17.04.2025
Dear Representatives!
The Board of The Living Art Museum hereby announces its annual meeting, on Tuesday 20th of May at 17:00. The meeting takes place at the museum's premises on the second floor of the Marshall House, Grandagarður 20, 101 Reykjavík. Light refreshments will be served.
Meeting agenda
1. Report of the Board
2. Annual Accounts of 2024
3. New members listed
4. Presentation of candidates
5. Election of the Board - Chairman, four members of the board and three deputy members are elected.
BREAK (counting of votes)
6. Budget for the year 2025 presented and annual fee 2026 decided
7. Election results announced
8. Other issues
Election
All seats on the board and the deputy board are vacant:
The Chairman will be elected for one year, four members on the main board are elected for two years each and three deputies will be elected for one year each.
Sunna Ástþórsdóttir, chairman of the board, will not run again. She has resigned from her position as director of The Living Art Museum and will end her work for the museum 1st of August this year. Sunna was elected chairman of the board at the annual meeting in May 2021. She was then appointed director of The Living Art Museum and has held the position since August 2021.
According to Article 6 in the charter, the board of The Living Art Museum hires an individual who is responsible for the museum's full-time or part-time activities, as well as other staff. The elected board will therefore consider the selection and hiring of a new museum director following the annual meeting. In addition to working closely with the board on issues regarding the collection and forming the artistic directions of the Living Art Museum the museum director is responsible for running the museum which can oftentimes be fragile. The museum director is also responsible for all professional operations such as financing, personnel, communication with the government and city officials, exhibiting artists and other collaborators.
The board of the museum is the highest authority in the affairs of Nýló. The board's contribution is in the form of voluntary work and thus takes into account everyone's time and energy, but it is assumed that those who run for a seat on the board can actively participate in the activities. The board shapes the museum's policy, and the main decisions regarding Nýló's activities go through the board. For example, the board selects exhibitions and evaluates donations to the museum collection. The board meets regularly at board meetings where the matters of the museum are reviewed but meets more often around special projects. Sometimes a board is called for an urgent task, for example during installation and therefore it is preferred that board members are based in Iceland. Sitting on Nýló's board is an opportunity to make a difference and get your ideas across regarding the museum, shape the collection, and directly participate in the exhibition programs and other projects.
Individuals who are interested in serving on the board are asked to announce their candidacy to Nýló's office by sending an e-mail to nylo(at)nylo.is or at the beginning of the meeting.
Information regarding the annual meeting
Those members who have paid the annual fee of 4.300 ISK for the year 2025 can vote. The claim for the annual fee will be sent to your online bank in a few days, it will also be possible to pay the fee at the meeting but then it is important to show up early.
Two weeks before the annual meeting, on May 6th, the board will follow up on this letter and announce the candidacies that have been received.
Voting:
It will be possible to vote by ballot at The Living Art Museum or by telephone.
All further information about the vote will be sent in a letter on May 6th 2025, two weeks prior to the meeting.
Current board:
Sunna Ástþórsdóttir - Chairman
Guðlaug Mía Eyþórsdóttir - Vice Chairman
Joe Keys - Treasurer
Deepa Iyengar - secretary
Lukas Bury - member of the board
Deputy board:
Anna Andrea Winther
Sadie Cook
Sigríður Regína Sigurþórsdóttir
All representatives of the Living Art Museum are welcome!
Image with announcement: picture from Claudia Hausfeld's exhibition ANTECHAMBER
Photo: Sisters Lumière
Dear Representatives!
The Board of The Living Art Museum hereby announces its annual meeting, on Tuesday 20th of May at 17:00. The meeting takes place at the museum's premises on the second floor of the Marshall House, Grandagarður 20, 101 Reykjavík. Light refreshments will be served.
Meeting agenda
1. Report of the Board
2. Annual Accounts of 2024
3. New members listed
4. Presentation of candidates
5. Election of the Board - Chairman, four members of the board and three deputy members are elected.
BREAK (counting of votes)
6. Budget for the year 2025 presented and annual fee 2026 decided
7. Election results announced
8. Other issues
Election
All seats on the board and the deputy board are vacant:
The Chairman will be elected for one year, four members on the main board are elected for two years each and three deputies will be elected for one year each.
Sunna Ástþórsdóttir, chairman of the board, will not run again. She has resigned from her position as director of The Living Art Museum and will end her work for the museum 1st of August this year. Sunna was elected chairman of the board at the annual meeting in May 2021. She was then appointed director of The Living Art Museum and has held the position since August 2021.
According to Article 6 in the charter, the board of The Living Art Museum hires an individual who is responsible for the museum's full-time or part-time activities, as well as other staff. The elected board will therefore consider the selection and hiring of a new museum director following the annual meeting. In addition to working closely with the board on issues regarding the collection and forming the artistic directions of the Living Art Museum the museum director is responsible for running the museum which can oftentimes be fragile. The museum director is also responsible for all professional operations such as financing, personnel, communication with the government and city officials, exhibiting artists and other collaborators.
The board of the museum is the highest authority in the affairs of Nýló. The board's contribution is in the form of voluntary work and thus takes into account everyone's time and energy, but it is assumed that those who run for a seat on the board can actively participate in the activities. The board shapes the museum's policy, and the main decisions regarding Nýló's activities go through the board. For example, the board selects exhibitions and evaluates donations to the museum collection. The board meets regularly at board meetings where the matters of the museum are reviewed but meets more often around special projects. Sometimes a board is called for an urgent task, for example during installation and therefore it is preferred that board members are based in Iceland. Sitting on Nýló's board is an opportunity to make a difference and get your ideas across regarding the museum, shape the collection, and directly participate in the exhibition programs and other projects.
Individuals who are interested in serving on the board are asked to announce their candidacy to Nýló's office by sending an e-mail to nylo(at)nylo.is or at the beginning of the meeting.
Information regarding the annual meeting
Those members who have paid the annual fee of 4.300 ISK for the year 2025 can vote. The claim for the annual fee will be sent to your online bank in a few days, it will also be possible to pay the fee at the meeting but then it is important to show up early.
Two weeks before the annual meeting, on May 6th, the board will follow up on this letter and announce the candidacies that have been received.
Voting:
It will be possible to vote by ballot at The Living Art Museum or by telephone.
All further information about the vote will be sent in a letter on May 6th 2025, two weeks prior to the meeting.
Current board:
Sunna Ástþórsdóttir - Chairman
Guðlaug Mía Eyþórsdóttir - Vice Chairman
Joe Keys - Treasurer
Deepa Iyengar - secretary
Lukas Bury - member of the board
Deputy board:
Anna Andrea Winther
Sadie Cook
Sigríður Regína Sigurþórsdóttir
All representatives of the Living Art Museum are welcome!
Image with announcement: picture from Claudia Hausfeld's exhibition ANTECHAMBER
Photo: Sisters Lumière
