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
The sounds of OAF!
This year’s festival brings a variety of music performances, such as brain folk, grooving jazz, grime and musical peace greetings. There are two concert evenings at G Livelab Helsinki and
TRUE EQUALITY!
At the core of the OAF events are new encounters, in which the audience meets special groups as specialists and festival guides. A vast network collaborates in the production of
EOA European Outsider Art Conference is coming to Finland
This year, the EOA European Outsider Art Conference is held in Finland. EOA2022 is visiting Pertti’s Choice on 9.6., when there’s also the opening of our new exhibition. A warm
Interview with artistic mentor Heidi Bäckström: “Art is [..] a burn to be creative, to express oneself through art and to share ones work with others.”
OAF and Mad House Helsinki are producing together the performing arts program. Mad House Helsinki’s press officer Laura Tolvanen interviewed Heidi Bäckström, our artistic mentor of the performing arts. Laura:
Outsider art is taking over the Espa stage on Helsinki day 12.6.
A diverse group of makers in culture and outsider art are taking over the Espa stage on Sunday 12.6.2022. The program is curated by Pertti’s Choice and encompasses a large
The first international OAF residency artists are coming from Sweden
The Outsider Art Festival has the pleasure to offer a residency for artists from abroad to work in Finland. This year’s guests are two artists from Sweden. Their names 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 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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