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Check out Kaisa Siren�s new post card!

2012-01-13 11:07:21

Kaisa Sir�n�s card selection got a new card called "Helena". Helena is also familiar from the reindeer leather pillows. Check out the selection in gallery and place your order now!

Check out artILO�s new exhibiton at the ELY-Centre!

2012-01-10 09:19:16

You can see art by the artILO group at the ELY- Centre (Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) Rovaniemi with changing exhibitions. Till the end of February there are works by Ritva Aaltonen, Martta Niemi, Kaisa Sir�n and Raija Vanhamaa. Our new exhibition is at Ruokasenkatu 2, Rovaniemi Don�t forget our on-line artgallery!

Illustrated reindeer hide pillows now for sale in Levi and Ivalo

2012-01-09 13:09:45

Kaisa Sir�n�s and Eila Puhakla�s reindeer hide pillows with printed images are now for sale at Hotel Panorama, Lapin Koru ja Lahjapuoti gift shop in Levi and Design House Idoli in Ivalo. New smaller pillows, approximately 25X20 cm, are for sale at Hotel Panorama. These pillows have the same images as the larger ones. The gorgeous pillows appear like paintings on a couch. Their images depict reindeer and Lapland nature, photographed by Kaisa Siren. The arts and crafts artisan Eila Puhakka has designed and sown the pillows, each of which is a unique individual. The photographs are printed in series of only 30. You can see the pillows also in the art gallery. Retail locations are listed here.

Snapshots from ArtILO�s Me, Myself, and exhibition

2011-12-01 14:30:16

ArtIlo�s annual Me, Myself, and I exhibition opened in a jovial and relaxed atmosphere. The guests enjoyed the art, sumptuous food, and intriguing speeches. The chair of ArtILO, Ms Ulla Hoikka wished the guests welcome and told them about artILO�s workshops in which the exhibition pieces were created. The artist Henri Hagman led the workshops and gave a wonderful speech in the opening. Read more about the exhibition here.

Kaisa�s photographs in a charity campaign

2011-11-22 09:58:19

Santa Claus and the Lordi musical band collaborate with the development organisation World Vision Finland through the �Help the Santa Claus-campaign�. This initiative raises funds for the children of East Africa. Half of the funds will go to the emergency funds in the crisis areas of the Horn of Africa and the other half goes to long term development initiatives of World Vision Finland in Kenya and Uganda. Kaisa�s donated photographs of the meeting of Santa Claus and the Lordi on the Arctic Circle are used in the campaign.

artILO artists renew their exhibition at the ELY-Centre

2011-11-22 09:49:36

Art by the artILOn group has been exhibited during the fall at the ELY- Centre (Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment) Rovaniemi. This collaboration continues with changing exhibitions. Our first �helping� in the windows of the ELY-Centre exhibits works by Ulla Hoikka, Ritva Heiskanen, Ritva Kuusisto, Airi Dohlen, and Maija Vanhatapio. Our new exhibition is at Ruokasenkatu 2, Rovaniemi Don�t forget our on-line artgallery!

Me, Myself and I, artILO�s group exhibition in Rovaniemi Nov. 1- 27, 2011

2011-11-10 11:38:25

Welcome to Me, Myself and I, artILO�s group exhibition. The exhibition is open in the library�s Lapponica hall Nov. 1.-27, 2011 Mo-Thu 9am-8pm, Fri 9am-6pm, Sat 11am-4pm, and Sun 11am-4pm. The opening is on Tuesday Nov. 8 from 6-8pm. Address: Jorma Eton tie 6 Read more about the exhibition here!

Reindeer pillow in the Sara Magazine

2011-11-10 11:30:06

Kaisa Sir�n�s and Eila Puhakka�s reindeer hide pillow "Helena" is presented in the November issues of the Sara Magazine. These unique pillows appear like art on a couch. Indeed, according to the magazine,this is a domestic luxury item! The magazine also presents Korundi House of Culture � it is worthwhile reading the November issue of Sara. You can see the reindeer hide pillows in the art gallery and you can actually touch these soft pillows in the Art & Design Shop of City Hotel or the shop in Korundi. Soon they will be available also in Rovaniemi tourist information and Lapland Safaris.

Check out new Christmas cards and place an order

2011-11-05 21:52:52

Christmas is approaching and it�s time to prepare the Christmas cards before the rush. My selection includes unique items that will bring Christmas to your family and business associates. This year the selection got two new cards: one where an elf feeds a reindeer and one with the entire Christmas team, the reindeer, the elf, and the real Santa Claus. All cards have been photographed and printed on the Arctic Circle in Finnish Lapland. Check out the selection in my gallery and place your order now. You can order the cards with or without a greeting. You have three options for the greeting text, printed on the back of the card: 1.) MERRY CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2.) MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A SUCCESSFUL 2012! 3.) THANK YOU FOR YOUR COLLABORATION IN THE PAST YEAR. WE WISH YOU A VERY MERRY CHRISTMAS AND ALL THE BEST FOR 2012! The cards are sold in packages of 10. Minimum order is 10 cards of one series. You can also order cards with your customized greeting text, in which case the minimum order is 100 cards. Pricelist: Cards without text: 10 � / 10 cards Cards with text: 15 � / 10 cards Orders by November 20, 2011. Shipping starts Nov. 28, 2011. Our Christmas gift to you is FREE shipping. You can order through the internet gallery or by e-mail. Make sure you include your greeting text choice and your contact information. PS. In the internet gallery you can find also unique Christmas gifts like photographs printed on reindeer skin and the softest of the soft pillows covered with reindeer skin. The products are also available in the Korundi shop, The Art and Design Shop in City Hotel, and the Rovaniemi Tourist Information Centre at Lord Square. Visit these shops and get some of the most unforgettable Christmas gifts!

New elf pictures in the photo gallery

2011-10-13 16:46:14

There are new pictures in Kaisa�s photo gallery. In those new pictures the elves are making a trip to the forest and feed the reindeer. You can see all the photos in Kaisa�s photo gallery.

Autum Harvest exhibition has been opened

2011-10-04 11:30:27

A new series of photographs by Kaisa Sir�n has been set at display at Cityhotel in the center of Rovaniemi. The series is called Autum Harvest and it has been made particularily to this artist of the month show. Along with Kaisa the designer of the month is Mauri H�rk�nen and he has set his steel jewelery at display. There were about 35 guests participating at the opening and the atmosphere was warm and cozy. The new photographic collages as well as the jewelery were well received by the guests. And some sales were made as well! Have a look at the photos from the opening and all the works under the exhibitions page.

Kaisa�s photograph becomes a stamp

2011-10-04 08:59:10

October 5th, 2011 is celebrated as the day of stamps and 59 outlets of the postal service around the country publish a new stamp with a local theme and image. Kaisa Siren�s photograph of the J�tk�nkynttil� Bridge has been selected to represent Rovaniemi in the new celebratory stamp. These stamps will be printed in limited edition and they can be bought only on the Arctic Circle in Santa Claus� Main Post Office. This is an extraordinary opportunity to acquire unique stamps! Kaisa has printed also a post card of the J�tk�nkynttil� Bridge, for sale at Santa�s Post Office as well. Other outlets for Kaisa�s postcards are listed here. You can order Kaisa�s postcards also through the Internet and you can view them all in her Artgallery. Welcome shopping!

Mauri H�rk�nen and Kaisa Siren�s work in CityHotel�s Art & Design Shop in October

2011-09-29 09:14:04

Since April 2011 the Art & Design Shop in City Hotel has exhibited monthly the work of one designer and one artist. Almost everyone in the group of artists to be exhibited has had their turn and the final exhibition is this October. This is a good opportunity to come and see some fine design and art. The artists in October are jeweller Mauri H�rk�nen and artist Kaisa Siren, who exhibits collage. The opening of the exhibition is on Friday, September 30, 2011 between 3:30 and 5:30 pm and the exhibition runs till the end of October. Welcome! Art & Design Shop continues its other activities after the exhibition season. Come and find treasures for yourself and for gifts.

artILO artists� group was awarded a scholarship

2011-09-29 09:07:47

The Art and Culture Council of the City of Rovaniemi awarded the artILO artists� group a scholarship of 600 Euros towards creating a new exhibition to open in November. The exhibition will be in the Lapponica Hall of the Rovaniemi City library. The title is "Me, myself and I", representing the theme of self portrait. The artists have prepared for it in workshops conducted by the painter Henri Hagman. Henri Hagman ja artILO artists in a workshop. "Me, myself and I" exhibition in the City library�s Lapponica Hall November 2-27, 2011. Welcome! The exhibition calendar of artILO is here.

New retail locations for Kaisa�s products

2011-09-29 08:59:12

Kaisa Sir�n�s framed souvenir photographs and postcards are now sold at Hello Cafe at the Rovaniemi Airport. They sell Kaisa�s enlarged photographs, small pieces on a stand, and a large selection of postcards. Another new location for postcard sales is Napapiirin Lahja in the Santa Clause Village on the Arctic Circle. They have added Kaisa�s postcards to their selection of Kaisa�s framed photographs. Kaisa�s artgallery now sells her matted photographs in a smaller size. This size is handy and you can get it also at the Art and Design Shop in CityHotel. Welcome shopping! Check out all retail outlets of Kaisa�s products here.

Check out Martta Niemi�s wonderful exhibition

2011-09-06 10:19:50

Martta Niemi and her painting "Gallop" Martta Niemi's paintings are exhibited in the CityHotel's Art & Design Shop in September. Art has many functions in her life: she studies visual arts in the University of Lapland, teaches crafts in the community college, and is a member of the artILO artists' group. The theme of her most recent exhibition "On the Land of Fathers" is the early history of Lapland, as there has been human occupation in Lapland for thousands of years. Martta Niemi grew up in Marraskoski along the Ounasjoki river, where remains of stone age occupation have been uncovered. Nearby, there have been rock carvings but they were destroyed in the 1960's when the river was dragged. However some local people know about them. "When I saw you" The wild deer and later the tamed reindeer have always been present in the lives of people in Lapland and they are also present in Martta Niemi's colorful paintings, inspired by those rock carvings. Her secco technique consists of a gyproc paste, dried on canvas, and painting with acrylics on it. Niemi likes to experiment and hence uses multiple techniques. "On the Land of Fathers" exhibition and sales are on in CityHotel's Art & Design Shop Aug. 31 -Sept. 29. More information: Martta Niemi Phone: +358405484623 marttaniemi@gmail.com

Kaisa has a new assistant

2011-09-01 11:51:02

Hello! I begin as Kaisa's assistant as Kristiina Hoikka's two years are over and she is concentrating on her studies. I am from Lapinlahti, Northern Savo region. I moved to Rovaniemi in 2007 when I started to study art education at the University of Lapland. My minors include art history, visual art, and photography. This work as Kaisa's assistant is a great opportunity to get practice in my areas of interest, and I expect to learn many things I will not learn at the university. In addition to visual arts, my hobbies include modern dance and dance theatre. With the new job, my studies, and my hobbies the future looks busy and very rewarding! I wish everyone a sunny autumn! Minna Lappalainen Kaisa Sir�n's assistant Kairatie 62 96190 Rovaniemi Phone +358-40-1497122

Postcards for sale now also in Levi

2011-08-30 15:12:51

Kaisa Sir�n�s and Ritva Kuusisto�s postcards for sale in LeviMarket. Ritva�s cards reproduce paintings and graphic art, showing gorgeous landscapes of the Levi area. View Ritva�s cards and prints and those of other ArtILO artists in the art gallery. Kaisa�s photocards have a great selection of topics from gentle reindeer calves to berry harvest in the fall. You can view Kaisa�s postcard selection in her postcard gallery. Welcome to cardshopping! LeviMarket is open Mo-Sat 9am-9pm and Su 10am-9pm Locations of all card retailers here.

Welcome to City Hotel's art exhibiton opening with Martta Niemi and Pirjo Kantola

2011-08-30 11:10:42

Martta Niemi's paintings examine colors and forms and Pirjo Kantola's jewelery fascinates with interesting use of reindeer horn forms. City Hotel's shop exhibits every month one artists and one designer. Is October Kaisa Sir�n and Markku H�rk�nen take their turn to exhibit new work. Welcome to the opening and exhibition! City Hotel, Kansankatu 9, Rovaniemi on Wednesday October 31 st 15:30 - 17:30.

Kaisa�s new collaboration involves photographing models and clothing for Ottobre and Stailaus & Meikkistudio LiiKe@

2011-08-29 11:09:29

Kaisa Sir�n has started a new collaboration with two partners: Model Studio Stailaus & Meikkistudio LiiKe@, and OTTOBRE Design, which publishes the OTTOBRE magazine. The theme that unites these two collaborators is the photography of models and clothes. Model trainer Ms Katja Taavitsainen has started her own studio after working in Model Studio Matine. Photographs of models are taken both in the studio and in a milieu. Kaisa has a fully equipped photography studio on Kairatie in Rovaniemi, where she can photograph models for testing, portfolios, and the net magazine published by LiiKe @. More information about the model studio and their upcoming model training courses here. OTTOBRE Design is a magazine specializing in children�s and youth�s fashion. Each issue has over 40 trendy outfits complete with patterns and instructions. The magazine is created in Finland and comes out in Scandinavia, Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, and Holland. Four issues are aimed at children and two are for adult women. Kaisa photographed the first women�s issue and you can browse through it here. You can buy the OTTOBRE magazine at the OTTOBRE-shop in Rovaniemi, Rantavitikantie 29. You can order single issues and order an annual subscription on Ottobre�s web site. Enjoy reading and sewing.

