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The program for the Kehä Festival has been updated! One-to-One artworks 17. – 18.10.2025Culture Centre Valve, Oulu You are warmly welcome! The Organiser Cultural Cooperative ILME, in collaboration with Cultural Centre Valve. 

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Symposium: One-to-One Art in care communities October 16th, 2025, Cultural Centre Valve, OuluHybrid format available For whom? Social and healthcare professionals and students who want to use arts-based methods in their work or collaborate with artists. Art and culture professionals and students who want to work in care environments. Everyone who cares about art done … Read more

The artist selections 2025 for the One-to-One Art project have been made

The artist selections for the One-to-One Art project have been made! This year, we received 284 proposals for one-to-one artworks from all over Europe and the world, of which we selected 14. Some of the artists will perform their works both at the Kehä Festival in Oulu, Finland (14. – 18.10.2025) and the One-to-One Art … Read more

Experience Emma Fält’s online work on one-to-one art -portal

Celebrating  Di s  ta  n   c      e  and Proximity is a one-to-one performance by Emma Fält. The piece can be experienced outdoors and online alone or together with a buddy. The participative piece invites you on a journey during which we consider distance through physicality, listening and drawing. You can do it … Read more

A European portal for one-to-one art is now open!

The portal will gather in one place the relevant information of organisations, collectives, artists, residencies and festivals focusing on one-on-one artworks around Europe. The portal is meant for anyone who cares about this highly marginal and potential artform and wants to get connected. On the notice board you will find information of upcoming open calls, … Read more

Open call for one-to-one artworks is open from 15.1. to 28.2.2025

We invite you to propose your one-to-one artwork for our festivals. One-to-one art means works by one artist presented to only one person at a time. We welcome works from all artfields. Disabled artists are also welcome to participate. You can propose your work to the Kehä Festival in Oulu, Finland (held on 14.–18.10), to … Read more

Early Bird -campaign

You can now buy Early bird -ticket to the Kehä Festival! Check out the works on the Kehä and buy yourself a cheap Early bird ticket for 10€/15€! The campaign is valid from 17.6-27.6.2024. Book your spot here! You can take look at the schedule by clicking this link. The Kehä festival is open to the public and will be held … Read more

The artist selections for the One-to-One Art project have been made

The artist selections for the One-to-One Art project have been made. The selections have been made in cooperation with the Portuguese Companhia de Teatro Gato Escaldado, the Croatian Kuća Klajn / House of Klajn. This year, the Kehä festival program (October 30–November 2, 2024) consists of artists, some of whom also perform at the One-to-One … Read more

The selections for the Kehä festival have been made!

The selections for the Kehä festival have been made! Works from eight different countries have been selected for the 2024 Kehä repertoire: Dmytro Grynov: (Dis)connect (UA/DE) Eva Holts: Dia end (UA) Lena Giuliano: Things to do after you die (BR) Carla Gomes: Cabine (PT) Keumbyul Lim / Tevya Bombieri-Morales: The Blind Sight (DE) Mammu Rauhala: … Read more