Night of the Arts fills Pori with diverse cultural experiences this coming Saturday
On Saturday 16 August, the Night of the Arts will be held in Pori for the second time, inviting locals and travellers to be surprised, delighted, and inspired by a rich variety of art events. Most of the programme is free of charge, and the city centre will serve as the main stage.
Organised by Porikorttelit, the Night of the Arts features events by various organisers, including the City of Pori. Here are some tips from the city’s own programme. The full Night of the Arts programme can be found here.
At the City Centre Youth Centre, the Youth Unit’s Art Tour will take place between 18:00–22:00. Activities include a badge-making workshop, music activities, and creating a community art piece. The event is free of charge.
The Children’s Culture Centre Kruunupää offers a free non-stop short film screening “New Worlds” for young people and adults from 18:00–20:00. The films are made by film students from Metropolia University of Applied Sciences. Visitors can also explore Kruunupää’s summer exhibitions FRESHLY SQUEEZED – The Allure of Painting and Material and Kirsi Jaakkola: Overpainted.
The Pori Art Museum in Eteläranta is open during the Night of the Arts from 10:00–20:00. Let yourself be carried away by the exhibitions! Draw what you hear or paint your impressions during your museum visit. The Art Museum offers small, fun activities throughout the day and evening. Participation with the price of admission. Current exhibitions: Circle: Point, Maire Gullichsen and the Turning Points of Modernism, Laura Lilja: Cargo Colours, Marta María Pérez Bravo and Hillevi Vähälä-Aranko.
Pori Sinfonietta will perform two free concerts of about 30 minutes each during the Night of the Arts, featuring the same programme. The programme includes works by Mozart, Pori-born composer Selim Palmgren, and a piece by Camille Saint-Saëns, with Pori Sinfonietta’s concertmaster Ion Buinovschi as soloist. In the Promenadisali lobby, ticket offers and Pori Sinfonietta’s recordings will be available for purchase. The orchestra’s Friends Association, Pro Pori Sinfonietta, will also be present. Concerts at 18:00 and 20:00.
The Plant Ambulance will be on duty at the Night of the Arts from 11:00–16:00 on the pedestrian street in front of Teljäntori. Bring your plant for first aid in this green art installation! The Plant Ambulance is a mobile green artwork and participatory service point that will be stationed on Pori’s pedestrian street from 15 August for two weeks. Residents can bring unhealthy houseplants for revival. Revived plants will become part of Asema44’s shared green space. The Plant Ambulance will be located on the pedestrian street in front of Teljäntori from 15–29 August. Plants are left in the ambulance to await treatment, and at night they will be moved indoors to Teljäntori.
The community Great Street Chalk art workshop in front of Asema44 invites everyone, regardless of age, to participate and leave their mark on the street with colourful chalks from 17:00–19:00. During the event, residents can use giant chalks to create large, temporary street artworks and liven up the urban environment together. The event is free of charge.
Musi-Visuals V brings together musicians and visual artists for the fifth time. The event, producing improvised duo performances, will take place at Asema44 from 20:00–22:00. Three musicians and three visual artists will be randomly paired to respond to each other’s creations without prior rehearsal. The result is unique multisensory encounters where sound and image merge in the moment. Free of charge.
The Satakunta Museum will host discussions on fashion and art as well as guided tours on the Night of the Arts from 11:30–16:00. The museum is open from 11:00–20:00.
11:30–12:30 Lace artist Tarmo Thorström, fashion artist Teemu Muurimäki, and aesthete Elina Wallin discuss lace, fashion, and art.
13:00–14:00 Meet Tarmo Thorström at his Lace, Reinterpreted exhibition in the Parvi gallery of the Satakunta Museum.
14:00 Teemu Muurimäki – Quarto di secolo – A Quarter Century of Unique Dresses guided tour in Finnish. Guided by a museum guide.
15:00 / 3 pm Teemu Muurimäki – Quarto di Secolo – 25 Years of Bespoke Fashion guided tour in English. Guided by a museum guide.
With museum admission or Museum Card. Free for under-18s, students, and members of the Friends of Satakunta Museum association.