Outsider Art Festival 2023 artist are released!
Outsider Art Festival 2023 is taking over Helsinki 17.-27.8.2023 and invites everyone to celebrate equality! OAF gives voice to the outsider artists by presenting a vibrant collection of music, visual arts, performing arts, films, literature and life stories. OAF artist pages you find here! Festival program presents over 100 outsider artist all over Finland and […]
Kalle Salonen will perform with his new group at Helsinki Festival’s Huvila
OAF Academy proudly presents: The Hammond virtuoso Kalle Salonen performs with his new group Salonen-Gustavson-Gröhn at the Helsinki Festival’s Huvila venue in 20.8.2023! The legendary Tuomari Nurmio will also take over the stage with his group Dumari and Spuget & Blosarit. Salonen composes new music for three Hammond organs in the OAF Academy during the […]
New art program: OAF Academy
We are excited to tell you that the Outsider Art Festival has established a new art program: OAF Academy! OAF Academy provides long-term support for the work of outsider artists and creates a new operational model that enables artists to create artworks as commissions. The resulting works will be presented at the Outsider Art Festival […]
Open Call will open 24.10.-30.11.2022
Safe the date: OAF 2023 Open Call is opening 24.10.–30.11.2022 Join the Outsider Art Festival! Participants are selected by open call submissions. The admission process is open 24.10.–30.11.2022. You can participate in one or more art field categories. The arts involved in the festival are film, performing arts, literature, music and visual arts. Read more: […]
The program on the Online Stage continues
The festival program continues on the OAF homepage at the Online Stage. The Online Stage is a collection of the festival’s online content. There, you can find the virtual gallery, the OAF 2022 films, Karelian karaoke, Panu “Prinssi” Palm’s translation video, video greetings by the artistic mentors and introduction videos on outsider-art cultural travel destinations. […]
OAF artists of the year 2022: Satu and Maria Tani
OAF 2022 gave the award of artists of the year to Satu and Maria Tani. They received the prize for their work and performance Breathing reef. The OAF prize includes a 1000€ grant as well as artist Satu Nekala’s Zelensky sculpture. The prize was given by Satu Nekala at the OAF opening party on Friday, […]
OAF is a festival for all outsiders: Opening day program 12.8.
OAF 2022 program offers special treats to outsider art lovers! It is our great pleasure to invite you to the boldest festival in Helsinki. OAF manifests in the encounters of outsiders and insiders, taking over Helsinki city venues. Choose your favorites and join us live and online! Here are our tips for the opening festivities […]
The sounds of OAF!
This year’s festival brings a variety of music performances, such as brain folk, grooving jazz, grime and musical peace greetings. There are two concert evenings at G Livelab Helsinki and two concerts at HAM Corner: Thu 18.8. at 19 Musical Microcosm: Jussi P Niinku Pekka, Eeva Lusenius, Sepi Kumpulainen Band, Kent Sidvall; G Livelab Helsinki […]
TRUE EQUALITY!
At the core of the OAF events are new encounters, in which the audience meets special groups as specialists and festival guides. A vast network collaborates in the production of the festival events. It includes artists, art communities, companies and organizations from the cultural and social field, organizations that provide education, city instances, venues, and […]
EOA European Outsider Art Conference is coming to Finland
This year, the EOA European Outsider Art Conference is held in Finland. EOA2022 is visiting Pertti’s Choice on 9.6., when there’s also the opening of our new exhibition. A warm welcome to join at Pertti’s Choice at 12! EOA2022 is a four-day experience, a wide platform to discuss, connect and engage with each other. The […]