Interested in membership of Helsinki Artists' Association?

The Helsinki Artists’ Association (HAA) promotes the modes of operation and position of the visual arts domain with diverse education, project, and exhibition activities as well as with multidisciplinary collaboration.

The Helsinki Artists’ Association is an organisation advancing the interests of its over 900 professional visual artist members based in Helsinki. Founded in 1967, HAA’s core activities include arranging exhibitions and art lending services, international operations, and the course and education services in visual arts provided by the Art School. HAA values sustainability, communality, professionalism, diversity, glocality combining locality and internationality, and it seeks to advance the availability and accessibility of the visual arts.

Helsinki Artists’ Association offers its members versatile member services and benefits. What is more, the members of HAA are also members of the Union of Finnish Art Associations and will thus be entitled to discounts of e.g. art museum entrance fees and art supply prices and can apply for exhibition programmes.

Professional visual artists and art students living in Helsinki can apply for the membership of the Helsinki Artists’ Association. The application can be submitted either in Finnish or English.

The current annual membership fee is €70, and the fee for the following year is always determined in the annual meeting in December.

The member application round of Helsinki Artists' Association 2024

 

  • The application round of 2024 was organised 1 October–15 November. By the end of the round, a total of 105 applications was received.
  • The new members were selected by the Helsinki Artists’ Association Board in its meeting on 4 December. Based on assessment by the members of the Board, the selection was carried out by counting in the points (on a scale of 1–5) given to the applicants. This year, the limit was 3.6 points, which resulted in 27 artists being selected as members.
  • Our warmest thanks to all applicants!

member application ROUND 2024

 

The Helsinki Artists’ Association member application round of 2024 has ended.

Thank you to all applicants for showing interest towards our association!

selection criteria

  • Professional visual artists and art students living in Helsinki can apply for the membership of the Helsinki Artists’ Association.
  • Both the works of art and CV of the applicants are assessed, the main focus being in the quality of the works of art.
  • In your CV, please highlight your education, solo exhibitions, joint exhibitions, memberships in other artists’ associations, collection purchases, public works, art projects / performances / other artistic activities, positions of trust, residencies, art teaching, etc.
  • It is of utmost importance to attach good-quality and up-to-date photos of your works of art to the application form. Cohesion is key – please do not submit a retrospective compilation of works from the last ten years or a mixed set of different pieces, but rather a coherent selection from the last couple of years.