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
OAF 2025 award winners are Nilas Lindell and Hanna Heino
The 2025 Artist Award and four honorable mentions were presented at the festival’s opening ceremony. The winners of the OAF 2025 Award are Nilas Lindell and Hanna Heino from the
OAF Opening is celebrated on the Night of the Arts 14.8.!
OAF Opening fills the old Elanto Leipätehdas block with outsider art on the Night of the Arts 14.8.2025 between 3PM to 11PM! At the Cultural Centre Caisa, you can see
OAF Talks brings the art world’s outsiders into the spotlight
OAF Talks is Outsider Art Festival’s discussion series, giving voice to the festival’s artists, curators and artistic mentors. Expect conversations and interviews spanning multiple art forms. You are warmly invited
OAF Recommends: An Art Trip to Uusimaa region
Outsider Art Festival OAF recommends an art trip to Uusimaa region this summer! Below are the festival team’s top picks for July–August: Hyvinkää’s Middle of Nowhere ITE Art Park has
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
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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