11 arefs taide ja kulttuuri ry - arefs art and culture association

Saksalanharju is together with the original village of Haukivuori = Haukivuori kirkonkylä an official protected national heritage, because of the drumlin, the landscape and the historical value.

The area on the monolith and around is full of swamps and still peat cutting is important. The swamp fields are remarkable areas in the landscape. When the roots of old trees are put on piles it gives a mysterious feeling. In the swamps in Tuulimiemi are the anual volleyball games.

Agriculture and forestry are the main activities on Saksalanharhuju. The hill is one of most fruitfully of the area.

AREFS taide ja kulttuuri ry will develop and support the participation of the local society in cultural and artistic activities.

The ridge Saksalanharju is situted on the biggest monolith of Europe.

Registration number:MOR-Y06-049Types: drumlinHeight: 168 meterLength: 5 499 meterWidth: 1 600 meter

ARTISTS

SOCIETYEXHIBITIONSART & BUSINESS

SYMPOSIUMS

ART

ART COURSES

ART EDUCATION

ARTISTS-IN-RESIDENCE

CULTURAL TOURISM

AREFS taide ja kulttuuri ry will develop and support the participation of the local society in cultural and artistic activities.

AREFS will connect local and foreign contacts to get an inspiring(temporary international) society in the rural area of eastern Finland.

projects AREFS supports and/or organizes

taidekirppujen yöHAUKIVUORI MUISTOISSAMME

concerts and recitalsexcursions

VIA.ARS.NATURA, the way to art and natureVIA.ARS.NATURA, Mikkelipuisto

VIA.ARS.NATURA – a cultural road -crossroads SAKSALANHARJU

TRIANGLE ROCKartist scholarship – artist-in-residenceart and art education symposiums

MASTER CLASSES AND RESIDENCIES ART AND ART EDUCATIONOpeArtEdu

art and cultural exchange schoolschildren’s forest

children’s LABYRINTH

TAIDEKIRPPUJEN YÖannual art fair HAUKIVUORI

The TAIDEKIRPPUJEN YÖ is an annual art fair in Haukivuori.The program is based on a various offer of artistic presentations in the field of visual art, music, performances and theater for all ages.Artists in the artist-in-residence program can participate in the program.

MAMI WATALABYRINTH DISCOVERING

BLUE TRANE JAZZ BAND

ANCIENT BEAR CULT

HAUKIVUORI MUISTOISSAMMEHAUKIVUORI MUISTOISSAMME is a series of exhibitions in the AllaprimA MuseuMabout the history of HaukivuoriThe first exhibition took place in 2007

HAUKIVUORI MUISTOISAMME

Every year the exhibition has another theme.It is the intention to collect the stories and pictures from the past to keep the history alive.

CONCERTS and RECITALSorgan: Adrie van der PadtHenk de Croon

singer:Anne-Mari SaloMarja BooyMarja Mattlar

marimba:gregor grigoryev

flute:cathrin Bull

EXCURSIONS and LECTURES

AREFS organizes excursions to art exhibitionscultural eventsconcertstheater

interesting cities

and lectures about art and art production

artistsart historyprojects

local and regional historywineetc

Pirjo Siiskonen telling about the history of Haukivuori

Jolanda Schoutenabout art and education

Matti Mattson experiences about art and dialogue

excursion art center Salmela

planned excursion:August 2009 Kalevala in Ateneum HelsinkiAutumn 2009 Picasso in Ateneum Helsinki

planned lectureswine from Valamo by father Andreas

VIA.ARS.NATURA, the way to art and natureOBJECTIVES

AREFS taide ja kulttuuri ry is planning VIA.ARS.NATURA, the way to art and nature a program to develop new facilities and actions in the countryside and to develop a network of people living near old (historic) routes in the hinterland of the main roads and start a co-operation with professional (international) artists. Through the program, the cultural environment will undergo a development initiative and will also have an influence on (international) visitors and travelers with cultural and ecological interests.

VISION

The program VIA.ARS.NATURA will be an overall and wide-range program of nationally and internationally significant artworks along old (historic) routes and paths in the countryside. These art works will be grown or made from the ingredients/elements of, or specifically related to the landscape and geology of the area. The use of these different components, like forests, plants, peat, earth, rock(s) and water will visualize the characteristics of nature and authentic roads in South-East Finland. A commission program will ensure that the artworks link up to form a complete and coordinated idea and project. The program will help to improve bio-diversity and to create new habitats and utilize green and sustainable processes for procurement and methods of working wherever possible. The plan is based on the strategy to strengthen the cultural and natural image of the rural area. The plan will be executed in different parts over a period of years.http://www.arefs.org/projects/via-ars-natura.html

lucien den arend - dordrecht - nl

VIA•ARS•NATURA, the way to art and nature– pilot project MIKKELIPUISTO and SAKSALANHARJU -

OBJECTIVES

The working group – MIKKELIPUISTO and SAKSALANHARJU - is planning an art plan in the region of Mikkeli as a part of the main project VIA.ARS.NATURA .

