On May 16, as part of the first large-scale Yekaterinburg festival of naive and outsider art "INOE/NAIVNOE" ("OTHER/NAIVE"), the #OUTvision exhibition opens at the Underground Museum. Outsider artists of the "Outsiderville" project!

From the official release:
This unique exhibition will present the work of 19 talented outsider artists, including those already recognized abroad, Yura Zeleny, Maria Malomashina and Alexander Savchenko, as well as many other original authors.

The broad term "outsider art", formulated in 1972, unites the works of artists with mental disorders, people with an experience of exclusion and authors without professional education in the field of art. At the same time, modern outsider artists do not necessarily have a psychopathological experience. Their art is different, it is focused on the inner world of the author, which is sometimes reflected in the most unexpected forms.

The name of the project emphasizes the different view of outsider artists, distinct from conventional art. Their work is excluded from the main line of art development, but continues to exist nearby, focusing not on rules, norms and fashion, but on intuitive searches in the field of visual arts.

The works of such artists, sometimes incomprehensible or even frightening, often have a rough but sincere aesthetics that goes beyond the traditional fine art, demonstrating a variety of materials and techniques.

The exhibition will present more than 50 original works by Russian outsider artists and will not only be an opportunity to see unusual works, but also a chance to rethink the boundaries of art, to understand that true creativity knows no boundaries.

The exhibition is held in collaboration with three organizations - the Yekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts, the organizer of the festival "INOE/NAIVNOE" ("OTHER/NAIVE"), ANO "Outsiderville" and the Underground Museum.

* The work of Katya Maximova "Unsolicited Advice" was used in the creation of the poster

The first Moscow auction of outsider art will take place on April 19!

Together with the auction portal Bidspirit (online) and the five-star hotel MYS Boutique Hotel (offline), the non-profit organization Outsiderville will present the works of its residents at auction for the first time.

The auction will feature about 50 lots of 20 outstanding and recognized by the museum community authors of Outsiderville who are struggling with mental problems and/or are in a difficult life situation. The starting price of the lots is from 4,000 rubles, which means that outsider art is available not only to seasoned collectors, but also to all passionate connoisseurs.

You will have the opportunity to become the owner of artworks by representatives of perhaps the most relevant and original art, which has long earned international recognition, is included in world fairs and biennials, is placed at Christie's auctions and in the best museum collections. The acquisition of works by Outsiderville residents is both an investment and the pleasure of owning fantastic works, and support for talented authors.

Participation is available on April 19 in two formats:
👁 Online on the Bidspirit auction portal.
👁 Offline at MYS Boutique Hotel (Moscow, Krivokolenny Lane, Building 10, Building 4). Starts at 17:00. The number of places is limited, you can participate upon request.

* All proceeds go to the residents of the project and to support Outsiderville.

* The work by Mikhail Ardashnikov "Torn Out Spring" was used in the creation of the poster.

"Do not follow where the path leads, go where there is no path and leave a trail behind you" - Ralph Emerson.

This year we are going on an ArtExpedition again to the most mysterious lands of the Far East! Where in the northern regions winter reigns for three seasons, snow may not melt even in summer, the earth is bound by permafrost, and in the south - monsoons reign and the Ussuri taiga is spread out. Where walruses, Amur tigers, leopards and Himalayan bears live, volcanoes boil and tsunamis are born...

ArtExpedition is a joint project of the ANO "Outsiderville" and the Union for Mental Health, aimed at researching leading art-therapeutic, inclusive, socio-cultural and public-oriented practices, studying the creative resources of people with mental disabilities in state institutions of psychiatric and social profile, NGOs, parent and patient communities, museum institutions and art communities, as well as finding and supporting independent artists, original authors or representatives of outsider art.

From March to June 2025, we will visit 11 regions of the Far Eastern Federal District to participate in round tables, hold a series of working meetings with representatives of specialized organizations, study rehabilitation resources, "establish intersectoral dialogue" and search for outsider artists.

The results of the ArtExpedition will be traditionally presented at the October exhibition of outsider art and art-therapeutic expression "Other Dimensions" as part of the 10th Festival of rehabilitation programs for people with mental disorders "Drugie?" ("Others?") in Vladivostok.

We present to your attention our first joint exhibition project with the Yekaterinburg Museum of Naive Art!

On October 10 – November 12, 2024, as part of the IX Interdistrict Festival of rehabilitation programs for people with mental disorders “Others?”, the exhibition of outsider art and art-therapeutic expression “Other Dimensions. Ural” will be held. The exhibition will feature original art works by artists and students of psychiatric institutions, boarding schools and NGOs, as well as independent outsider artists, self-taught and naive artists of the Ural Federal District.

The voluminous and multifaceted, colorful and authentic due to the historical, cultural, geographical and ethnic specifics - the exhibition is filled with works of art collected as a result of the large-scale systemic project "ArtExpedition", which was carried out in August-September 2024 by the ANO "Outsiderville" with the support of the Union of the Mental Health.

