Welcome to the Art For All Festival!

This year, the art festival takes over the shopping center Easton Hansakäytävä in Itäkeskus, filling the empty commercial spaces with art.

Previous Art For All festivals have taken place at the Malmi airport (2021), Kaisaniemi Botanical Garden (2022), and in the residential buildings of Kalasatama (2023).

The 2025 edition of the festival’s theme Success & Glory reflects on money, consumerism, and what success means in contemporary society.

Through the theme the festival explores narratives and ideals in a society that pushes individualism, competition, and constant self-development. Evolve or perish! Be the best version of yourself! Behind success narratives are people who are stories of people who are messy, complicated, and exhausted. What about when your efforts do not succeed? Does contemporary society allow failure?

Artworks will be open to audiences:

Friday 7-10 pm
Saturday 1-7 pm
Sunday 1-7 pm

Friday 22.8.2025
7 pm Festival opening performance by 𝑓ourest
7:30 pm Festival opening words
7:40 pm Performance by Alan Guerra
8 pm Artworks open to audiences
8 pm Performance by Minja Yletyinen and Arto Muukka
8–10 pm Artist present: Vilma Vanhanen
10 pm Artworks close
10 pm–03 am Garage Rave

Saturday 23.8.2022
1–7 pm Artworks open to audiences
1–7 pm Artist present: Vilma Vanhanen

Sunday 24.8.2022
1–7pm Artworks open to audiences
1–7 pm Artist present: Vilma Vanhanen
4–7pm Performances by Alan Guerra
7 pm Festival ends

ARTISTS
The exhibition presents ten emerging artists utilising a compelling range of media from sound art and performances to video installations, paintings, and film photography techniques.

The residency artists showcased are:

Mira Caselius
Alan Guerra
Calvin Guillot
Aida Matuseviciute
Olli Pikkarainen
Taru Samola
Joonas Siren
Jorden Senior
Vilma Vanhanen
Minja Yletyinen + Arto Muukka