ArtIlo' s exhibition Mixed salad II Lapland Ely-Centre at Rovaniemi from Aug. 1st to Oct. 30th 2011

2011-08-18 14:46:50

The lifeless windows at the Lapland Centre for Economic Development, Transport and the Environment (Ely-Centre) have got a new face. The artILO artist group from Rovaniemi has enlived the windows with an art exhibition/sales event titled Mixed Salad II. The artist group was invited by the director of the Ely-Centre, Ms. Pirkko Saarela. She got the idea years ago on a trip to Israel where many offices exhibited work of local artists. She thinks that having art in the Centre's office is very appropriate now because since 2010, the Ely-Centre's responsibilities include also the development of cultural activities. The majority of the works in the Mixed Salad II hang on windows which makes it possible to see the exhibition at any time of the day. Some pieces are in the lobby on the ground floor and can be seen during the regular office hours. Read more about the Mixed Salad II exhibition. Welcome!Lapland Ely-Centre Ruokasenkatu 2 Rovaniemi

The Painting Marthas exhibit Mindscapes in the library Aug. 8-21, 2011

2011-08-18 14:33:11
We Marthas are bonded by the Martha theme as well as the joy of art. Each of us has trained in making art and imagesfor many years. We are inspired by the everyday life: people, nature, music, or mundane chores, and of course the mindscapes of each of us. We got the idea of an exhibition when Ulla Hoikka directed a relaxation evening, The Journey of the Rainbow, including painting for us. Ulla Hoikka gives relaxation evenings and courses on Vedic art. More information call Ulla Hoikka +358 400-698341. The participants in this exhibition belong to the Rovaniemi chapter of the Martha Organization. Orvokki Tuisku +358 50-4115073 Marja Herva +358 500-800034 Anna-Maija Savola +358 40-7668557 Ritva Heiskanen +358 400-692837 Ritva Kuusisto +358 400-690534 Martta Niemi +358 40-5484623 Ulla Hoikka +358 400-698341

Ulla Hoikka's brooches at sale at Korundi

2011-07-27 09:23:30
The Museum shop at the Korundi House of Culture offers now Ulla Hoikka's handcrafted jewellery. They are made of recycled local newspaper, the Lapin Kansa, which she turns first into a paper mache and then into unique jewellery. The results are beautiful pieces of art with subtle and vivid colors. The jewellery is of multiuse: you can wear it as a brooch or on a scarf, hat, coat, or bag. Adding a chain makes it a pendant. Come and find your own from the Culture House of Korundi at Lapink�vij�ntie 4, Rovaniemi. Ulla Hoikka's postcard series Northern Lights and Flowers from Finnish Lapland also available. See all the ArtILO's postcards in art gallery. You can buy this jewellery also at the Art & Design Shop in the City Hotellin, Pekankatu 9, Rovaniemi. Welcome! Postcard series Northern Lights include three different motifs. The originals are wood cuts. The postcard series Flowers give a tour of eight beautiful flowers from Finnsih Lapland made with aquarelles.

Two more days to see Kristiina Hoikka's photography in City Hotel Art & Design shop, exhibition until Thursday 28th July

2011-07-27 09:11:32
City Hotel's lobby displays interesting photography by Kristiina Hoikka during the month of July. The small pictures examine mundaine daily wonders and thoughts hung up on windows. You can find more Kristiina Hoikka's work in artILO's art gallery. The Art & Design shop at City Hotel exhibits every month an artist and a designer. In August Asko Luosuj�rvi ja P�ivi Ranta show their work.

Asko Luosuj�rvi's paintings and P�ivi Ranta's jewellery in City Hotel's Art & Design Shop July 29 - August 8, 2011

2011-07-26 09:36:44
Asko Luosuj�rvi's paintings examine colors and forms: the shape of a pot interests the ceramic artist also as a painting. P�ivi Ranta's work is a farcinating design with resycled materials and intriguing design. City Hotel's shop exhibits every month one artists and one designer. Is September Martta Niemi and Pirjo Kantola take their turn to exhibit new work. Welcome to the opening and exhibition!

Artilo�s exhibitions renewed in the Lapland Hotels

2011-07-11 14:49:59
ArtILO is again offering new works for you to enjoy! They are on exhibition until January 30th, 2012 as follows: In Rovaniemi, on the first and second floors of Sky Hotel Ounasvaara; In Levi, at Hotel Sirkant�hti; In Yll�s, at Hotel �k�shotel. The art works are for sale. We welcome you to enjoy our work and purchase unique gifts and art from Lapland to decorate your home and office. Welcome to the exhibitions! Lapland Hotel Sky Ounasvaara, Juhannuskalliontie, 96400 Rovaniemi Lapland Hotel Sirkant�hti, Levintie 1640,99130 Sirkka Lapland Hotel �k�shotelli, �k�sentie 10, 95970 �k�slompolo

Couch cushions of reindeer hide in Korundi

2011-07-08 13:39:51
The Korundi House of Culture is selling completely new kind of art. On a couch, the gorgeous pillows made of reindeer hide by Kaisa Sir�n and Eila Puhakka appear like wall art. Right now, they are waiting for you on the shelves of the Korundi House of Culture. Please, come and help yourself! Welcome to Korundi. Lapink�vij�ntie 4, Rovaniemi! Kaarna, couch pillow, reindeer hide and antler, 30 x 44 cm. Click here to see more couch pillows by Kaisa Sir�n and Eila Puhakka. Pillows are for sale also at the Art & Design Shop in City Hotel, Pekankatu 9, Rovaniemi.

ArtILO's postcard selection is growing

2011-06-14 22:40:13
The selection of postcards made of ArtILO's art continues to grow. Many art pieces from the artILO group have been so well received that we have made them into postcards. This way, the art can be enjoyed by thousands more viewers. Above, Ritva Heiskanen's misty pastel piece 'Flying together'. The postcards are sold in packages of 10 in the art gallery where you can find the whole selection. You can also order cards and originals directly from the artists. Click here for contact information and a list of retailers. A good selection of artILO's cards are for sale for instance at the Rovaniemi City Library. Below a gentle black and white card of Kristiina Hoikka's metal graphic piece called 'Dream'. A fairylike bird poses in Ritva Kuusisto's fascinating graphic piece called 'Waiting'. Eva-Johanna M�kinen's postcards made of her skillfull oil paintings 'In the morning' and 'Blue forest'. Gorgeous and colorful postcards made of Ulla Hoikka's series of wood drawings called 'Aurora Borealis'.

Couch cushions of reindeer hide in Korundi

2011-06-13 21:33:20
The Korundi House of Culture is selling completely new kind of art. On a couch, the gorgeous pillows made of reindeer hide by Kaisa Sir�n and Eila Puhakka appear like wall art. Right now, they are waiting for you on the shelves of the Korundi House of Culture. Please, come and help yourself! Welcome to Korundi, Lapink�vij�ntie 4, Rovaniemi! Kaarna, couch pillow, reindeer hide and antler, 30 x 44 cm. Click here to see more couch pillows by Kaisa Sir�n and Eila Puhakka. Pillows are for sale also at the Art & Design Shop in City Hotel, Pekankatu 9, Rovaniemi.

Anu Riestola's Greetings from M�hk�land in Gallery Napa at Rovaniemi May 28-June 15, 2011.

2011-05-26 12:09:06
Welcome to M�hk�land where everybody is pregnant or just had a baby. Anu Riestola is a sculptor and art teacher from Kemi. She has had several exhibitions and has participated in many group exhibitions. Her work is included in the collections of Raisio Oyj, Melia Ab, Suomen Gallup, �bo Akademi, and the art gallery of Salo and Kemi. The exhibition is sponsored by the Arts Council of Lapland and the Kemi 2000 Foundation of Culture and Science. The artist acknowledges their support. Read more of the exhibition. Anu Riestola tells more about exhibition on Saturday June 11th 1-3 a.m. Welcome! Contact information: Anu Riestola, phone 050 5346251 e-mail: ansari24@hotmail.com, anu.riestola@gmail.com www.gallerianapa.fi, www.lapintaiteilijaseura.fi Galleria Napa is open Tu - Thu 12.00 -18.00 Fri 11.00 -17.00 Sat-Sun 12.00 -16.00 THE GALLERY IS OPEN AN JUNE THE 9TH BETWEEN 12.00 AND 18.00 Artists' Association of Lapland Jorma Eton tie 6, 96100 Rovaniemi

The recently opened Art & Design Shop in City Hotel features monthly one artists and one designer

2011-05-12 17:02:22
In May, the featured designer is Maria Keskipoikela and the artist is artILO�s Airi Dohlen. She exhibits mystical images about Lapland�s nature in acrylic. View more Airi�s work in the art gallery. Maria Keskipoikela�s familiar Oukku-products can be viewed here. Welcome to view these products in City Hotel, Pekankatu 9, Rovaniemi. In June, the Art & Design Shop gets a new look again. The opening of the exhibition of Junes� featured artists is on Tuesday, May 31st. Welcome! Hunters by Airi Dohlen, 2011.

New pictures in Kaisa's photo gallery

2011-05-12 16:41:30
In Yll�s, skiers enjoy the bright sun on the snow wearing sunglasses, accompanied with their dogs, or scooting around with a kicking sled. In �k�slompolo, they can occasionally stop to watch reindeer on the trails. At the Ranua Wildlife Park spring spells more life as animals wake up from their winter hibernation. In these pictures the wild boars, polar bears, lynx and musk ox wade through the thick snow while the otter dips in the water even in the winter. The wolverine and the great gray owl hide in the thick forest. More pictures from Yll�s in Kaisa�s image gallery. More pictures from Ranua in Kaisa�s image gallery. From the gallery you can easily order images.

A new Art & Design Shop is opening!

2011-04-03 10:23:40
One of the events during the Rovaniemi Design week in February was a Design Shop in the lobby of the CityHotel. Both, the hotel guests as well as the staff liked the Shop so much that the hotel owner, Mr. Mikael Gr�hn wants to continue with it. Thus he invited the artists of artILO and local designers to reopen the shop. The new Art&Design Shop will be opened on Monday, April 4th with a reception from 3 to 6p.m. Local designers and artILO artists will be present in the opening to showcase and sell their art and design with the arctic theme. The Art & Design Shop will have feather paintings by Airi Dohlen, bowls and jewelry by Ulla Hoikka, Kristiina Hoikka�s photographs of old Rovaniemi, Kaisa Sir�n�s couch pillows and framed pictures made of reindeer leather, Eva-Johanna M�kinen�s wintery pencil drawings, vax work by Martta Niemi, and graphics by various artILO artists. Also design products in the coolection includes Mauri H�rk�nen�s damascus steel jewelry, P�ivi �Iitu� Ranta�s silver jewelry made of old alpaca and silver spoons, Pirjo Kantola�s jewelry, Sirpa Kivilompolo�s paper lamp shades, cards, and bookmarks, Asko Luosuj�rvi�s ceramic lamps, Janne Erkkil�s jewelry and napkin holders, and Maria Keskipoikela�s clothing. The shop also introduces a new activity: work of the artist of the month will be displayed in the Lobby Bar. The first artist is Eva-Johanna M�kinen with her wintery pencil drawings and paintings. Welcome to the opening of the Art & Design Shop Monday April 4th 3-6p.m. Cityhotel, Pekankatu 9, Rovaniemi The staff of CityHotel, artists and designers

New postcard retailers

2011-03-24 13:18:00
The University kiosk (Yliopiston kioski) is now selling cards with Ulla Hoikka�s watercolor images of Lapland plants. The selection includes flowering harebell and globeflower. Kaisa�s photography cards display juicy blueberries, lingonberries, and cloudberries. A spectacular night image shows the lit-up J�tk�nkynttil� bridge, and Santa Clause and his elves are part of the collection as well. Kaisa�s black and white photographs of snow-laden trees do justice to the style of CityHotel. The selection includes several images of reindeer and other Lapland subjects, together with moose and husky dogs. Of course, the Santa Clause and his elves are there, too. Welcome to card shopping! Contact information: University kiosk (Yliopiston kioski) is inside the university building by the main entrance at Yliopistonkatu 8. CityHotel Pekankatu 9, Rovaniemi. Other retail locations here. Kaisa�s entire card selection. Entire card and print selection of ArtILO.

