Their launch event will take place at Loft Hostel on November 5, during the Iceland Airwaves Festival and Conference and you can RSVP HERE.
The Icelandic chapter is being started by Anna Jóna Dungal, Hrefna Helgadóttir, Kelechi Amadi and Kim Wagenaar. What they all have in common is having spent significant time abroad, where they individually came to appreciate the value of strong communities to share experiences, collaborate and accelerate career growth. The team decided to formalise themselves for women and gender nonconforming people under the banner of the global shesaid.so. The Iceland Chapter will aim not just to strengthen itself by connecting internally, but also build on this global brand to strengthen and build on connections to the international music industry.
The goal is for the organisation to start in 2023 with four big events over the year and a series of smaller networking meet-ups. The chapter will be run by 5-8 industry professionals and artists who together make up the board, and then any woman or gender nonconforming person in Iceland can join as a member. Members will pay a small annual fee to access the events, the global community, job opportunities in the industry and much more and is open for all women and gender nonconforming people who work in music in Iceland. The organisation will look to educate, inspire, connect, and entertain its members offering up opportunities to network, and showcase talent both at home and away – which will serve the wider music community in Iceland by making the industry more equal and more visible.
"When I moved back to Iceland during the COVID pandemic, I was really missing a sense of community around the work that I was doing. Getting the opportunity to connect with dozens of women through the Keychange program in 2022 made it click with Kim and I that this is what’s missing from the Icelandic scene: a safe space for women to connect around the work that we do in music."
– Anna Jóna Dungal, titill
When they approached me, I instantly felt like this was something I should participate in. I‘ve worked mostly with women in my collectives as an artist and project manager, very powerful and legendary women whom‘ve inspired my in lifechanging ways. There‘s some crazy magic that happens when those projects work out. But those women-fronted collectives and teams are rarely the case in the music industry, and I think shesaid.so can path the way for that magic to flourish.
– Ása Dýradóttir, Mammút
We are thrilled to welcome shesaid.so Iceland to the #shesaidso family and extend our vision and mission further into the European market. Wishing the team a successful launch, and can't wait to see what they will accomplish! We’re so looking forward to seeing your success in our global community.
— Andreea Magdalina
Founder, shesaid.so