More Layers, More Layers! – Detouring Shtromka with Urban Studies students

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
• Celestialvirgin
• ERLE NEMVALTS
• Esox Lures OÜ
• fredtruus
• GOHARA
• Hvitolg
• Janika Mägi
• Kadi Veesaar Jewellery
• Katrin Veegen Jewellery
• Keiu Koppel Autoriehted
• Kelly Engelbrecht x ICEICEGEMZ
• killud
• Kuttenberg Knives
• Ljóf Jewelry
• Lyly x Nada x Sylvi
• Margus Elizarov
• Metashika
• Mirjam Aun
• MUSTKIVI
• Nils Hint
• PATRICK SOOME
• Paul
• Robert Idvani
• Sile Luik
• TELLISKIVI.
• Varm Country X Franky
• xensyl
• ZYLELY

CERAMICS & GLASS ART:

• 1001tassi
• BBABSxBBABS
• Craft Studies / Taidestuudium
• Elize Hiiop Jewellery
• Ethel Ütsmüts keraamika
• HYTI
• iamoffeveryday
• 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
• Christoph
• ELLEN RICHARD
• Eve Hanson
• Hanna Tiina Pekk
• HANNES RÜÜTEL
• Jaagup Kaiv
• k4m4t3
• KAIRI GETMAN
• Karl Korsar
• Kirill Safonov
• Kristina Oja
• multistab.
• Poeet Design
• sask: design
• Siim Oja
• Tilda Knitwear
• Vivian Vuks

PRODUCT DESIGN:

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

This exhibition features handmade books by EKA students as the culmination of a course in which they worked with photographs in book format. They explored the similarities and differences between artist books, self-publishing, and book dummies. In addition to creating and editing visual materials, students tried their hand at design, pre-press, and binding by hand. 

The books contain both analog and digital photos in the form of collages, typologies, narratives, and archival materials. The subjects explored include personal themes such as hometown, friendship, family, and childhood, as well as everyday life, the inexpressibility of feelings and perceptions, and mundane architecture.

Artists participating in the exhibition: Mikk Keis, Olesja Prants, Gleb Volodtšenko, Mari Karjus, Viktoria Weiszova, Tobias Tikenberg, Jana Mätas (MACA), Kristiina Aarna (DKT).

Supervisor Mirjam Varik.

The UNESCO Chair at the Estonian Academy of Arts is opening the exhibition “Estonian Heritage on the World Map” at Valga Railway Station.

We are proud of our heritage and confident that it also speaks to the wider world. Yet we know surprisingly little about what from Estonia is actually considered remarkable internationally, and what opportunities the presentation of our heritage together with others in shared networks can offer.
The exhibition by the Estonian Academy of Arts presents what from Estonia has been included on UNESCO’s World Heritage List, the Intangible Cultural Heritage List, and the Memory of the World Register. It also highlights which places have been awarded the European Heritage Label. Several European Cultural Routes run through Estonia. Over the years, Estonian works have also been recognized with Europa Nostra awards. We usually talk about such places one by one. With this exhibition, EKA aims to create a bigger picture, to inspire owners and local governments, and to remind everyone that by working together we can achieve more. Cultural heritage offers endless opportunities for presenting ourselves and for finding like-minded partners.
EKA will open the exhibition on “Heritage Sunday,” 7 December at 12:15 at Valga Railway Station, in cooperation with the Valga Museum and ICOMOS Estonia. The exhibition will be introduced by Riin Alatalu, holder of the EKA UNESCO Chair and vice-president of the international expert organization for heritage conservation.

For more information, please contact:

Riin Alatalu
riin.alatalu@artun.ee
+372 511 9439

On December 2 at 16:00 in room A101, Andrea Caretto and Raffaella Spagna will give a public lecture titled “Bright Ecologies: Experiences, Forms, Materials”. The lecture is part of the Faculty of Design’s public lecture series “Public Lectures in Design: Adjusting Perspectives,” curated by Stella Runnel and Taavi Hallimäe.

The Italian artist duo Caretto/Spagna approach art as a space for radical openness, undisciplined inquiry, and deep engagement with the Things of the World: earth, seeds, people, stones, museums, rivers, quarries, trees, micro-organisms, and more. Through the activation of a constellation of objects – small sculptures, drawings, plants, found objects, etc – drawn from their personal archive, the artists will invite the audience on an interactive journey into their artistic research. 

The public lectures are open to students, faculty, as well as anyone else interested in design!

Andrea Caretto (Torino, 1970, Degree in Natural Sciences) and Raffaella Spagna (Rivoli, 1967, Degree in Architecture) have been working together since 2002, collaborating with public and private institutions in Italy and abroad. They live and work in Cambiano (TO).