Send your greetings with fresh new summer cards

2011-03-24 13:04:52
Summer will be here before we realize it, and so we have new summer cards for sale. Three humorous greetings will make both the receiver and sender happy. The cards are easily available; you can order them from Kaisa�s art gallery. While we wait for summer to arrive, let�s take another look at the snowy landscapes of Ounasvaara down the river valley; let your eyes move along the elegant snow drifts, through the woods, across the river, and up into the hills again.

artILO exhibits in the Ferin Gallery, Helsinki from Jan. 25 to Feb. 13, 2011

2011-01-11 17:18:03
Three artists from the Rovaniemi-based artILO group have been invited to the Northern Taiga exhibition in Helsinki with their Quiet Signals collection, which exhibited earlier in Denmark. Northern Taiga and Quiet signals will be in the Ferin Gallery Jan. 25 to Feb. 13, 2011. The participating artILO artists include Airi Dohlen, Teija Holopainen, and Kaisa Sir�n. The four other artists in the exhibition come from various parts of Finland: Hanna Holopainen from Oulu, Sirpa Ojala from Pomarkku, Reija Remes from Pori, and Lea Viita from Luusua. The artists have been inspired by north and its nature. Gallery Ferin is located in downtown Helsinki at Yrj�nkatu 11. The art dealer Seija Ferin has a long experience as a art dealer and since 2007, as a gallery owner. Gallery Ferin elegantly shows different forms of art and well known Finnish artists. Read more about the exhibition and view art works. Welcome! Galleria Ferin Yrj�nkatu 11 Open: Mon - Fri from 11 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Sat - Sun from 12 a.m. to 4 p.m. Tel. +3589-278 5575 More information: Eeva-Liisa Kujala, art dealer, tel. +35840-775 3325 Kaisa Sir�n's photographs in Denmark. Teija Holopainen's paintings in Denmark.

ArtILO's has new permanent exhibitions

2011-01-05 15:42:28
The artILO artist group from Rovaniemi has once again new pernament exhibitionts. They are displayed at Hotel Sirkant�hti in Levi and �k�shotel in Yll�s until the end of April. The works are for sale, and the hotel staff will help you with your purchase. Welcome to our exhibitions! Lapland Hotel Sirkant�hti Levintie 1640, Sirkka. Lapland Hotels �k�shotelli �k�sentie 10, �k�slompolo. Kaisa Sir�n's art photograph "Siipi 2" (Wing 2) at Hotel Sirkant�hti. Ulla Hoikka's mixed technique work "Auringon loiste" (Sunshine) at Hotel Sirkant�hti. Ritva Kuusisto's pastel work "Kev�taurinko sulattaa j��n" (Snow melting in the spring sun) at Hotel Sirkant�hti.

How can a photographer keep Lapland tidy?

2010-12-01 14:03:56
Kaisa's collaboration with the Keep Lapland Tidy Association continues; the Association has new cards for sale which you can see on this page. The cards display strong winter colors in very cold weather and display Kaisa's photographs of views and atmospheres from Lapland. Proceeds from the card sales go to Keep Lapland Tidy. You can buy these cards at Sky Hotel Ounasvaara, Santa Sport (Rovaniemen Urheiluopisto) in Rovaniemi, Arctic Circle Hotel, Hotel Suomutunturi, Salla Reindeer Park, Hotel Pyh�tunturi, Hotel Kieppi, Hotel Kittil�, �k�shotel, Yll�skaltio, Restaurant T�hdenlento, and Hotels Tuikku ja Sirkant�hti. Read a previous release on this collaboration.

Reindeer at the hair stylist!

2010-12-01 13:59:28
Reindeer are now corralled at a hairstylist as Sanna Satta in Levi hung images of reindeer on the walls of her studio. The studio is in the middle of Levi, where you can see reindeer also outdoors. However, if you would like to have one in your home, you can buy one at the hairstylist. Hair Studio Basement, Leviraitti 6, tel. +358 500 555 566. More reindeer images printed on canvas in Kaisa's art gallery. Kaisa's newest images have been printed on reindeer skin and you can view them in Kaisa's art gallery.

Season's greetings from Lapland winter!

2010-12-01 13:21:35
The new Christmas card is unique in Kaisa's card selection: this card has three images about winter and Lapland, and the greeting is in English. You can order these cards from Kaisa's art gallery. They are sold in packages of 10 cards and shipping is paid by us. Alternatively, you can buy the cards in Rovaniemi at Art Shop Alariesto Pohjolankatu 13, Suomalainen Kirjakauppa in the Revontuli Center, and Lapin Safarit Koskikatu 1.

The photographer Kaisa Sir�n moved to a new office and studio

2010-11-15 09:50:38
Kaisa Sir�n has moved to a brand new studio on Kairatie, in the former office of Kiinteist�ty� Pasmat. Both product photographs and portraits are taken in this new studio. It is both wonderful to work in and well located close to the city and major highways, as Kaisa's assignments often take her out of town. The studio has lots of white wall space where photographs and art pieces are hung. At the moment Kaisa's and her assistant Kristiina Hoikka's works are exhibited. Kiinteist�ty� Pasmat Oy has moved across the courtyard to the opposite building. Kaisa Sir�n's new street address is Kairatie 62. Other contact information remains the same as before:

All donated art works found a new home

2010-11-10 09:18:56
Art works donated by artILO were auctioned on October 30th at Hotel Pohjanhovi in an event organized by the regional association of Physicians in Lapland. Several of artILO artists were there to present their work and observe the auction, which surpassed all expectations. A good number of bidders were seriously at the task, and the atmosphere was great. The auction raised close to 5,000 Euros, which will be donated to the University of Lapland in its entirety. All 18 pieces of art got a new home, which gives great pleasure to the artists. Among others, this graphic piece called Frost by Raija Vanhamaa now brings joy to its new home.

ArtILO�s works can be viewed in the windows of Pohjola Insurance Company until Oct. 29th at Koskikatu 10, Rovaniemi

2010-10-15 15:26:36
The regional association of Physicians in Lapland organizes a gala evening to collect funds for Lapland University and has invited artILO artists to participate in the fund raising. The programme includes an art auction where fourteen members of artILO have donated a total of 17 pieces of art. They can be viewed on our web pages as well as in the windows of the Pohjola Insurance Company, until Oct. 29th at Koskikatu 10. The Physicians� association sells tickets to the gala evening. ArtILO�s works will be auctioned at Hotel Pohjanhovi. The Gala evening begins at 6 p.m.

New pictures in Kaisa�s gallery

2010-10-15 14:44:23
Fall colors are at their brightest, and we have added pictures of them to Kaisa�s gallery. Kaisa has photograph people and life all over Lapland including Inari, Muonio, Yll�s, city of Rovaniemi and, of course, the Arctic Circle, where Santa Clause has received mail from around the world. In Inari, reindeer herders converse with their reindeer, in Yll�s, people take sauna baths, and in Muonio, a group is trekking amongst the reindeer. In the gallery, you will find pictures by browsing the different categories or you can search for images by themes. Go to the gallery and its categories: Santa Clause and Christmas Urban landscapes Summer landscapes Lapland Summer activities Subscribing to Kaisa�s e-news will keep you up-to-date about additions to the gallery and other new products.

Kaisa Sir�n continues to update her professional skills

2010-09-20 10:09:04
The Institute of Visual Communications (VVI) in Tampere organizes continuing education for professional photographers. Kaisa will take three of its courses during the fall of 2010. The first one deals with interior lighting and the other two dwell into photography soft ware. Kaisa wants to upgrade her knowledge and skills in the rapidly changing field of digital photograpy and she has taken courses with the VVI already in the past three years. This year Kaisa's continuing eduction is made possible by a grant for freelance press photographers from the Union of Journalists in Finland.

Kaisa Sir�n's photographs from The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation

2010-09-20 10:00:44
The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation's Christmas card selection this year includes Kaisa Sir�n's photographs. Two of their five cards are hers with a Christmas theme. You can order the cards with your own greeting and, if you wish. The logo of your business can also be printed on them. Click here to enter the Nature Conservations' on-line store (pages in Finnish). Satu Sir�n at (09) 8544 990 or satu.siren@sll.fi will assist you with printing your greeting and logo.

Quiet Signals - A group exhibition by Airi Dohlen, Teija Holopainen, and Kaisa Sir�nin in Denmark.

2010-09-09 17:02:28
AtILOn artists Airi Dohlen, Teija Holopainen ja Kaisa Sir�n created a group exhibition about Lapland. The exhibition is in the Bratskov Manor in Brovst, Denmark from the 3rd to the 30th of September, 2010. The Manor dates from the 14th Century and today hosts exhibitions, concerts, and meetings. The Quiet Signals exhibition was created in Lapland by residents of Lapland and inspired by its nature. The artists maintain that their art "describes our home, Lapland, its phenomena, nature, and spirituality. The natural forces and beliefs of Lapland tell their quiet messages through the artists". The works show that nature is their inspiration. The peace and purity of Lapland, fleeting moments, power of time and its presence in life, and spirits of nature, speak in these pieces. Read more about the Quiet Signals and look at some of the works in the exhibition. Link to the Bratskov Manor Airi Dohlen, Reindeer herd, 2010. Teija Holopainen, Together, safe, 2010. Kaisa Sir�n, Shaman's fish, 2010.

ArtIlo and the very looong painting in Rovaniemi-week

2010-09-09 17:00:12
The very looong painting and other works exhibited during the Meij�n Kaupunki event (Our City) have been collected for exhibition during the Rovaniemi-week festivals. The exhibition is set up in the foyer of the City Hall at Hallituskatu 7, from Sept. 6th to 17th, 2010. The ArtILO artists' group organized a public art workshop in July, where several young people of Rovaniemi created a very looong panting. It is now exhibited in its entirety, together with art pieces exhibited during the Meij�n kaupunki-exhibition. Welcome!

The �Flying Reindeer� have landed at Art Shop Alariesto in Rovaniemi.

2010-09-02 16:29:08
The Flying Reindeers returned from an exhibition tour in Sodankyl�. Now You can find them in Art Shop Alariesto, Pohjolankatu 13. Open Tue-Fri 10 a.m.-5 p.m., Sat 10 a.m.-2 p.m. At the reindeer corral in October. It is very quiet; the reindeer seem to be wondering about the strange activities of the photographer. All of a sudden, as if it were a race, they bolt, jostling and galloping towards an invisible finish line. Visit Art Shop Alariesto

Kaisa collaborates with Keep Lapland Tidy

2010-07-31 10:18:11
Kaisa participates in the efforts of the Keep Lapland Tidy-organization by selling her postcards to the organization for a reduced price. Part of the proceeds from the postcards will go towards the organization�s activities. The Keep Lapland Tidy�organization was founded in 1987 in Rovaniemi, where it holds its office on Lainaankatu. Its objective is to maintain a tidy and enjoyable environment in Lapland, while relying on financial support from various sources such as donations, lottery income, and membership fees. It also raises funds by selling postcards, and you can support its work by buying them. Retailers in Lapland include Lapland Hotel Sky Ounasvaara, The Santa Sport Institute, Hotel Arctic Circle, Hotel Suomutunturi, Salla Reindeer Park, Hotel Pyh�tunturi, Hotel Kieppi, Hotel Kittil�, Lapland Hotel �k�shotelli, Lapland Hotel Yll�skaltio, Restaurant T�hdenlento, Restaurant Tuikku, and Hotel Sirkant�hti. The organization�s other activities include informing and educating the public, developing garbage disposal, and organizing various environmental projects and research initiatives. Among others, they organize annually work camps where anybody can participate in taking care of the environment. By buying postcards displayed on these pages, you can support the activities of Keep Lapland Tidy. Do your part! Read more about Keep Lapland Tidy here. (Pages in Finnish)

Kaisa has a new collage of photography and reindeer hide

2010-07-15 09:36:16
What can you create with Lappish materials by combining large photographs, soft reindeer hide, and magnificent wooden frames of old-growth pine? The result is a unique design product. The topic of the images are winter sceneries from Lapland and reindeer, the useful and beautiful animal of Lapland that continues to provide a livelihood to many families. In the images, the life-size reindeer appear amazingly alive. The bigger pieces come in two sizes 63 x 68 cm and 75 x 59 cm. Smaller pieces are 30 x 21 cm. These pieces were up in the living room during the Rovaniemi Design Week 2010 and you can now buy one for yourself, for the office, or as a gift from Kaisa�s artgallery. These reindeer hide paintings are also available in the Aarnivalkea Gift Shop at Koskikatu 20 in Rovaniemi.

The very looong painting grew to 40 meters!

2010-07-15 09:22:59
The painting workshop, organized by artILO to promote young persons� art activities, was a success. Lots of people participated, paintings turned out colourful, and the atmosphere was joyful. Over forty young painters added their artistic perception to the �Our City� painting, which kept growing during the day to a forty meter-long piece. The chair of the City Council, Mr. Heikki Autto also participated in the event and encouraged other city councillors to paint their view of the city. A vivid discussion ensued about the city�s image and public presentation, and what the role of art is in them. Good ideas came up for where to locate in the future the graphite wall that currently resides in Lapinaukea. To save the wall, the young painters and their friends collected a petition to be handed to the City Council in September. At the end of the day, the very looong painting was placed in the library to dry, and it will be exhibited in the City Hall during the Rovaniemi Festival in September.

