Author: Nelli Rantanen

Marjo Hallila – Pieces

Osta lippu In creating works for this exhibition, visual artist Marjo Hallila has continued her experimental process. The exhibition builds on her previous work in experimental contemporary printmaking and abstract painting, with a focus on new production. The collection represents an “in-between” space where Hallila revisits the past while reaching toward the future. The Pieces […]

Glass designer Erkki Vesanto

Osta lippu Artist Erkki Vesanto (1915–1990) dedicated his career to Finnish glass design at the Iittala glassworks. His work primarily focused on functional glassware design, though he also created art glass and cut crystal pieces. Artist Erkki Vesanto (1915-1990) was the first designer hired full-time by a Finnish glass factory. He worked at Iittala from […]

Outimaija Hakala – From the Woods

Osta lippu In visual artist Outimaija Hakala’s exhibition, a forest grows in a human-made space. This forest is a diverse whole, an artistic kin to an ecological biome, composed of plaster, wood, and paper instead of organic, living matter, with visual and auditory echoes from the outside. What is a forest? How does it feel, […]

Kangas Revisited

Osta lippu Kangas Revisited is the second part of a project documenting the transformation of the Kangas area. This part of the project is focusing on the intersection of old and new, the area’s transformation, and the essence of its evolving life. Out of the ruins of a paper mill, the new Kangas district rises, […]

Sacred spaces: Community and Continuity in Aaltos’ Architecture

Osta lippu The Sacred spaces exhibition showcases the Aaltos’ design of sacred spaces through 3D model images. The exhibition also offers a glimpse into the Aaltos’ unbuilt ecclesiastical spaces. Curated and scripted by Dr. Tammy Gaber, this exhibition has been developed in collaboration with students from the McEwen School of Architecture at Laurentian University. The exhibition […]

On a Journey with Elsi and Tove – churches from Teuva to Taulumäki

Osta lippu The exhibition Elsi and Tove’s Journey brings together the church architecture of Elsi Borg (1893-1958) and the art of Tove Jansson (1914-2001).   The inspiration for the exhibition can be found in the 1950s in Ostrobothnia, when Borg’s late-period masterpiece, Teuva Church, was completed. The church was crowned with a powerful horizontal altarpiece by […]

Green Hydrogen Power

The importance of renewable energy sources is constantly growing. Green hydrogen has emerged as one solution, but its potential applications in everyday life remain a question for many: what is green hydrogen, and what role might it play in our daily lives in Central Finland? These questions are explored in the interactive exhibition “Vihreä vetyvoima” […]

ME – YOU – WE: The Jyväskylä Artists’ Association’s 74th annual exhibition

Buy a ticket Jyväskylä Artists’ Association was founded after the wars in 1945. Despite of its name, its operating area covers the whole of Central Finland. The rules of the Association emphasize the importance of exhibitions. Since the beginning the most important of the exhibitions, the annual exhibition, was held almost every year. Next year, […]