Ars Longa Artists’ Apartments in Kalasatama, Helsinki, was completed in January 2020. It was commissioned by and is owned by Property Company Ars Longa, whose shareholders are the Finnish Artists’ Studio Foundation, the Ornamo Senior House Association, the Union of Finnish Writers and the Visual Arts’ Copyright Society Kuvasto.
The building contains 54 one-room, two-room and three-room apartments. In addition, there are two work-live apartments on the top eighth floor.
Visual artists, authors, designers and applied artists aged 55 or over can apply for the Ars Longa apartments. A total of 33 visual artists live at Ars Longa.
Ars Longa collaborates with the student and youth housing on the neighbouring plots. The goal is for different generations to meet, and the residents of the three plots have plenty of shared spaces: shared laundry, sauna, fitness and lounge facilities. The roof floor terraces are also shared.
Galleria Longa and window gallery Fönari, which present group and private exhibitions from the residents of Ars Longa, operate in the corner of the building. The gallery is administered by the board of the resident association of the building. Read more about Longa and Fönari
Tukkutorinkuja 6, 00580 Helsinki
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Ars Longa Artists’ Apartments uses a rolling application procedure
Property Company Ars Longa is responsible for the selection of residents and the tenant agreements of Ars Longa Artists’ Apartments. In other words, the Studio Foundation does not administer the location.
You can apply for Ars Longa apartments and studio apartments at any time. Applications are primarily submitted using an electronic application form.
At least one person in the applying household must be a visual artist, author, designer or applied artist aged 55 or over.
For more detailed instructions on how to apply, visit the Ars Longa website (in Finnish)