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 the work of NAARCA Network and the generated results. We will for example hear about the Sustainability Toolkit aimed for residences and see works of art commissioned by the network. Additionally, we are excited to hear about the new publication Residencies Reflected. The book, edited by Irmeli Kokko is looking at artist residencies as part of a societal and ecological mindshift. Furthermore, we will hear about a new cooperation project – Nordic Baltic Residency Forum etc.
The program is free of charge and includes morning coffee and lunch.
Registration is open for Finnish residency providers or other organizations or professionals operating in the field of artist residencies. We are very happy to also host representatives from NAARCA, SWAN and LOORE residency networks.
The venue has a capacity for 70 participants. Registration is now open and closes by Friday 24 May.
Event programme
Meeting between FAIRE and NAARCA Network at the Saari Residence
Time: Friday 31 May, 11.00–16.30
Location: Saari Residence (Saaren rantatie 21, FI-23140 Hietamäki)
Language: English
Schedule
11.15
Opening of the event, the Saari Residence’s Residency Director Leena Kela and The Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation’s Coordinator Riikka Suomi-Chande.
Light breakfast and coffee.
11.30–13.15
The work of NAARCA Network and the generated results. We will for example hear about the Sustainability Toolkit aimed for residences and see works of art commissioned by the network from artists Rikke Luther (Denmark) and Nikhil Vettukattil (Norway).
NAARCA is a long-term and sustainable collaboration between Scotland and the Nordic countries focusing on the climate crisis. Central for the network is sharing knowledge, experience, and know-how and multidisciplinarity. According to NAARCA’s principles social, mental, and environmental sustainability are linked and should be viewed as a whole.
Besides Saari Residence, the other members of the network are Cove Park (Scotland), Artica Svalbard (Svalbard, Norway), Art Hub Copenhagen (Copenhagen, Denmark), Skaftfell Center for Visual Art (Seyðisfjörður, Iceland), Baltic Art Center (Visby, Sweden) and Narsaq Research Station (Greenland).
13.15–14.15
Lunch
14.15–15.30
FAIRE Annual meeting
- Introduction to the project Nordic Baltic Residency Forum.
The project is financed by the Nordic Culture Point 1/24 short-term network funding.
The network comprises three partner organizations: LOORE (Estonian Creative Residencies Network), FAIRE (Finnish Artist Residency Network), and SWAN (Swedish Artist Residency Network).
The project has a dual goal: assisting regional residency networks in developing sustainable organizational models and establishing a collaboration platform for artist-in-residence organizers in Estonia, Finland, and Sweden. Further, the project envisions ways to expand the network into a larger forum of residencies in the Nordic-Baltic countries. - Other current issues related from FAIRE Network
15.30–16.30
Residencies Reflected book launch.
The publication Residencies Reflected is looking at artist residencies as part of a societal and ecological mindshift. Through encounters of artists, artist residencies produce information about places, environments, and communities as well as about the nature and matter relationship shaped by the ecological crisis. The residency period in the creation process of the work is mostly invisible when the works are presented. One of the aims of the book has been to open the creative process in the context of artist residencies. The ten articles in the English-language publication examine the new potentials of residencies as communities and environments for artistic work. The writers of the publication are curators, artists, and academics within the residency sector. The publication is edited by Irmeli Kokko and it is published by Saari Residence in collaboration with Mousse Publishing.
Bus transport
We are organising a free bus transport from Turku to Saari Residence (Saaren kartano) in Mietoinen. You must register for transport in advance. The bus leaves from Kupittaa railway station at 10.30. Return from Saari Residence at 16.30 to Turku Bus Station and Kupittaa railway station.
Parking
In case you are arriving by car, you can park on the parking space on Saaren rantatie. Accessible parking is about 100 meters from the main building.
You can put Saarenrantatie 21 or Saarentie 220, 23140 Hietamäki in your navigator.
Accessibility of the event
The event takes place in the Jacob’s barn, the Barn’s dance studio as well as in the main building at Saari Manor.
Jacob’s barn is accessible.
The main building of the Saari Manor is equipped with a lift. The accessible entrance is behind the corner from the main entrance, in the west wing. The doorbell is by the lift.
The first floor of the main building is barrier free and equipped with an accessible toilet.
The barn’s dance studio has a 4 mm high threshold by the entrance. Entrance to the elevated dance studio floor through a slope. The passageways in the area are mainly gravel and sand. The road between the barn and main building is a sand road. There’s a hill along the way.
There’s no induction loop on the premises.
If you have any questions or wishes regarding accessibility, please get in touch with the Saari Residence saari@koneensaatio.fi or phone +358 44 350 0236 (Residency Hostess Iiris Lahti).
The event follows the principles of a safer space.
Further information
Coordinator Riikka Suomi-Chande
FAIRE Finnish Artist Residency Network led by Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation
info@ateljeesaatio.fi
phone +358 50 420 3062
Organizers & supporters
The event is hosted by Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation and the Saari Residence.
The event has received support from the Arts Promotion Centre Finland and from the Nordic Culture Point.