New art by the artILO group in the gallery

2010-07-01 16:46:20
Works created for the Jutajais-festival exhibition in Rovaniemi are now available in Kaisa�s Artgallery together with many other pieces by the artists of the artILO group. Click here to view all the works in the gallery. From the gallery, you can order art to your office or home, and we also offer gift certificates with which you can give a pleasant surprise to your friends. The gallery now has Kaisa Sir�n�s collages of digital photography, Ritva Kuusisto�s new pastel painting, and Airi Dohlen�s acrylic paintings. Teija Holopainen and Ulla Hoikka also have new acrylic paintings, and Eila Puhakka has once again created a wonderful weaving of linen and copper. Kristiina Hoikka has made photographs with the image transfer technique. Welcome to the Artgallery to view our art. We take commissions. Contact us with your questions or comments.

Kaisa�s new postcards now in the art gallery

2010-06-14 10:01:38
The selection of Kaisa�s post cards is expanding and now includes cards with the horse and Santa�s helper-theme, berries in kuksas (wooden cups), and a spectacular night image of the J�tk�nkynttil�-bridge in Rovaniemi. Click and enter Kaisa�s gallery to see the new cards: You can almost taste the juicy and round blueberries and cloudberries in a kuksa in the summer sun. In the wintery woods, Santa�s helper is accompanied by a toffee-coloured and furry Icelandic horse. The J�tk�nkynttil�-bridge in Rovaniemi is impressive in its night lights under the mountains, with reflections in the Kemi River. You can order cards directly while visiting the art gallery at www.kaisasiren.fi.

Kaisa�s work for sale at Art Shop Alariesto

2010-06-09 17:09:55
In June, the veteran framer Jari Alariesto opened a new framing store in Rovaniemi. Besides a framer, Jari Alariesto is a painter and sells artwork and postcards at the store. They include art photography and post cards by the photographer Kaisa Sir�n. Her photographs for sale in the store include the colourful planter boxes and works from the Light between the trees-series. The planter boxes grow orange coloured tulips and calla lilies and the Light between the trees series paints picturesque images with light. All her pieces are framed. Art Shop Alariesto Pohjolankatu 13 96100 Rovaniemi Open: Tue-Fri 10 a.m. � 5 p.m. and Sat 10 a.m. � 2 p.m. Phone +358 40 596 1541 www.alariesto.com

artILO artists invite you to the Meij�n kaupunki exhibiton

2010-06-07 12:00:42
The fifth year of the artILO group produced views of Our City (Meij�n kaupunki). We have looked at Rovaniemi with arctic lenses and through each artist�s experiences and feelings. Our sixth exhibition is now open in the Lapponica hall at the library. A total of 14 artILO artists present their views of this arctic city, its inhabitants, and landscapes through each artist�s individual meanings. More information on the exhibition. Welcome to Our City! The Regional Library of Lapland, Lapponica Hall, Rovaniemi Open Mon-Thu 11 a.m-7 p.m., Fri 11 a.m-5 p.m., Sat-Sun 11 a.m-4 p.m. Phone +35816-322 2463 Art event for youth at the library during the Jutajais-week Our exhibition also includes a public art workshop for youth. It takes place on July the 2nd from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. artILO artists will guide the participants who will paint a VERY LONG PAINTING with acrylic paints. The goal is to exhibit Rovaniemi�s young inhabitants� views of their city. The event is free of charge and no registration is necessary. Would you like to sponsor this event? At the event, the supporters will get positive exposure when we tell the media about our sponsors. The event is sponsored by the artILO group and the city of Rovaniemi, among others.

Kaisa's photos on display at an exhibition in Australia 13.-23.5.2010!

2010-05-12 11:36:48
Kaisa�s photographs travel to Australia to Warburton which lies close to the city of Melbourne. The exhibition shows May 13�23. It is included in the Nordic Festival, organized by a Finn, Leila Hay who lives in Australia. The festival embraces Nordic design, art, culture and customs. Learn more about Leila's fine by nature-store and the festival itself.

New pictures in Kaisa�s gallery: Santa�s helper and horse in the snowy forest.

2010-05-03 09:54:18
Santa�s helper was stumbling in the deep snow but the horse jumped along easily on its long legs. Kaisa came along and took pictures of the two. Where were they going? Is Santa�s helper going to take summer holidays? Visit Kaisa�s photo gallery to see pictures of the adventures of Santa�s helper and horse.

Kaisa attends the Design room at the Sampo Centre from April 19 th to 25 th

2010-04-14 15:56:50
Northern Design moves to the Sampo Centre for the Design week. A total of 37 entrepreneurs from the region built the Design room and Design exhibition at the Centre. Kaisa Sir�n exhibits photographs of northern landscapes and the reindeer, this time printed on leather. Framed with the rare old growth pine these pictures make a unique and stunning product. The Design room will host a large selection of local creativity. There you can also meet entrepreneurs of creative industries and follow the events of the Design week. Welcome! Kaisa will be at the exhibition on April 24th, 2010 between 1 and 5 p.m. Design room and Design exhibition Location: Sampo Centre, ground floor Open: Mon-Fri 10 a.m.-7 p.m., Sat. 10 a.m. -5 p.m., Sun. 12 noon -4 p.m. Design shop Location: Sampo Centre, ground floor Open: Mon 12 noon -7 p.m., Tue-Fri 10 a.m. � 7 p.m., Sat 10 a.m. -5 p.m. Rovaniemi Design Week April 19-25, 2010 Organizer: Rovaniemen Kehitys Oy

Icelandic horses and riders in winter landscapes

2010-04-14 15:54:22
Kaisa photographed cross country riding on a lake and in snowy forests. Go to the photo gallery to see the speed and fun among snow drifts with Icelandic horses and riders enjoying themselves in the sunny winter.

Order post cards series from Kaisa�s gallery

2010-04-14 15:44:17
It is now possible to order post card series from Kaisa�s artgallery. We brought the post card series to the internet shop thinking of customers who are interested in smaller quantities and a variety of images. The cards are ordered by topic or theme. Each series includes 3-10 cards and we have many themes such as Santa Claus, Reindeer calve, Reindeer, Siberian Husky dogs, and Winter landscapes. As a gift to you, we will pay the shipping and mailing costs of your order.

Anu Riestola participates this summer in ArtIlo�s Our City exhibition

2010-04-07 11:54:46
ArtIlo has invited the painter Anu Riestola to become the group�s honorary member. We collaborated with her in 2009 when she juried the exhibition K�rp�sten surinaa (Buzzing of flies) and directed our workshops. Working with her was interesting, challenging, and fun. This summer Anu is participating as an artist in ArtIlo�s Our City exhibition (Meij�n kaupunki). Anu Riestola is a painter living and working in Kemi. She graduated from Turku Drawing School in 1996 (now known as Turku Arts Academy), and is now working towards her Master�s degree in Fine Arts at Aalto University School of Art and Design. She has participated in several exhibitions. Lately, she has produced small works with mixed techniques describing northern identity and femininity. In these pieces, she introduces three-dimensional objects to a two-dimensional surface. She has also created assemblages of objects. Anu Riestola�s art is included in the collections of Raisio plc, TSN Suomen Gallup, Salo Art Gallery, Vilho Hurme Foundation, and Kemi Art Gallery. ArtILo�s workshops are busy preparing the exhibition for summer 2010 The ArtIlo group recently had its third workshop with Kristiina Hoikka. These workshops are a fertile ground for vivid discussions and exchange of ideas. This time we gathered at Airi Dohl�ns home to present our individual ideas and drafts for the entire group. We analyzed photographs taken during the winter about anything related to the Our City exhibition, and we worked on defining what Rovaniemi really means to us and how we can convey that in our art. We plan to include some photographs in the Our City exhibition in the Lapponica Hall of the Rovaniemi Library, June 2-July 3, 2010.

Kaisa photographed snowshoeing and skiing in the snowy landscapes at Ounasvaara

2010-03-22 15:08:05
Tracking through deep snow is fun and good for fitness. Watching these pictures makes one want to go into the snow covered forests and out on the sunny and glittering slopes at Ounasvaara. Snowshoeing and skiing pictures in Kaisa�s gallery.

Did you step on art? �exhibition March 4 - April 21 at Kemij�rvi Cultural Centre

2010-03-11 09:12:49
Come for a surprise and an enjoyment to Kemij�rvi Cultural Centre. A joint exhibition of ArtILO artists shows photographs by Kaisa Sir�n and sculpture by Eila Puhakka. They ask: Did you go for an art walk? Did you enter into a forest? What did you see? Both these Lapland artists are nature lovers and want to exhibit thought provoking and visually pleasing items from forests. Portraits from forests make our imagination fly � what you just walked over on a forest walk is actually a nature piece like one by Picasso�s. The pieces in the exhibition are untitled in order to inspire the viewer�s imagination. Therefore, the viewers can propose titles to the works according to what they see in them. In the previous exhibition in Rovaniemi, we received over 300 suggestions. Did you step on art? Was exhibited in Varjo Gallery in Rovaniemi in the spring of 2009, where it received favourable feedback. Welcome to the exhibition! Kemij�rvi Cultural Centre Hietaniemenkatu 5, 98100 Kemij�rvi

New Christmas images in Kaisa�s gallery

2010-03-05 09:09:08
The photographer Kaisa Sir�n from Lapland spent a day with Santa Clause and his helpers in the snowy woods. The great weather put everyone in a good mood and, as a result, you now can purchase wintery images with big smiles and huge snow drifts. Naturally, Santa�s reindeer was there, too, sometimes helping, and at other times protesting � pictures of him and the events of the day are in Kaisa�s gallery. These pictures are also available as postcards. Santa Claus and his reindeer enjoying a superb winter�s day. Photo Kaisa Sir�n 2010. Santa�s reindeer disagrees and it takes two people to get him moving again. Photo Kaisa Sir�n 2010. Santa�s reindeer takes him through the snowy woods. Photo Kaisa Sir�n 2010.

Buy a gift certificate to the artILO gallery

2010-03-01 14:57:09
You determine the gift amount and your friends select an art product of their liking from artILO�s gallery. The gift cards are valid indefinitely. We produce art with using techniques that include photography, oil painting, graphic art, weaving, and pastel painting. We also have several art postcards and prints available. Come and check out our varied and unique art works here. Graphical cats by Kristiina Hoikka. Hare's-tail Cottongrass by Ulla Hoikka. Encountering and a common future by Airi Dohl�n.

Artilo�s exhibitions renewed!

2010-02-11 15:52:38
ArtILO is again offering new works for you to enjoy! They are on exhibition until April 30th, 2010 as follows: In Rovaniemi, on the first and second floors of Sky Hotel Ounasvaara; In Levi, at Hotel Sirkant�hti; In Yll�s, at Hotel �k�shotel. The art works are for sale. We welcome you to enjoy our work and purchase unique gifts and art from Lapland to decorate your home and office. Ulla Hoikka�s Seitani -Light, mixed technique at Hotel Sky Onunasvaara, in Rovaniemi. Lapland Hotel Sky Ounasvaara, Juhannuskalliontie, 96400 Rovaniemi Lapland Hotel Sirkant�hti, Levintie 1640,99130 Sirkka Lapland Hotel �k�shotelli, �k�sentie 10, 95970 �k�slompolo

artILO artist invited to Jutajaiset folk dance festival in June!

2010-01-25 11:27:12
We are happy to announce that the artILO artists� group has been invited as a collaborator and festival-artist to the Jutajaiset folkdance festival. We are proud to receive the invitation to this prestigious festival. The festival has a long tradition -- this year in Rovaniemi is its 38th. ArtILO artists will participate with an exhibition in the Lapponica hall in the Rovaniemi library. While our exhibition will be in line with the festival theme �Our Land�, we also will take an �arctic� look at Rovaniemi and call the exhibition �Our City�. The festival takes place June 30th to July 4th, 2010, but our exhibition will open already on June the 2nd in the Lapponica hall and will be open until July 3rd, 2010. To create the exhibition, we use the workshop method with which we had so much success for the �The Buzzing Flies� exhibition. We have already conducted two workshops and, after the third one at the end of January, we expect to have satisfying results. This time, the workshop leader is one of our members, Kristiina Hoikka, who is studying to become a fine arts teacher. The juror, however, will be invited from outside of our group. During the festival weekend, concurrent with the exhibition, and If the weather permits, we will arrange an outdoor art workshop open to everybody. This public painting of the world�s longest piece of art will take place on the library grounds. Kaisa Sir�n's photograph of the winter scenery at night atop Ounasvaara hill represents one of the themes which is beeing studied for the "Our City" exhibition. Welcome to our exhibition "Our City" during 2.6.-3.7.2010. and Jutajaiset folkdance festival during 30.6.-4.7.2010 in Rovaniemi! Read more about Jutajaiset.

Now news can be delivered automatically to your email or internet browser!