The pilot-project is based on nature and art in Mikkelipuisto and Saksalanharju. The purpose of this sub-project is to develop on the two locations in Mikkeli and Haukivuori an attractive environment through art and nature for different target groups.

The project will give added value to the area of the new gardens and the forest-LABYRINTH with temporary and permanent nature and site specific art.

The project is based on the need to integrate art in landscape and in the personal living environment and to involve people with new forms of landscape design and the added value of art in it.

Environmental art has no barriers like art in museums, people don't have to open to art, but art opens to people.

This project will contribute to the cultural diversity of the region and increase the number of (international) visitors.

Through this project Mikkeli can distinguish itself – not only through its nature – but also by way of art and design.


CONTENT

The works in the project can be created for short or long term - as temporary or permanent works - integrated and site specific.

The area can be enriched with long-term planted and growing artwork, designed to fit in with the existing native trees and other plants.

There are many possibilities for this kind of art works like trees being woven, pleached, grafted and pruned into living sculpture.

Areas of trees and/or bushes planted to form graphic shapes. Grass used to create visual images. Waterways altered with stone and trees. Earthworks and land shaping (landscaping) used as constructive elements.

Landscape structures and planting which can give direction to the visitor. Temporary works can may be pre-existing, commissioned or invited for exhibition and relate specifically to the landscape or geology of Etelä-Savo, for instance sculptures that could be sited to draw attention to the agriculture or glacial history in the area.

Conservation, bio-diversity and habitat are also items that can be included in theart works.


Mikkelipuisto

Mikkelipuisto Park is an entity under construction right near the centre of Mikkeli, and the aim is to turn it into the leading centre for horticultural tourism in Eastern Finland. In the park join the area's varied nature, the recreation areas and the model gardens planned and built by companies. Together these will constitute a high-class visiting attraction for amateurs, professionals, and tourists. The total area of the park that will develop on the lands of the town amounts to 42 hectares. Mikkelipuisto will be an important cultural attraction without an equal in Finland. The workgroup has applied for funding to realize the exhibition 2009, unfortunately without result.Thanks to some companies the exhibition in 2009 has been supported for the transport of the sculptures and through the artists by making their works available for free.

. http://www.arefs.org/projects/mikkelipuisto-saksalanharju.html


Saksala ArtRadius

Art centre Saksala ArtRadius has the expertise for organizing art symposiums, art commissions and art programs for professional artists. There is a growing international network of art organizations in which Saksala ArtRadius participates. The art centre is also a pioneer of innovative art and cultural tourism. The organization is developing a combination of programs, tenders, projects and events in the field of art and culture for a range of target groups of different cultures and ages. The location on Saksalanharju is becoming a unique cultural area and a meeting point for local and regional people and international visitors for involvement with art, artists, and art activities. The art centre is creating the tools for improving the cultural reputation of the whole region.http://www.arefs.org/projects/mikkelipuisto-saksalanharju.html

varol topaç - turkey marijke bongers – the netherlands


exhibition 2009

In 2009 selected sculptures from Lucien den Arend, Kari Huhtamo and from Saksala ArtRadius (Yildiz Güner, Mari Shields, Jaak Hillen and Veli Blakçori) will be present in the first summer exhibition.Lucien den Arend also has designed a temporary landart project in the field.

. http://www.arefs.org/projects/mikkelipuisto-saksalanharju.html

VIA.ARS.NATURA, the way to art and naturea cultural road

Haukivuori-route: Karhuntie-Lemettilänte-Taulumäentie

OBJECTIVES

This phase of the project will be focused on the realization of some art works near the route and with the promotion of local products of the involved farmers. It is the intention to co-operate with the people living in this part of Saksalanharju/Lietjärvi to bring their culture to the attention of visitors, tourists and regional people.

In the pilot-project we will start with practical executions on a part of the old road Haukivuori-Mikkeli, Karhuntie-Lemettiiäntie-Taulumäentie. This road starts just after the junction towards Kalvitsa and ends on the Saksalantie. The route passes the monolith Saksalanharju, the characteristic fields of Lietjärvi, art centre Saksala ArtRadius and carpenter RISLAPUU.

