Malakta

Malakta Malakta´s aim is to create an oasis for people where creativity, ideas, art and culture can grow and flourish.

Creative art and culture center that focuses on the realization of ideas and where artists from different disciplines can gather, create and share their ideas and work. Malakta´s keywords are action, sustainability and inclusion. Malakta is an artist-led centre located in an old diary by the Malax river in the municipality of Malax in western Finland. The Art Factory Malakta was established in 200

7 and the association Art in Malakta, that oversees the activities, was founded in 2017. Malakta has since the beginning worked for and with professional artists representing a broad and varied spectrum of art forms. One of the main aims of the activities is to support professional art practitioners and to make arts and culture accessible and available to the general public. These aims are realised through amongst other AIR residency programme that attract both national and international artists; Labs (intensive workshops) for professionals; public events such as Artist Talks, art and well-being events. Through its spectrum of activities Malakta has established both Nordic and international networks.

SUMMER 2026: Exhibitions & Experienceswith our Malakta ArtistsSommaren 2026 bjuder på många möjligheter att möta Malakta...
23/06/2026

SUMMER 2026: Exhibitions & Experiences
with our Malakta Artists

Sommaren 2026 bjuder på många möjligheter att möta Malaktas konstnärer och deras arbete.

Från Madrid till Jakobstad och Stundars, vidare till scenkonst på Kvarnskatan – våra inhousekonstnärer delar sina berättelser, perspektiv och uttryck genom bildkonst, hantverk, musik och performance.

Vi är stolta över att se Patricia Rodas, , Heidi von Wright, Kyösti Linna, Susanne Marins och free_carla ta plats i sommarens konst- och kulturliv.

Besök en utställning, upplev en föreställning och låt dig inspireras.

🌞 Kesä 2026 tarjoaa monia mahdollisuuksia tutustua Malaktan taiteilijoihin ja heidän teoksiinsa. Madridista Pietarsaareen ja Stundarsiin sekä esitystaiteeseen Kvarnskatanilla – taiteilijamme jakavat tarinoitaan ja näkökulmiaan kuvataiteen, käsityön, musiikin ja performanssin kautta.

🌞 Summer 2026 offers many opportunities to experience the work of Malakta’s artists. From exhibitions in Madrid, Jakobstad and Stundars to performing arts at Kvarnskatan, our artists share their stories, perspectives and creative expressions through visual art, craft, music and performance.

🌸WELCOME!
🫶🏼VÄLKOMMEN!
🌸TERVETULOA!

Ett nytt samhällskonstverk växer fram i Korsnäs💛Yhteisötaide | Community ArtUnder våren har Regionalt resurs- och reside...
18/06/2026

Ett nytt samhällskonstverk växer fram i Korsnäs💛
Yhteisötaide | Community Art

Under våren har Regionalt resurs- och residenscenter för samhällskonst tillsammans med Korsnäs kommun arbetat med att skapa en muralmålning på bibliotekets fasad. Genom workshops och samtal har invånare i olika åldrar delat med sig av sina tankar om Korsnäs idag och sina visioner för framtiden.

Den här veckan har vi grundmålat fasaden tillsammans med konstnären Jon Gredmark.

Muralen växer fram ur Korsnäsbornas egna berättelser, minnen och idéer, och kommer att färdigställas under sommaren.

🌼Välkommen, Tervetuloa, Welcome🌼

På invigning 3 augusti som en del av Världsarvsveckans program. Mer info delas närmare vernissagen. Vi ser fram emot att visa det färdiga verket med er.🫶🏼

österbotten

Pride by Night - Thank you for your love🩷Mother Earth truly showed up for us — wrapping the whole evening in golden ligh...
03/06/2026

Pride by Night - Thank you for your love🩷

Mother Earth truly showed up for us — wrapping the whole evening in golden light, soft skies, and blooming beauty.

Together, we laughed, created, connected, and poured little pieces of ourselves into the stones we painted side by side… which later became one beautiful collective artwork made with love.

In our most blossoming garden, guided us through a magical One Love cacao ceremony — a moment that felt soft, powerful, playful, and deeply together all at once.