Over 20 days, the expedition team visited 6 regions of the Ural Federal District with the aim of researching and developing leading art-therapeutic, inclusive, socio-cultural and community-oriented practices, studying the creative resources of people with mental disorders in state institutions of psychiatric and social profile, NGOs, parent and patient communities, art community and cultural institutions, as well as searching for and supporting independent artists, original authors or representatives of outsider art.

At the exhibition "Other Dimensions. Ural" will feature over 70 artworks from 9 organizations and 26 artists from the Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, Kurgan and Tyumen regions, as well as the Khanty-Mansiysk and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs.

Address: Museum of Naive Art, Yekaterinburg, Rosa Lyukemburg St., 18.

On September 20, the 5th mental health festival PSYFEST starts, of which we have been constant partners since the inception of the project. At the same time, we are opening an already beloved by the viewer exhibition of outsider art in the Volgograd Museum of Fine Arts.

However, thanks to the collaboration with curators Varvara Shilikhina and Ksenia Ivanova, this year visitors will be treated to an unexpected turn. The exhibition "From Line to Spectrum", in addition to the works of outsider artists, will be supplemented by the most relevant contemporary artists.

The festival agenda calls for the manifestation and acceptance of all forms of diversity, and the organizers of the exhibition are also striving to move away from linearity to versatility, from plane to volume. It is important for us to show the viewer that "strange" art and contemporary art coexist quite well in a single reality and are capable of enriching each other, erasing unnecessary boundaries. The exhibition metaphorically examines the integration of people into society and societies "into people", challenging the rigid dichotomies of insider and outsider, normality and divergence.

The expressive exhibition, dedicated to those who exist and create beyond the generally accepted boundaries of the art world, will feature works by 11 outsider artists, residents of "Outsiderville" (Andrey Galizini, Natalia Pukhonina, Valentin Simankov, Albina Chernavina, Ilya Tsarev, Nika Smirnova, Ilya Karpushkin, Yura Zeleny, Linda Iblieva, Liza Khudyakova and Yujjang) and 7 contemporary artists (Alisa Kochkina, Ivan Khimin, Marina Yarosh, Andrey Kuzmin, Viktor Semayev, Ekaterina Zhilina and Tema Nebrodovsky).

The exhibition "From Line to Spectrum" demonstrates the concept of spectrum, highlighting the profound beauty and complexity of the nonlinear manifestations of the human mind. Here, art becomes a vehicle for exploring the fluidity of identity and experience, demonstrating how different neurocognitive perspectives contribute to the richness of our collective cultural tapestry. The curators' goal is to illuminate the multifaceted nature of human experience, inviting viewers to rethink social norms and mental diversity to create a more inclusive and compassionate world.

Outsiderville events within the PSYFEST festival:
September 20, 18:00 - opening of the exhibition "From Line to Spectrum"
September 21, 22, 12:00 - curatorial tours
October 17, 19:00 - charity auction

Exhibition dates: September 20 - October 20, 2024
Address: I.I. Mashkov Museum, Volgograd, Chuikova St., 37

Festival website

In 2024, we are going to the new ArtExpedition - the harsh and incomparable landscapes of the Ural Federal District are ahead!

From mid-August to early September, with the support of the Union for Mental Health, "Outsiderville" will visit 6 regions of the Ural Federal District to study leading art-therapeutic, inclusive, socio-cultural and community-oriented practices, study the creative resources of people with mental disorders in state institutions of psychiatric and social profiles, NGOs, parent and patient communities, art communities, and will also seek and provide support to independent artists, original authors and representatives of outsider art.

Having traveled through the Sverdlovsk, Chelyabinsk, Kurgan and Tyumen regions, as well as the Khanty-Mansiysk and Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Okrugs, we will conduct a series of friendly visits and working meetings, including for the purpose of preparing the final exhibition of outsider art and art-therapeutic expression "Other Dimensions" as part of the IX Inter-District Festival of Rehabilitation Programs for People with Mental Disorders "Others?".

Join the ArtExpedition - if you are a wonderful resident of the Urals, connected with the tasks of the project, we will be happy to meet on site and arrange excellent networking!

October 6-13, 2023 as part of the VIII Festival of rehabilitation programs for people with mental disabilities "Others?" there will be the exhibition of art therapeutic expression and outsider art "Other Dimensions. North Caucasus". Original artistic works of artists and studios from psychiatric institutions, boarding schools and NGOs, as well as independent outsider and naive artists of the North Caucasus Federal District will be presented in the Parshin Art Gallery.

