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The Iceland Field School (IFS) is an interdisciplinary, mixed-level (BFA to PhD) Special Topics course (3 credits), sited at the Icelandic Textile Centre, an academic research centre and artistic residency in Blönduós, Iceland, during the endless daylight of the month of June. Students develop individualized and interdisciplinary artistic projects in a variety of media including textiles, photography, video, performance, drawing, environmental art, graphic novels, book arts, writing, or academic work on themes of museum studies, community development, tourism, and hospitality studies. We learn using a place-based, post-humanist lens, and consider environmental issues important to Iceland, Canada, and the world. We aim to give back to our host community as well as receive.
About the program
The Iceland Field School is sited at the renowned Icelandic Textile Centre (textilmidstod.is/en), where students have double occupancy accommodation in two buildings, and in each share kitchen, laundry, and bathroom facilities. The Centre provides a large multi-use shared studio, weaving loft and looms, natural dye shed, and a digitally enabled classroom/meeting room.
Coursework includes workshops with Icelandic experts in tapestry weaving, spinning wool, and natural dyeing with locally foraged plants, plus a talk by a notable Iceland-based artist. Students learn with place as they focus on their independent creative work.
The Iceland Field School is designed and led by Kathleen Vaughan, Concordia University Chair in Art + Education for Sustainable and Just Futures and Professor of Art Education.
Dates & course
Dates: June 1, 2024 - June 30, 2024
Undergraduate/ Graduate courses: ARTE 398/660/850
Estimated cost & bursary
Program fee: Concordia will charge program participants 3 credits of Concordia tuition and a program fee $3650 to cover accommodations, lectures and workshops in Iceland.
Students are responsible for selecting and paying their transportation to/fromIceland; mandatory health and travel insurance; meals; spending money; any required travel documents and other miscellaneous expenses associated with travel. Students also pay for and supply their own materials.
Peter N. Thomson Family Field School Award: The Faculty of Fine Arts invites applications for the Peter N. Thomson Family Field School Awards. The Award offers an amount of $1,300 for thirty (30) eligible Fine Arts undergraduate or graduate students accepted to a Field School hosted by the Faculty of Fine Arts. Please consult the Peter N. Thomson Field School Award webpage for application instructions.
Quebec Mobility Bursary: Quebec Mobility Bursary: Concordia International offers a $1500 CDN bursary to students who qualify.
- Field school applicants do not need to submit a bursary application as it is part of the on-line field school application, and you will automatically be considered for the Quebec Mobility bursary.
- The bursary will be applied to student accounts. Details on the payment of the bursary will be sent to successful applicants.
- Eligibility requirements:You are a Concordia student enrolled in a Concordia Bachelor’s, Master’s or Doctoral degree program while participating in the program.
- Undergraduate students must have completed a minimum of 24 credits toward their degree. Graduate students must have completed at least 9 credits towards their degree; these must be credits earned from the current program. Transfer credits, whether internal or external, do not count.
Host institution
The Iceland Field School is sited at the renowned Icelandic Textile Centre (textilmidstod.is/en), where students have double occupancy accommodation in two buildings, and in each share kitchen, laundry, and bathroom facilities. The Centre provides a large multi-use shared studio, weaving loft and looms, natural dye shed, and a digitally enabled classroom/meeting room.
Application process
To be eligible to participate in the field school, you must meet one of the following criteria.
- Be enrolled in a Bachelor’s degree program, with a minimum 2.7 cumulative culmative GPA (CGPA) and have completed at least 24 credits toward your current degree program by the time you leave for the program.
- Be enrolled in a Master’s degree program, with a minimum 3.0 cumulative GPA (CGPA) and have completed at least 9 credits toward your current degree program by the departure date.
- Be enrolled in PhD degree program, have a 3.7 cumulative GPA (CGPA) and have completed at least 9 credits toward your current degree program by the departure date.
All students interested in applying to this program must attend an information session given by Concordia International prior to submitting an application.
Date: Tuesday January 16th 2024
Time: 2:30 p.m.
Concordia Students
- Submit the Concordia Field School Abroad Application through the Concordia International Outgoing Mobility portal by the application deadline of February 8, 2024. The application can be accessed through the Concordia International CSEP Mobility Portal.
- Your application must also include:
- A copy of your most recent transcript (whether from Concordia or another institution). An unofficial Concordia transcript.
- A letter of intent of 500-750 words describing why you wish to participate in the Iceland Field School and the kind of work you hope to accomplish while there. You should also make mention of what strengths or contributions you think you will bring to the group.
Final admissions decisions will be made by the program monitor, Dr. Kathleen Vaughan.
By March 19, 2024, admitted students must make a $500 deposit on their Concordia student account towards costs to hold their position in the program, the $500 deposit will be credited to their student account and applied against their future tuition.
Students admitted to the program will have to attend a mandatory pre-departure meeting held by Concordia International through the following Zoom link: https://concordia-ca.zoom.us/j/3654810697 TBC.
Academic Inquiries
Professor, Arts Education