The Saari Residence in Mynämäki, Southwest Finland has an Open Call for the 2025 Residency Programme for professional artists and groups.
Located in a culturally and historically significant countryside setting, the Saari Residence offers an inspiring working environment supporting artistic development and creativity. Residence participants are encouraged to delve into their artistic work and to develop potential new directions for it side by side with the other residents. The Saari Residence also provides a unique platform for artists to meet each other and share their ideas.
The residencies are intended for individual professional artists, fiction writers, poets, novelists, translators, curators and critics, and artistic collectives (minimum group size is 3 people) of all disciplines and all nationalities. They welcome artists at all stages of their professional life. Priority is given to multidisciplinary, new, or non-mainstream themes and fields of art. Artists with families and partners are also welcome to apply.
The two-month individual residency periods are:
- January to February 2025
- March to April 2025
- September to October 2025
- November to December 2025
Group residencies for 2 to 4 weeks take place during the months of June, July and August 2025.
The individual residency includes an apartment, a workspace and a monthly grant according to the artist’s experience:
- 2,700 EUR/month (beginning of career)
- 3,200 EUR/month (mid-career, min. 10 years of artistic work)
- 3,800 EUR/month (experienced, min. 20 years of artistic work)
Residents can apply for support for ecological travel. If the journey takes more than a week in total, it is possible to also apply for a work grant for the travel.
Artists arriving from Global South can apply for support for the flights and the fees for visas (processing and possible travel). Global South refers to Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Middle East and Asia (excluding Korea, Hong Kong, Japan, Taiwan and Singapore).
