News

16 Dec 2024

Welcoming our new Chair, Board Member and Residency Assistant!

Vappu Renko is HIAP’s new Chairperson from 1st January 2025 Vappu Renko is a Senior Researcher at the Center for…

12 Dec 2024

HIAP is an Apartheid Free Zone

Background On 7 June 2024, HIAP Spring 2024 Residents collectively withdrew from the HIAP Open Studios as a call for…

4 Dec 2024

Kevin Bellò: Reflections during the Helsinki International Curatorial Programme

I recently had the transformative experience of participating in the Helsinki International Curatorial Programme (HICP), a residency hosted by Frame…

4 Dec 2024

“The Sense of Utopias”

Notes and Reflections during the Helsinki International Curatorial Programme By Malena Souto Arena (Argentina) I Utopia, vanguard, hope. I arrived…

16 Oct 2024

HIAP is Hiring – Residency Assistant (Part Time / Fixed Term)

Work with HIAP! We are looking for a part time Residency Assistant to support our international artist in residence programme…

11 Oct 2024

Process to respond to the call for HIAP to join the BDS Movement and become an Apartheid Free Zone

Background On 7 June 2024, HIAP Spring 2024 Residents collectively withdrew from the HIAP Open Studios as a call for…

2 Sep 2024

HIAP ottaa vastuulleen FAIRE-verkoston koordinoinnin

(Information in English) Suomen Taiteilijaseuran Ateljeesäätiö ja HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme ovat yhdessä sopineet, että FAIRE-verkoston koordinointitehtävä siirtyy…

2 Sep 2024

HIAP to coordinate FAIRE Finnish Artist Residency Network

(in Finnish / Lisätietoa suomeksi) The Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation and the Helsinki International Artist Programme (HIAP) have mutually agreed…

27 Aug 2024

ANASTASIIA SVIRIDENKO: Gardens of the living and the dead

The Ukrainian artist Anastasiia Sviridenko’s residency at HIAP Suomenlinna Studios took place from May to July 2024, during a…

1 Jul 2024

Open Calls For Residencies (Helsinki & Dublin)

We are delighted to announce a few open calls! An international open call for 3-month artist residencies at HIAP –…

25 Jun 2024

Emma Beverley is the new Director of HIAP

The HIAP board has appointed Emma Beverley as the new Director of HIAP – Helsinki International Artist Programme. Her five-year…

28 May 2024

MICHAELA CASKOVÁ: WEATHERING ADVENTURES

Michaela Casková (she/her) is a visual artist, educator, nomadic gardener, host, friend, and forager who keeps an eye on atmospheric…

27 Mar 2024

HIAP hakee johtajaa

(Information and instructions in English) Nykyisen pitkäaikaisen johtajan siirtyessä toiseen toimeen HIAP (Helsinki International Artist Programme) hakee näkemyksellistä ja kyvykästä…

27 Mar 2024

HIAP is looking for a Director

(Information in Finnish / Hakuohjeet suomeksi) When the current long-term Director moves on to another position, HIAP (Helsinki International Artist…

2 Oct 2023

Open Calls for Finland-based Artists and Curators for 2024 / Helsinki, Frankfurt, Dublin

We are happy to announce several open calls for Finnish and Finland-based artists and curators! Open calls for the HIAP…

2 Oct 2023

International Open Calls for the HIAP Residency Programme 2024

We are happy to announce international open calls for the HIAP Residency Programme for the year 2024! 3-month residencies for…

15 Aug 2023

EMILIA UKKONEN: LOOKING FOR SPIRITS IN TOKYO

Emilia Ukkonen spent a few months at the Arts Initiative Tokyo Residency in Japan, a whole two years after she…

1 Aug 2023

Tommi Parkko, 2022, Buenos Aires

Tommi Parkko used his time in Filba residency in Buenos Aires to promote the cause of poetry, his own as…

26 Jun 2023

IONA ROISIN: BETWEEN TIMES, PLACES, PEOPLE

Iona Roisin (b. 1989) is a British artist and poet based in Helsinki, who spent a few months in 2022…

13 Jun 2023

ASPIRATIONS ARE THERE – LONG DISTANCE RESIDENCY PROJECT

In mid-June 2020 HIAP launched an Open Call for Trans-Siberian Land-based Long-distance trip where we asked people to join a…