🧡THANK YOU
💚TACK
💛KIITOS

To every one who came, danced, created, shared, held space, shared smiles, hugs and co-created this night with us. You made the magic real.

This evening was built by all of us, heart to heart, together, in love.

Here are some glowing little moments from our night together.✨

Photo || Jukka Rajala

From bud to bloom 🌸Our garden has burst into a technicolor wonderland this past week. 🧡💛💚🩷This season invites us to slow...
31/05/2026

From bud to bloom 🌸

Our garden has burst into a technicolor wonderland this past week. 🧡💛💚🩷

This season invites us to slow down and take in the sounds, shapes, and colors nature so generously offers. A reminder to embrace it all with our whole being.

Tomorrow night we open the doors for our yearly Pride event: Pride by Night. This year’s theme is Mind, Body, Pride. 🌈✨

This night will be filled with creativity, community, mindfulness — and lots of love of course 🫶🏼

The event is free of charge.

Read more and sign up via link in bio.

A big thank you to for gifting herbs to our garden.

Wishing you all beautiful moments in nature and a nourishing start to the summer season ✨🌞

Midnight Sun Residency🌞✨Escape to the Finnish countryside and experience the Midnight Sun Residency — a space for rest a...
27/05/2026

Midnight Sun Residency🌞✨

Escape to the Finnish countryside and experience the Midnight Sun Residency — a space for rest and creation. Surrounded by river, sea, and wild nature, it offers peaceful accommodation, creative workshops, and traditional sauna experiences under endless summer light.

With sunlight around the clock, this is a place to slow down, explore ideas, and reconnect with your creative rhythm. There are no fixed expectations — you are free to engage at your own pace.

We offer a basecamp, a curated creative mentorship to support each participant’s individual process and help you make the most of your time here.

We offer a peaceful tower studio overlooking the river and garden — a quiet space for both rest and creative work. The apartment includes a cozy loft, fireplace for slow Nordic evenings, and a dedicated studio filled with natural light day and night.

🏡✨🌿🫶🏼

Residency fee: €277/week
Apply & book: [email protected]

Mural opening in Närpes🦋Yesterday we celebrated the official opening of our latest community mural together with Närpes ...
22/05/2026

Mural opening in Närpes🦋

Yesterday we celebrated the official opening of our latest community mural together with Närpes Stad and Närpes Högstadium.

Made by the artist .gredmark

This mural was created from the students’ own interpretations of the city’s new strategy words, especially the idea of “Framåt tillsammans”.

Seeing their thoughts and voices become part of the city itself has been incredibly meaningful.

TACK! KIITOS! THANK YOU! - to everyone who painted, shared ideas, showed up, and made this project possible.

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We’re so incredible happy to see how community art is spreading its wings all over Österbotten and bringing more and more people together.

If you are interested to find out more about the project, check out ’s latest article.

🤓Find it in our bio.

21/05/2026

🌞KIITOS! TACK! THANK YOU!🌞

Suuret kiitokset luottamuksesta ja mahdollisuudesta luoda yhteisötaidetta! 🥳🎨✨

Paljon rakkautta ja kiitollisuutta 🧡

What is community art? 🎨✨In Swedish, it’s called samhällskonst. In Finnish, yhteisötaide.Community art is created with p...
20/05/2026

What is community art? 🎨✨

In Swedish, it’s called samhällskonst. In Finnish, yhteisötaide.

Community art is created with people, not just for them.

It brings people together, sparks conversations, and transforms public spaces into places of connection, creativity, and belonging.

When communities become co-creators, art becomes more than something we observe - it becomes something we experience together.

It grows from local stories and shared experiences along the Ostrobothnian coastline, from Kokkola in the north to Kristinestad in the south.

It can look like young people painting murals in their hometowns, or artworks created across generations — reflecting everyday life, shared places, and hopes for the future.

Through collaboration between artists, municipalities, schools, and local citizens, community art creates opportunities for creatives, strengthens cultural accessibility, and builds new connections across the region.

At its heart, community art is about caring for the people, places, and environments around us.

We believe creativity brings people together, makes shared spaces feel more alive, and creates small local changes that ripple far beyond them. 💛

Here are a few glimpses of the community art pieces we’ve co-created over the past year.

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Töckmovägen 48
Malax
66100

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