Welcome to the Outsider Art Festival (OAF) popup!
Get ready for a warmhearted after work celebration of true equality with a special collection of Finnish outsider arts, art projects and artists. Outsider Art Festival (OAF) popup features a private view of the new OAF virtual gallery space and group exhibition, along with talks from the festival’s curating team and artists.
Register before the 20th of September 2021 for a complimentary goodie bag.
Register before the 20th of September 2021 for a True Equality- Goodie Bag with complimentary products, drinks+arts from OAF X Kyrö Distillery Company. The goodie bag is delivered to the first 100 participants. Register here.
OAF 2021 highlights imaginative, curious, brave and misunderstood artists, wolves, Elvises and Samantha Foxes. No need to follow trends and rules! OAF shows what is important and what is not. A mere glance is not always enough, and things are not always what they seem from the outside.
OAF popup features art works by Markus Metsälä, Greger Grönholm, Katja Kanerva, Satu Nekala, Linnea Mettälä and Jaana Miettinen, an introduction to women’s prison dance project by Finnish and Belgian partners and music by Sam Heat.
The event is organised for international audiences in collaboration with Pertti’s Choice, Outsider Art Festival, Kyrö Distillery Company, The Finnish Institute in Germany and The Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux and supported by Frame Contemporary Art Finland and Saastamoinen foundation.
Outsider Art Festival is a new Helsinki based hybrid festival. OAF gives voice to outsider artists by showcasing a vibrant collection of music, visual arts, performing arts, films and life stories from the margins of the society. OAF is a partner festival of Helsinki Festival.
OAF is produced by Pertti’s Choice Outsider Art Agency and founded by Finnish punk band Pertti Kurikan Nimipäivät. PKN represented Finland in the Eurovision Song Contest in Vienna 2015. Pertti’s Choice is Finland’s first social enterprise owned by people with learning disabilities, featuring a shop, gallery and production space.
Outsider art is a concept that covers art created outside the established art scene. In Finland outsider art refers to self-taught (ITE) contemporary folk artists and artists with learning or mental disabilities working in different art fields and music.
