Public Art Workshop

Are you interested in exploring public art in Helsinki, meeting the artists who create it, or making public art yourself?

 

In the workshop, we will go together to different parts of Helsinki to explore public art. We will meet and discuss with artists who create public artworks. Inspired by these visits and interactions, we will collectively reflect on what public art could be like from the perspective and on the terms of visually impaired people? Based on the generated ideas, we will design and create a collective public artwork for the urban environment of Helsinki.

 

The workshop and materials used are free of charge. Visits to public art sites will be audio described. The workshop is conducted in Finnish, but interpretation and participation in English are possible. You do not need previous experience in public art to participate in the workshop — just be curious and open to new approaches. You can participate in the entire workshop or in parts that suit you. If you are interested,

 

If you are interested, welcome to the first meeting of the workshop on 7 May 2024, at 5 pm at the doors of Iiris Centre, from there, we will continue on a public art tour in Kalasatama.

 

 

Workshop Host

 

The workshop will be facilitated by visual artist JP Kaljonen(MFA), who is visually impaired himself. Partly due to his visual impairment, his artistic production has focused on various community art and public space projects, where instead of focusing on visuality, the emphasis is on collaboration and promoting the goals of different communities through art. More info: https://kaljonen.com/

 

 

How to Register?

 

You can register for the workshop using the “register” button on this page, emailing osallistun@kulttuuripalvelu.fi, or simply by attending the first workshop. The workshop facilitator will meet you at the front door of Iris Centre on Wednesday, June 5  at 4:50 pm.

 

 

Collaborators & Supporters

  

The workshop is organised in collaboration with the Cultural Services for the Visually Impaired(Näkövammaisten kulttuuripalvelu ry), and is kindly supported by the Finnish Cultural Foundation / Aino Hausmann Fund.