General Infomation

Hyvinkää Art School for Children and Young People, maintained by the City of Hyvinkää, provides after-school-hours basic art education in visual arts for children and young people in Hyvinkää. Progressive and goal-orientated studies, tied to a national curriculum of basic art education and regulated by the Finnish National Agency for Education, form a solid foundation for further visual art studies and related activities. In Hyvinkää Art School an advanced syllabus is followed, and the fields of visual culture are studied widely — from drawing to computer animation and from sculpture to robot building, not to mention art history. Tuitions vary from 140 € to 160 € depending on the amount of lessons. The annual enrolling takes place in the end of May.

The Art School is located in Villa Arttu, the Cultural Centre for Children and Youth at Hyvinkää Villatehdas (Old Wool Factory). Villa Arttu is a unique place for young culture to take place as it houses the Art Centre for Children and Youth and Taito Etelä-Suomi craft and design school, too.

Structure of the Studies

Students work in groups of 8-10 pupils depending on pupil’s age. The groups meet once a week in the afternoons and evenings for two or three lessons at a time. The school organizes intensive short courses during the weekends, too. The school enrols over 300 students, and employs a headmaster, three permanent teachers and about ten part-time teachers, all trained professionals in their fields.

The curriculum comprehends early childhood education, core studies I-III (500 lessons) and specialised studies (800 lessons). The following fields of art are practised: animation, cartoon, ceramics, drawing, painting, photographing, printing, sculpture, and video.

Interested?

More information at Hyvinkää Art School for Children and Young People -web page.