Voluminous and multifaceted, colorful and authentic due to historical, cultural and ethnic specifics, the exhibition will be presented with works of art collected as a result of the large-scale systemic project "ArtExpedition", which was carried out by the ANO "Outsiderville" from February to June 2023 with the support of the Union for Mental Health. Over the course of 7 months, the expedition team visited 7 regions of the North Caucasus Federal District with the aim of researching and developing leading art therapeutic, inclusive, sociocultural and socio-oriented practices, studying the creative resources of people with mental disabilities in government psychiatric and social institutions, NGOs, parental and patient communities, art communities, as well as searching for and supporting independent artists, original artists or representatives of outsider art.

Perhaps this is the first exhibition of outsider art and art-therapeutic expression in Stavropol with open access to the general urban public.

Festival website

For the 4th time we have become partners of the largest Russian mental health festival PSYFEST and are bringing vibrant activities to Volgograd and participating in the event's rich program.

Here are some of them:
September 20 11:00 – start of the exhibition "Beyond the Wall"
September 22, 15:30 - report at a meeting of the Council of NGOs at the Russian Society of Psychiatrists as part of the conference "Psychiatry - the science of the brain and soul"
September 23, 15:00 – curated tour
September 24 14:00 – curated tour
October 19 19:30 - charity auction

During its existence, PSYFEST has turned into a whole movement, around which an active urban and professional community has been formed. Guests from different parts of the country come to the festival events.

This year the festival is dedicated to the extremely pressing topic of men's mental health, which means it will affect each of us: fathers, husbands, sons – mothers, wives and daughters.

The key event is the outsider art exhibition "Behind the Wall" - a bold artistic statement by unusual artists, residents of the "Outsiderville".

On display at the Volgograd Museum of Fine Arts, dedicated to the untimely death of the "Outsiderville" resident Sergei Es, more than 100 works by almost 30 outsider artists will be presented.

Festival website

The first exhibition of Outsiderville residents in Udmurtia!

On August 15 at the Museum of Art there will be an opening of the exhibition of outsider, naive and marginal art "Outsider Art. Look for me here."

The exhibition will include more than 100 artworks by artists from Russia and Belarus, united by the Outsiderville and the Museum's collection. The project was carried out with the financial support of the UDS Dobro charitable foundation.

From the museum's annotation:
"Art brut (in English-language - outsider art) is a direction in the fine arts, the works of which are created outside of academic traditions. The concept of art brut was introduced by the French artist Jean Dubuffet (1901-1985 ) in 1945 after reading the book "Paintings of the Mentally Ill" by psychiatrist Hans Prinzhorn (1886-1933).Jean Dubuffet organized an exhibition of works by permanent residents of a psychiatric hospital and at the same time used the term art brut to refer to his own collection and paintings created by mentally ill or socially disabled people And in 1948 he founded the "Art Brut Society", which included famous writers and publicists, including the "father of surrealism" Andre Breton."

The exhibition includes the work of 22 outsider artists, curated by the Outsiderville ANO, as well as works by naive masters and artists of Art Brut from the collection of the Museum of Art.

This year turned out to be fruitful for new searches, research and discoveries!

We have two Art Expeditions ahead of us in very polar, but in their own colorful and authentic federal districts - the North-West and the North Caucasus!

On February 21, "Outsiderville" goes on an "Art Expedition" to the North Caucasus Federal District: for more than six months, together with our partners - the Union for Mental Health - we will visit 7 regions of the North Caucasus Federal District in order to study the leading art therapeutic, inclusive, sociocultural and community-oriented practices, studying the creative resources of people with mental disabilities in government psychiatric and social institutions, NGOs, parent and patient communities, art communities, as well as searching for and supporting independent artists, original authors or representatives of outsider art.

As part of the Art Expedition, educational events will be held to improve the quality of art therapeutic and artistic practices and the development of interregional sociocultural initiatives. Thus, it is planned to create a network of resource art therapy centers that will promote psychosocial rehabilitation and socialization of people with mental disabilities. The best works of outsider artists of the North Caucasian Federal District will be presented at the exhibition of outsider art "Other Dimensions" as part of the VIII Festival of rehabilitation programs for people with mental disabilities "Others?"

On February 9, a large-scale exhibition of Russian outsider art with international participation, "The Future will be an Outsider," named after the manifesto of the curator of the Outsiderville music label, self-taught composer Yuri Vinogradov, opens at the Museum of Contemporary Art "ArtMuse".

The exhibition will feature works by more than 50 residents of "Outsiderville", already recognized outsider artists, as well as famous artists of the most extensive and representative collection of outsider art in Russia - the INYE ("OTHERS") collections and several iconic foreign names from France, USA, Iran, Scandinavian and other countries abroad.

A program of events is planned within the framework of the exhibition: lectures, discussions, the KinoBrut project and other exciting events.

At the exhibition opening, the project's residents prepared a sensory-sound performance "Senestopathy of the Future", as well as a performance by musician, member of the Outsiderville music label, Kirill M with a dark ambient set.

From October 8 to November 16, еру exhibition of outsider art "Boundaries of Misunderstanding-2" is available at the Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum, and on October 15 is the scientific and practical conference "Outsider Art. The limits of understanding."

