As part of Here and There project, Onur Tayranoğlu appeared as a character called "stranger" in Mänttä on 31st October, enlisting the help of Mäntän Lukio students to navigate and get familiar with the art town. By using a fictional narrative as an organizing framework, Onur has performed several public interventions in Mänttä since the beginning of their residency period as the stranger, aiming to meet the residents in performative situations. As it is expected, the mysterious appearance of the stranger has caused curiosity within the public. Seeking for a welcoming environment, the stranger has attempted to become friends with Mäntän Lukio students through 4 weekly gatherings. During the gatherings, the students were addressed as the guides helping the stranger to navigate in Mänttä. Here and There project is soon resulting in a mini-exhibition to share the stranger's eventful period of wandering. The exhibition will be showcasing traces of the overall performative process of the stranger trying to navigate in the town, as well as an installation imagined to be a home of the stranger in Mänttä made in collaboration with the students. The exhibition will open on Thursday 14th at 15.00 with a performative presentation taking place at 15.30. Opening dates and hours: Thursday, 14 December 2023, 15.00-18.00. Friday, 15 December 2023, 12.00-18.00. Monday (18th), Tuesday (19th), Wednesday (20th) December 2023, 12.00-18.00.

Autere-opisto Oppen Orchestra performs, Work Shop

Current Art Works by Sanni Saari and Ilan Lehto

Artists Sanni Saari and Ilan Lehto present their exhibition Uncertain & Obscure.

Artists: Henrik Härkönen, Finland Tadeo Muleiro, Argentina Lotta Lemetti, Indonesia/Finland and Brahmma Putra Wijaya, Indonesia Art in Photo: Lotta Lemetti

Henrik Härkönen | Sculptures Tadeo Moleiro | Textile sculpture Lotta Lemetti | Syanotypes Minttu Saarinen | Sound scape drawings Video portraits of artists by Brahmma Putra Wijaya

Taiteilijat esittäytyvät ja esittelevät näyttelynsä. Vapaa pääsy. Kuvassa Ilai Lehdon villahuovutus

Artists. Anne Chen, USA Tomás Creus, Argentina/Germany Ilai Lehto, Finland Katja Öhrnberg, Finland

Artists. Anne Chen, USA Tomás Creus, Argentina/Germany Ilai Lehto, Finland Katja Öhrnberg, Finland

The artists present themselves: Eriko Fujita, Japan Luciana Mariano, Brazil/Finland Minjee Hwang Kim, South Korea/Finland Two exhibitions are on display in the gallery: Eriko Fujita's Japanese woodcut graphics, mokuhanga in the exhibition Neighbors and Luciana Mariano's naive painting series Finding Home. Eriko Fujitan demonstrates the processes of making mokuhanga, the audience gets to try out printing! Free entry! A small serving. Kauppaneuvoksenkatu 3, Mänttä Photo: Eriko Fujita: Trembling mass, mokuhanga, 2023 (part image)

Eriko Fujita, Japan Neighbours, mokuhanga Luciana Mariano, Brazil/Finland: Finding Home, paintings

Artist: Lauri Mäkimurto, Eriko Fujita (Japan) and Luciana Mariano (Brail/Finland). Light refreshments. Free entry.

Paintings and comics by Lauri Mäkimurto produced during his residency period. Photo: E.T. phones home, acrylic on canvas, 2023.

Artist Aleksi Kolmonen shows his latest works. Karaoke. Light refreshments. Free entry.

Sarjakuvataiteilija Hanneriina Moisseinen esittäytyy. Pientä tarjoilua. Vapaa pääsy.

Jenni Yppärilän avoin työhuone. Autere-opiston avoimen orkesterin konsertti klo 17. Glögitarjoilu. Vapaa pääsy

Artists: Jolene Mok (Hong Kong) eetu Keverinmäki (Finland)

Fanny Varjo, veistosinstallaatio Raisa Raekallio & Misha del Val, maalauksia, Kaija Hinkula kuvia sarjasta Sketching Realities. . Kuva: Raisa Raekalloi & Misha del Val: I Wish I Was There, öljyväri 2022

Artists in September: lio & Misha del Val, Fanny Varjo, Kaija Hinkula and Jolene Mok Photeo: Fanny Varjo: Feels like three degrees, north wind, installation 2022

Valeria Bertesina (Italy): Genius loci - Mänttä unwritten Caroline Clerc (USA): Wherever it looped or ran photoinstallations Takeshi Moro (Japani/USA) Photo and video works Kaori Yamashita (Japani/USA): Piling stone istallation Picture: Kaori Yamashita: Piling Stone (detail)

Artists in July: Kaori Yamashita, Japan/USA Takeshi Moro, Japan/USA Caroline Clerc, USA Christiana De Marchi, Italy/Lebanon/Saudi-Arabia

Gijs Dragd & Stan Pertusa (Netherlands) Finnish Impressions paintings, photo and video works Ilkka Väätti: Mundus Sketch paintings 28.–29.5. from noon to 6 pm.

