We engage in international operations to improve mental wellbeing and prosperity through art. We help to create opportunities for participation to improve inclusion.
Taiteen Sulattamo is an art and mental health association that exists to increase prosperity through art. The association was founded by professional artists and mental health recoverers in 2013.
Taiteen Sulattamo is a member organization of Gamian Europe, Global Alliance of Mental Illness Advocacy Network since 2019. Taiteen Sulattamo ry takes actively part on the Gamian’s activities. We have a current reputation on the board.
Sulattamo welcomes innovative experimental operations to work towards learning from each others.
Otamme osaa kansainväliseen toimintaan edistääksemme mielen hyvinvointia taiteen keinoin. Kansainvälisen toiminnan tarkoitus on luoda monimuotoisia mahdollisuuksia osallisuudelle ja vahvistaa yhteisöllisen toiminnan kautta tasa-arvoa ja kehittää uusia toiminta muotoja.
Taiteen Sulattamo on taide- ja mielenterveysyhdistys, jonka tavoitteena on lisätä hyvinvointia taiteen avulla. Yhdistyksen perustivat ammattitaiteilijat ja mielenterveystoipujat vuonna 2013.
Taiteen Sulattamo on ollut vuodesta 2019 lähtien GAMIAN Europe -verkoston jäsen. Yhdistys osallistuu aktiivisesti verkoston toimintaan, ja sillä on edustus sen hallituksessa.
Sulattamo toivottaa tervetulleiksi innovatiiviset ja kokeilevat toimintamuodot sekä yhdessä oppimisen.
Current operations
Art for Mental Health Erasmus+ 2026
The project Art for Mental Health – Cross-border recovery through art aims to empower young people aged 18–30 with lived experience of mental health challenges. By combining participatory art, peer-based methods and mindfulness, the project creates safe spaces for expression, dialogue and intercultural exchange. It develops a transferable workshop model, youth-led creative outputs and an online exhibition, reducing stigma and strengthening inclusive youth work in Finland and Slovakia.
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Activities
The project includes six online workshops, a youth exchange visit to Slovakia, and a reciprocal visit to Finland with workshops, reflection and planning. Partners will co-create joint training materials and a multilingual digital publication, as well as an online exhibition showcasing youth-created works. Activities combine participatory art, peer-based methods and mindfulness, ensuring inclusive spaces and intercultural dialogue.
Impact
The project will deliver a transferable art- and peer-based workshop model, joint training materials and a multilingual digital publication. Youth participants will create visible outputs, such as artworks and stories, presented in an online exhibition. Results include reduced stigma, increased youth participation and wellbeing, and stronger competences for professionals. The project also builds a sustainable basis for future European cooperation.
Partner
ODOS – Otvorme dvere, otvorme srdcia visit website
A Slovak NGO promoting mental health, recovery and inclusion.
Its core activities include peer support, counselling, advocacy and community projects for people with lived experience of mental
health challenges and their families.
ODOS runs over 20 self-help groups and regional associations nationwide, providing spaces to share experiences, strengthen skills and reduce isolation. It works actively on destigmatisation through campaigns, art initiatives and community dialogue, and empowers peer leaders while raising legal awareness. The organisation cooperates with professionals, schools and public institutions to improve services, and at national level advocates for rights-based approaches in psychiatry and social policy.
THEATRUM ANIMI Creative Europe 2026-2028
Together with our partners we are building a European platform of sharing knowledge and a collaborative approaches for theatre and mental health.
Taiteen Sulattamo acts as a partner in a Creative Europe program called THEATRUM ANIMI
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Program seeks to address the aforesaid challenges and needs by:
- Promoting mental health awareness in target countries through collaborative theatre productions, producing small performances that involve individuals with mental health experiences as actors, technicians, or creative collaborators, and tour these productions to a wider audience.
- Reducing the stigma associated with mental disorders and promote the benefits of theatre for mental health through an awareness campaign.
- Establishing a European Community of Practice (CoP) for theatre and mental health operators and stakeholders to foster a collaborative community
for knowledge sharing, best practices, and research. - Implementing evidence-based theatre interventions through creating and piloting theatre-based programs.
Parters
ATER FONDAZIONE (ATER), established in VIA P GIARDINI 466 G, MODENA 41124, Italy visit website
PLAVO POZORISTE – POZORISNA LABORATORIJA (PT), established in Senjacka 3, BELGRADE 11000, Serbia
ASSOCIACIO SOCIOCULTURAL L’ALTRE FESTIVAL (ALTRE), established in CARRER BANYS VELLS 11, BARCELONA 08003, Spain visit website
CENTRO DIEGO FABBRI DI STUDI RICERCHE E FORMAZIONE SUL TEATRO
(CDF) established in CORSO ARMANDO DIAZ 34, FORLI 47121, Italy visit website
FIRST FORTNIGHT LIMITED (FF) established in 12 EARL STREET, SOUTH, DUBLIN 8, Ireland visit website
DEJVISKA PRODUKTION AB (DP) established in TELLUSVAGEN 27D, ALTA 138 35, Sweden
SDRUZENI PRO BEZBARIEROVOU KULTURUNEDOMYSLENO (SPBK), established in HRUSICKA 2510/2 ZABEHLICE, PRAHA 141 00, Czechia visit website
ASSOCIAZIONE ARTE E SALUTE APS (A&S), established in C O
CRONOPIOS VIA DE GRIFFONI 4, BOLOGNA 40123, Italy visit website