Selected artists will spend 3 to 4 weeks at Our Air arts residency, using natural or environmentally friendly materials to create artworks in a designated forest area at Old Harbour in Jakobstad/Pietarsaari. All invited artists are experienced professional artists, who actively engage in discussions about climate change and emphasize the importance of valuing our natural resources and altering our perceptions of them.
The Old Harbour Art Trail is curated by Rita Leppiniemi, and produced by OUR AIR.
The main collaboration partner is City of Jakobstad.
Old Harbour Art Trail, 2 – 2025
Theme – Ecology
March 2025
Students from Fine Arts Programme, Novia.
ALINA FINN, MEGAN IHLE, ELISA JÜLLIG,
KATERYNA KOZIEI, MOA KRONQVIST,
WILMER NORDBERG, JULIA QUARNSTRÖM
Supervised by THOMAS MAY
June 2025
CHRISTINE COSTÉ, France
CASPAR HÜTER, Germany
ALEKSI JAAKKOLA, Iceland / Finland
TONY SHEPHERD, Great Britain
KIM RATHNAU, Germany
August 2025
EMMANUELLE PEPIN, France
LEENA REITTU, Finland
IVAN SMITH, Great Britain
UWE SCHÄFER, Germany
Old Harbour Art Trail, 1 – 2023
June 2023
HELINÄ HUKKATAIVAL, Finland
UTE RITSCHEL, Germany
July 2023
AMARSAIKHAN NAMSRAIJAV, Mongolia
CHIA-HUI LUO, Taiwan
August 2023
VEIKKO BJÖRK, Finland
ANNELI HOLMSTRÖM, Finland
SALLY KIDALL, Australia
THOMAS MAY, Germany
PIRKO JULIA SCHRÖDER, Germany