Residency programmes Saari ResidenceFor residency applicants Saari Residence in Mynämäki, Finland Working at the Saari Residence Who can apply? What we offer Accommodation and workspaces Instructions for the online grant service Evaluation and decisions Frequently asked questions For Saari residents Accepting the residency and arriving at the Saari Residence Use of the residency grant and rescheduling Payment of residency grants Living and working at the Saari Residence Residency programmes Taxation and grant certificate Residency report The Saari Well Communication and social media Mentioning Kone Foundation and Saari Residence and the logos Saari Alumni Previous Residency Artists Community artist Ecologically sustainable residency The Culture Trail The Saari Invited Artist Residencies Reflected About Saari Residence History of Saari Manor Saari Residence co-operation The Advisory Board of the Saari Residence Saari Residence staff During individual residencies, the Saari Residence offers residents the possibility to participate in the mentoring programme. MENTORING PROGRAMME We have launched a mentoring programme and are offering every Saari Residence artist – both those working at home and at the Residence – the opportunity to take part in two remote meetings with a mentor during their two-month residency. The mentoring programme does not include researchers working under Kone Foundation grants; they have longer funding periods and therefore can use Kone Foundation’s Grants+ programme, which consists of services designed to support the grantees in their work, such as peer-mentoring groups. The range of training courses will be announced in Grants+ newsletters. Mentoring is a one-on-one conversation in which the mentor supports the resident and offers an exchange of ideas to help them with their artistic work, development of their artistic thinking and other work-related issues. The mentors are key professionals in their fields of art who live in Finland. They have careers spanning at least a couple of decades and are skilled listeners and conversationalists. They all also have a personal relationship with the Saari Residence. In 2025, our mentors are curator Taru Elfving, choreographer Maija Hirvanen, curator, researcher Satu Herrala and poet Jyrki Kiiskinen. Return to Saari residents’ main page