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.
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OAF 2025 and Internationalization
Internationalization is an important part of Outsider Art Festival. OAF provides a platform for international cooperation and the festival has also proven to be an interesting destination for cultural travellers
OAF Residency artists work-in-progress update
OAF wishes everyone happy Pride Week! Today we’ll present a work-in-progress update from our Residency artists Ton Melnyk & Masha Ravlyk regarding their work “Our Queer Family”: “The tapestry Our
OAF visual arts program explores visions of future and multi-sensory experiences
Outsider Art Festival OAF visual arts program explores what the world looks like from the perspective of an outsider artist. Two group exhibitions have been curated with a diverse range
OAF Literature program explores literature outside of the established literature
Outsider Art Festival OAF’s literary program highlights new, fresh voices and explores what kind of literature can be found outside of the established literature. This year, the theme of outsider
OAF Film program dives into the deep end of humanity
OAF Film program is organized in collaboration with Espoo Ciné.This year’s Film program at Outsider Art Festival draws inspiration from mythology and supernatural elements, dives into the deep end of
Meet the OAF team
This year marks the fifth anniversary of the Outsider Art Festival (OAF). The anniversary programme is being assembled by the OAF team: Producer Arttu Partinen and Music Programme Producer Teuvo
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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