FAIRE Gathering 2026 Join us in Oulu for FAIRE’s in person gathering 20 – 22 August 2026! Schedule Thursday 20 August 2026, 11am – 5pm – FAIRE Meeting Friday 21 August 2026, 10am – 5pm – Tiny Spaces Deep Connections Symposium Day 1 Saturday 22 August 2026, 10am – 5.30pm – Tiny Spaces Deep Connections Symposium Day 2 […]
Thursday 25 – Friday 26 September 2025 You can now register your attendance for the annual in person FAIRE Members Meeting. This year held in collaboration with Life on a Leaf Residency and the Turku Residency Network. Event programme (more details to be announced soon!) 25 September 2025 Location: Taiteen Talo, Turku Start Time: 11:00 End Time: 18:00 […]
The Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation and the HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme have mutually agreed that the coordination of the FAIRE Network will transfer from the Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation to HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme at the beginning of 2025. FAIRE Finnish Artist Residency Network disseminates and compiles information about the Finnish […]
Members of FAIRE, LOORE and SWAN are invited to join a series of trilateral online workshops as part of the Nordic-Baltic Residency Forum. In the workshops, members of the residency networks from three countries, Estonia, Finland and Sweden, can connect online. The goal of the workshops is to enhance communication and information exchange among residency […]
The meeting between FAIRE Finnish Artist Residency Network and NAARCA Network will bring together residency providers from Nordic countries, Scotland and Estonia to discuss on current issues facing the residency sector. The event will take place on Friday May 31st from 11.00-16.30 at Saari Residence in Mynämäki. In the meeting, we will share information about […]
Finnish art residency providers will meet up again on Thu, April 27th, in the Morning Coffee / network meeting (Zoom) of the FAIRE Finnish Artist Residency Network. We will have a chance to hear about the residency activities by Eskus – Esitystaiteen keskus and Ehkä-tuotanto / Nykytaidetila Kutomo. In addition, we can share some current […]
The residency operators in Finland will come together again on March 23rd (10.00–11.30 am) and April 27th. In March, we will discuss how to organize accessible residencies for artists in need of special support. Speakers: Maija Karhunen, Project Director, Culture for All Service Sirpa Taulu, Director, Kettuki Association Maija Karhunen, will talk about her experience […]
Due to the Russia’s military action in Ukraine, many residency organizations have created new initiatives to aid artists or art professionals who are affected by the war. We have collected information on these initiatives from the perspective of the Finnish residency field to the following page. The information will be updated while more initiatives emerging. […]
On Thursday 10 March, in the next ‘Morning Coffee’ meeting, the network of the Finnish artists-in-residence organizers will discuss how the residency network can work together to support artists and art professionals who are trying to flee from Ukraine, Russia or Belarus due to the Russia’s military action in Ukraine. What kind of initiatives and […]
Loviisa Artists’ Studio is one of the oldest artists in residence programs in Finland. It was founded by metal artist Jouni Jäppinen, ceramic artist Elina Sorainen, visual artist Jan Lindh and poet Kai Nieminen in 1995. 150 artists, national and international, have worked at Loviisa Artists’ Studio. The City of Loviisa has discontinued supporting Loviisa […]
In partnership with Saastamoinen Foundation and in collaboration with Cove Park and Scottish Sculpture Workshop, Academy of Fine Arts now launches Ecologies in the Making: Sculpting Futures, a new artists’ residency programme in Scotland focusing on making practices in a time of climate breakdown. MFA or DFA alumni of the Academy of Fine Arts who […]
The Rethinking Residencies Symposium invites artists, curators, scholars, and residency organizations worldwide to come together to address residency programs as critical sites of production within the field of visual arts. The symposium will consider existing scholarship and cultivate new thinking about the history, institutional structures, and conditions of visual art residencies. Keynote Conversation: Mierle Laderman […]
Riitta Heinämaa has, on behalf of Föreningen Konstsamfundet, done a survey of Finnish residency scene today. The survey provides an up-to-date overview of domestic residency activities, new residency initiatives and new trends, plus development needs/conclusions.The survey is available in Swedish and Finnish
The first open call for i-Portunus Houses is open! ‘i-Portunus Houses’ is the new call for host organisations from all creative fields. This third round of i-Portunus pilot schemes is offered by the European Cultural Foundation, Kultura Nova Foundation and MitOst e.V., and co-funded by the European Union. i-Portunus Houses pilot phase offers a specific […]
Morning Coffee is a monthly online meeting for Finnish and Finland-based residency operators organised by Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation in collaboration with Saari residence. The next meeting will be held Thursday, 29 April 10:00-11:30. Registration (deadline 27.4.) https://forms.gle/nCYWoyEibTUe9S6B6 The participants will receive the link for the meeting by email on Wed April 28th. For further information: info@ateljeesaatio.fi
The Finnish Cultural Institute in New York invited curator and researcher Taru Elfving to reflect on the significance and role of the residencies today. Read the article written by Elfving: “Imagine a world without travel? Artist residencies in the future present” >>
Residency centers in the Nordic and Baltic countries are eligible to apply funding for artist residencies from the Nordic-Baltic Mobility Programme. For detailed information on how to apply >> Due date 11 February Latvian residency center Sansusī is one of the residencies which has been granted funding for artist residencies to invite Nordic and Baltic […]
Check the current artist in residence opportunities ! We have updated the website with new open calls >>
The Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation is currently conducting a survey examining the scope of the residency sector in Finland (the amount of the visiting artists). The survey also wants to assess the impact of the pandemic on the sector and the significance of the residencies in general. Previously collected data is from the years 1995–2017. […]
Res Artis ja Iaspis are organising in the beginning of autumn a series of discussions titled ”Residencies in Challenging Times”. In October, they will discuss how residencies are contributing to overcome some of the most prominent societal challenges at the moment, such as the fight against racism and inequalities, and climate change. Webinars will be recorded and accessible […]