At 15:00 Outsiderville will organize a discussion with the participation of outsider artists "The Art of Getting Ahead. How talented artists push boundaries."

The exhibition "Boundaries of Misunderstanding-2" brought together, first of all, artists from the Nizhny Novgorod region, but also Outsiderville residents from Kaliningrad, Volgograd, Yalta... Among them, including local artists - Sergey Es and Katya Maksimova.

The "Boundaries of Misunderstanding" project is for those who are in search of visual discoveries, new sensations, expanding the scope of perception, and a deeper understanding of the ways of development of art and humanity.

The first exhibition of outsider art in Tula!

On October 7 the exhibition of art-therapeutic expression and outsider art "Other Dimensions" will take place in Tula in frames of The VII Festival of rehabilitation programs for people with mental disabilities "Others?".

Artworks of artists and studios of psychiatric institutions, boarding schools and non-profit organizations of the Central Federal District will be presented at the Tula House of Science and Technology.

Among the exhibitors is an already iconic artist, a native of the Tula region and resident of "Outsiderville" - Liza Khudyakova, who managed to glorify Russian outsider art widely abroad. Lisa began active creative work in 2019 and a year later, thanks to her own efforts and the support of Outsiderville, she moved to Moscow from Efremov. In the capital, Lisa got married, mastered several professions, became a nominee in international competitions, entering the top 13 outstanding outsider artists among the winners of EUWARD8 (Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany).

Festival website

From September 29 at the Volgograd Museum of Fine Arts, an exhibition of young art by outsider artists "YOUnost" ("Youth"), organized by "Outsiderville" as part of the mental health festival "PSY People Fest".

For the second year now, the Volgograd Museum of Fine Arts has been boldly hosting fascinating examples of outsider art within its walls.

The exhibition includes works by young outsider artists, residents of "Outsiderville", who most fully reflect the problems of a "difficult" age... The works of artists from all over Russia are collected into a single canvas of the exhibition, dictated by internal logic: St. Petersburg, Moscow, Izhevsk, Nizhny Novgorod, Petrozavodsk, Volgograd...

The exhibition traditionally takes place as part of the city festival "PSY People Fest" with its extensive program of lectures, discussions, film screenings, excursions and many interesting events. The theme of the festival changes every year - and in 2022 the organizers decided to draw the public's attention to mental problems and the searches of the younger generation.

Festival website

On August 12 at 15:00 and 19:00 Moscow time, join the broadcast of the opening of the Outsider Art Festival in Helsinki via the link! There will be a video greeting from the Outsiderville team!

Since this spring, we have been working with a curatorial team of invited international experts together with Thomas Röske (Director of the Prinzhorn Collection, Heidelberg, Germany).

Festival program
Festival schedule

We simply do not have time to share with you the cycle of events. We have a world premiere again!

July 22-24 "Outsiderville" took part in a large inclusive outsider art festival IDYLLEREI`22 in Nuremberg. Among the studios from Belgium, Netherlands, Sweden and Germany, we diversified the exposition with Russian self-taught artists. This time the organizers were interested in the works of Valentin Simankov (St. Petersburg), Dmitry Noga (Izhevsk), Misha Plesen (Moscow), Ilya Tsarev (St. Petersburg), Andrey Vavilov (Yaroslavl), Albina Chernavina (Volgograd), Sergey Fedulov and Alexander Savchenko (St. Petersburg).

A total of about 1000 people saw works by a hundred artists and also experienced the street theater of the Italian theater group Teatro Due Mondi with two different plays. Already on Friday, the musicians of Vollgas Combo and Vollgas Connected thrilled the audience. There was more music in the program by Stattwerk, an inclusive music duo with its own spherical sound range. On Saturday evening, Katlanowski Express heated up the visitors with songs from the Balkans.

The film program offered very different contributions: "Planet Hora" by Theater Hora from Zurich, the Western film-the Western opera "Die Entscheidung" from Bad Dürkheim and the silent documentary "Kunst kommt aus dem Schnabel wie er gewachsen ist" by Sabine Herpich from Berlin. Our indispensable partner Dr. Thomas Röske (Director of the Prinzhorn Collection Heidelberg) and Pierre Muylle (artist and exhibition organizer from Belgium) spoke at the lecturium, as well as a panel discussion with the artist Stanley Schulten, the curator Lisa Inckmann (director 2x2 Forum for Outsider Art and Kunsthaus Kannen, Münster), exhibition director Lutz Krutein and the two previously mentioned extended the event in an equally entertaining and theoretical way. The final event "Die Nudelpest" by Theater Dreamteam met a full house in the in the Z-Bau gallery.

A great value of the festival was the meeting of the audience with handicap and the artists of Outsider Art. Many conversations took place and new friendships were made - among the visitors, the invited guests and the organizers.