2010-01-15 10:28:07
You can now get all our news automatically from www.kaisasiren.fi. After you order this service, as soon as we upload something new to our website, you will receive the new item to your e-mail or internet browser. This service saves you time because you do not need to browse our pages to find out if there are new items. At the bottom of our home page, you find an icon with the letters �RSS� next to it. Click on it and select either e-mail or internet, depending on where you want the messages delivered. If you select e-mail, you will be asked to verify your subscription. Thereafter, all new news items automatically come to your e-mail. This service will not clog up your e-mail or browser since we update our news only twice a month. On the contrary, getting the news to your e-mail will free up your time and make your work easier: you are always up-to-date with what is happening with our gallery, what the artILO group is working on, and what exhibitions are coming up. Order now and be up-to-speed with Kaisa Sir�n and artILO. P.S. In the midst of a most beautiful winter, we have added some summer images to the gallery. Take a look and relive weekends at the cabin, fishing and boating on the lake, sauna baths, and other summer fun.

New paintings by Airi Dohlen at the art gallery!

2010-01-13 09:49:48
In the spring of 2009, Airi Dohlen chose an unusual theme for the final project in her visual arts studies: breast cancer touches many Finns. Airi has painted a friend of hers, overtaken by fear and angst, turned into herself, unwilling to be in contact with anybody. Lying on her bed, she feels shame, anger, and bitterness towards what she feels is her crippled body. Dohlen also painted her friend�s remaining breast from different angles. Perhaps she will lose that, too, but we do not know yet. This collection was previously exhibited at the University of Lapland and is now on display in the art gallery here. Visit the exhibition and look also at Airi�s latest paintings. Airi�s art gallery now also hosts the paintings she made in the summer of 2009, for the exhibition called �The buzzing of flies�. Enjoy the exhibition and hear the bees buzz around your ears.

The photo gallery pricing has been renewed

2010-01-03 15:17:58
The pricing of photogallery Kaisa Sir�n has been renewed starting from 1.1.2010. The price of an image is still 100� each including VAT 22%, but the price form now on includes rights for a single use. You can still use the image at this price to whichever use, the internet, an advertisment, brochure or e.g. printed media. The reuse of the image by the same user costs 50% of the original price, equals 50�. Thhold a continuous-rights to all images loaded within the contract year. Happy New Year to All!

The �Flying Reindeer� have landed at Hotel Kultainen Karhu in Sodankyl�.

2009-12-16 09:22:40
The Flying Reindeer exhibition is now open in Hotel Kultainen Karhu, our new collaborator in Sodankyl�. Director Jari Virtanen wishes you and the reindeer welcome! The exhibition is on glorious display in the hotel�s restaurant where it will remain until January 31st, 2010. Thereafter, the reindeer will fly to Hotel Arctic Circle in Suomu, where they will be on view until the end of April. At the reindeer corral in October. It is very quiet; the reindeer seem to be wondering about the strange activities of the photographer. All of a sudden, as if it were a race, they bolt, jostling and galloping towards an invisible finish line. Visit Hotel Kultainen Karhu.

Come shopping for high quality art for Christmas

2009-12-16 09:04:20
A group of skilled Northern artists participate in the Arctic craft fair in Arktikum December 18-20, 2009. ArtILO artists will have a broad selection of products available: we bring for instance ceramics, graphic art, wood carvings, water color paintings, post cards and wreaths. Come to enjoy our work and take home unique Christmas gifts! Kaisa Sir�n�s moving photography. Eila Puhakka�s warm paintings on canvas. Airi Dohl�n�s unique feather paintings. In the Arctic craft fair, you can also participate in workshops as well as visit for instance the �sowing caf�. See also the pages of Arktikum.

Finland's Pressphotographers introduce Kaisa as the photographer of November

2009-11-10 08:40:50
Kaisa Sir�n has recently joined Finland's Pressphotographers Association. And right away she was invited to participate as a photographer of the month on associations website. She is the photographer introduced during November and is very thrilled about this possibility. Read more about the association and the photographer of the month.

Kaisa's photojournalism portfolio now on display in the internet

2009-10-23 16:00:35
Kaisa's photojournalism pictures are now on display as a portfolio collection. Here you can see a sample of photos taken for various newspapers and magazines during the last three years. To the portfolio.

Meeting Anu Pentik during ArtILO's trip was a success.

2009-10-08 14:08:19
The excursion organized on Saturday 3.10.2009 by ArtILO was a success. There were 34 participants and we were happy to see that most of them were art lovers outside of ArtILO. Anu Pentik welocomed us in warm and loving way and it made us feel as honored gests. The participants were very interested in Pentik's history which Anu had told us. She also told us future plans for Pentik, for example that they are going to open a new gallery in Kuusankoski in October 2009. We heard what the source of Anu's inspirations are; traveling to different countries. "People must go far to see near". An example of this is Pentik's mosaic boulevard. Anu got the idea to utilize mosaic in exterior decoration when she visited Barcelona and saw Gaudi's mosaic works. Anu had already been a long time thinking about how she could re-use broken ceramics. Inspired by Gaudi she decided to utilise that material in the mosaic boulevard and her gallery's exterior wall. We got a chance to visit the new Anu Pentik's gallery, opened in July 2009. The Gallery's ceramic exhibitions change twice a year. The founder Anu Pentik is the artist of the first exhibition. The Flowers� Prayer exhibition seeks to inspire the visitors to take a moment to think about the planet earth, the challenges it faces and how best to ensure that we can preserve it for the generations to come. The idea for this exhibition Anu got when she visited Shanghai and saw how polluted the air there is. The exhibitions in this gallery in the future will also always be three dimensional arts. The gallery is on two floors, upstairs you can see The Flowers' Prayer exhibit; white ceramic dishes and two mosaic works. Downstairs you will find an instalation made up of unique plates covering half of the gallery wall. If the customers want they can buy a plate from this artwork to take home. Another plate will replace those which found new homes. The Gallery�s facade features a stunning, eight-metre high and twenty-metre wide ceramic installation. It is called The Power of Posio and is a piece of artwork which tells the story about the North and it's unforgettable nature. Posio has been a big influence on Anu already over 30 years now. the participants's biggest expectation from this excursion were seeing the factory, introduction to the process of making ceramics and porcelain, seeing the Mosaic Boulevard, meeting Anu Pentik with people who share same interests and get new inspirations and enthusiasm for making art. This was the first ArtILO organized excursion. It was a successfull one but left also something to see for the next time, for example the factory itself. Everyone enjoyed the trip and many would like to participate in the future excursions. Suggestions for the next excursion were Picasso's exhibit in Helsinki, a day in Oulu, Kemi-Tornio area and visiting an artgroup in Kittil�. Anu Pentik has designed The Mosaic Boulevard together with Posio based artist Paula Suominen. So far the boulevard is 25 meters long. In outlet store artists can also find something to buy, like Chinese brushes which Airi Dohlen is admiring.

Palas exhibition Towards Color opens with a public art auction

2009-10-05 23:07:52
Art association Palas Lapland is lightening up the October in Rovaniemen with its plentyful joy of color during the Towards Color- exhibition. There are works from 30 member artist involved in the exhibition. And amongst those 30 there are also works from 9 artILO artist who are members of Palas as well. The chairman of Palas, Teija Holopainen, greeting the guests welcome to the opening. The Palas- artists have concentrated in colorintheir works and now those which are displayed are the newest of them all; the main theme her eis color and the relationship of the color with the particular artist. The jury of this exhibition has been a Posio based visual artist Paula Suominen. Toward color! continues the theme in which Palas has been concentrating this year; already during the summer course the theme was color and thisngs that can be expressed thure color. Color expands to many forms and expressions. With color one can express perspective, feeling,atmosphere, space,time. Colors speaks for feelings and reflects and arouses Color can bring you memories from the past as well as bring an inspiration to something totally new and yet unborn. The significance of color in a painting is never minor; color is either warm or cold, pure or lost its saturation. A number of different color combinations create a suspension to an artwork and awaken the interest to look at it further. And the most important is; light is color. Guests at the opening. At left our auction broaker Pertti Hyv�rinen receiving offers froma oil painting by Ilmi Huoviala. On the background secreteries Helena Aula and Airi Dohlen. The exhibition was opened along with a new idea; an art auction. The Palas memebers had donated works to be sold at the auction and the auction broaker was Pertti Hyv�rinen, the owner of Hyv�rinen art shop. The person behind this idea was Mr Paavo Holopainen, who has done a long carrieer in the travelbusiness in Lapland. He had also made a great effort to attract auction audience in place. There were some 25 artworks to be sold and about half of them found a new home. It could have been a little busier with the auction sales amongst the approximate 50 guests, but the first time always needs its rehersal. The next time we will conitnue to auction thoise works which now did not change the owner. The auction broaker Pertti Hyv�rinen At right the man behind the auction idea Paavo Holopainen is making an offer while guets Minna and Jari Piippola are studing the auction list. The exhibition Towards Color! by Palas is on display at Lapponica-hall during 30.9.-23.10. Lapponica-hall is open mo-th 11-20, Fr 11-17 ans Sat 11-16.

Join an excursion to Pentik Center in Posio!

2009-09-11 18:42:30
The art group artILO from Rovaniemi is organizing a one day excursion to Posio to visit the Pentik Center Saturday 3.10. The Center is open from 10Am to 4PM. The departure is from Rovaniemi art Museum at 8AM Saturday morning. Anu Pentik herself will be our host at the center introducing us to the factory as well as the mosaikworks there. There is also a possibility to visit the Coffee Cup Museum. We return back to Rovaniemi at 6PM. the cost of the excursion is 30� per person and is paid in the bus. We will have a chance to have lunch in Posio which each participant will pay him/herself. Welcome to join us in this cheerful excursion! SIGN UP by 28.9. at Airi Dohlen tel: 040-8239291 or e-mail airi.dohlen@pp.inet.fi

The Flies are Buzzing also in the YLE TV1 Cultural News

2009-09-07 23:29:30
The Flies Buzzing in the Cultural News! The Finnish national broadcasting company, YLE, and TV1 has also paid a visit to artILO's exhibition Buzzing of the Flies. Please pay a visit at YLE areena and have a look at the interview made by the cultural news on the 2.9.2009. The program can be viewed untill 30.9.2009.

Buzzing of the Flies opening has been held

2009-09-07 12:49:28
ArtILO's newest exhibition opening was held on Wednesday 2.9.2009 in Rovaniemi. It was success. The happening itself was a cheerful get together and the guests made the exhibition atmosphere buzz. Have a visit and see the show untill the 26.9.2009 in Lapponica hall at the Rovaniemi library.

Buzzing of the Flies soon ready to be hung up

2009-08-19 15:39:14
The fourth and so far the last artILO exhibition workshop has been held. And many things have found its place in the process. Along with the evaluation of the works we went thru some practical issues concerning the hanging and the opening of the exhibiion. There are very interesting works to be hung at the exhibition. The great big sun shade umbrella of Teija Holopainen has got a completely a new form. An not only the form also the material has been changed from the soft cloath to a metal hanger. Now we can enjoy views of potatoes while lying on a sunbed. Now also for the first time we got to see the iron lady by Maritta J�nk�l�. And she really does not leave anyone cold. The watercolor series Forest by Ritva Aaltonen was already frames and Maija Vanhatapio had painted charming Lapland landscapes in very many different styles. For the first time we also saw a " proof" version of Asko Luosuj�rvi's work. It is a full room height ceramic installation which conveys a summer rain. Very impressive! The Bird statue by Ulla Hoikka has also gotten a new color and the eggs it is protecting a lovely shape. There will be a nuber of techniques represented in the exhibition; at least ceramics, papermass works, photographs, acrylics, oil colors, installations from recycled materials as well as watercolors. The opening will be on the 2nd of September at the Rovaniemi public library. Everybody is wellcome! The exhibition is shown untill September 26th during the opening hours of the library.

The third artILO workshop is unifying the Summer- exhibition to a coherent direction

2009-07-17 17:40:25
We have our third meeting at the race track again and the picture of artILO's Summer-exhibition is getting clearer. Anu Riestola, our supervisor is giving us again her strong views and questioning our work. However very first we received a large package of information about artist portfolios and it put us thinking about everyones presentation. From left studing the samples are Eila Puhakka, Martta Niemi, Ritva Heikanen, Maija Vanhatapio and Ritva Aaltonen. The works of the coming exhibition have developed further again and at first we deceide to look at all the works as one whole. With this exhibition our aim is to give the viewer the feeling of having worked together and that it shows. Anu has the opinion that already now the works have interaction with one another. Kaisa has almost finished her first piece of a photo collage and the feedback received was very positive. The work is pasted together from tiny pieces of photographs and this abstract summer landscape has truly been quite a pressure, but the positive feedback made her decide to continue more with this technique. Martta Niemi has developed her summer beach landscape further. It is interestingly painted on a roller blind. The sand has received small footprints and summer sandals. The small watercolor paintings of Teija Holopainen have a very coloristic and minimalistic feeling. They will be attached to the inner side of a large sunshade. Maija Vanhatapio and Eija-Riitta H�nninen finally made it to the workshop. Maija has painted strong feelings of a summer storm and you really can feel your hair flying in this wind. Eija in turn has developed her flower kiosk idea further and prepared many unique and black toned bunches from recycled materials. The two Ritvas; Heiskanen and Kuusisto plus Eila Puhakka's installation of a room in a home is outlined further. The atmosphere of this room is tranquil but is everything really as it seems to be? Raija Vanhamaa has painted a lovely picture of a cow with a very strong summer night feeling. Its blue tone brings in mind a meadow on which the cows are pasturing and chewing the cud. The whole workshop is highlighted by a wonderful lunch prepared to us by Asko Luosuj�rvi. We started the morning with a fresh summer cake and continued lunch with soup and salad. These workshops are really food for the soul and the body. There is one more workshop to go before the hanging on September 2nd. Welcome to read the lates news after 2.8. and of course welcome to the exhibition, the opening of which is 2.9.2009 at the Lapponica hall in Rovaniemi library.

