Carla Gomes: Cabin Photo: Anniina Kettunen
Symposium: One-to-One Art in care communities
Cultural Centre Valve 16.10.2025
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 with one person at a time.
The symposium is free of charge.
In the symposium, we will explore the diverse ways in which one-to-one art has been done in care environments—and what more could be done.
How can professionals in social and healthcare services utilize art in their client work? What structural challenges and opportunities there are in bringing art into the social and healthcare sector? What ethical questions need to be considered?
The symposium is part of the Kehä Festival of One-to-One Art, where artists from all across Europe perform for one person at a time. All artworks take place both in care environments and at the public event at Kulttuuritalo Valve.
Come to enjoy and learn, to network and make an impact!
PROGRAM
MORNING. Hybrid implementation. Valvesali Hall. FROM 9:30 TO 12:15
The event will be hosted by: Marita Oja - Cultural Cooperative ILME
9:00 – 9:30 Coffee
Valveen Paljetti Café
9:30 – 9:45 Welcome words
Aino Granlund and Timo Harju
9:45 – 10:00 Work demo
Jaakko Autio: Nature Within
Kehä Festival artist
10:00 – 10:45 One-on-one art encounters in care communities
Riku Laakkonen, Tampere University
10:45 – 11:00 Break
11:00 – 11:25 In the Same Boat – short film by director Mervi Junkkonen and Mia Malviniemi
Remote greeting by Mia Malviniemi – Artist at Home project
11:25 – 12:15 Panel discussion: What is possible in one-to-one art?
- Mikko Oranen, Hoivatie
- Jaana du Toit, Clubhouse Pönkkä, Nuorten Ystävät
- Expert by experience from Clubhouse Pönkkä
- Eva Nina Lampič and Harri Piispanen, Kehä Festival artists
12:15 – 13:00 Lunch break (self-funded)
AFTERNOON. Workshops facilitated by Kehä Festival artists. FROM 13:00 TO 15:15
13:00 – 14:00 WORKSHOPS
Workshop on Calmness and Concentration
Aapo Nikkanen
Light hypnosis techniques as tools for independent focus and relaxation.
Workshop in Finnish.
Cultural Centre Valve, Dance Studio 1
Small Stories from Life
Katri Rauanjoki
In this workshop, we work with question cards that help clients talk about their life situation, understand the reasons and circumstances behind events, and reflect on the future.
Workshop in Finnish.
Cultural Centre Valve, Kantti Crafts Workshop
Drawing with the Senses - THE WORKSHOP IS FULL
Ines Magalhaes
We explore perception and let our senses lead, discovering new ways of seeing, feeling, and expressing through the act of drawing.
Workshop in English.
Cultural Centre Valve, Dance Studio 2
Making of C8H11NO2
Room 100
Come see the short film Blink by Jakov Labrović, which tells the background of the contemporary circus performance C8H11NO2 (2.0) by the ROOM 100 collective. After the film, there will be a discussion on how mental challenges, and their effects on social interaction, can be explored in a one-to-one art piece.
Workshop in English.
Cultural Centre Valve, Valvesali Hall
13:00 - 14:30 A facilitated remote meeting Future of one-to-one art
Timo Harju, Kehä-festivaalin taiteellinen johtaja
A facilitated remote meeting for art and culture professionals. In the meeting we network with each other and brainstorm cooperation related to one-to-one art.
Workshop in English.
14:15 – 15:15 WORKSHOPS
Grounding Workshop
Signe Levä
Guided partner work where each person helps the other, in turn, to sense and be present in the moment.
Workshop in Finnish.
Cultural Centre Valve, Dance Studio 3
Choreographing in Virtual Reality
Rebecca Evans
A peek into choreographing in VR, with a focus on consent and care.
Workshop in English.
Cultural Centre Valve, Dance Studio 1
The Art of Listening
Giulia Gallina
A journey into sonic awareness, blending sound walks and mindful listening to uncover the vibrations, subtle voices, and poetic echoes that inhabit a space.
Workshop in English.
At Madetoja Park. In case of rain: Cultural Centre Valve, Dance Studio 2
Take My Love workshop - THE WORKSHOP IS FULL
Eva Holts
In the workshop, we hear love stories and write our own.
Workshop in English.
Cultural Centre Valve, Kantti Crafts Workshop
Online work Celebrating the Distance - Emma Fält
Registration for the symposium
One-to-One Art in care communities 16.10.2025
- You can participate in both the morning and afternoon sessions -or just either one.
- The morning session is available also on-line.
- The program is bilingual: morning presentations are in English, but discussion is welcome in Finnish as well. Presentation slides will be in both English and Finnish. Workshops can be attended in your own language.
You will receive a confirmation email once your registration has been processed.
If you have any questions regarding registration or other matters related to the Symposium, please contact kehafestivaali [at] gmail.com.
Symposium is organized by Cultural Cooperative ILME
in collaboration with Cultural Centre Valve
Address
Hallituskatu 7
90100 Oulu
