At the core of Artists’ Association Yö is its members' desire to act. Yö ry is more than a benefit organisation or an artist-led gallery, it is an association of active and enthusiastic professionals from various fields. Yö is a movement and a community whose large number of members enables even ambitious initiatives to be implemented.
The values of community, sustainable development and multiculturalism are central to Yö ry and promoting them is a natural part of the association's activities. All of the association's activities emphasise openness, working together, peer support and multidimensional dialogue - dialogue between different forms and fields of art, as well as between the artist, the public and society. The aim is to strengthen the mutual interaction of artists as practitioners through peer learning, support and evaluation.
The board of Artists' Association Yö for 2025 are Anu Miettinen (chair), Mirka Keini (secretary), Henriikka Pöllänen (treasurer), Krista Blomqvist, Anne Kaski-Kløve, Laura Kopio, Pauliina Korpi, Jussa Pennanen and Seppo Renvall.
Bodycount by Harri Piispanen photo by Mika Vehkala