OPEN CALL
Pihatto Artist Residency serves as a refuge for creating one’s own art and provides space for new ways of thinking and working. Housed in a 19th-century barn, the residency reaches into the past, while also offering the opportunity to envision different futures through the medium of art. Here, art can enable a new perspective on the region's distinctive characteristics, such as its geographical location, multicultural history and current regional development challenges.
The residency can also be linked to the artist association's other facilities and ongoing projects, which are presented at the surroundings section. If your work is linked to these themes or ways of doing things, please mention this in your application. However, please note that the residency is open to all kinds of art-making.
We wish that you are open to engaging with the local community during your stay in a form of artist talk for example.
Application deadline: 25.09.2026 23:59 EEST(UTC+3)
Duration:1 to 3 months between November 2026 and April 2027
Who can apply: Professional artists with an emphasis on visual arts, but the residency also welcomes multi- and cross-disciplinary collaboration.
Questions? All questions can be sent to pihattoresidency@gmail.com. Please notice that we do not have regular staff, so it may take some days for us to reply.
Fee:The residency is free of charge.
How to apply?
Please send your application (in english or finnish) including
- motivation letter (max. A4)
- portfolio or a link to digital portfolio/website
- CV
- preferred time of your stay
combined as a single pdf (max. 10 mb) to pihattoresidency@gmail.com. Title your email: OPEN CALL 2026
Name your portfolio as follows: LASTNAME_FIRSTNAME_PAR.pdf
Only the applications that meet these criteria and are delivered on time can be considered. Residency selections are made during September by a group consisting of members from South Karelia Artists´ Association.
More information about Pihatto Artist Residency:
Pihatto Artist Residency (PAR)
is located in Lappeenranta, eastern Finland, on the grounds of the old vicarage, in a former animal shelter. The studio apartment is located on the upper floor of the building, while the lower floor serves as a gallery space. The residency is surrounded by an arboretum of hundreds of different woody plants and a courtyard inhabited by blackbirds, squirrels, foxes and hares.
The residence opens to the north with Lake Saimaa, the lights of the Kaukas mill to the east, the city center to the west, and the eastern border to the south. The residency welcomes professional artists with an emphasis on visual arts, but is also open to multi- and cross-disciplinary collaboration.