Events

EKA Urban Studies MSc programme invites prospective master’s students to join the programme’s online info session on Monday, January 12, 2026 at 17:00 EET (local Estonian time).

This online info session will be a good opportunity to hear more about the curriculum, and to meet and ask questions directly from people behind the Urban Studies programme. The info session will be hosted online over Zoom.

If you would like to attend, please register online through the form below. A link to attend will be e-mailed shortly before the event begins.

REGISTER HERE

Info session recording HERE

More information about Urban Studies MSc programme:

• https://www.artun.ee/urban-studies
• https://www.facebook.com/urbantallinn
• https://www.instagram.com/ekaurbanstudies

Next admissions period starts on the 1st of February 2026 and application deadline is 2nd of March 2026 at 3pm EET (local Estonian time).

Admissions information here

EKA Doctoral School will be hosting an online info session about doctoral studies at EKA on February 11, 2026, at 15:00-16:30 EET (local Estonian time). 

Info session provides a good opportunity to hear more about doctoral studies at EKA, available programmes, admission requirements and procedure, etc; also meet and ask questions directly from people behind the Doctoral School and the programmes. The info session will be hosted online over Zoom. A link to attend will be e-mailed to registered participants shortly before the event begins.

REGISTER HERE

The Estonian Academy of Arts offers following PhD level programmes for international applicants:

• Architecture and Urban Planning
• Art and Design
• Art History and Visual Culture
• Cultural Heritage and Conservation

Admission period for international PhD applicants for 2026/2027 starts on February 1st, 2026. Deadline for submitting application is March 31st, 2026, at 3pm (EET).

Admission requirements for PhD programmes can be found HERE.

NB! EKA Doctoral School invites candidates interested in applying to the creative research PhD at EKA to participate in a preparatory course, taking place on-site at EKA from February 17 to March 13, 2026. More information and registration HERE.

More information:
Irene Hütsi
Doctoral School coordinator
irene.hutsi@artun.ee

A collective end-event of the Studio1: Urbanization course by the first year Urban Studies students. Feel free to jump in any time, bring your headphones and dress warm!

Location: at Putukaväil, bus stop Ehte
Start date: 07. 12. 2025.
Start time: 12.00

Through the semester, we walked, talked, toured, detoured, shared, felt, lost and found the essence of Shtromka and now we would like to warmly invite you to join our final walk – a shared journey through the complexity of time, space, imagination, and communities.

But what does Shtromka, a colloquial term, an intuitive district, tell us about our time, if space can be a socio-cultural mirror? And what forms the futures might take – both for communities and for spatial structures – if we look closely at the stories of Sthromka and broader cultural, economical and political forces that hold and shape us? And ultimately, why does Shtromka matter, after all?

Together, we will peel back the layers of Shtromka, dive into the questions it arises and situate them within the wider contexts of the emerging processes. Along the way, we will share our 11 individual projects, each living at the intersection of these questions and feelings, curated into three thematic detours – each ending with a shared moment of reflection, where we can open the floor to collective discussion.

12.00 – 14.00 detour1 – – – – – – – – meeting at Putukaväil, bus stop Ehte

15.20 – 16.30 detour2 – – – – – – – – meeting at Sõle tn 67

17.00 – 18.15 detour3 – – – – – – – – meeting at bus stop Pelguranna

Students:

Mahamudul Hasan
Kadri Haugas
Md. Shariful Islam
Mihkel Uku Karindi
Catherine Vera Lavrik
Helka Molnar
Luca Oszwald
Alexander João Pereira Witte
Clara Prellwitz
Nabid Shovon
Elena Wübbeling

Tutors:

Mira Samonig
Karina Vabson

The traditional EKA Christmas Fair is happening again on Sunday, December 14, 2025, from 12:00 to 18:00.

One of Estonia’s most popular Christmas markets once again invites all art and design enthusiasts to discover and buy memorable gifts. When you buy presents at the EKA Christmas Market, you support the work of current and future Estonian artists and designers, as every item sold is created by EKA students and alumni. Those who have attended before know: the cozy atmosphere is always guaranteed.

