Lögberg-Heimskringla - 09.07.1993, Blaðsíða 3

Lögberg-Heimskringla • Föstudagur 9. júlí 1993 • 3
Fairy
tale
art
flies
away
to
lceland
Winnipeg
artist shows
omate
teapots,
plates

By Terry Weber
Some people find it hard
to pack everything they
need into a suitcase
when they go abroad.
Imagine what Winnipeg
artist Inga Torfadóttir faced as
she tried to pack up her
clothes and her art before
heading to Iceland for her first
solo exhibition.
“I’m just going to have to
pay the extra baggage,” the
ceramic artist said.
“It is fragile, but I think
there are ways to pack it so
nothing gets broken.”
A collection of Torfadóttir’s
ceramic pieces has been
shipped to Iceland — the
artist’s home country — for an
exhibit of her work, running
July 2 to 18.
The pieces — which
include ornate teapots and
plates — depict a series of
European fairy tales
Torfadóttir was told while
growing up in Iceland.
The offer to exhibit at the
Ofeigur Metal Gallery in
Iceland came after Torfadóttir
sent some pictures and a
resumé to an acquaintance
there, who then shopped
around to several galleries with
her work.
The timing of the show —
the first made up solely of her
work — meant a lot of last-
minute scrambling to make
sure everything got done in
time, Torfadóttir says.
“I’ve been working night
and day for about three
months,” she said.
Torfadóttir, who immigrat-
ed to Canada in 1976, has par-
ticipated in a number of group
shows both here in Manitoba
and in other provinces. Her
work has been included in
shows at the Winnipeg Art
Gallery and the Manitoba
Craft Council.
Torfadóttir will be travelling
to Iceland to help set up the
show.
L-H wishes her well in her
endeavours.
Courtesy oí Winnipeg Free Press
Torfadóttir amidst the delicate job of carefully packing her fanciful
ceramic creations for shipment to lceland.
Attitudes and Feelings
Thank you for publishing Magnus Eliason’s article about
ourfather, Einar I. Swanbergson. It was well written.
I have followed with interest the discussion on the future
of the Icelandic culture in Canada. The people who possess
the Icelandic Mind will determine the longevity of our cul-
ture. It involves the combination of attitudes toward the
land and the sea in conjunction with ones’ feelings, mental-
ity and spirituality. Though people of Icelandic descent may
excel in all walks of life, it is not sufficient to set them apart
from the other cultures. Knowledge of their heritage and
participation in cultural activities must take priority for
their leisure hours. This attitude and the traditions need to
be passed on to each succeeding generation.
We enjoy each edition of the Icelandic Weekly and usu-
ally receive it on the Monday following each publication.
Jónina M. Adamcewicz, Regina
You can still enter the Great Lögberg-Heimskringla
Poetry Contest
Open to all aspiring poets under the age of 17
There are three categories: 10 and under, 11-14, and 15 to 17.
Please send your poems, printed or typed, before July 15, 1993, to
Lögberg-Heimskringla Poetry Contest
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