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Outsider Art Festival is taking over Helsinki and inviting 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 is organized as partner festival of the Helsinki Festival.
News

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

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

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

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

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

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
Tickets and reservations
The Outsider Art Festival includes events both free of charge and with paid tickets. The program takes place in live events as well as online.
Tickets sold via Tiketti. Buy tickets to OAF events here.
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