Harpa

While there may be a place for big-ticket items -- such as Iceland's new opera house, Harpa, which is scheduled to open in the spring of 2011 -- it is equally important to fund the dozens of promising artists who have not yet established themselves in order to give them the freedom to explore their media without worrying about where their next meal will come from.

Iris Erlingsdottir: Axing Art$ And Humanitie$ Iris Erlingsdottir 2010

While there may be a place for big-ticket items -- such as Iceland's new opera house, Harpa, which is scheduled to open in the spring of 2011 -- it is equally important to fund the dozens of promising artists who have not yet established themselves in order to give them the freedom to explore their media without worrying about where their next meal will come from.

Iris Erlingsdottir: Axing Art$ And Humanitie$ Iris Erlingsdottir 2010

While there may be a place for big-ticket items -- such as Iceland's new opera house, Harpa, which is scheduled to open in the spring of 2011 -- it is equally important to fund the dozens of promising artists who have not yet established themselves in order to give them the freedom to explore their media without worrying about where their next meal will come from.

Iris Erlingsdottir: Axing Art$ And Humanitie$ Iris Erlingsdottir 2010

While there may be a place for big-ticket items -- such as Iceland's new opera house, Harpa, which is scheduled to open in the spring of 2011 -- it is equally important to fund the dozens of promising artists who have not yet established themselves in order to give them the freedom to explore their media without worrying about where their next meal will come from.

Iris Erlingsdottir: Axing Art$ And Humanitie$ Iris Erlingsdottir 2010

While there may be a place for big-ticket items--such as Iceland's new opera house, Harpa, which is scheduled to open in the spring of 2011--it is equally important to fund the dozens of promising artists who have not yet established themselves in order to give them the freedom to explore their media without worrying about where their next meal will come from.

Iris Erlingsdottir: Axing Art$ And Humanitie$ Iris Erlingsdottir 2010

While there may be a place for big-ticket items--such as Iceland's new opera house, Harpa, which is scheduled to open in the spring of 2011--it is equally important to fund the dozens of promising artists who have not yet established themselves in order to give them the freedom to explore their media without worrying about where their next meal will come from.

Iris Erlingsdottir: Axing Art$ And Humanitie$ Iris Erlingsdottir 2010

"This song has been stuck in our heads for the past year," said the eldest, Ragnheidur Harpa Leifsdóttir.

Icelander's Three-Niece Artwork Ellen Gamerman 2011

It's Olafur Eliasson's favorite place and now he's put his stamp on it by collaborating with the architecture firm Henning Larsen on the new concert hall in Reykjavik named Harpa.

Steven Mesler: Olafur Eliasson in Iceland 2010

Harpa, does the article say anything about the police looking for me?

One of Our Whales Is Missing 2005

But Harpa said that her sister was out of town and she had a key to her apartment, where I could hide out until I had an evacuation plan.

One of Our Whales Is Missing 2005