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Admission free day
First Friday of the month is admission free day. Exhibitions are open from 11 to 19.
Current exhibitions you find here
Photo: Elina Teitti
Sightseeing Uncertainty – a participatory ONLINE event by Sydenkoulu
Because of resent Covid-19 cases event is taking place on Zoom
Online tour happens three times at Zoom in March 12th / 19th/ 26th 17-19 o’clock
We recommend to use cellphone because of outdoor part. You can download app Zoom here: Zoom.us
Participate here: https://forms.gle/Mk2dGkJEmXBu6MYj9
Sightseeing Uncertainty is a participatory event that addresses uncertainty and community through a variety of simple activities. We would like to invite you to a safe space where you can explore a different narrative than that of isolation, fear, and emptiness that was raised by the pandemic.
During the event we will approach the uncertainty with the curiosity of a tourist and view it from all different angles. As much as the group allows us to. But what is most important, we will gather to experience something new and observe how it informs us about ourselves – as individuals, as part of a bigger group. We are particularly interested in exploring the importance of strengthening community and coming together in this process. We are inspired by village life, social clubs, talkoot, sensorial theater, and somatics.
At the heart of the evening is an outdoor, silent sensorial walk in which participants are guided to look at the world from new perspectives. Otherwise, the event will happen indoors. It will be formed around the unique presence of the group, a discussion led by the working group, and a shared meal. They will hold the space with gentleness and guide the group with sensitivity, participating in the exploration of the topics equally by themselves as other participants.
The event is free and open to everyone. Participation does not require any specific skills, all you need is an open mind and clothes suitable for the given weather conditions. The part outside will take up to 45min. In case of disabilities, please inform us in advance. The event will be held in either English or Finnish, depending on the participants.
Pre-registration: There is a limited number of places for the event. We strive to ensure safe participation for all and follow the official regulations. Please, confirm your place by registering via this link: https://forms.gle/Mk2dGkJEmXBu6MYj9
Sightseeing Uncertainty is organized as a tour around Finland, and as part of the Sydenkoulu’s program. At the end of the evening, there will be an opportunity to hear more about what the project is about and how it works to create a more sustainable, more beautiful future. The evening will be directed by members of a multidisciplinary, international group of artists: Julia Kukkonen (FIN), Dagmara Maslowska (POL) and Emiliano Verrocchio (ITA).
More information about Sydenkoulu and the event: www.sydenkoulu.com
Adult & Child workshop ages 7-9
Adult and child workshops are art moments shared by a child with his or her close adult (parent, grandparent or even godfather or godmother). In these workshops children and adults will enhance their art experience by visiting the current art exhibition and will make art themselves.Workshop content and themes are always related to the exhibitions, either thematically, technically or on other levels. The idea is to explore the art and the world together as a team of adult and child, and as the whole group.
This Spring the workshops base on Matthew Cowan’s exhibition ”Wildness Makes This World”. Workshops come together four times at Kalevan Navetta’s workshop space Näppi 1. There is room for 5 adult and child pairs in each group. Wear clothes that you don’t have to worry about when making art.
The language in the workshops is generally Finnish but the educator of the group also speaks English, so participating in English is possible.
The price for 4 workshops is 40 € / adult & child pair. The price includes materials, adult’s ticket to exhibitions and instruction.
Sign up on the NetTicket online store.
Workshop’s meeting times
2th. Feb. 17-18.15 O’Clock
9th. Feb. 17-18.15 O’Clock
16th. Feb 17-18.15 O’Clock
23th. Feb 17-18.15 O’Clock
Picture: Katariina Vestergård
Babies’ Quick-visit Colour Workshop
Babies’ colour workshop is a multisensory visual art workshop for babies and families with babies. The main focus is on experiencing various colours and materials when a child and parent are doing and admiring things together. The activity is suitable for babies from 4 months old. Workshops are held at the workshop space Itikka. Colour workshops are offered to groups that come together several times and to individual quick-visit workshops.
The language in the workshops is generally Finnish but the educator of the group also speaks English, so participating in English is possible. Sign up on the NetTicket online store.
Quick-visit workshop
Tuesday 2th. March.
Babes ages 4-11 month. 15-15.45 o’clock.