And we hope to come with the residents in 2024!

This year's breakthrough - for the first time in the history of the World Psychiatric Association (WPA), we initiated and created a new section "Art Therapy and Outsider Art" as part of the annual International Congress, which will be held in Bangkok on August 3-6, 2022 in a hybrid format!

Moreover, in what composition: section chairman - Olga Fominikh (the founder of Outsiderville), co-chairman - Anna Suvorova (Doctor of Art History, Russian art historian, curator of several dozen exhibition projects) and co-chairman - Thomas Röske (Ph.D. , director of the Prinzhorn Collection).

Our session "Art Therapy in Medical and Rehabilitation Practice and Outsider Art: Edges of Consonance" will take place on August 5 from 11:30 am to 12:30 pm Moscow time (8:30 am – 9:30 am UTC+3).

Full program of the Congress.

You can follow the sections-speakers of the Congress, join online sessions, view the gallery, the list of participants and much more in the application.

See you at the Congress!

On June 9 "Outsiderville" makes a presentation in Moscow with a report "Unexpected opportunities for socio-cultural rehabilitation" and the outsider art exhibition "The Universe Makes Itself Felt" at the all-Russian scientific and practical conference with international participation "Society oriented psychiatry: scientific and practical aspects and vectors of development" dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the public organization `Family and Mental Health` foundation.

The conference will discuss scientific and practical achievements and prospects for the development of community-oriented psychiatric care, the problems of reforming the mental health service in Russia and abroad, modern organizational forms of care, the development and implementation of modern technologies for psychosocial rehabilitation; the experience of the public sector in the domestic mental health service was considered.

More about the conference

Broadcast recording

* On the poster is the work of Gena Sych "Attic Passions"

From 9 to 12 June in Haamenlinna (Finland) on the basis of the Kettiki Association (old partners of Outsiderville, acquaintance with which took place back in 2011 as part of our autorally through the centers of outsider art in Scandinavia), the annual conference of the European Outsider Art Association "Lifestories" was hel, in which we have been a member for several years.

The conference stream is available until June 24 at the link.

For obvious reasons and despite the efforts of our colleagues, we were not able to take part offline, but 2 works by our authors were included in the virtual exhibition The Dove - A symbol of Peace and Hope, inspired by the work of the famous Ukrainian self-taught artist Maria Primachenko (1908-1997).

The selection of entries was overseen by EOA Vice President Thomas Röske (Prinzhorn Museum) and Mark Steen (Outside In). Among the 21 works of artists from all over the world, the works of our residents were chosen - the artist Liza Kratinova and the legend of photobrut Valentin Simankov.

Viewing the exposition is available at the link.

The next EOA conference "Outsider Art and Tradition" will be held at the Museum im Lagerhaus, St. Gallen (Switzerland) May 11-14, 2023. And by this time we hope to meet with colleagues, having overcome today's circumstances and remembering these days as a mankind nightmare...

Only 3 days - May 30, 31 and June 1 - in the Museum of Contemporary Art "ArtMuse" the exhibition "ArtPotok ("Art Stream"). A Breath of Air" - the peak point of the educational project "ArtPotok ("Art Stream"). New generation of professionals. Art practice and art therapy in psychiatry", which since October 2021 has been implemented jointly by The Union for Mental Health and ANO "Outsiderville".

The exposition presents works by participants of art studios and workshops of psychiatric institutions, boarding schools, rehabilitation centers and public organizations, on the basis of which, since the beginning of the year, students of medical, social and cultural universities in Moscow and St. Petersburg - implemented their projects using advanced methods of art therapy and artistic practice in working with people with mental disabilities, contributed to the self-expression and rehabilitation of the wards using a variety of approaches and relying on creative resources.

Today, art therapy, which is widely represented in Russia, and free-standing individual support for outsider artists is already an important component of the rehabilitation cycle. Therefore, socio-cultural and inclusive programs based on cultural institutions are the most important link in the socio-rehabilitation cycle, as well as a great resource not only for the wards themselves, but also for society and culture as a whole.

Expositions of the works of self-taught authors, both within the framework of destigmatizing projects and exhibitions of outsider art, attract the public and experts with the boundless power of artistic expression, sprouting from the depths of "madness", the unique empirical experience and worldview of the outsider artist.

Already in September, the exhibition "ArtStream. A Breath of Air" will reopen in an expanded format and will be available to visitors of "ArtMuse" for two months.

More about the ArtPotok project

The long-awaited edition "Art on the Roadside" has been released - about the work of outsider and self-taught artists, as well as about inclusive practices in Russia.

The publication is formed from the materials of scientific readings in memory of Ksenia Bohemskaya, held annually at the State Institute of Art Studies and contains, among other things, an article from the founder of "Outsiderville" - Olga Fominikh.

