasting Service and member of the Museum Council of Iceland

Sigurjón Baldur Hafsteinsson, Professor of Museum Studies, University of Iceland

Ingibjörg Jóhannsdóttir, Director of the National Gallery of Iceland

Moderators are Sunna Ástþórsdóttir, director of the Living Art Museum and Unnar Örn Jónsson, artist and board member at the Icelandic Folk and Outsider Art Museum.

The symposium will be in Icelandic, interpreted and subtitled in English in real time.

Access to Elissa is good, accessible and gender neutral bathrooms are on the same floor.