More information on our social media channels: Instagram, Facebook event
Or via email: jouluturg@artun.ee

2025 VENDORS

JEWELRY & BLACKSMITHING:

• A6925
• Agnes Veski Jewelry
• Bianca Toots
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• Janika Mägi
• Kadi Veesaar Jewellery
• Katrin Veegen Jewellery
• Keiu Koppel Autoriehted
• Kelly Engelbrecht x ICEICEGEMZ
• killud
• Kuttenberg Knives
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• Lyly x Nada x Sylvi
• Margus Elizarov
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• Nils Hint
• PATRICK SOOME
• Paul
• Robert Idvani
• Sile Luik
• TELLISKIVI.
• Varm Country X Franky
• xensyl
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CERAMICS & GLASS ART:

• 1001tassi
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• Craft Studies / Taidestuudium
• Elize Hiiop Jewellery
• Ethel Ütsmüts keraamika
• HYTI
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• johannatammceramics
• kadri
• Kateriin Rikken
• Kay Shek
• Kuu keraamika
• KÄRT SEPPEL
• Lauri Kilusk
• Lilian Maasik
• Loora & Sarahi keraamika
• Maarja Sildvee
• Mari-Liis Makus Glass Design
• MEELI
• MONA SOFIA TAHK
• MSK Glass
• Palmik ceramics
• PUHU
• Sigrid Luitsalu glass
• Stuudio Raili Keiv
• SUME
• Tikrimoos
• Tilt Collection
• Triini Ceramics
• Umi
• Vakinay Glass

GRAPHICS & PAINTING:

• 35&36
• ART by TBA
• Anastasija Šteinle
• Annamaria Bereczki
• Antenninimene OÜ ja Kuraditosin OÜ
• Catherine Zarip
• EKA Graphic Design Master
• Ella-Mai Matsina
• ENKKL
• Hurray Mail
• ICIKICI collective
• Illustrations STUDIO
• Irmakmiz
• Joonas Sildre ja Elina Sildre illustratsioonid
• Katariin Mudist
• KERAAFIKA
• Kirjastus Hunt
• Kristino Rav
• Krõõt Kukkur Illustrations
• Laura Verte Illustrations
• Leore Klõšeiko
• Lucky Laika
• Lígia Fernandes
• Mania Grandiosa
• Marjamaitse / Pampel
• Marten Prei
• mesimagus
• Natalia Mirzoyan
• Nurr x UIK
• Paul Rannik
• Sandra Puusepp
• Selene Taur
• Triin Mänd

LEATHER PRODUCTS & ACCESSORIES:

• Aliisi lambad
• Annreal
• Carmen Kremm
• Ifku
• Karen Milistver
• Koa Concept Store
• LUKS
• MIRGOODS
• Mystique Art & Design
• MÄRG
• Piibe Tomp Stuudio
• SIUG

FASHION & TEXTILE:

• barbed
• B.MOR STUDIO
• carolxott
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• ELLEN RICHARD
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• Siim Oja
• Tilda Knitwear
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PRODUCT DESIGN:

• behäppi
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• GISAIN reflectors
• Katahana
• kollektiir
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• Oliver Kanniste
• Ringdisaini sfäärid
• Sviiter
• Unzelm
• WindlaStudio

From December 2 to December 11, EKA Library will be open from Tuesday to Thursday from 10am to 10pm.

On December 3 and 10, the library will also open its Emergency Writing Assistance Department (EWD) in half-hour flash feedback sessions from 18 to 20. Bring along your texts and presentations and ask for advice on referencing and finding sources. Appointments will take place on a first-come, first-served basis.

Free coffee, tea, and gingerbread cookies to students and readers!

On Wednesday, 26 November at 17:00, a public panel discussion will take place at the Telliskivi Roheline Saal as part of the exhibition “Invisible Stones. A Young Artist’s Look on Industry.” The international seminar reflects on residencies and fieldwork conducted in Kohtla-Järve shale oil industry during spring and summer of 2025. The discussion explores how artists’ experiences can spark dialogue on environmental issues, and how art and practice-based research help to understand and open up relationships with industrial landscapes.

Seminar is part of Erasmus+ project Ecological Sustainability in Fine Arts Education (EcoSenda). EcoSenda investigates the connections between ecological sustainability and teaching methods in visual arts, aiming to find ways to address ecological topics in higher art education.

The session brings together Pascal Marcel Dreier (Academy of Media Arts Cologne), Nathan Schönewolf (Academy of Media Arts Cologne), Sten Saarits (Estonian Academy of Arts), and Anita Kremm (Estonian Academy of Arts). The discussion will be moderated by Kirke Kangro (Estonian Academy of Arts).

The event is for free! Coffee and snacks will be available.

What can we learn about love and repair through the development of arts-based programs in a psychiatric institution? What is the role played by art by generating innovative forms of knowledge, engagement, and education? What are the differences and similarities of the Estonian and Portuguese cases integrating arts-based programs in mental healthcare? And what kind of impact can be generated by these programs in patients, participants, the city, and in ourselves?

In this event we will look into particular cases of arts-based projects co-developed in portugal by the PhD researcher Lígia Fernandes (research focused on love and relational systems), and we will watch the film “On being human” by Laura Liventaal, developed during the PLAY(THE)GROUND residency, at Lisbon’s Psychiatric Hospital Center.