Open Studios: Alexander Salvesen, Milja Viita and George Finlay Ramsay.

The exhibition features paper-based wearable sculptures by Anita Gratzer and wooden sculptures by Yasushi Koyama.

Artists Anita Gratzer and Yasushi Koyama purest themselves and their exhibition.

Collages and collections of objects from the artists past.

The opening of Paula Salmelas exhibition Exposed Time.

Voiko kotikaupungiksi kutsua paikkaa, jossa asut kolme kuukautta elämästäsi? Missä kotipaikkasi on, jos sekä paikka että koti ovat vain mielikuvituksessasi? Mänttää kuvaavien akvarellitöiden rinnalla esillä oli mielikuvitukseen, myytteihin ja tosiasioihin perustuvia teoksia, jotka kuvaavat siirtolaisuuden kokeneen perheen historiaa.

Autere-opisto Open Orchestra performed music by Michael Jackson and from the animation Snowman.

Open Doors and a Christmas Card Workshop

The dance performance When You Are Not There by Italian dance artist and choreographer Maria Fonzino, who lives in Paris, originated during the corona pandemic. The choreography is based on correspondence between Maria and four mothers. In their letters, they described their misery caused by isolation and loneliness. From these letters and movement descriptions originated the work to be performed at the residency. The work is performed by Maria and alongside Marjo Örn, a choreographer and dance teacher from Jämsä with her dance students.

September Friday Coffee Sep 24 from 4 to 6 pm. Artists in September: Iris Honderdos and Arno Peeters (The Netherlands) Katriina Haikala,(Finland) At the gallery is persent the exhibition by Katriina Haikala, Makiko Nishikaze (Japan/Germany) and Martirene Alvántara (Mexico/USA)

Martirene Alcántara, Mexico/USA Makiko Nishikaze, Japan/Germany Katriina Haikala, Finland

The summer 2021 exhibition at the Serlachius Residency Gallery presents abstract paintings by Tuomas Korkalo, some of which were realized during the residency period in the spring of 2021.The exhibition also presents the stages production of the Art Wall Project of the Mäntylinna housing company.

Makiko Nishikaze, a Japanese-German audio and video artist introduces herself and presents her wind-related project. Free entry. Kauppaneuvoksenkatu 3, Mänttä.

Sami Funke: Beethovenens Horse Kirsimaria Törönen: Quiet Investigations

The term ‘Kaamos’ refers to the lightless period of the year (above the 60th latitude) when the sun lingers below the horizon. Kaamos is the time of darkness, of stillness and quietude and of the arctic light, a time of storytelling, contemplation and of taking a rest. A Sami legend tells us of the ‘Nest days’, because it was believed that the sun rests like an egg in its nest during that time. ‘Kaamos’ also stands for a mental state that is difficult to endure and is also used synonymously for winter depression in Finnish culture.

Guido Mitidieri : agonia dell’identitá 20.–29.11. Residenssitaiteilija Guido Mitidierin näyttely Agonia dell’identitá | Identiteetin tuska residenssin galleriassa 20.–29.11. ke-su klo 12–18.

Marraskuun perjantaikahveilla taiteilija Guido Mitidierin ohjaama piirustusperformanssi klo 17 alkaen.

Henrik Härkönen presents his exhibition Broken Spirits & Dead Forms.

Serlachius-residenssissä työskentelevä Henrik Härkönen esittelee uusia teoksiaan näyttelyssä Broken Spirits & Dead Forms eli Rikkinäiset henget, kuolleet muodot. Härkönen esittää taiteessaan sisäisiä tuntemuksia ei-esittävän muodon kautta. Tämän näyttelyn teemana on melankolia. Härkönen kuvailee residenssissä maailmanlaajuisen pandemian aikana valmistuneiden teosten taustoja: ”Tällaisessa tilanteessa työskentelyni hakee turvaa veistosten selkeistä geometrisista muodoista ja maalausten ennalta-arvaamattomista sommitelmista, joiden tarkoitus on jäsentää pahoinvointi niin, että siitä voi selviytyä”.

