OPEN CALL for submissions to new Outsider Art Festival 2020!

Join the Outsider Art Festival! Participants are selected by open call -submissions. The admission process is open 2.-20.3.2020.
More info of how to apply in the festival website www.outsiderart.fi

Outsider Art Festival celebrates cultural equality and invites all artists in the field of outsider art to join the new festival. Outsider Art Festival is organised as part of Helsinki Festival from 20th to 21st August 2020.

Outsider Art Festival is a multi-disciplinary showcase festival, that connects international art audience, outsider artists, cultural professionals and influencers. Its main venue is in G Livelab Helsinki. The festival includes Finnish outsider art, music, perfomances and exhibitions, as well as keynote speaches by international guests, panel discussions, workshops and networking events.

Selections are made by a the festival curating team. The team includes artists from Finnish Outsider Art Networking member organizations: Lyhty, Autism Foundation Finland and Kukunori. The team expects to receive experimental, bold and surprising submissions and fresh ideas. The artistsare offered the chance to explore and answer the question: what is Finnish outsider art?

The full festival programme will be announced in April 2020.

Collaboration: Pertin Valinta, Lyhty ry, Autism Foundation Finland, Kukunori, Donkey Hotel, Arts Promotion Center, Helsinki Festival, GLivelab, RadioHelsinki, Musicians Union, Finnish Institute in London, UK, IPI Kulmakuppila, City of Helsinki, Creative Finland, AGMA and Maetka.