Outsider Art Festival
Outsider Art Festival (OAF) 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 is a partner festival of the Helsinki Festival.
News
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
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
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
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,
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
Myrtillius Kauria’s summer at the OAF Academy
Self-taught visual artist Myrtillius Kauria, who started as the second artist of the OAF Academy, has been working on new works at Pertti’s Choice this summer. Helsinki Design Week (HDW)
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 and Lippu.fi. You can the OAF ticket shop from Tiketti here. Tickets for the Sellosali events are sold via Lippu.fi here and tickets for the Kannusali events here.
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