Babes ages 12-24 month. 16.45-17.30 o’clock.
Photographer: Katariina Vestergård
Babies’ Quick-visit Colour Workshop
Babies’ colour workshop is a multisensory visual art workshop for babies and families with babies. The main focus is on experiencing various colours and materials when a child and parent are doing and admiring things together. The activity is suitable for babies from 4 months old. Workshops are held at the workshop space Itikka. Colour workshops are offered to groups that come together several times and to individual quick-visit workshops.
The language in the workshops is generally Finnish but the educator of the group also speaks English, so participating in English is possible. Sign up on the NetTicket online store.
Quick-visit workshop
Tuesday 23th. Feb.
Babes ages 4-11 month. 13-13.45 o’clock.
Babes ages 12-24 month. 14.45-15.30 o’clock.
Photographer: Katariina Vestergård
Babies’ Quick-visit Colour Workshop
Babies’ colour workshop is a multisensory visual art workshop for babies and families with babies. The main focus is on experiencing various colours and materials when a child and parent are doing and admiring things together. The activity is suitable for babies from 4 months old. Workshops are held at the workshop space Itikka. Colour workshops are offered to groups that come together several times and to individual quick-visit workshops.
The language in the workshops is generally Finnish but the educator of the group also speaks English, so participating in English is possible. Sign up on the NetTicket online store.
Quick-visit workshop
Tuesday 16th. Feb.
Babes ages 4-11 month. 10-10.45 o’clock.
Babes ages 12-24 month. 12.15-13 o’clock.
Photographer: Katariina Vestergård
Babies’ Colour Workshop
Babies’ colour workshop is a multisensory visual art workshop for babies and families with babies. The main focus is on experiencing various colours and materials when a child and parent are doing and admiring things together. The activity is suitable for babies from 4 months old. Workshops are held at the workshop space Itikka. Colour workshops are offered to groups that come together several times and to individual quick-visit workshops.
The language in the workshops is generally Finnish but the educator of the group also speaks English, so participating in English is possible. Sign up on the NetTicket online store.
Weekly meeting groups for babes ages 4-11 month
Thursdays 4th. Feb., 11th. Feb., 18th. Feb. and 25th. Feb.
13-13.45 O’Clock
Weekly meeting groups for babes ages 12-24 month
Thursdays 4th. Feb., 11th. Feb., 18th. Feb. and 25th. Feb.
14.45-15.30 O’Clock
Photographer: Katariina Vestergård
AARG live broadcast about the current role of contemporary art in the countryside 10.12.2020 at noon till 4 pm
19.11.2021
The first exhibitions of the year 2021 have been announced
The exhibition year presents contemporary art by both local and international artists.
Read moreAARG Gathering Live Broadcast
Thursday 10th of December 2020 at 12.30 to 16.00
Come and join the art and the rural gathering by watching the live broadcast!
Kunsthalle Seinäjoki host a gathering on the concept of art institutions developing and researching the rural areas and countryside. AARG is a meeting space for art institutions to make new productive relationships. On the co-delivered program we will hear key note speakers, case studies, artist talks and panel discussion. AARG wants to support the development of geographically dispersed network of art institutions and productions. Networking, sharing of concerns, development and mutual support by building up productive relationships is the overall plan to launch AARG gathering as a meeting place for art professionals. Learning from others what’s new in the countryside and in the rural arts creates more creative area development planning and perhaps even new funding models for contemporary art in the rural. Presentation: AARG_gathering_2020
AARG Gathering
Programme, Live broadcasted event in English. At 12.30 until 16.00
12.30-14.00 PRESENTATIONS & TALKS
Welcoming words by Kunsthalle Seinäjoki, exhibition coordinator Elina Teitti
Artist talk, Artist Matthew Cowan will tell about his practise and concept behind
the exhibition Wildness Makes This World. Interviewed by Taru Elfving.
Case Study: Art Producer Pii Anttila, Kunsthalle Seinäjoki developing
the countryside with artistic collaborations.
Case Study: Professor at the Art University, Daniel Peltz. Rural Contextual Practice at Rejmyre Art Lab’s Center for Peripheral Studies
Case Study, curator Yvonne Billimore: Re-centring rurality: a site for collective learning and exchange.