Kaisa's assistant Heli Herttua went outside with camera.

2009-07-02 11:26:58
There are so many new challenges when going outside to take pictures. It's like two all different worlds meeting when you compare taking pictures in yhe studio and outside. When you are in the studio you can control all of the lights and put them just where you want them. But when you are taking pictures outside you can't control the lights. You just have to deal with what you got. You can use little flash or reflectors outside and it helps little bit but you can't make sunshine if it's clowdy. Reguardless of all the challenges I have enjoyd taking pictures in milieu. Here is couple of excamples of my homeworks. In this picture I have used existing light and a little flash. This picture is taken using only existing light. Like before I used in this picture only the existing light but this time sun was shining.

artILO's second exhibition workshop has been held

2009-06-02 15:49:45
A beautiful Saturday in May and the whole group full of energy and new ideas. The theme of the upcoming exhibition in September is summer and is going strong. We had our second workshop at the race track and what a great place for working it is. Plenty of space to review and work. Anu Riestola, visual artist, is leading the workshops and we went thru the works of each participants. Anu analysed the works at their current stages and gave more advice for their development. We also carried out a very helpful conversation on topics such as what it is like to be an artist, what is one's artist statement, what our targets are as an individual as well as artILO as a group. During the peronal consultation by Anu a numer of importat poist werw brought out, such as how to simlify the work and its message. How to provide the viewer a clear impression of your original thought thru simpifying the message and the technique. There are a numer of different techniques included in the upcoming exhibition and it is especially nice to hane many installations as well. It will be exciting to see how each artist has developed his/her work as we meet next time in July. Anu Riestola is our competent, clearworded and fabulous superviser. Here the conversation is about the summer leaves by Ulla Hoikka. Our chairperson Ulla Hoikka having fun with her bird statue. From left Ritva Kuusisto, Anu Riestola, Maritta J�nk�l� and Ritva Heiskanen tare studing the installation by the two Ritvas and Eila Puhakka. It will dispaly a peaceful room in a home. Ritva Aaltonen is going to paint a series of birds. Martta Niemi is having one by one consultation by Anu. These cheerful characters are adventuring in Maritta J�nk�l�'s installation. Kaisa Sir�n has decided to conquer a photographic collage!

Airi Dohlen's exhibition in Gallery Kajo in the University of Lapland untill 4.6.2009

2009-05-27 18:25:45
Breast cancer is the subject Airi chose for the final exposition of her visual art studies at the University of Lapland because Dohlens friend had it in year 2002. In her paintings Airi uses her friends depression and fear when she doesn't want anyone to be near her. When she lies on her bed and feels shame, anger and bitter for her hideous body. Dohlen painted her friends only breast in different angles while she still has it. Maybe she's going to loose it, maybe not. No one really knows. This topic made her wonder about the most important things in life. What things are irrelevant? What is the purpose of life? What is the reason for sickness? Why me? What have I done wrong, do I not listen to my body? Where can I get help and answers to these questions? These are the disconcerting questions that are always on the mind of a cancer ill person. The shadow of cancer will follow the person for the rest of their life. There, where a diabetic carries insulin, the cancer patient carries the Grim Reaper. Women's most common cancer is breast cancer. It is a malignant tumor that starts from cells of the breast. In Finland there was over 3770 new breast cancer cases found in 2003. About every 10th woman will have breast cancer. Mens breast cancer is very rare. In Finland there are only 10 new mens breast cancer cases every year. The prognosis of breast cancer has improved lately due to earlier diagnosis and better treatment methods. At the moment appr. 88% of the patients are alive 5 years after the diagnosis.

Teija Holopainen's exhibition Arctic Professions in Saarenkyl�'s library untill 31.05.2009.

2009-05-27 14:18:58
Teija Holopainen's latests works deal with the vanishing Northern jobs and professions. Teija has a visit at painter John Court's exhibition when she had her inspiration. John Court has dyslexia and he struggles with the words. He can't perceive letters into words. Holopainen started to think how people with the dyslexia survive. Teija realised she had problems to understand some marks and meanings of symbols. So she started to paint marks and symbols of reindeer and learn their meanings. Main idea was to paint simple pictures which would open the sign to the viewer right away. While working on her project she talked with reindeer herders about how they carry out their jobs. Now a days the herders must have many jobs, with the reindeers alone they wouldn't earn enough income. Teija started to worry is reindeer herding a vanishing professional skill? Are there in the future any herders left? Teija will continue painting this project of Arctic Professions after the exhibition.

Kaisa�s assistant Heli Herttua�s studies in VVI have progressed.

2009-05-13 18:05:24
My studies in VVI started on December 2008 in Tampere. Now first spring is gone and summer is almost here. It means finally I can go and take outdoors pictures. In our indoors season we learned how to took profile, object, passport, high key, low key pictures and our calender project will last all year. This flower picture is a sample from a high key picture. It�s challenging to do high key because you can use only rgb scale�s brighter end. You can have only a couple of darker spots. It�s always so exciting to go to Tampere and learn something new although when I come back my head is filled with ideas for homeworks and new information. It takes a couple of days to get information in right places. Homeworks need lots of practise and you have to do the same pictures over and over again to learn them well. I wait for enthusiastically for the summer and summer homeworks along with challenges which they bring. Here is a couple of excamples of my homeworks. Here is another high key picture. It�s so much challenging to do a high key picture with a person than an object. Especially if your model has dark hair. You must be careful not to burn whole the picture when you try to make the dark hair lighter. This Buddha present a low key picture. In the low key pictures you can only use rgb scale's darker end and just a couple of bright spot. In this picture I have used just basic lighting with an object.

Anu Riestola is supervising upcoming ArtILO exhibition, based on 4 workshops

2009-04-28 15:14:17
In September 2009 ArtILO will organize a joint exhibition at the Rovaniemi library Lapponica hall. The theme of the exhibition is summer. Works are made from materials no longer in use. This time the exhibition is based on a very new way of working. ArtILO has invited visual artist Anu Riestola, ex regional artis, as a jury. Anu's duty has started well in advance in a form of four workshops which she will supervise as part of the working process. In each workshop the works of each artist is evaluated and discussed in order to direct the exhibition to a unison harmony. Anu Riestola was immediately excited about this working process because it is a new way to build an exhibition. The first workshop has aldiscussing and interactive way. She is giving each artist personal feedback of their works. The exhibition in summer theme consists of many different techniques. There will be watercolor- and oilpaintings but also compositions by made together several artists cobining various techniques in one environmental work. Now during the working process Riestola is hoping to see a number of sketches by each artist even though the work. The next workshop is held at the end of May and there not only do we have a look at the works and sketcehs at that stage but also work and refine them further under Anu's supervision. It will be exciting to see for example how the atmosphere of summer is developing in the environmental work Spirit of a Home. And are there already some watercolor paintings ready which can be viewed undert the parasol! The working process also inludes taht each artist keeps a working diary and these will be viewed at the workshop. The workshops are also photographed and documented for future use and sharing the experiences and the process with other artist. Welcome to the sho in Rovaniemi in September 2009!

Kemijoki Ltd has aquiered a three piece photography works from Kaisa Sir�n.

2009-03-04 12:19:41
The hydroelectric power company Kemijoki Ltd, in Rovaniemi has aquiered a three piece photography works called The river has... from Kaisa Sir�n. The photographs have been taken in May 2008 at the Valajaskoski hydro powerplant, just above the plant itself during the spring flooding time. The photographs are of huge whirlpools forming above the plant. However the viewer can see many forms such as an eye of a bird, a grasshopper, and eagle or whatever the imagination produces. The company is currently looking for a good location to hang the works up at their Rovaniemi headquarters.

The opening of Did You Step on ART a success!

2009-02-08 16:11:53
Last Friday on the 6.2.09 Varjo Gallery in Rovaniemi lived a moment of history as about 100 persons wanted to participae in the opening of Eila Puhakka's and Kaisa Sir�n's exhibition Did you step on art? It is clear that the atmosphere was very dense and not a single sole more could have made it indoors in the beginning. But the excitment was grand and the opening venue was a great happening with an exceptional atmosphere. Also the exhibition itsef was judged very interesting by all the participants. Everyone also enoyed the idea of having the possibility to partitciptae in the nameing of the works. There will be a raffle between all of those participating by writing down impressions and name suggestions by the end of the exhibition 1.3.2009. Have a visit at the gallery and the exhibition and let your own imagination take a flight with the works. You can read more about the exhibition here.

Ulla Hoikka�s works on display in Rovaniemi

2009-02-08 15:50:09
You can now enjoy VEDIC art by Ula Hoikka In Rovaniemi during February and Marsch as Ulla Hoikka has set her works on display. They are at Marttavalmuska, on Rovakatu 13, in Rovaniemi during Faebruary and March. The Martha's is located into the hearth of Rovaniemi, and is open on Monday 12-16 and Friday 9-14. During other hours only by appointment. The Martha organization holds courses in evenings for example Sweets in the Martha's kitchen course. You can red more about the Matrha Organization from here.

ArtILO's exhibition at Lapland Hotel �k�shotel is renewed

2009-02-02 10:29:42
Artgroup ArtILO's exhibition in Lapland Hotels �k�shotel is renewed completely during January. You can have a visit during the opening hours of the hotel untill the 30.4.2009. The members displaying their works this time are Ulla Hoikka, Teija Holopainen, Ritva Kuusisto, Kaisa Sir�n and Eila Puhakka. Also the exhibitions at Lapland Hotels Sky Ounasvaara in Rovaniemi and Lapland Hotels Sirkant�hti in Levi have got some new paintings.

Eila Puhakka's and Kaisa Sir�n's exhibition in VarjoGallery between 6.2.09-1.3.09.

2009-01-26 11:04:27
Eila Puhakka's and Kaisa Sir�n's exhibition's theme is the masterpieces of nature. How many of us have notice these works of art the nature has made before this exhibition. Don't miss this opportunity to go and see these works which consist of photographs and statues. Also you can read more about this exhibition from here You can look what else is going on in VarjoGallery from here!

Kaisa�s assistant Heli Herttua starts photography studies in Tampere

2008-12-28 20:16:19
Heli Herttua, 21yrs, has been accepted to an apprenticeship contract program and started 2 year photography studies program at Visuaaliviestinn�n Instituutti in Tampere. There will be 3 days of studies in Tampere once a month and the rest of the time she continues working as an assistant to Kaisa. Heli has already studied the field during one year while attending a media assistant studies in Haapavesi. Now she is eagerly continuing with the new studies. In comparison to the earlier school the situation is quite different now, since Heli has already been working as an apprrentice with Kaisa for 8 months. During this time she has learnt a lot and gained expereince in lighting, exposure, photoshop and the photography itself amongst others. The working time has brought a ot of expereinces but it is difficult for Heli to say which has been the most important lesson. At least untill now there has not been any negative surprises in the job and this field. Untill now Heli�s duties have been working with Photoshop, assisting during assignments, taking care of the postcard and picturesales, updating the internet pages and many kinds of tasks with the picture archives. Heli feels that she has learnt the most in picture manipulation with Photoshop. What fascinates Heli in photography is the possibility of telling a story with the image. And perpetuating an important moment. Heli has been interested in photography since a small child and hs got her own camera at the age of 7. Since then a camera has been always along. Especially her mother was � excited� about four rolls of film with nothing but pictures of ducks. From the new studies Heli expects to learn a lot of new things, that the level of teaching is high and clear and the teatchers have done their lessons in detail and with good planing. Heli�s target is to work as a professional photographer one day, but it is still early to define what type of photograhy she will do. Now while studing and working on an apprenticeship contract she expects to be able to aply into practice the theories and tasks given at school. From now on you can follow Heli�s studies and development in the news; we will publish a new story after each school assignment has been completed.

Christmas is almost here!

2008-12-23 11:48:19
Once again it's Christmas and the year is almost over. Thank you for co-operation, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to everyone!

Ritva Heiskanen's new art in ArtGallery.

2008-12-03 12:46:19
Artilo artist Ritva Heiskanen has new works for you to in the ArtGallery. They are made with pastel, acrylics and charcoal techniques. Have a look more here!

Ritva Kuusisto's works at KotiGalleria in Rovaniemi during November

2008-11-21 11:41:27
You can go and see Ritva Kuusisto's oil-, pastel-, and acrylic paintings in KotiGalleria, Rovakatu 11, in Rovaniemi. The theme of all of Ritva's works on display is landscape of Lapland. Ritva Kuusisto has put 7 of her works on display by the request of ArtILO artist Eila Puhakka. While Eila has her works in Helsinki Ritva has the honor of keeping her creations on display in KotiGalleria. KotiGalleria is open during weekdays from 9am to 5pm.

