Taking place in Taideniity 2025

Artists' House in Taideniity, events with partners in 2025 - Stay tuned!

16.5.2025 at 18

Night of Museums Peace Parade

The aim of the Peace March is to highlight the importance of peace as a life-sustaining and vital force. Everyone is welcome, regardless of age, gender, world view, nationality, language, social status, political or religious background.

16.5.2025

Community mask workshop on the Night of Museums with Romurinsessa

Fri 16.5. at 17-20 | Taideniity community studio
Free admission | Non stop workshop
Join us to create big, decorative and mystical masks with ITE artist Romurinsessa Marjut Kauppinen! Recycled materials will be used to create communal artworks that will decorate the courtyard of Taideniity for the whole summer - as part of the cultural summer theme Cosmic Village Invitation.
The workshop is open to all ages and requires no pre-registration. Come by, have fun and leave your mark on the collective work!

The event is supported by the Finnish Association for Rural Education.

Marjut Kauppinen aka Romurinsessa is an ITE environmental artist. She lives in Onnela in the village of Korpijärvi in Lapinlahti, where her yard and individual buildings are home to a large number of works made from recycled materials, acrylic paintings and mosaic art.

23.5.2025

Opening of the summer season

The opening event on 23 May, part of Mental Health Art Week and a kick-off to the 2025 summer season, the theme for 2025 is The Call of the Cosmic Village. The opening event will also launch the summer season of the Fifty-Fifty summer café.

The Sudenkorento band, a folk/indie band made up of four Savo musicians, will perform. The members of the band are Arttu Turunen, Juha Rantala, Petri Veteli and Kaisa Kielovirta from Leppävirta.

7.6.2025 from 15 to 22

Warkaus Rock - event

Warkaus Rock roars for the fourth time. The whole family music event at Taideniity offers everything from melodic pop to heavy rock. Free entry!

As part of Vekara Varkaus week 9. - 11.6

2.8.2025

Are we related - lecture day

Interested in understanding DNA testing as a tool for traditional genealogy?

And what is a paternity test and how does it differ from a cousin test? This lecture day will explore the mysteries of genetic genealogy with practical examples and shed light on the role of different tests in genealogy and in a historical context.

Location Varkaus Taideniitty, KIssakoskenkatu 6 - Saturday 2.8.2025 from 9.30-13.30. Price includes coffee + small snack and the August issue of SUKU magazine as electronic version (value 14,95€). The number of participants is limited, so book your place early.

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