Elokuun residenssivieras esittäytyy: Kuvataiteilija Henrik Härkönen

Kuvataiteilijat Hannamari Matikainen (s. 1976) ja Krister Gråhn (s. 1979) ovat työskennelleet yhdessä eri projekteissa vuodesta 2002 lähtien. Uudelleen-näyttelyssä nähdään merkkihenkilöiden rintakuvia ja kuvataiteen tunnettuja teoksia silikonivedoksina toteutettuna. Matikainen ja Gråhn ovat kehittäneet tekniikan, jossa veistoksista tai ihmisistä otettu silikonivalu on litistetty ja sen jälkeen vedostettu paperille. Lopputuloksena on samaan aikaan tuttuja ja jännittäviä kuvia, joissa vakiintuneet aiheet saavat uuden paikan ja merkityksen taiteen historiassa.

Heinäkuun residenssivieraat esittäytyvät: Kuvataiteilijat Hannu Lukin ja Hannamari Matikainen sekä valokuvaaja Marko Marin

Tamperelainen, Mänttään työhuoneensa tänä keväänä muuttanut Janne Laine (s. 1970) on Suomen merkittävimpiä taidegraafikoita. Hänen teoksensa ovat useimmiten hiljaisia maisemia, joiden tunnelma syntyy alkuvoimaisen luontonäkymän, veden, höyryn, tumman kiven, varjon ja valon yhdistelmästä. Monet kuva-aiheet hän on löytänyt toiseksi kotimaakseen kutsumastaan Islannista. Yhä useammin Laine on löytänyt inspiraatiota myös suomalaisesta kuusimetsästä ja värikkäistä niittymaisemista. Hänen tekniikkansa on valokuvapohjainen heliogravyyri tai polymeerigravyyri.

Kesän residenssivieraat esittäytyvät: Kuvataiteilija Hannu Lukin ja valokuvaaja Marko Marin. Perjantaikahvien yhteydessä residenssin pihapiirissä nähdään Hannu Lukinin pikamuotokuvamaalausta. Lukin maalaa muotokuvan Serlachius-residenssin pihapiirissä mallinaan mänttäläinen henkilö

The premier of Leena Pukki’s work Jää hyvästi, mummola (Farewell Granny’s place) 6 Jan 2019 was presented at Serlachius Museum Gösta’s Kivijärvi hall. Artist Leena Pukki stayed in Serlachius Residency in 2016. The work depicts how the grandparents of the artist move from the rural area to the centre of a small town. It is about getting old, self-determination, family ties, trauma, caring, attachment to a certain place and generations’ different opinions.

Serlachius Residency’s artist Hollie Miller, Sigbjørn Bratlie and Andrii Dostliev were present.  Karelia was discussed on the basis of Andrii Dostliev’s project.

Residency guests for March were Guido Mitidieri (Italy/Finland), Yuichiro Sato (Japan/ Finland), Ann Sundholm (Finland) and Madelynne Cornish (Australia).

Artist Kirsimaria E. Törönen worked in the Serlachius Residency in 2018.

Artists in-residence Madelynne Cornish, Guido Mitidieri and Yuichiro Sato presented themselves and reported as to how their work has progressed.

Artists Guido Mitidieri, David Waterworth and Aino Kannisto, Fabien Blot were present.

Canadian film maker Marianna Milhorat has filmed hounds’ predator tests in Mänttä and elsewhere. During the Friday coffee she explained why. Artist and lecturer Christopher Taylor (USA) has been keen to examine father’s role in Finnish families. During the Friday coffee he organised a short drawing workshop for the children.  David Waterworth (UK) collects images and short stories about every-day objects. Why for someone wool slippers are symbols for the Serlachius Museums?

Serlachius Residency Gallery had open doors during Gustaf’s Trunk flea market. British curator David Waterworth presented the project that he has been working during his residency period: he has collected stories behind every-day objects which symbolise the Serlachius Museums for the local people.

Residency guests for August presented themselves: Maddie Leach, Nisrine Boukhari and Eero Yrjölä. Participants also included artist group CTG Collective, gathered together by New York- based curator Catinca Tabacaru: Admire Kamudzengerere, Shinji Murakami, Xavier Robles de Medina, Terrence Musekiwa, Rachel Monosov, Justin Orvis Steimer, Elena Näsänen, Jaakko Leeve, Johanna Rytkölä and curator Raphael Guilbert.