Eila Puhakka�s and Kaisa Sir�n�s exhibition in Helsinki between 4.11-28.11.08.

2008-10-29 13:30:08
Eila Puhakka and Kaisa Sir�n have joint exhibition in Helsinki, Caf�-restaurant Silvoplee between 4.11-28.11.08. Their exhibition is called Touch of Earth and Mind of water. Silvoplee is a Caf�-restaurant in Helsinki were artist�s can keep their own exhibitions and you can also rent it for your own party or events. Eila Puhakka�s Touch of Earth exhibition has not been displayed before. Her works in Silvoplee are called Dream of bear, Time of seeds, The swans are moving and Cloudberry marshland. Technique she has used in every work is fabric technique. Kaisa Sir�n�s works in Silvoplee for example are Inside my head, Mind of water and Gliding. All of her photographs are black and white. Kaisa's Mind of water exhibition has been also in Kemi�s Snowcastle, Kemi, in Varjo Gallery and in Arktikum, Rovaniemi. You can also go and get to know Silvoplee from here!

Ritva Heiskanen's art in Marttavalmuska.

2008-10-28 16:31:20
You can go and fall into love with Ritva Heiskanen's acrylics and pastels in The Lapland's Martha organization untill the end of this year. The Martha's is located into the hearth of Rovaniemi, Rovakatu 13. It is open on Monday 12-16 and Friday 9-14. During other hours only by appointment. The Martha organization holds courses in eavnings for example Sweets in the Martha's kitchen course. You can read more about the Martha's works from here.

Kristiina Hoikka has started the Master's programme in visual art education.

2008-10-08 13:57:51
Arts have always been very close to Kristiina�s heart. She has realised life isn�t life without paintig and doing something with your hands. Kristiina has been studying ceramics, drawing and making art from pulp in Kajaani at Kaukamets� institute. Because Kristiina was born in Rovaniemi was The University of Lapland the only place where she wanted to study. The University of Lapland was already a familiar place for her as she had studied approbatur of arts in the Open University between years 2004-2005, and also offering the Master�s programme in visual art education. Her move back to Rovaniemi was also made easier since the art group of Artilo is located there. After the entrance exams her feelings were very tensed. When she recived the results of the exam, Kristiina and her friends discussed thru different options � accepted or not accepted - before she opened the letter. As she was accepted to the University of Lapland everything seemed to be more glamours and eagerly she waited for the studies to start. Expectations for the school were very high. Kristiina has always wondered how to teach visual arts. Her intrest has been also to learn how to communicate the joy of self expression. Studies bring you more information and tecniques which to use in making your art. It�s fascinating to learn more. You can�t ever be too educated. Kristiina believes that all her expectations will come true. After two months of studies she has learned lots of new things and happily wait what the future brings.

Eila Puhakkas new works in Art Gallery.

2008-10-07 13:33:34
Latest member Eila Puhakka has new works in the Art Gallery. As well as Eila das fabric work she do design works. She do her design works all by herself from start to end. The design works are unique. This very talented artist is using lots of dirrefent kind of materials. She do almost everything between design works and paintings. You can come here and see her works!

New members and art works in Art Gallery

2008-09-26 09:18:31
New member Eila Puhakka has joined in the Art Gallery. Eila uses in her works silk painting, fabric painting, dough- and weaving tecnic. The Art Gallery has also new works from Ritva Aaltonen, Airi Dohlen, Ritva Heiskanen, Kristiina Hoikka, Teija Holopainen, Ritva Kuusisto and Kaisa Sir�n. For example the tecnics used in the new works are acrylic, monotype, pastel- and oil painting. Go and fall in love with these works!

Ulla Hoikka�s exhibition Enjoyment of the senses in Pehtoori, Marrasj�rvi

2008-08-11 11:21:15
You can se Ulla�s aquarelle and pastel paintings in Pehtoori, Marrasj�rvi untill the end of this year. It is located 57 km North of Rovaniemi by a secluded lake. Booking restaurant Oktetti's keeper Raija Rajaniemi, wanted to provide all the different kinds of visiting groups also some pleasure for their eyes. So she asked Ulla Hoikka to put up an exhibition of her works. The name of the exhibitions name is Enjoyment of the senses. The themes of the artworks are calm and the white passpartout is emphasizing the calming atmosphere.

Ulla Hoikka's new art in Art Gallery

2008-07-10 10:53:28
You can admire Ulla Hoikka's new art in Art Gallery. Also there's a possibility to see these piece of arts in Tulia Design, Ivalo untill 31.7.2008. Ulla has used mixed technique in her latest works. See more about paintings in here! If you want you can get to know better Tulia Design in here.

ArtILO members exhibition in Tulia Design, Ivalo.

2008-07-02 09:37:18
ArtILO member's have arrange a new exhibition in Tulia Desing, in Ivalo. In this exhibition you can see Airi Dohlen's painting on feathers, Kaisa Sir�n's color photographs, Ulla Hoikka's and Maija Vanhatapio's acrylics and Martta Niemi's pastel paintings untill 31.7.2008. You can get to know more about Tulia Design in here!

Kaisa Sir�n's new art in the Artgallery

2008-06-16 21:58:55
There are new works by Kaisa Sir�n in the art gallery. You can see brand new colour-, and black and white photographs in the gallery. Have a look more here!

Flying Reindeers at the Rovaniemi library at Cafe Illusia untill 27.6.2008.

2008-06-03 17:09:31
Kaisa Sir�n has placed new works on display at the Rovaniemi public Library and its Cafe Illusia. You can see these pieces of artworks untill 27.6.08. In this show you can find two different themes; Flying Reindeers-series and the bran new series Red Dream. Red Dream is made particularily for this show. All of these works represent more less an abstract line. Even though the reindeers are well present in the images I hope the viewer can see also something more than the running animals. And in the Red Dream series you can dream about anything, not just flowers. You can read more about this exhibition from here.

Mind of water exhibition now in Artgallery.

2008-05-29 14:45:22
Mind of water exhibition have been showing in Varjo Gallery, Arktikum and Kemi's Snowcastle. Now you can see these piece of art in Artgallery here. Art works are 35x49 cm, 56x56 cm and 56x76 cm, digitaly printted on cardboard.

Brand new product in the Artgallery.

2008-05-26 14:38:49
New product have appeared in the Artgallery. New products are for example Moose and Reindeer postcards. Brand new product are Souvenir photos. Have a look at here.

Ritva Aaltonen's new work in Artgallery

2008-05-26 14:34:35
There are new works by Ritva Aaltonen in the art gallery. You can see brand new acrylics, carbon, watercolour and gouche work in the gallery. Have a look more here.

New Artgallery member Teija Holopainen.

2008-05-26 13:57:34
Now you can see the artwork of our new member Teija Holopainen in the Artgallery. She has been a member of ArtILO about one year. Teija has been studying art in the University of Lapland. You can also read more about her in here.

Suomen Terveystalo Health Center opens in Rovaniemi

2008-05-20 12:02:23
Suomen Terveystalo health center hospital opened its brand new location to Rovaniemi. It is located in the top floor of Shopping Mall Revontuli. The opening ceremonies were held during 12.4.2008 and a numerous amount of people paid a visit. On the walls are hung 4 photoworks by Kaisa Sir�n from which two are particularily designed for Terveystalo. Go and have a look as you visit the health center! The piece Trapped hung in the corridor. The piece Into three directions hung in the corridor. The Lingonberries was a comissioned work to the coffee room. Into Three Directions was a commissioned work to the hallway.

Merja Laine teatches watercolor to artILO artists

2008-05-20 11:02:39
artILO organized a three day watercolor course in Rovaniemi during 2.-4.5.2008. The teatcher , Merja Laine , is a wellknown watercolorist from Kemi. There were alltogether 15 participants; 12 artilomemebers and 3 were invited from outside of the group. The first two days we concentrated in painting setups and quick croquis indoors. During the last day we climbed to Ounasvaara hill to paint expressionist landscapes. Many of us had hard time with the difficulty of watercolors in the beginning but already duriong the third day could feel the joy of success! At the end of the third day we had a critique and again received a whole bunch of good advices. Here some memories from the course. Read more about Merja Laine and her works from here.

Airi Dohlem's new art in Tules Hieronta and rentoutus.

2008-04-18 15:12:37
Airi Dohlen has brought her new art in Tules Hieronta and rentoutus. The artworks can be admired by the staff and customers of the company untill the 30th of May 2008. Modern time, acrylics, 2006. Expectional, acrylics, 2007. You can see the artworks in Tules hieronta and rentoutus, Maakuntakatu 29-31B, 2nd floor, Rovaniemi. All artworks are for sale.

Airi Dohlen's exhibition in Saarenkyl�.

2008-04-18 12:05:56
Airi Dohlen's exhibition in Saarenkyl� The exhibition can be seen until the 30th of May 2008 in Saarenkyl�'s health ward. Vetsijoki, pastel painting, 2005. Virgin, pastel painting, 2006. Future together, acrylics painting, 2007. Artworks are there to bring happyness to the nurses and patients.

ArtILO members participate Flamish oil-painting class.

2008-04-16 11:58:06
Six ArtILO members participated in a Flamish oil-painting class. Class is part of the Open University's workshop studies. Teacher is Jari Huhta from Oulu. Artilos happy members in class are: Eija H�nninen, Ulla Hoikka, Airi Dohlen, Ritva Aaltonen, Martta Niemi and Raija Vanhamaa. Each painting consists seven different layers and each layer has to dry for atleast a week. So we are going to learn patience and appraise more old masters. ArtILO members at work from left Martta Niemi, Ritva Aaltonen, Ulla Hoikka, Airi Dohlen

ArtILO artists widen the networking with Lapland Hotels

2008-01-04 16:47:05
The new year brings along stronger winds and now it its blowing towards Western Lapland. ArtILO artist have set up a new sales exhibition in Levi at Lapland Hotel Sirkant�hti. This exhibition is continuation of the good co-operatioon we have started about a year ago in Rovaniemi at Lapland Hotel Sky Ounasvaara. This networking together with the hotel chain is giving us an unique possibility to reach a greater audience. And also the audience who normally would not visit art exhibitions or galleries. The co-operation at Sky has mutually very successful and the in Levi is for the same. At Sky we have also had quite a few sales and the works have found a new home all over the world. At the same time the hotel has easily got new dimensions for thier interior decor. In the exhibition in Levi there are about 45 works from 8 different artists. The works represent a wide range of techniques from photographs to fabric paintings and pastel paintings to acrylics. let alone the traditional oil paintings and textile weavings. The artists behind the levi exhibition are ArtILO members Ritva Aaltonen, Airi Dohlen, Ulla Hoikka, Ritva Kuusisto, Malla Nenonen, Eila Puhakka, Kaisa Sir�n ja Maija Vanhatapio. The agreement has been made for the year 2008. And still during this winter the co-operation widens more as next we hang an exhibit in Lapland Hotel �k�s in Yll�s.

Kaisa Sir�n joins the team of Finland's largest picture agency, Lehtikuva Ltd

2007-12-31 10:58:50
Kaisa Sir�n has got in the beginning of the summer an agreement with Lehtikuva Ltd, the leading picture agnecy in Finland. The agreement means that Kaisa will continuosly produce material to Lehtikuva's image bank of all the possible topics. From the image bank the material will be distributes widely in Finland and around the world. The images illustrational and can be published in books, media, magazines or internet for example. The possibilities are endless but Kaisa is going to concentrate in the Northern topics of Lapland. Now that there is more than a half a year behind this production about 1000 images are already in the archives of Lehtikuva. The images are with sole rights to Lehtikuva distribution so they are not found anywhere else. Besides the illustrational material Kaisa is also photographing news topics to Lehtikuva. So when an image is needed turn to www.lehtikuva.fi. Have a look also at www.hehkuva.fi, the site for international marketing.

Airi Dohlen's new works on feather

2007-08-16 21:38:44
Airi has workes woth new materials, natural feathers. She has collected birds feathers from the nature and painted wonderful works on them. Have look at the results at the gallery, or if in Rovaniemi, they are on display at Sky Hotel Ounasvaara. Look here what else Airi has worked at during the summer.

New postcards at the art gallery!

2007-07-09 19:51:22
The postcard selection of the art gallery has been updated with works of three artists. Now that it is summer you can introduce yourselves with wild flowers of Lapland. A series of 12 postcards have been pronted from Ulla Hoikka's original watercolors. Kristiina Hoikka reminds us from the joy of winter and has panted two different snowmen. Get as Christmas cards now when there is no hurry! And Airi Dohlen's Angel of prosperity suits to any celebration winter and summer. See more here!

Flying reindeers are taking over Levi

2007-04-08 19:47:45
Kaisa Sir�n's photo series Flying reindeers are now on display at Levi in Cafe LeviDeli untill 5.5.2007. Come enjoy a Latte, Cappucino or a cup of soup while enjoying the photos at the same time. The praised series is sppeding by on the walls of the cafe and you can buy one along to decorate your home or cottage. Have a look more here.

New paintings by Ritva Kuusisto at the art gallery.