The book has been in preparation since 2015 and during this time has gone through many trials: from finding funding, changing three publishers through a pandemic to today's realities... It is valuable that the collection includes the last text of Alexander Migunov, Doctor of Philosophy, which he sent shortly before the fatal operation.

It was important to accumulate the knowledge of different specialists about the interpretations of the work of outsider artists at the beginning of the 21st century. The collection turned out to be voluminous and informative - as many as 400 pages!

We thank the candidate of art criticism, senior researcher of the folklore and folk art sector of the State Institute of Fine Arts - Nadezhda Musyankova for the painstaking work and its outstanding result!

The book has already been presented at the festival on Palace Square in St. Petersburg, and also went on sale in the bookstores "Moscow" and "Falanster".

Cover work: Gennady Ivanov "Conquest of Mars"

We are going to Petrozavodsk (Karelia) for the Psychgorfest festival with a program from Outsiderville!

! Public talk #KrivoTolki ("СrookedTalks")
During the festival, Outsiderville founder Olga Fominikh and co-founder Nina Luchinkina will present the artworks of outsider artists and together with project residents and other authors, will discuss how mental disorders and creativity are related.

! Oustiderville resident Elina Doll will hold an art therapy workshop #KukloTvari ("CritterDolls"), which will help you go from rejection to love.

! Resident and member of the Outsiderville Music Label - Kirill M will arrange a real musical performance with his project Schuschpanzer V8.

! With the audio and video installation for the entire festival will broadcast tracks by artists participating in the Outsiderville Music Label, as well as the special project - #AutoAesthetics.

Festival website and program of events

Psychgorfest is a great excuse to spend a weekend in the capital of Karelia!

Valentin Simankov is a legendary man, a peculiar symbol of St. Petersburg. For many years, he could often be found on the Griboedov Canal next to the Savior-on-Blood, selling easily recognizable photo collages for a penny, then - in different parts of the city, where he avoided the pressure of commerce and corruption by street stallers. His house is littered with undeveloped films, but sometimes he print it, using old photo paper, which was gift to him once in huge quantities by the "comrade from FSB".

Valentin is an extremely elusive artist... If earlier he could be regularly seen on the central streets of the city selling his photo collages, now he leads a hermit life. However, to our great luck, he treats us with special awe and respect. It took a lot of effort to persuade him to appear in a documentary, but we managed to find a way to approach the city's photo legend.

We met the future director of the film, Georgy Kudryashov, on the set of a story about the exhibition of works by Russian outsider artists "Svobodnye²" ("Free²") during the Volgograd festival "Psy Fest" for the State Television and Radio Broadcasting Company "Volgograd". We spent the whole day together and Georgy was inspired by our project and its amazing residents. Already in the autumn he came to us in St. Petersburg and in 3 days, not without incidents, the necessary material was filmed.

We invite you to watch the movie!

This year we became the winners of the XIV All-Russian competition "For selflessness in the field of mental health" named after Academician T.B. Dmitrieva and going to Moscow for the awards ceremony to receive a special prize!

For those who want to share the joy of the high award, it will be possible to connect to the online broadcast of the ceremony on December 24 at 15:00 Moscow time at the link.

The ceremony will be held with the participation of the chief specialist psychiatrist of the Ministry of Health of Russia Z.I. Kekelidze, as well as with heads of leading research centers in the field of psychiatry, healthcare institutions, government agencies, non-profit organizations.

The ceremony will announce the winners in the following categories: psychosocial rehabilitation, public education about mental health, psychosocial rehabilitation of children and adolescents, the best public organization, medical and social rehabilitation in narcology, psychological and psychiatric care in the situation of the COVID-19 pandemic, merits in organizing events, dedicated to mental health, the best institution of the year. The main winner of the competition is the best region in 2021.

The competition was established in 2008 by the Public Council on Mental Health under the chief specialist psychiatrist of the Ministry of Health of Russia. Among its tasks are to support the experience of the best regional psychiatric services and non-profit organizations, draw the attention of state and public structures to the issues of the quality of psychiatric and drug treatment, educate the population and increase society's tolerance for people with mental disorders.

On December 10, 2021, together with the Union for Mental Health, we launched the educational project "ArtPotok (`ArtStream`). New generation of professionals. Art practice and art therapy in psychiatry".

ArtPotok (`ArtStream`) will be implemented from December 2021 to May 2022 and is aimed at creating a volunteer and professional movement among students of high educational institutions in Moscow and St. Petersburg in the field of medicine, pedagogy and culture to organize and conduct art classes in favor of people with mental disabilities in psycho-neurological boarding schools , psychiatric hospitals and dispensaries, non-profit organizations and cultural institutions.

In a short time of collecting applications, the initially planned number of student participants increased by more than 2 times (from 150 to more than 300) - and this indicates an unprecedented demand for educational programs in this area. Among the partners are leading universities, non-profit organizations, medical, social and cultural institutions.

