Arteles Creative Center

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Suomi
Hämeenkyrö
Arteles Creative Center

Soita Reittiohjeet Verkkosivusto

Read more & apply online: www.arteles.org

Arteles Creative Center in Hämeenkyrö, Finland, hosts thematic residency programs for artists, writers, researchers & creative professionals from all disciplines.

27/10/2026

An Autumn light meditation - The Autumn sun expressing its painterly side, sending the evening’s liquid gold sliding quietly through the old glass windows of Timber House. The oldest building at Arteles, Timber House dates back to 1902.

20/10/2026

Look who who we found in the library trying to finish up his book before the new book order arrives - 45 new books coming to the residency library soon, see list below. You can also see our existing library catalog on our Webstite > Creative Center > Facilities > Library books. (link in bio)
Thank you to all the residents for their book recommendations. If you have suggestions, we’d love to hear – you can post them in the comments below.
New books:
A. Damasio - Natural Intelligence + the Logic of Consciousness
R. Arnheim - Visual Thinking
K. Bara - Meeting the Universe Halfway
R. Barthes - Camera Lucida: Reflections on Photography
M. A. Boden - The Creative Mind
J.Bridle - Ways Of Being
R. Burbea - Seeing that Frees
J. Cage - Silence: Lectures and Writing
F. Campagne - Technic and Magic: The Reconstruction of Reality
C. Warter - Psychedelics and Human Potential
E.Coccia - Metamorphoses
G. Deleuze, F. Guattari - A Thousand Plateaus
A. Dunne + F. Raby - Speculative Everything: Design, Fiction, and Social Dreaming
E. Easwaran - The Upanishads
I. Engholm - Design for the New World
P. Goff - Why? The Purpose of the Universe
T. Gordon - The Composer’s Black Box
J. Hillman - Dream and the Underworld
E. Hoel - The World Behind the World
D. Hofstadter - I am a Strange Loop
P. House - Nineteen Ways of Looking at Consciousness
C. Koch - Then I Am Myself The World
L. A. Likkanen - Finnish Sauna
I. McGilchrist - The Matter With Things
D. Meadows - Thinking in Systems
M. Merleau-Ponty - Phenomenology of Perception
S. Nisdargadatta-Maharaj - I am that
A. Noë - The Entanglement: How Art & Philosophy Make us What we Are
P. Oliveros - Quantum Listening
V. Papanek - Nomadic Furniture
M. Pollan - How to Change Your Mind
S. Rendgen - Understanding the World
C. Rovelli - The Order of Time
R. Rucker - The Fourth Dimension
S. Simard - Finding the Mother Tree
L. Stein, D. Rickles - Varieties of Nothingness
Hermes Trismegistus - The Book of Hermetica: The three essential texts
F. J. Varela, E. Thopson, E. Rosch - The Embodied Mind
D. Vis - Study Trip
and more…

13/10/2026

As seen on TV! 😅 Here are some behind-the-scenes moments from the recent ARTE documentary, following our September resident Molly Hankinson for a day during her Back to Basics residency - part of a month spent offline and without her phone.
The documentary is now available on YouTube for anyone who would like to watch with English subtitles - Link in bio.
Thanks to Molly Hankinson and the production crew and
Thanks again to all our participating residents! You can find our full list of 2026 resident profiles on the Arteles website. (link in bio / highlights)

11/10/2026

European cultural broadcaster ARTE visits Arteles for an episode of its cultural program TWIST, exploring creatives’ relationships with smartphones, digital detox and the possibilities of life offline.

08/10/2026

Residency yard in its autumn tranquility.
📷: Teemu

29/09/2026

September setting the Autumn vibes. Misty mornings, golden sunsets and harvest moon.

22/09/2026

September Back to Basics residents Dominique Somers and Rodrigo Ribeyro spotted our grooviest neighbours while out walking. In Finnish there’s a saying “svengaa kuin hirvi” which means to groove like a moose.
📷: Dominique Somers - Dominique Somers

Clip from video footage by: Rodrigo Ribeyro - .ribeyro
*In keeping with the Back to Basics thematics of being offline, Rodrigo has temporarily deactivated his Instagram account.

Still from video footage by Rodrigo Ribeyro - .ribeyro
*In keeping with the Back to Basics thematics of being offline, Rodrigo has temporarily deactivated his Instagram account.

17/09/2026

Here we can see sauna in its natural habitat. The fall colours have arrived - in Finland the word for this is Ruska.

08/09/2026

Hi. A perfect little Amanita Muscaria. 🍄
Those characteristic white spots are remnants of the protective veil that surrounds the mushroom when young. As it grows, the veil breaks apart, leaving little patches scattered across the cap.
📷: Chantal Gagnon

04/09/2026

Call for entries : WAY BEYOND - Thematic residency program for artists, creatives, scientists & researchers in Finland
1 Month periods in April / May 2027 at Arteles Creative Center, Finland
Application Deadline : 29 October 2026
Curious about the cosmos, consciousness, the nature of the mind, and the unknown?
Drawn to exploring deeper dimensions - whether metaphysical, psychological, mystical, or quantum molecular?
Way Beyond is a transdisciplinary program that brings together open-minded, curiosity-driven individuals interested in expanding our understanding of reality, perception, and how we experience it.
The program offers the support and space to contemplate, process, and develop your ideas and perspectives. It’s an opportunity to imagine new possibilities, envision future horizons, and explore better ways of being, purpose, and understanding. Share your perspectives and be inspired by fellow deep thinkers and explorers of the unknown, all eager to transcend the boundaries of mind, matter, and the mundane.

Osoite

Hahmajärventie 26
Hämeenkyrö
38490

Puhelin

+358503006304

Verkkosivusto

https://www.arteles.org/

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