Caretto and Spagna explore the complex web of relationships from which things emerge: the fluxes and cycles of matter and morphogenesis, the perception of the environment, the transformations of the landscape, the wild/cultivated relationship and the processes of domestication, the relationships between living/inhabiting/building. Their approach is based on an aptitude for “presence” and experience in the world, in close contact with matter in all its transformations and individualisations. An exercise of attention and care for things, understood as nodes in an interweave, which trains the ability to perceive everything that exists as a system of elements in continuous correspondence. They are among the founding members of the artists’ association Diogene in Torino, and Pianpicollo Selvatico ETS Foundation – center for research in the arts and the sciences, Levice (TO), and artistic consultants for Munlab Ecomuseo dell’Argilla in Cambiano (TO). They collaborate with the Department of Philosophy and Educational Sciences at the University of Torino and with Unidee Academy of Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto, Biella (IT).

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!

The winter assessment marathon is here! For three weeks, you can once again experience works produced by students in the Faculty of Fine Arts as their term projects are presented: every day there will be a fresh showcase of university students’ works on display.

Works in animation, contemporary art, installation and sculpture, painting, photography, graphic art and scenography curricula will be on display. On almost each evening of the marathon, a new exhibition will be installed and in the following evening the exhibit will give way to the next one. Hopefully, viewers will be able to keep up with the pace of the young artists.

The assessments will take place in the main building of EKA Gallery (Kotzebue 1, Tallinn) and the new EKA monumental studio (1st floor of Kotzebue 1, Tallinn).

On the assessment day(s), the exhibitions are open from 2 pm to 6 pm, on Sundays the exhibitions are open from 12 pm to 4 pm.

SCHEDULE

Mon 1.12. Drawing, Fine Arts BA I, supervisor Matti Pärk (EKA Gallery)
Tue 2.12. Drawing, Fine Arts BA II, supervisor Eero Alev (EKA Gallery)
Wed 3.12. Drawing, Fine Arts BA III, supervisor Tea Lemberpuu (EKA Gallery)
Thu 4.12. Sculpture, Fine Arts BA I, supervisors Laura Põld, Taavi Talve (EKA Gallery)
Thu 4.12. – Fri 5.12. Scenography BA III, supervisor  Mark Raidpere (Kotzebue 10)
Fri 5.12. – Sat 6.12. Contemporary Art MA I & II, supervisors Sirja-Liisa Eelma, Merike Estna, Viktor Gurov, Tuukka Kaila, Eve Kask, Kristi Kongi, Karel Koplimets, Paul Kuimet, Camille Laurelli, Holger Loodus, Laura Põld, Sten Saarits, Liina Siib, Taavi Talve, Jaan Toomik, Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo (EKA Gallery)
Sun 7.12. – Mon 8.12. Contemporary Art MA I & II, supervisors Sirja-Liisa Eelma, Merike Estna, Viktor Gurov, Tuukka Kaila, Eve Kask, Kristi Kongi, Karel Koplimets, Paul Kuimet, Camille Laurelli, Holger Loodus, Laura Põld, Sten Saarits, Liina Siib, Taavi Talve, Jaan Toomik, Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo (EKA Gallery & Kotzebue 10)
Tue 9.12. Contemporary Art MA I & II, supervisors Sirja-Liisa Eelma, Merike Estna, Viktor Gurov, Tuukka Kaila, Eve Kask, Kristi Kongi, Karel Koplimets, Paul Kuimet, Camille Laurelli, Holger Loodus, Laura Põld, Sten Saarits, Liina Siib, Taavi Talve, Jaan Toomik, Reimo Võsa-Tangsoo (EKA Gallery & Kotzebue 10)
Wed 10.12. Painting, Fine Arts BA I, supervisors Karl-Kristjan Nagel, Tõnis Saadoja (EKA Gallery)
Thu 11.12. Graphic Art, Fine Arts BA II & III, supervisors Britta Benno, Charlotte Biszewski, Liisi Grünberg, Viktor Gurov, Eve Kask, Liina Siib (EKA Gallery)
Thu 11.12. Graphic Art, Fine Arts BA II & III, supervisors Charlotte Biszewski, Viktor Gurov,Eve Kaaret, Madis Kaasik, Eve Kask, Pawel Schulz (Kotzebue 10)
Fri 12.12. Graphic Art, Fine Arts BA II & III, supervisors Kadi Kurema, Marten Prei, Paul Rannik (EKA Gallery)
Sat 13.12. Drawing, animation BA I & photography BA II, supervisor Lilli-Krõõt Repnau (EKA Gallery)
Sun 14.12. – Mon 15.12. Photography BA I, supervisor Annika Haas (EKA Gallery)
Tue 16.12. Painting, Fine Arts BA III, supervisors Angela Maasalu, Jaan Toomik, Mart Vainre (EKA Gallery)
Tue 16.12. Photography, BA II, supervisor Kalle Veesaar (Kotzebue 10)
Wed 17.12. Painting, Fine Arts BA II, supervisors Sirja-Liisa Eelma, Holger Loodus, Tõnis Saadoja (EKA Gallery)
Thu 18.12. Animation BA I, supervisor Lilli-Krõõt Repnau (EKA Gallery)

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.