2007-04-08 11:20:30
There are new works bt Ritva Kuusisto in the art gallery. You can see brand new pastel paintings as well as a little bit older acrylic- and oli paintings in the gallery. Have a look more here.

Mind of water - exhibition is now open!

2007-03-31 11:45:38
Mind of water is the first private exhibition of Kaisa Sir�n in Rovaniemi. The black and white photographs all show water in its different forms and shows its visual power. The show is now open and received a good welcome at the opening. Read more here.

New category in the picture gallery; abstracts and macros...

2007-02-25 16:23:56
In painting I have always wanted to paint more and more abstract pictures. It is not easy even though sometimes the end result may give that impression. It is also possible to do abstract images with a camera. Now you can have a look what I, Kaisa Sir�n, have been able to make. The subject in these pictures are many but very often something from the nature. But also an airplane seat,a shirt collar, red wine glass, natural stone floor and many many other realistic subjects are there. Do you think you colud use one of these pictures as a cover of an annual report of a company offering a non- material product or service? Have a look here!

Winter - Light exhibition is moving to Kemi!

2007-02-01 16:29:45
Winter - Light exhibition is open in Kemi at the Snowcastle starting 4.2.2007! ArtILO's group exhibition Winter - Light has received a warm welcome in Rovaniemi. The hanging has been praised to be spacious, consisting much of air and harmonious and the works interesting. There really has been a lot of visitors at the Rovaniemi library's Lapponica-hall. Now the exhibition is moving to the Snowcastle in Kemi and you can have a visit there from February untill the closing of the castle in the spring. There are works done by many different techniques in the exhibition, there are many landscapes but also many modern works with other themes. Twelve out of the 15 ArtILO-artists have works in the exhibition. The Jury of the exhibition has been lecturer Tom Engblom from the Department of Fine Arts at the University of Lapland. The well controlled and peaceful look of the exhibition is Lapin Yliopiston taiteiden tiedekunnasta. Hallittu ja rauhallinen kokonaisuus onkin credited to the experience Mr Engblom has in putting exhibitions together, and we are very greatful to his assistance. The ArtILO artists in the exhibition are: Ritva Aaltonen, Airi Dohlen, Kristiina Hoikka, Ulla Hoikka, Eija H�nninen, Ritva Kuusisto, Malla Nenonen, Martta Niemi, Eila Puhakka, Kaisa Sir�n, Raija Vanhamaa, Maija Vanhatapio. WELCOME, SEE YOU AT THE SHOW DURING FEBRUARY- APRIL IN KEMI 2007! You can look here what the show was like in Rovaniemi. Have a look at the Snowcastel from here.

ArtILO and Lapland Hotels into co-operation

2007-01-31 17:23:59
Our art group ArtILO is keeping up with the good pace. We have started a unique co-operation with Lapland Hotels Sky Ounasvaara in Rovaniemi. The result of the co-work is that Sky Ounasvaara has pointed a lot of space to hang up our art works and make there a permanent exhibition at the hotel. This is for us artists a great opportunity since the hotel has an international clientele year round and is a popular place to hold meetings for the locals. The idea for this changing but permanent exhibition rose from discussions between hotel manager Taru Tahvanainen and ArtILO member Ritva Kuusisto. Tahvanainen was looking for versatile art done by Lappish artists which on the other hand would be harmounious together and fit the interior design of the hotel. Because our group is fairly large and we make art with several techniques the idea proceeded to co-operation. There is plenty to choose from! In addition to previous Taru was hoping that the exhibition will change time to time and so bring a fresh look to the hotel. Th first sales exhibition has already been hung at the end of January and next time it will be renewed in May for the summer clients. Welcome to see ArtILO art at Lapland Hotels Sky Ounasvaaralle!

Winter - Light exhibition is opened!

2007-01-08 16:04:35
The second joint exhibition of the art group ArtILO has been opened 3.1.2007 at the city library of Rovaniemi. During January you have a chance to visit the exhibition which holds new works particularily made for this show. You can read more about the show here.

The first ever portrait of Ritva Aaltonen is ready!

2006-12-29 16:48:17
Have a look at the ArtILO art gallery and the latest additions of Ritva Aaltonen. Now you can also see the first ever portrait painting Ritva has made. She has done it with pastel technique and it the portrait of artist Elsa H�rk�nen-Peuras, who was her relative. Ritva's as well as other Artilo artists' works are on display at the Rovaniemei library and the Lapponica hall during January 2007. Welcome to join the show! Move to Ritva's latest works from here.

The competition has ended. Have a look here who won a photographer for a day....

2006-12-21 17:31:34
Sanna Kortelainen who is the general manager of Northern Lapland Tourism Ltd in Saarselk�. The company has the opportunity within the next 6 months to use the services of Kaisa Sir�n for one day. Together we will see how the day is carried out; it o course depends on the needs of the company. We will clear all teh details soon after the New Year. A million thanks to all of you who participated. Hopefully our co-operation will continue vividly. I wish everyone a very merry Christmas and a successful year of 2007! All the best from Kaisa

Have a look at Milja's latest works at the gallery.....

2006-12-21 17:27:10
Have a look at the Artilo art gallery and the latest works of Milja Ovaskainen. See her inspiration after the birth of the third child, Inkeri. Milja's as well as other Artilo artists' works are on display at the Rovaniemei library and the Lapponica hall during January 2007. Welcome to join the show! Move to Milja's latest works from www.kaisasiren.fi/web/index.php?shop_show_product_list=1&ryhma_id=23&id=52>here.

Participate in a competition and win the services of a photographer for a day!

2006-10-18 13:30:51
Www.kaisasiren.fi-site is now having a competition in which you can win the services of a photographer for one day. By filling up and answering the question of the form on the front page, you will participate and have a chance to win. The competition is on untill 30.11.2006 after which the winner is found by a raffle. Kaisa Sir�n is specializing in photographing the travel products and services, but events and celebrations are just as familiar field. The winner can choose the day for the photography between 1.12.2006-30.5.2007 depending on the needs. The winner will receive the material from the shooting session on a cd-rom form. Click yourself into the competition from here

Kaisa Sir�n and furniture chain Veps�l�inen start co-operation

2006-10-11 17:49:40
Kaisa Sir�n and furniture store Veps�l�inen have started co-operation during the winter 2006-2007. Kaisa's photographic works are for sale at the Rovaniemi store of Veps�l�inen staring from October. At first for sale are the popular Flowerboxes series and new works from the series of Light thru the trees. The Flowerboxes are 40x50 cm in size having a 29x39cm flower-themed photograph. The frame of the piece is a 7,5 cm thicj wooden box. The boxes are numbered and 30 proofs of each will be done. Works from the series Light thru the trees are abstract photographs, printed on artcanvas. They size in 40x50cm and 30x40cm. The works are framed with a wood frame and ready to be hung. They have been protected with a matt fix. The pieces are numbered and 4 proofs of each have been taken. Naturally as the sales start there will be new works and themes in the store. Welcome to Veps�l�inen, location and opening hours here. View all works here.

New postcard at art gallery shop!

2006-09-21 19:59:02
Now at the art gallery's postcard selection has been updated with the complete series of Kaisa Sir�n's Flying reindeers postcards. There are 9 diffrent cards and all but one are two-sided A6 ( 10x15cm) in size. The one then is a folded four-sided card sold with an envelope and individually packaged in a cellophane bag. Now you can also pick-up the most popular card from the series Me-huh? from the on-line gallery. ( picture below). To add the selection there are also new cards of husky puppies as well as Santa Claus doing his summer and winter duties. Have a look and order as Christmas cards! Move into the postcard gallery from here.

Decorate your car with an art work!

2006-08-27 12:47:41
You may have noticed in the Rovaniemi traffic a jeep with a large painting of a handsome German wirehaired pointer smiling on its back door. Airi Dohlen has received an order from a local entrepeneur which ended up to decorate his car. The original pastel painting of the dog is very small in size, 13x15cm only! The image was transfered on a stick-on film and then attached to the back of the jeep. Now it is lightening up the day for those driving behind the car. You can make an order from Airi to paint a picture of your best friend and decorate your vehicle with it to brighten your own day! Airi can be reached by email at art@artilo.fi

Haaga Research and Kaisa Sir�n made a yearly contract

2006-08-26 12:44:57
Haaga Research and Kaisa Sir�n made a yearly contract to the photogallery. Haaga Research and Kaisa Sir�n have made a yearly contract to the www.kaisasiren.fi image gallery. The duration of the contract is one year and during this period Haaga Research may download a certain number of images from the gallery. Haaga Research is a development organization in the travel business and is owned by Haaga Yhtym�. Haaga Research is responsible amongst others of the Laatutonni quality programs and Laatuverkon program. The images are going to be used amongst others in Haaga Research publications, such as Laatutonni-magazine, internet pages and invitations.

Have a look how Santa Claus has spent his summer...

2006-08-12 12:43:16
Have a look at the photo gallery how Santa has spent the warm summer on the Arctic Circle. His activities include fishing, nordic walking, reading and taking care of the reindees amongst others. Go to the photogallery directly from here.

Ritva Kuusistos's new works at the art gallery

2006-08-01 12:02:17
Have a look at the new pastel paintings Ritva Kuusisto has made during the summer. Move to Ritva's works here.

The first group exhibition of Artilo

2006-07-25 19:04:48
Artilo's first group show Our artist group Artilo turns one year old and to celebrate that we were able to have an exhibition in Rovaniemi. The opening of Sillisallaatti-exhibition is in Varjogallery 3.8.2006 during 6-8pm and the works are on display for three weeks. All together there are works from 12 Artilo artists with their best and newest works. There ar also almost as many techniques as artists involved. Varjogallery has started co-operation with Cafe kauppayhti� and there will also some works of this exhibition there at Valtakatu 40. Read more here. Have a look at Varjo gallery on-line here! See you at the show!

Airi Dohlen's newest works at the art gallery

2006-07-25 18:51:25
Have a look at the Artilo art gallery and the latest works of Airi Dohlen. She has been busy painting in the summer. Airi's as well as other Artilo artists' work are at the Varjogallery. Welcome to join the show! Move to Airi's latest works from here.

Artilo members participating in the Palas today jubileum exhibit

2006-06-14 17:25:27
Art association Plas was founded in 1966 in Rovaniemi. Now the association is celebrating its 40th jubuleum year with two exhibitions. Palas today is at the Provincial Library of Lapland during 1.6.-1.7.2006. It is hung at the Lapponica-room and Caf� Illusia as well as the City Hall. There are works from over 70 artists in the exhibition including Artilo memebers. The representatives of the group at the exhibition are Ritva Kuusisto, Ritva Aaltonen, Ulla Hoikka, Airi Dohlen and Kaisa Sir�n with various different techniques. Welcome to see the exhibition in Rovaniemi!

The on-line photo and art gallery is open!

2006-03-11 11:37:48
May is arriving and the migratory birds along with it. But there are also other new things in the air; the internet pages of Kaisa Sir�n have been opened. Please get acquainted with this site and take advantage of this opportunity to choose the best images to support the marketing of your company and also find art work for your home. The site has targeted both the travel business, which need photographs for marketing, and also interior designers as well as those who are decorating their own homes. From here you will find art work to brighten up you day. Welcome on a journey through the visual arts where you may pick up images and art which support your company and brighten your home. Kaisa Sir�n and the art group Artilo wish you a warm welcome!

Wild flowers of Lapland in Tankavaara Nature Center 3.6.-31.7.2006

2006-03-11 11:37:48
We welcome you to visit our joint exhibition, Wild flowers of Lapland at the Visitor Center of UKK- National Park in Tankavaara between 3.6-30.7. This is the second joint exhibition that Ulla Hoikka and Kaisa Sir�n have put on together and this time the theme is wild flowers and plants of Lapland. Ulla has painted with delicate watercolors and Kaisa has photographed the plants and flowers. Read more about the exhibition here

Light in the North opens 1.8.2006 in Kemi

2006-03-11 11:37:48
Ulla Hoikka's and Kaisa Sir�n's joint exhibition returns home from Germany and will be on display in Kemi during August. In this exhibition you can admire abstract photographic art as well as textile and pastel paintings which reflect our unique light here in the North. Read more about the exhibition here.

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Couch cushions of reindeer hide in Korundi

Anu Riestola's Greetings from M�hk�land in Gallery Napa at Rovaniemi May 28-June 15, 2011.

The recently opened Art & Design Shop in City Hotel features monthly one artists and one designer

New pictures in Kaisa's photo gallery

A new Art & Design Shop is opening!

New postcard retailers

Send your greetings with fresh new summer cards

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Reindeer at the hair stylist!

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The photographer Kaisa Sir�n moved to a new office and studio

All donated art works found a new home

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Kaisa Sir�n continues to update her professional skills

Kaisa Sir�n's photographs from The Finnish Association for Nature Conservation

Quiet Signals - A group exhibition by Airi Dohlen, Teija Holopainen, and Kaisa Sir�nin in Denmark.

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The very looong painting grew to 40 meters!

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Kaisa�s work for sale at Art Shop Alariesto

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Icelandic horses and riders in winter landscapes

Order post cards series from Kaisa�s gallery

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