Iceland Academy of the Arts is an Icelandic institution of higher education, located in Reykjavík, which offers the only university-level degrees in the arts in Iceland. The institution was founded on 21 September 1998 by consolidating the Iceland Drama School and the Reykjavík Arts School, and classes began in autumn 1999. It has five departments: Art education, Design and Architecture, Fine Arts, Music, and Theatre and Dance.Notable alumniÓlöf Arnalds, singer/songwriter and indie musicianRagnar Kjartansson, performance artistHugleikur Dagsson, artistSigurlaugur Elíasson, artist and poetGuðmundur Steinn Gunnarsson, composer and musicianÞórhallur Gunnarsson, actor and television personalityÞráinn Hjálmarsson, composerKarl Kvaran, painter and draughtsmanStefán Karl Stefánsson, film and stage actor Guðmundur Jörundsson, fashion designer