Accessibility is a clear message
Production intern Satu Kankaanpää has been looking into the accessibility of the OAF festival. In this blog, Satu compiled some important perspectives on the topic. It’s a very broad topic. Accessibility has many forms; physical, communicative, economic, regional accessibility, as well as supporting the different senses and understanding in different language versions and learning styles. […]
The OAF 2024 programme has now been announced!
Outsider Art Festival OAF is the fourth annual urban festival celebrating equality, August 15-25, 2024. OAF presents a diverse and captivating mix of music, visual arts, performing arts, film, literature and life stories. OAF is a Partner Festival of Helsinki Festival. OAF empowers the space for outsider art and gives a voice to those outside […]
OAF and Internationality
(Picture: OAF international mentors Jennifer Gilbert on the left and Pierre Leichner on the right) To celebrate Europe Day (9 May), we present the festival’s international activities and partners. Come and listen to the European anthem Ode to Joy performed by Hammond artist Kalle Salonen! Internationality is reflected in the festival’s activities in many different […]
OAF is a revolution of work for outsiders
(In the picture: Pertti’s Choice and Kyrö Distillery Company’s teams worked on the worst fears of working life at Kalevi Helvetti’s workshop at Kyrö Visitor Centre.) Outsider Art Festival is produced by Pertti’s Choice, a production house for outsider art and a social enterprise founded by the punk band Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät (PKN). The festival […]
OAF production team gets more hands on the job
Outsider Art Festival is produced by Pertti’s Choice, the outsider art production house founded by Pertti Kurikka’s Name Days. The OAF production team works at Pertti’s Choice in Hakaniemi, Helsinki. The OAF team consists of Heini Merkkiniemi, Festival Director, Tuomas Vaahtoluoto, Producer and Communications Coordinator, Silja Pasila, Visual Arts Programme Producer, and Teuvo Merkkiniemi, Music […]
OAF 2024 Artists have been announced
(Picture: OAF Artistic Team at Pertti’s Choice shop & gallery at spring 2024) More than 400 artists from various fields applied to the Outsider Art Festival this year, from which 33 artists and groups were selected. It’s time to announce the selections! Congratulations to the artists! OAF 2024 artists are: Petri Keckman, Kanimaattorit, Satu & […]
OAF 2023 Aftermovie
The OAF 2023 Aftermovie is now released! Outsider Art Festival’s trusted graphic designer and video master Klaus Welp has made a great compilation of highlights from last year’s festival. Check out the best bits of August 2023 from the link below! P.S. Next week we will publish the artists of OAF 2024. Stay tuned! OAF […]
OAF Resident Artists 2024 come from Ukraine!
The amazing OAF artists-in-residence for 2024 are Ton Melnyk and Masha Ravlyk Lukianova from Ukraine! Ton and Masha, who arrived in Finland as refugees in 2022, are queer feminists, activists and artists. They work in a variety of art forms including textile art, performance art, street art and video art. Collective work and the building […]
Thank you for your applications for the 2024 Outsider Art Festival!
A big thank you to all the artists who applied for the 2024 Outsider Art Festival: we received a huge number of bold, surprising and inspiring applications. We received a record number of applications this year, almost 400! The Outsider Art Festival will take place this year from 15-25 August 2024 and the OAF artistic […]
TRAINEESHIP APPLICATION OPEN!
We are looking for arts and culture interns to join our communication and event production teams. The OAF 2024 festival will take place from 15-25 August 2023. The interns will work with OAF production team members in either the communication or the event production of the festival. In the communication team, the interns will work […]