The course of study will be held in several stages: the theoretical part, the field stage (acquaintance with the work of rehabilitation departments and art studios, the creation of art studios or the development of new areas of rehabilitation work) and the final part - the final exhibition, at the opening which will present an overview of successful practical results of the students, a ceremony of awarding certificates and certificates of advanced training, as well as rewarding outsider artists who appeared during the field stage.

Due to an interdisciplinary approach and top lecturers/experts involved in the project, the theoretical part will give participants a complete three-dimensional understanding of the entire cycle of social rehabilitation support for people with mental disabilities: the basics of psychiatry and psychotherapy, the non-profit sector and rehabilitation programs, art therapy and outsider art.

The lecturers of the theorethical block:

Anna Suvorova, Doctor of Art History, art historian, curator of exhibition projects, associate professor at the National Research University Higher School of Economics, author of educational programs, scientific articles and publications, as well as the book "Outsider Art in Russia: Trends, Themes, Images" (Gorodets Publishing House, 2020)

Alexander Kopytin, Doctor of Medical Sciences, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, Professor of the Department of Psychology of the St. Petersburg State Academy of Postgraduate Pedagogical Education, Associate Professor of the Department of Psychotherapy of the North-Western State Medical University. of I. I. Mechnikov. Chairman of the Art Therapeutic Association.

Sergey Babin, Doctor of Medical Sciences, psychotherapist of the highest category, professor of the Department of Psychotherapy, Medical Psychology and Sexology, North-Western State Medical University. of I.I. Mechnikov. President of the Russian Psychotherapeutic Association (RPA)

Nadezhda Stepunina, PhD, psychiatrist, psychotherapist. She has been working with adolescents since 2007, since 2010 she has been leading psychosocial therapy groups for adolescents according to the author's program using the method of "art synthesis therapy". Project Manager of the Center for Adaptation and Development "Emerald City".

Olga Zadorozhnaya, candidate of medical sciences, chief consultant of the project, psychiatrist, psychotherapist, associate professor of the department of psychiatry and narcology, North-Western State Medical University. of I.I. Mechnikov.

ArtPotok (`ArtStream`) is conceived as a long-term system project, after a trial phase of which - in Moscow and St. Petersburg - new regions of Russia will eventually be covered. We sincerely hope that with ArtPotok there will be a comprehensive development of art therapy science and practice by bringing together the subjects of professional activity who continuously use the methods of rehabilitation by creativity as the main type of professional activity, as well as creating a platform for professional education, employment and the formation of a new generation of specialists in the field of art therapy and outsider art.

Official website of the project

Amazing news! MosProducer, ONErpm international company and Outsiderville present the INSIDER Fest!

The festival is dedicated to a successful start and close cooperation with the Outsiderville Music Label, which wouldn`t have been possible without the participation and invaluable contribution of the label's curator Yuri Vinogradov. The event is designed to dispel myths around mental health, support people with mental disabilities and draw attention to their work, which often remains in the shadows.

Festival program:
! The musical block, in which the headliner of the festival Sabrina will perform, as well as indie musicians: Anton Makarov - Dictophone Group, R.A.SVET and anushkaa
! Outsider art exhibition by "Outsiderville"
! Master class on creating a circulation series of paintings in the author's technique by the resident and artist Sergey Es (Outsiderville)
! Art therapy practice of drawing mandalas according to Carl Jung artist Sarah Hertzman (Outsiderville)
! Educational panel with a practicing psychologist of the Yasno video consultation service, a gestalt therapist and lecturer Marina Rufanova.

Festival partners: the manufacturer of goods for creativity "Luch". Media partners: IMI (Institute of Musical Initiatives), The Village and MUSIC BOX GOLD TV channel.

See you in a friendly atmosphere of like-minded people, filled with the light of knowledge, excellent sound, creativity and live communication!


December 7 18:00-23:00. Moscow. Powerhouse Space.
Free admission. Registration via the link: https://insiderfest.ru.

On December 1, the Marble Palace of the Russian Museum opens an exhibition of original artists "Beyond The Establishment". The exhibition will feature works by six contemporary non-professional artists with mental disabilities and (or) psychiatric experience. For all the social significance of this project, the Museum's first large-scale attempt to emphasize the aesthetic value of the works is in the foreground.

The exhibition features artworks of Outsiderville residents - Sergey Fedulov (graphics, painting) and Alexander Savchenko (painting), as well as drawings and objects by Alexey Sakhnov, sculptures by Alexey Barov, graphic artist Yulia Kosulnikova and Ilgar Nadzhafov.

Such authors express their special worldview through a saving act of creativity, which fits perfectly into the strategy of contemporary art, where the factor of specialized education has long ceased to be a determining factor. First of all, these artists are distinguished by their lack of involvement in the processes of existence of the art community, the establishment with its market strategies, current discourse and other aspects.

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A comprehensive educational program is planned within the framework of the exhibition: lectures by experts in the field of contemporary / original art, discussions with specialists, classes within the framework of the exposition with residents of social institutions, people with disabilities, meetings with artists.

