For Companies and Organizations

We offer art courses as activities that promote workplace well-being and work ability, and we also provide services tailored to the client’s wishes. Companies and organizations can support the Free Art School by sponsoring exhibitions or through donations without compensation.

Occupational well-being courses

Content Description

  • Choose between a three-hour art evening or a seven-hour art day.
  • Observation-based drawing or painting of a live model or still life.
  • Introduction to the working process and to drawing as an art form and hobby.
  • Techniques: charcoal and/or graphite pencil, red chalk on paper, oil pastel on paper, acrylic on canvas, or watercolor on paper.
  • Quick croquis drawing and slower model drawing.
  • Sessions led by professional artists.
  • No minimum group size, but the minimum billing is based on 10 participants; maximum group size is 26 participants.

Price Includes

  • Instruction
  • Presentations tailored to the client’s wishes
  • All artist materials
  • Coffee, tea, mineral water, or other refreshments
  • For the seven-hour art day, lunch is also included at the Hima & Sali restaurant in the Cable Factory.

Price List

Charcoal drawing, watercolor, or acrylic painting from observation (still life or live model)

Minimum billing based on 10 participants. Maximum group size 26 participants. Large groups of 16–26 participants receive a 10% discount.

Prices excl. VAT (0%).

Art Evening 3 h
€90 / person

Examples:
10 participants €900
12 participants €1,080
18 participants €1,458
26 participants €2,106

Art Day 7 h
€120 / person

Examples:
10 participants €1,200
12 participants €1,440
18 participants €1,944
26 participants €2,808

No previous experience in drawing or painting is required.

Prices for customized packages and additional services are negotiated with the client. Cancellations must be made at least 14 days before the event.

You can make a preliminary booking or inquiry using the contact form, and we will get back to you as soon as possible. Filling out the form does not automatically create an order or any other commitment.

Please note that Free Art School’s facilities are primarily reserved for professional students, so well-being and drawing courses are organized depending on the availability of the drawing studio—typically in late afternoons, evenings, weekends, and during school holidays.

Further information and inquiries: producer Virppi Sysilehto | contact details.

Other Art Services

Free Art School offers a wide range of expertise in the field of painting. By request, we provide, for example, guided tours of our own exhibitions as well as art courses and lectures, including for special groups.

Further information: producer Virppi Sysilehto | contact details

Sponsoring the Graduation Exhibition

Go to the page: Information about sponsoring the Vapaa '26 graduation exhibition

Support Free Art School

Free Art School accepts monetary donations without compensation from companies and organizations.

For the years 2021–2025, the supporting association of Free Art School has been designated as an approved recipient of tax-deductible monetary donations. A donating organization may deduct from its taxable income a donation of at least €850 and up to €50,000 made to the association.

Further information: Administrative Director Meri Karppanen | contact details