Who can apply? 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 programme The Saari Invited Artist About Saari Residence History of Saari Manor Saari Residence co-operation The Advisory Board of the Saari Residence Saari Residence staff Apply for a residency by submitting your application and attachments through the Online Grant Service. The service is open during the annual application period in March. Applications cannot be submitted after the deadline. WHO CAN APPLY The residency places are intended for individual professional artists, fiction writers, poets and novelists, translators, composers, sound artists, curators and critics and artistic collectives (i.e., a workgroup or established organisation with a Business ID) of all disciplines and all nationalities for the purpose of carrying out a project proposed in advance. Non-fiction writers and researchers are not eligible for a residency. Two different residency programmes are available: individual and group residencies. Individual residencies are open to individual professional artists, writers, poets, translators, composers, curators, critics and pairs of collaborators in various fields living in Finland and abroad. The two-month periods of the individual residency are January-February, March-April, September-October and November-December. We do not grant individual residencies longer or shorter than two months. Group residencies are open to various groups of artists, such as community and environmental artists, or free dance and theatre groups (i.e., a workgroup or established organisation with a Business ID). The group size is between 3 and 18 people. Group residencies are 2-4 weeks long and run from June to mid-August. We grant a one-week residency period only in special cases; for example, for a translator workshop or for groups that need to assemble for a small-scale seminar. WHAT ARE RESIDENCIES FOR? Residency places are for artistic work. We favour fields of art and subjects that are multidisciplinary, new and emerge from outside the mainstream. Individual residencies For each two-month residency, diversity is emphasised: we choose Finnish and foreign and young and more experienced artists as well as artists representing different art forms. Another central criterion is that the artist’s work is innovative and current. The objective is that at least some residents represent new or marginal art forms. Group residencies In group residencies, we emphasise work that is innovative, current and represents new or marginal art forms. We favour subjects and themes that are cross-disciplinary, inter-disciplinary or outside the mainstream. We especially welcome applications for projects involving cooperation between Finnish and international artist groups. These groups should select a Finnish team leader – if possible – to complete the application form and act as a contact person. RESIDENCIES FOR RESEARCHERS AND NON-FICTION WRITERS WORKING UNDER A KONE FOUNDATION GRANT Researchers and non-fiction writers working under a Kone Foundation grant can work in the Residence during the two-month individual residencies. In such cases, they do not need to apply during the application process but should instead contact Residency Director Leena Kela directly. The requirement for a residency period offered to a researcher funded by Kone Foundation is that the research is conducted in an academic context. This includes artistic research (at Uniarts Helsinki, Aalto University, etc.). Unfortunately, artists whose work contains some research elements but is not performed in an academic context do not fall within the scope of residencies intended for researchers. They may, however, apply for a residency during our annual application period in March. The two-month work periods for researchers and non-fiction writers working under a Kone Foundation grant are the same as in the individual residencies. Intensive working period for research projects funded by the Foundation If you have a research project funded by the Foundation, you can visit the residency for short, intensive periods at the manor’s main building. Projects can inquire about accommodation from saari@koneensaatio.fi. There are four double rooms, two en-suite toilets, a shared space, and a kitchen available for use. You can arrive for the agreed one—or two-week intensive period after 12:00 on Monday, and you must depart by noon on Saturday. Return to the residency applicants’ main page