Facilities and building access

Most of the teaching and work facilities of the Academy of Fine Arts are located at Elimäenkatu. There is also a work space (KuvA Paja) for sculpture students at Levytie 6, 00830 Helsinki. The Elimäenkatu premises also house Uniarts Helsinki’s visual art library (2nd floor) and student restaurant (1st floor).

During the academic year, the Academy of Fine Arts is open from Monday through Thursday between 8.00 and 18.00 and from 8.00 to 17.00 on Fridays. You will need an electronic key to access some of the rooms also during opening hours. You can pick up your key from the attendants at the Academy of Fine Arts information desk (Elimäenkatu 25 A, 1st floor) on 17 August after your visit to the Academic Affairs Office.

All keys must be returned to the info desk after your employment ends/completion of studies. If you lose your key, contact an attendant immediately kuva.toimitilapalvelut@uniarts.fi, tel. 029 447 4406.

During the autumn term, students will learn about the safe use of the facilities under the guidance of the staff and attend emergency first aid and emergency fire extinguishing training. 

Work facilities for students 

All bachelor’s and master’s students of the Academy of Fine Arts have the right to a work space for the normative duration for the completion of degrees (5.5 years or 2 years). A work space can be a work station, work space, or a shared studio offered to students where they can do independent artistic work.  During the autumn term of the first year of studies, the students will work in the work spaces assigned for the Introduction to independent artistic activities and the subject areas study module.

The subject area that the bachelor’s student has chosen will appoint a work space suitable for the student during the first spring term. Master’s students will be appointed their working spaces by their own subject areas in the beginning of their studies.  Exchange students are also appointed work spaces in each subject area. Similarly, the Academy’s students leaving for a student exchange are to give up their work space for the duration of their exchange.

Most of the time, students can work in their own work spaces around the clock every day of the week, with the exception of the times when the whole Academy of Fine Arts is closed.

Work space can only be used for study purposes. The Academy of Fine Arts has a limited amount of space and there is no room to store art pieces. Art pieces must be removed from the Academy’s premises after they’re finished.

Technicians oversee the working spaces of the study programmes.

Parking

Parking is not allowed in the Taiteen Talo Building courtyard. The courtyard parking is controlled by Uudenmaan Pysäköinninvalvonta Oy. The parking fine is €60.  

Exhibitions at the Academy of Fine Arts

Read more about exhibitions at the Exhibition Laboratory website

At the Academy of Fine Arts, diverse artistic activities are part of education and integral to the degree programmes. Artistic activities include exhibitions, projects, workshops and fairs. Events take place in Finland as well as in other countries, at the academy’s own facilities and in partners' venues.    Kuvan Kevät is the Academy of Fine Arts degree show of Master of Fine Arts graduates.

Exhibitions are open from Tuesday until Sunday at 11-18 (excluding times between exhibitions).

Exhibition Laboratory (Merimiehenkatu 36)

The Academy of Fine Arts has an exhibition and teaching space called Exhibition Laboratory in the Merikortteli quarter at Merimiehenkatu 36 C. The space hosts a range of different exhibitions, events, lectures and teaching activities.

Project Room (Lönnrotinkatu 35)

Project Room is situated at Lönnrotinkatu 35. Exhibition times for the 186m2 space are distributed primarily for the Master’s degree thesis shows. After visiting applicants’ studios, a group of lecturers makes a presentation of the exhibition times for the Academic Council.

Tasku Gallery (Elimäenkatu 25-27)

Tasku Gallery is situated at the Academy of Fine Arts’ premises in Vallila, on the 3rd floor. It is possible for the students to arrange various kind of exhibitions and presentations at Tasku Gallery. The space is open to the public, as well.

Sibelius Academy has facilites in three buildings in Helsinki and also in Kuopio. Visiting addresses.

New students will be given electric keys during the orientation period. The keys are for personal use only and must never be borrowed to other people.

Electric keys will be handed out during the orientation period from in the info desks of M- and N-building. The same key is used in N and R buildings, M building has its own key. The info desks are open from Monday to Friday at 8–16.

Students may reserve practice rooms in Peppi. You can access Peppi in the address student.peppi.uniarts.fi with your uniarts username and password. Instructions will be given during the orietation period.

Facilities of the Theatre Academy

Uniarts Helsinki is currently building new facilities next door to the Theatre Academy, and the building is scheduled to be finished by 2021. The new learning and work facilities is provoded especially for the use of the Academy of Fine Arts.

In the future, Uniarts Helsinki will centralise its operations to two campus areas in Helsinki: The Töölö Campus will focus primarily on music, while students of fine arts, theatre and dance will study at the Sörnäinen Campus.

For the moment Theatre Academy’s premises constitute of two buildings: TeaK-Kookos and TeaK-Vässi. Teaching in Lighting Design and Sound happens at TeaK-Vässi. Other programmes and functions are at TeaK-Kookos.

TeaK-Vässi

Visiting Address: Lintulahdenkatu 3
Postal Address: P.O. Box 20, 00097 UNIARTS
Opening hours: 24/7 (requires for a special electronic key programmed to Vässi)

TeaK-Kookos

Visiting Address: Haapaniemenkatu 6
Postal Address: P.O. Box 20, 00097 UNIARTS
Opening hours:
Mon–Fri 8–22
Sat 10-18
Sun 10–17


 In addition to all activities related to the degree/ master’s degree programmes, TeaK-Kookos houses:

   • The University of the Arts Helsinki Library is an open arts library which specialises in the university’s fields of study and research. The library has four locations: the Academy of Fine Arts, the Theatre Academy, and the Sibelius Academy in both Helsinki and Kuopio.

    • Fazer Amica student and staff restaurant will open its doors after summer in September.

Access rights and use of facilities

Contactless identification keys are used to access the Theatre Academy facilities. Key cards and locker keys will be handed out separately once studies have started. Key cards grant students access to teaching facilities when the building is open, as well as to the administration floor between 8.30-16.15. Key cards will stop working half an hour before the building is closed. Up-to-date opening hours can always be found on Artsi.

The facilities’ attendants can be reached at the Info desk on the Theatre Academy Tori at Kookos, as well as by telephone on 0400-792007. The attendants help in all matters relating to facilities, access rights etc. You can pretty much ask them anything and they will help you find the information you need.

As a student of the Theatre Academy, you may use Theatre Academy teaching facilities for your own rehearsals and artistic activities. You need to book the space electronically via Peppi, which you can access with your Uniarts user name and password. The booking right extends for a maximum period of five days into the future and ten hours per week at the most.

There is also a gym available to students at Theatre Academy Kookos, and the Student Union has its own space, Bunkkeri (the Bunker), which you can reserve by contacting the the Theatre Academy committee of the Student Union.

Theatre Academy Kookos is closed between 27 June - 26 July.