14.00-15.00 VIDEO GREETINGS
Kaspar Wimberley & Susanne Kudielka, Morning Boat, Jersey, UK, Bodil Johanne Monrad, Viborg Kunsthal, Denmark, Michele Horrigan, Askeaton Contemporary Arts, Ireland, Mariangela Mendez-Prencke, Havre Magasinet, Sweden
15.00-16.00 PANEL DISCUSSION
Panel Discussion Contemporary Rural Agencies, moderator Aura Seikkula
Participants Taru Elfving, Pii Anttila, Daniel Peltz, Yvonne Billimore, Jussi Koitela,
Kaspar Wimberley and Susanne Kudielka
Collaborators: Art Promotion Centre Finland, Frame Contemporary Arts Finland, Viborg Kunsthal, Havre Magasinet.
1.6.2020
Mysteries of nature take over the Kunsthalle
Kunsthalle Seinäjoki opens on May 1st 2020. The current covid-19 outbreak has affected the exhibition program. Notes by Petra Koivisto is extended until the 1st of August. Also the Nice to (finally) meet you! exhibition is open until the August 1st.
Read more14.5.2020
SoS Bunkers Live Stream Art Event
Kunsthalle Seinäjoki presents SoS – Bunkers as part of the off time program Taidehalli välittää. The live stream art event is co-produced with Pixelache Helsinki.
Read moreSoS Bunkers live stream & art event
Programme
17.3.2020
Kunsthalle Seinäjoki is closed for the time being
Kunsthalle Seinäjoki is closed based on the decicions of the Finnish Government. All events and group visits during this time will be rescheduled or cancelled. Art exhibition and other culture spaces will open gradually in the end of June 2020.
Read more11.3.2020
Welcome to the opening!
Opening of the new Arts and Culture Centre Kalevan Navetta is celebrated with a week-long opening program 11 – 21 March.
Read more3.2.2020
Call for experimental video
Visual artist Aeon Lux calls for experimental video art and performative art for the Aeon Lux Performance Club: Troyan Horse at the art and culture center Kalevan Navetta 4th April 2020.
Read moreNice to (finally) meet you!
The first exhibition of the exhibition space Halli is “Nice to (finally) meet you!”. The artists in the exhibition are Hanne Friis (NO), Sigurdur Gudjónsson (IS) and Julie Stavad (DK). The works in this group exhibition of three artists seen for the first-time in Finland explore the boundaries of material and form and take up the whole large exhibition hall. The exhibition unites dreams on many levels. The curator Laura Köönikkä has long dreamed of working with these artists, and the artists have also hoped to be performed in Finland. The exhibition, which unites professional dreams, is also the first step towards the dream of the Kunsthalle to present fresh Nordic art. The supplementary program of the exhibition discusses what kind of dreams we as a community need in this time.
Hanne Friis (born 1972) is Norwegian artist who works with textile art. They resemble almost something organic. Her work was chosen as the emblematic artwork of Révélations biennale 2019.
(Photo: Alette Schei Rorvik)
Sigurdur Gudjónsson (born 1975) is Islandic artist. His hypnotic video works take the the spectator to a state where the surroundings fade away. Gudjónsson was rewarded the Islandic Visual Artist of the Year in 2018 and he will represent Iceland in Venice Biennial 2021.
Julie Stavad (born 1987) is Danish sculptor whose works combine graphic shape and large, raw material surfaces. Stavad is a young and rising artist who also works with public art.
Laura Köönikkä is a curator and founder of Finnish Art Agency. Köönikkä has been consulting the Kunsthalle team and helping them to catch dreams for almost two years. Therefore she was also invited to curate the opening exhibition.
(Photo: Vuokko Salo)
Photo on the right: Exhibition view by Jenni Latva
26.11.2019
The opening program has been announced
Kunsthalle Seinäjoki will open in the Kalevan Navetta Arts and Culture Center in March 2020.The opening program has been announced. The program of the Kunsthalle Seinäjoki includes contemporary art exhibitions, public art and a diverse program of activities. Exhibitions are on display in the exhibition halls Halli and Vintti, located on the 2nd and 3rd floors of the Kalevan Navetta Art and Culture Center.
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