Welcome to the Winter edition of the HIAP Open Studios! 

The event offers the unique opportunity to meet up with the resident artists and curators, and get a glimpse of the work that they have been developing during their residency. The HIAP Open Studios event takes place in the second half of each residency season, in March, May, and October.
This year’s Open Studios will also showcase work-in-progress from Ukrainian artists who are residents of the Ukrainian Solidarity Residencies Programme network.

Participating residents
Madeleine Andersson (Sweden), Anna Broms (Finland), Maria Budnikova (Ukraine), Juliet Ellis (United States / United Kingdom), Yi Ting Hsu (Taiwan), Soko Hwang (South Korea), Flis Holland (Finland / United Kingdom), Vlada Kupriyanova (Ukraine), Daniel Malpica (Mexico / Finland), Oksana Mykhanko (Ukraine), Sara Rönnbäck (Sweden / Norway), Sergii Shaulis (Ukraine), Helen Svoboda (Finland / Australia).

Read more about the participating, current & upcoming residents here.

PROGRAMME (COMING SOON)

FRI 24 MAR 17:00–21:00
SAT 25 MAR 14:00–18:00

Free entrance. We are looking forward to welcoming you!

Note: Parts of the event will be photo-documented. The images will be used by HIAP for communication purposes.

How to get to Suomenlinna
Take the HSL ferry that leaves from the Market Square (Kauppatori). Ferry timetable here.

Accessibility 
Accessing the HIAP studios, office, Gallery Augusta & Project Space by wheelchair is possible but we recommend to be accompanied by a person assisting because the entrance doors are not step-free. The HIAP toilets are not wheelchair-accessible but you can find accessible toilets on five different locations on the island indicated on this map. The closest one to the HIAP Studios is located in the Summer Theatre (building nr 36 on the Suomenlinna visitors’ map).

If you prefer to follow a more accessible route towards the HIAP premises, please check the map indicating more accessible routes on the island here. The map is also available at the Tourist Information Desk in the Jetty Barracks (building nr 2 on the visitors’ map). Please note that no signposts designate the accessible route in the terrain.

We are happy to help you plan your visit. Please contact us for additional information!