The project did not get funding for the moment.

VIA.ARS.NATURA, the way to art and naturea cultural road

Ensimmäinen vaihe – pilottihanke Haukivuori: Karhuntie – Lemettiläntie – TaulumäentieHankkeen ensimmäisessä vaiheessa keskitytään muutaman taideteoksen toteuttamiseen ja mukana olevien asukkaiden tuotteiden esittämiseen. Pilottihankevaiheessa haluamme aloittaa käytännön toteutuksen vanhalla Haukivuori – Mikkeli tieosuudella: Karhutie – Lemettiläntie – Taulutie. Tämä tie alkaa heti Kalvitsaan vievästätienristeyksestä ja päättyy Saksalantielle. Tämä reitti ylittää Saksalanharju-monoliitin: Lietjärven luonteenomaiset pellot, Saksala ArtRadius- taidekeskuksen ja RISLAPUU puuseppäverstaan * Yhdessä paikallisten asukkaiden kanssa haluamme tutkia ja dokumentoida tälle maaseutualueelle ominaisia luonnoon ja kulttuuriin liittyviä piirteitä. Tälläisia ovat esim. pellot, aidat, kiviaidat, heinäseipäät ja -paalit , puupinot ja juurakkokasat jne. , sekä pihapiirit ja tallentaa ne tietokantaan. *Paikallisten ryhmittymien kanssa aloitamme kehittää ideoita, tuotteita, osallistumis - ja avustustapoja, jotka voivat olla osa tämän reitin identiteettiä. *Tutkimme, onko mahdollista tuoda maisemaan paikkasidonnaista taidetta ja ympäristötaidetta, jotka kiinnittäisivät ohikulkijan huomio perinteelliseen maan- ja metsänviljelyyn, ja saman aikaisesti, nykytaiteeseen. *Pilottihankkeen aikana on tärkeää, että eri ihmiset voivat kehittää ideoita ja osaltaan myötävaikuttaa siihen, ettäuusia elementtejä syntyy heidän omaan ympäristöönsä. * Muille asukkaille tulemme järjestämään esityksiä hankkeen kehityksestä ja yhteisön osallistumisen myötä tuoda nykytaidetta lähemmäksi ihmisiä. Tulemme ottamaan myös koulut mukaan projektiin. *Pilottihankkeen aikana etsimme rahoitusta jatkotoimenpiteille. sekä VIA.ARS.NATURA taideluontoreittihankkeen aloittamista ja toteuttamista varten.*Lopuksi pilottihanke julkaistaan suomeksi ja englanniksi nettisivuilla (jotka täytyy vielä rakentaa), jotta tulos on kansainvälisen yleisön nähtävissä. *Pilottihanke mahdollistaa sen, että aitoon suomalaiseen maalaisympäristöön voidaan kehittää reitti, jonka varrella on pysyviä nähtävyyksiä. *Osana pilottihankkeeseen kuuluu etsiä innovatiivisia ympäristötaideprojekteja ulkomailta ja kehittää samanlaisten projektien kansainvälinen verkosto. Tämän pilottihankeen puitteisiin ei kuulu tutustua näihin kohteisiin. Myöhäisemmässä vaiheessa muutamiin näistä voidaan tutustua paikan päällä.

crossroads SAKSALANHARJUa new collaborative project for international artists

project group:marja de jong - finlandtiina suhonen – norwaylucien den arend – finlandian newbery - sweden

ilse van den berk - the netherlands.

image ©2008 behrouz rae

The collaboration project –crossroad SAKSALANHARJU– engages international multi-disciplinary dialogue between active arts professionals. Artists from Nordic countries exchange and collaborate with artists from Europe. The artists meet each other on the same crossroad. It is this crossing that identifies the impact of place on an artist’s practice.

CROSSROADS SAKSALANHARJU will be carried out in art centre Saksala ArtRadius, Haukivuori, Finland.

This project will start in August 2009 with the first collaboration session between Ilse van den Berk and Tiina Suhonen.

image ©2006 sarawut chutiwongpeti

the project is already funded by:

haukivuorenaluejohtokunta


In an intense dialogue the arts professionals will communicate verbally and visually. This dialogue takes place during 4-6 weeks on one or more art works, drawings, paintings, installations, side specific art, sculptures, video and a mixed media. The result will be art created by minimum two artists. The selected artists will have to collaborate with each others and challenge them so they can cross their own boundaries in their work and receive new influences.

