På svenska Suomeksi
The Arts Education Days is a conference, meeting place and celebration for the arts education sector and culture field in Finland. On 23–24 October 2025, the Arts Education Days will be organised in Espoo. The aim of the conference is to inspire collaboration and innovation in culture and arts education and to enable peer support and networking. The conference is for all working and interested in culture and arts education, such as teachers in art subjects, principals, cultural workers, early childhood educators, artists, researchers and students.
We are now looking for programme proposals for the Arts Education Days 2025. We are seeking interactive workshops or lectures that highlight contemporary pedagogical methods, artistic practices or research in arts and culture education for children and young people.
The interactive workshops or lectures may touch on one or more arts subjects, for example circus, visual arts, media arts, music, dance, theatre, crafts, literary art or architecture. The programme can be organised in Swedish, Finnish, English or in two languages.
The theme of this year's Arts Education Days is "Collaborate, Influence, Create". The theme can be used as inspiration or a starting point for your programme contribution.
The length of the interactive workshop or lecture should be 75 minutes. The target group is people in the arts education sector and culture field participating in the Arts Education Days 2025.
How to apply
- Send us a short presentation of you or your group. Tell us what kind of interactive workshop or lecture you want to organise during Arts Education Days 2025. The application can be written in Swedish, English or Finnish.
- In your application, please describe your preferences regarding materials, facilities and technical needs. You should also indicate the language(s) in which you wish to organise your programme.
- Tell us if you or your group have needs in terms of accessibility.
- Send us your application via this registration form by 23.59 on 24 March 2025.
Application form
Selection and how we process your application
The selection process emphasises the representation of different art disciplines in the Arts Education Days programme as well as programmes in different languages (Swedish, Finnish and English). The Kulturum working group will select the programmes on the basis of the following criteria:
- Relevance to contemporary methods and perspectives in arts and culture education for children and young people.
- Conection to one or more of the following arts education disciplines: media arts, architecture, crafts, visual arts, music, literary art, dance, theatre or circus.
- Practical and financial feasibility.
Fees and reimbursements
We pay a fee of 350 euro per programme number. We will pay fees as agreed and reimburse reasonable travel expenses within Finland for up to two people. We will reimburse accommodation in Espoo on 23-24 October 2025 for those who do not live in the Helsinki metropolitan area. In addition, we offer free participation in the Arts Education Days.
The application process
- The open call will be published on 13 February and will be open until 23.59 on 24 March 2025.
- On the basis of the proposals received, the Kulturum working group will select applications based on the evaluation criteria.
- Decisions will be sent to applicants by e-mail within April 2025.
About Kulturum Arts Education Forum
Kulturum Arts Education Forum is a project that aims to create a forum for discussion, collaboration and development of cultural and arts education for children and young people in Finland. Kulturum supports bilingual municipalities, educational institutions and arts education actors in developing basic art education and other arts education for children and young people. The project is facilitated and coordinated by the organisations Sydkustens landskapsförbund and KulturÖsterbotten. Kulturum is supported through Svenska Kulturfonden's SKAPA funding programme.
Contact and further information
Vippe Leminen
Project Manager of Kulturum Arts Education Forum
+358 (0)50 5527 276
vippe.leminen@sydkusten.fi
Is there anything you are wondering about regarding your application? If so, please contact Vippe by phone during the following times:
Monday 24 February at 10–12
Wednesday 26 February at 12–14
Monday 3 March at 12–14