We will further foster a roundtable discussion about the role of creative and experimental initiatives in collaboration with psychiatric institutions and their impact in communities, residents and participants, with guest professionals, artists and researchers.

Both the screening and discussion are held in English.
Moderated by Maarja Mõttus. 

On Tuesday, 2 December, the Estonian Academy of Arts will host the opening of two exhibitions and an evening discussion focusing on the capacity of contemporary art to reinterpret difficult history and heritage.

At 17:00, at the outdoor gallery of EKA exhibition “New Frames for a Monument: The Past as Artistic Material”  will open (02.12.2025–25.01.2026), which introduces artists’ proposals for preserving and reframing three monumental artworks that are at risk of destruction. This will be followed by a tour led by Kirke Kangro and Ülo Pikkov of the short exhibition “The Monument and the Fairy Tale” (1.12.–5.12.2025) in the EKA foyer.

At 18:00, a science café will begin in the event area of the EKA foyer, featuring a roundtable discussion inspired by the artistic interventions presented in the exhibitions and by the experiences gathered during the creation of the works.

We live in a time when monuments cannot be ignored. Across the world, there are debates about their meaning and about whether and how to display contested memorials in public space. Russia’s full-scale war in Ukraine has brought one of the centres of monumental conflict to Eastern Europe. In Estonia, most Soviet-era monuments—especially those commemorating World War II—have now been removed.

The discussion will examine the capacity of contemporary art to engage with dissonant heritage and the memory conflicts embedded within it in public space—while also exploring the broader societal potential of contemporary art. The conversation takes its starting point from the three artistic design competitions held within the project “How to Reframe Monuments”, which experimented with different ways of reframing various kinds of controversial heritage—a memorial, a painting, and a sculpture. To date, only one of the artistic interventions has materialised: the reframing of the Tehumardi memorial.

Across the three art competitions, a total of 17 artists participated in 2024–2025.
Those involved in conceptualising the Tehumardi memorial complex on Saaremaa—now partially dismantled—were Kirke Kangro, Neeme Külm, Anna Mari Liivrand, Johannes Säre, Kristina Norman, and Taavi Piibemann.
Anna Škodenko, Hanna Piksarv, Jevgeni Zolotko, Kati Saarits, and Sigrid Viir proposed solutions for reworking the monumental murals from 1955 located in the former passenger terminal of Tallinn Airport.
Trevor Kinna, Bob Bicknell-Knight, Hasso Krull, Camille Laurelli, Samuel Lehtikoinen, Ülo Pikkov, and Yiyang Sun created digital artworks inspired by the memorial “Vyatchko and Meelis Defending Tartu” (1950/1956) located in Tartu.

Moderator: Gregor Taul (Estonian Academy of Arts)

Discussion participants: Kirke Kangro, Neeme Külm, Ülo Pikkov, Sigrid Viir, and Anna Škodenko

The exhibitions and discussion are part of the joint research project “New Frames for a Monument” (2024–2026) of the Estonian Academy of Arts and Tallinn University. The goal of the project is to create new approaches to reinterpreting monuments and other forms of dissonant heritage, bringing together knowledge and expertise from multiple fields (historical and art historical research, conservation and heritage studies, as well as contemporary art and creative research practices) and engaging various stakeholders and communities.

Please register for participation by 28 November 2025 HERE.

The event is free, and all those interested are welcome.

Drinks and snacks will be provided at the science café.

What is Palestinian literature talking about today? And who is it talking to? Hazem Jamjoum and Heba Hayek, curators of the November issue of Vikerkaar magazine devoted to Palestinian literature, discuss the role of art in dark times – in the Middle East and around the world.

On December 10th at 4 p.m., an open lecture entitled “Palestinian Literature Today” will take place in the EKA foyer event area. The lecture takes place in English. It will be followed by a discussion and moderated by Hille Hanso. 

Hazem Jamjoum is a cultural historian, archivist, and teacher based in London. He is the managing editor of the recently established publishing house Safarjal Press. His translation of Ghassan Kanafani’s “The Revolution of 1936–1939 in Palestine” published by 1804 Books won the 2024 Palestinian Book Award. Her translation of Maya Abu al-Hayyati’s novel “No One Knows Their Blood Type” was published by CSU Poetry Center in 2024.Heba Hayek is a writer, workshop facilitator, and communications consultant based primarily in London. She seeks out stories that challenge traditional archives and imposed conditions of visibility. Her debut book, “Sambac Beneath Unlikely Skies” won the 2022 Palestine Book Award. The White Review, Middle East Eye, and The New Arab named it Book of the Year 2021.