To get involved with the location the artists also need to explore the environment, the nature and the Finnish local rural culture (forestry and agriculture).The impact of place is different for every artist. With all these different backgrounds and all these different influences of the place, the outcome of this project will show the uniqueness of the place where it is created.

image ©2008 behrouz raeimage ©2006 sarawut chutiwongpeti

As a part of the project the artists will also participate, keep and produce together with local and other interested culture workers. That will influence and improve the local craftsmanship and is valuable for the artistic exchange.


marja de jong lucien den arend ilse van den berk tiina suhonen ian newbery


In the pilot-project CROSSROADS SAKSALANHARJU, migrant and native artists from Nordic countries and Europe will exchange and collaborate with each other. This will challenge them to cross the boundaries in their work and experience new influences. This crossing identifies the impact of place on an artist’s practice. New forms of expression and communication are anticipated to produce intense dialogue that the professional artists will communicate verbally and visually. The atmosphere in landscape and climate, and the mood and attitude of the people living more or less isolated in the country side in the NORDIC region will offer the specific impressions to the artists.

The large monolith SAKSALANHARJU was already for hundreds of years a significant mark in the landscape where travelers crossed from different directions. The project initiates through art production by collaborating migrant and native artists the attention to the unique exploring of the NORDIC region. In this project, it is interesting that the national heritage SAKSALANHARJU will be viewed through the eyes of professional observers of different origin with the specific goal to shape a concrete impression. By borrowing the eyes of an outsider, locals can see their culture and landscape in a new light and from a different angle.

This project will stimulate Nordic cultural exchange and increase awareness of historical and cultural knowledge in a Nordic context. It will develop democratic access to cultural participation, also for rural areas. With the contribution from different funds the exchange and collaboration of migrant Nordic artists will create new forms of expression and communication. It is this migration what is important to develop the specific historic and culture value of the Nordic rural areas. Think global and act local is reformulated in this project: act locally, but with a global effect.


global project Here, There and Everywhere: Anticipating the Future of Art

sojourn in whiteinternational collaboration project

artist-in-residenceaccepted into TransCultural Exchange Boston USA

curator claire watson australia

artists behrouz rae iran

ilse van den berk the netherlandsshows1.-31.5.2008 AllaprimA MuseuM art centre Saksala ArtRadius Haukivuori - Finland1.11.-7.12.2008 Cowwarr Art Space Cowwarr – Victoria - Australia 13.12.2008 - 24.1.2009 Maffra Exhibition Space Maffra - Victoria – AustraliaApril 2009 Trans CulturalExchangeBoston USA

martti karttunendirector mikkeli museumskirsimaria törönen-ripatti

chairman regional arts council

artists at work

this project shows how CROSSROADS SAKSALANHARJU can develop

TRIANGLE ROCK PROJECT

MAIN OBJECTIVES The Dutch cultural organization AllaprimA Foundation is planning to initiate co-operation with art residency partners from Turkey, Spain and Finland at site specific, rural rock environs. The final aim is to create a European network to investigate and exchange, collaborate and produce international multidisciplinary dialogue in new forms of art production on exceptional European locations..

TURKEY SPAIN FINLAND

http://www.arefs.org/projects/triangle-rock-project.html

The co-operation is based on practical working with the same intention under similar conditions with different specifics. The partners are existing and equipped residencies, small and personal, located in ecological sensitive environments, with original solutions for art production and a close relationship with the local society. The cultural diversity and the specific areas of the different locations are the sources for the collaboration of the artists.

TURKEY

The environment of Cappadocia (Central Turkey) is part of the Silk Road and a unique shaped landscape with historical decorated rock churches and pigeon houses cut in volcanic tufa stone. Cappadocia is an UNESCO world heritage site with open-air museums like underground cities and authentic historical villages, where inhabitants still live the farmer life of hundreds of years ago.

SPAIN

The natural environment of the high Catalan Pyrenees Mountains - defined by woods with both conifers and deciduous trees, hay fields, steep pastures and craggy rocks - combines with the authenticity of the cultural, architectural and social heritage. Farrera is the highest village in the Coma de Burg and the first of many written references to Farrera’s existence dates back over 1,000 years, but the original human settlement was undoubtedly founded well before then.

FINLAND

The national heritage SAKSALANHARJU-KIRKONKYLÄ, located on the biggest monolith of Europe, is an ancient settlement site. Saksala is an old neighborhood with tranquil landscape, designed with fields, forests and lake. The authentic rural area has a pure and traditional culture, based on agriculture and forestry. The main village Haukivuori has now a days a multicultural mix of inhabitants.

artist-in-residencescholarship, master classes and exchange

• The artist-in-residence gives artists from all over the world the possibility to get in contact with the culture of quit isolated local societies in the rural area of eastern Finland.

