Articles

• Learning from the best in the field – a donation to the Theatre Academy made a special masterclass possible
• Roy Boswell and Xiao Zhiyu Selected for Alumni Residencies in Scotland and New York
• The cosmology of the African Bakongo people inspired an album of music featuring a traditional Brazilian instrument
• Curator Nina Liebenberg creates spaces where science meets poetry
• New international research reveals widespread and systemic sexual violence in the arts and culture sector 
• Saastamoinen foundation grants 1.3 million euros to strengthen international networks and research programmes in fine arts
• Uniarts Helsinki’s Theatre Academy: Arts institutions must take responsibility for upholding the Sámi people’s rights
• “We are at a turning point”: IN.TUNE alliance highlights the future of European arts research
• Idiorrhythmic Imaginaries research exhibition events
• Arts management student: I want to help shape the future of the arts
• A man of many talents: for accordionist Janne Valkeajoki, musical versatility is part of his identity
• Uniarts Helsinki’s Open University studies are now listed on the Opin.fi website
• Uniarts Hub offers support for developing art-based business ideas in spring 2026
• Keval Shah: With technical prowess comes liberation
• Breaking down silos: diverse voices shaped the IN.TUNE university alliance’s first research event
• Keval Shah: True respect and knowledge of the tradition is a gateway to the future of the genre
• Deaf history takes the stage – and confronts centuries of violence
• Get inspired by studies in the arts at Uniarts Helsinki’s Open University next spring!
• Applications for the Creative Entrepreneur program are now open – grab the tools for entrepreneurship!
• Newly appointed professor of curating, exhibiting and mediating in contemporary art wants to train curators who can connect art, research and society
• Exhibition at Kuva/Tila showcases works by students from the Academy of Fine Arts and Universität der Künste Berlin
• Kaikukortti to be accepted at Theatre Academy performances starting in November
• A mirror from The Hague – building collaboration in music education
• Keval Shah: With creative freedom, you aren’t bound by the score
• Uniarts Helsinki’s con­fer­ment cer­e­mony 2024 in pic­tures
• The International Research Advisory Board urges Uniarts Helsinki to profile its research
• Sibelius Academy’s Violeta Simjanovska invited by King Charles to Royal reception in London
• A new book: Socially engaged art practices strengthen inclusion and support the resilience of democracy 
• A Theatre Academy student production to be featured at the international Fast Forward Festival
• Uniarts Helsinki warns that a legislative reform may lead to inequality in music studies  
• Call for alumni: apply for a funded residency at ISCP in New York
• Uniarts Helsinki endorses the appeal to exclude Israel from the EU’s Horizon Europe framework programme
• Music can both harm and heal the mind – A new book explores music therapy in the rehabilitation of torture survivors and refugees
• Opening of the 2025–2026 academic year highlighted art and science in uncertain times
• Rec­tor Kaarlo Hildén’s speech at the open­ing of the aca­d­e­mic year 2025-2026
• Alum of the Year Noora Dadu: “Art is always inherently political in some way”
• Alum of the Year Jimmy López: “The Sibelius Academy gave me some of the most formative years of my life”
• Alum of the Year Iiu Susiraja started pursuing photography for fun – “Things just blew up overnight”
• Iiu Susiraja, Jimmy López and Noora Dadu are Uniarts Helsinki’s Alumni of the Year 2025
• New album presents the piano of the future – the world of microtones opens up with Finnish talent
• “Learning with the whole body” – Malax brings the performing arts into schools with impressive results
• Call for alumni to the residency programme in Scotland
• Join Tarek Atoui for a keynote on improvisation and participation
• Autumn at the Academy of Fine Arts: personal stories, international collaborations and artistic research in times of crises
• Hanna Kuusela, Leena Niemistö and Alf Rehn selected to the Uniarts Helsinki Board
• International Visitor Programme in Lied returns to Sibelius Academy with acclaimed line-up of artists
• ”Improvisation is a way of finding meaning in the world”, says sound artist Tarek Atoui
• Riikka Talvitie receives the first International Prize for Artistic Research in Music
• Doctoral researcher Aizhan Sultan: A journey through music, identity and inclusion
• The Open University offers inspiring studies in Music Technology and Sound Art & Sonic Arts
• “Artistic research builds up, it doesn’t tear down” – Anu Lampela believes in the power of art to change the world
• Priss Niinikoski selected for the 2026-2027 Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten residency
• Uniarts Helsinki: Weakening tax incentives jeopardises the funding base of higher education institutions
• Uniarts Hub of­fers sup­port for de­vel­op­ing art-based busi­ness ideas
• Unlock new skills this autumn – apply for courses at Uniarts Helsinki’s Open University starting from 17 June 2025
• Uniarts Helsinki appoints top management: Ossi Naukkarinen the new vice rector for research, Kaisa Rönkkö the new Sibelius Academy dean
• The new results of the University of the Arts Helsinki’s student surveys have been published
• Wind orchestra conducting student: “I wish the role of military bands as musical national defence was more widely recognised”
• Internationally acclaimed artist and composer Tarek Atoui brings his sound art to Helsinki
• Lauri Suurpää reveals how music is constructed beneath the surface through theory and analysis