OAF Artist Residency Open Call for international artists
Outsider Art Festival is looking for international artists for OAF Artist Residency 2024. The admission process is open 1.11.–30.11.2023. The aim of the residency is to support international collaboration in the outsider art field. Any outsider artist can apply, regardless of their art field. The residency is aimed for artists living outside of Finland. The […]
OAF Academy is looking for new artists for 2024 and 2025!
OAF Academy is Outsider Art Festival’s new art program that supports the employment of outsider artists in the fields of visual arts, performing arts, music, film, literature and media arts. You can either apply yourself or suggest an artist you think would be a good fit for the program. OAF Academy’s theme is power, and […]
Outsider Art Festival 2024 Open Call for artists
Apply to be an artist for the 2024 Outsider Art Festival! Outsider Art Festival invites all artists working in the field of outsider art to join us for the fifth edition of the festival. OAF will take place in August 2024 as part of the Helsinki Festival. Open call for the 2024 festival will be […]
OAF Academy: Myrtillius Kauria’s Modern Slavery exhibition
A warm welcome to Myrtillius Kauria’s Modern Slavery exhibition! The exhibition will be held at Pertti’s Choice Gallery as part of Helsinki Design Week festival during 8.9.-30.9.2023. Welcome also to the opening of the exhibition on Thursday 7.9. at 17-19! Pertti’s Choice shop and gallery is located at Helsinki’s Hakaniemi, in the address Hakaniemenkuja 2. […]
OAF 2023 continues online and needs your feedback
Does your life feel empty after the festival? Do you miss OAF’s amazing art experiences? Worry not! Through OAF Online Stage you can still get into the festival atmosphere. On Online Stage you will find a virtual gallery, OAF’s film program, OAF Opening event’s Keuhkot concert stream and artist greetings! The Virtual Gallery has been […]
Outsider Art Festival 2023 says thank you!
Thank you to all the artists, partners, work teams and of course the audience of the festival! At OAF 2023 we enjoyed meeting familiar faces and new audiences for 10 days and in more than 20 live events. Here we have collected some thoughts from the guests and working teams of the festival. The theme […]
OAF 2023 award for the best artist has been given!
The Outsider Art Festival OAF presents the annual Artist of the Year Award. The winner for 2023 was Mika Ruohola for his film Kylä (The Village). Ruohola is a Vantaa-based journalist and filmmaker. The award was presented on the Night of the Arts on 17 August 2023 at the National Museum of Finland during OAF’s […]
Programme for the first week of the festival
Outsider Art Festival starts tomorrow on the Night of the Arts at 17.8.2023! For ten days there will be a fantastic programme and great outsider artists all over Helsinki. Venues include the National Museum, Pertin Valinta, Oodi, HAM and the Huvila tent of Helsinki Festival. On THURSDAY 17.8., the festival week kicks off with the […]
Welcome to OAF Workshops!
Registration for OAF Workshops is open! The workshops of the visual arts program will introduce you to outsider art and its creators. The workshops are free and open to all, led by OAF artists and members of the festival working group. You must register in advance for the workshops. The workshops are organized in collaboration […]
OAF Opening event schedule has been released!
OAF X The National Museum: The Night of The Arts 17.8.2023 klo 19.00-22.00 OAF celebrates the start of the festival by taking over The National Museum of Finland! The opening event will bring together outsiders and insiders of the art scene and bring forth speech acts about artistic freedom, Finnishness, being an outsider and having […]