• The surrounding creates conditions to work on the individual art production.

• The artists can be partners in the artistic and cultural exchange with the local people, youngsters and regional artists.

• Through exhibitions, performances, lectures and workshops the artists can show their individual interests, personal view and influence of the stay on their art.

• Scholarships make it possible for artists to participate in the artist-in-residence, art exchange or master class program of art centre Saksala ArtRadius.

symposiums

source of art 2008

behrouz raefereshte moosaviiran

varol topaçturkey

marijke bongersthe netherlands

homo erectus 2006

louche rumenia

yildiz guner turkey

rumen dimitrov bulgaria

veli blakçori kosovo

janina rudnicka poland

brigitte sasshofer austria

less is more 2005

kiril prashkov bulgaria

jaak hillen belgium

varol topaç turkey

ton kalle the netherlands

mari shields usa/nl

roland de jong-orlandothe netherlands

in art centre Saksala ArtRadius

forest-LABYRINTH

a place for unexpected artistic experiences for artists, visitors and children

ulrika sparre sweden irene anton germany

irene anton germany

varol topaç turkey marijke bongers the netherlands behrouz rae iran

The innovative program for MASTERCLASSES AND RESIDENCIES ART AND ART EDUCATION will explore the facilities and expertise available for art and art education for students. The keywords are art, creativity, education and civilization. The program will include space and individual guidance and supervising during master classes, seminars and residencies. It is the intention to create programs for art students to work on their thesis, their art production and also to study special subjects in art education. The program will also contribute to the English language skills, what is important to participate in an international network. The idea has the warm support of the Chairman, Kirsimaria Törönen-Ripatti and Secretary-General Riitta Moisander of Etelä-Savon Taidetoimikunta. Both experts are very interested and involved in increasing the quality of this fields in art and art education.

The special center for young artists and art teachers will create a qualified education area in Etelä-Savo. There is already interest to cooperate and also to organize art education seminars. The Joutsenon opisto in Lappeenrantaand Etelä-Karjalan AMK in Imatra are interested in the possibilities for their students. De KUNSTLINIE – Almere – the Netherlands, IAE – Vienna – Austria, Vocational school for traditional culture – St Petersburg, Russia and the cooperation for art education consultants in the Netherlands are interesting partners.

The purpose of the program MASTERCLASSES AND RESIDENCIES ART AND ART EDUCATION is to set up and carry out in art centre Saksala ArtRadius innovative forms of additional education for students and masters. This program will add and develop new, innovative and permanent education projects. The content of the program will be related to relevant parts in the curriculum of art schools, art academies and art education departments of universities.

MASTER CLASSES AND RESIDENCIES

ART AND ART EDUCATION

OpeArtEduinternational art education project in cooperation with Mikkeli schools

partners:Etelä-Savon Taidetoimikunta FIN

education department Mikkeli city FIN art centre Saksala ArtRadius FINCKV de KUNSTLINIE Almere NL

OpeArtEdu is a project to increase the professional artistic skills of teachers, educators and consultants and to develop the curriculum of art education.In the project are art education symposiums –NATURALLY ART-, a program with teachers of Mikkeli schools and a lecture and workshop program in cooperation with CKV de KUNSTLINIE ALMERE NL

artists in the artist-in-residence program can participate in the project

exchange schoolsinternational art education project with school in Haukivuori

Exchange schools is a program where schools from different countries will stay in art centre Saksala ArtRadius for an art program and in the same time participate in the school art program of Haukivuori school . The program is based on artistic, cultural and social exchange and development.

The first exchange has started in spring 2009 with the special music department of Koning Willem II college in Tilburg, the Netherlands.

children’s forest

The children’s forest is a developing area in the yard of Saksala ArtRadius. On several places children can build their own constructions to play in it. The intention is to create a world where children of different cultures can exchange their experiences of building. The children’s forest will be a permanent area to play, to work, to change and to construct.Together with artists new ideas can develop.Artists in the artist-in-residence program can participate in the project.

exhibitions

shows

exhibitions

lucien den arend

jolanda schouten

sojourn in whiteilse van den berkbehrouz rae

jean-christophe piette roland de jong-orlando eva häkkinen

jaak hillen

kiril prashkov

marie-julie jacquetbehrouz rae -basement behrouz rae - attic

ilse van den berk

membership AREFSto participate in the local and regional cultural and artistic diversity

welcome to AREFS

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