The curators tried to make the exhibition accessible to visitors with different needs: they recorded a video guide in Russian sign language, an audio guide with audio descriptions, prepared a tactile map of the exhibition, and presented an easy-to-read explication.

Today is a joyful day for the world of music - for the first time on all streaming platforms, a compilation by the label Outsiderville, timed to coincide with Mental Health Day, has been released!

As part of the Faith in Music project, thanks to the support of the international company ONErpm and MosProducer, the album is available on all music platforms - from YouTube to Spotify. Soon other releases from the Outsiderville music label (musicians with mental disabilities and self-taught people off the radar of the industry) will be available for listening on streaming services. Now it's the audience's turn!

Ten views on sound, music, art, ten destinies, ten musical journeys. From the experimental, percussion, brightly original electronics of the famous Build Your House Underground project and the focused, hypnotic retro dark music project Zet Broke Arrt to the electronic free jazz Ap Kallu, the sentimental-philosophical miniature of Ivan Happy, the free piano improvisation of Yuri Vinogradov in the spirit of abstract impressionism . The collection also features the thoughtfully hypnotic sound of Flowerbloom, the Dadaist, brutal Acidether, the ironic Schuschpanzer V8, the cheerful EllektraCyclone, the magical, enchanting Marsell Satt.

It's easy to get acquainted with the work of outsider musicians and support them:
! follow the link: https://onerpm.link/outsiderville
! choose a convenient streaming platform
! listen to the tracks and tell your friends about the collection.

Join our musical odyssey!

The label's page on the Outsiderville website

* In the design of the cover was used the work of Mikhail Ardashnikov "The Rebirth of Chaos"

In addition to the conference "Biopsychosocial approach of V.M. Ankylosing spondylitis in modern psychiatry" and "Strange Art" exhibition, timed to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the "Center for Psychiatry and Mental Health named after Academician V.M. Bekhterev" - from September 23 to September 25, Kirov Information Center for Atomic Energy conducts a series of open lectures by leading psychiatrists and psychotherapists of Russia.

Free admission. Registration:
Sep 23 Mental consequences of covid - https://myatom-kirov.timepad.ru/event/1780286/.

Sep 24 Mental disorders in children: epidemic or overdiagnosis. https://leader-id.ru/events/228409

25 Sep. INYE ("Others") and outsider art. Vladimir Gavrilov - https://myatom-kirov.timepad.ru/event/1779379/.

On September 25, 2021, a two-week Russian outsider artists exhibition "Strange Art" will open at the Kirov Art Ingeneerium. The art project is of particular importance for the city community, as it is the first out-of-hospital exhibition of outsider art in 16 years and the second in the history of Kirov.

A pilot exhibition of creativity of people with psychiatric experience was held in the Vasnetsovs` brothers Museum back in 2005... It was a private initiative of enthusiastic doctors and art therapists from the Ganinsky hospital, which was supported by outstanding collectors and devotees of outsider art from other cities (Vladimir Abakumov and the Museum of Outsider Art in Moscow, which, unfortunately, was closed in 2010 year and the INYE Collection Vladimir Gavrilov in Yaroslavl).

During this time, many projects have been organized throughout the country aimed at legitimizing and institutionalizing Russian outsider art: from psycho-educational and socio-cultural ones dedicated to people with mental disabilities and their role in culture and society, to full-fledged artistic ones. The fact that previously unnoticed marginal art received a pass into the walls of museums, galleries, biennials, auction houses, etc. is an indicator of its recognition not only by the academic community, but also by society in common. A significant role in this was played by the activities of public organizations and individual experts who take the liberty of fighting the stigma and mythology around psychiatry, as well as social initiatives and the growing keen interest of the progressive public.

As part of the "Strange Art exhibition", viewers will learn about the world-famous legend of Soviet art brut Alexander Lobanov, see examples of naive art, get acquainted with the history of the formation of the first hospital collections and masterpieces of "canonical" outsider artists and discover the names of young representatives of Russian outsider art. The exposition presents works by residents of ANO "Outsiderville", the INYE collection, as well as the famous Kirov self-taught artist - Andrey Kolevatov.

The exhibition is dedicated to the all-Russian Scientific and Practical Conference "Biopsychosocial approach of V.M. Bekhterev in modern psychiatry", dedicated to the 100th anniversary of the Kirov Regional Clinical Psychiatric Hospital named after academician V.M. Bekhterev and organized with the support of the Atomic Energy Information Center, National Medical Research Center for Psychiatry and Neurology V.M. Bekhterev" Ministry of Health of the Russian Federation, "Russian Society of Psychiatrists", Kirov State Medical University, the INYE collection and ANO Outsiderville.

Curators:
Olga Fominikh is a public figure, founder of ANO "Outsiderville" (St. Petersburg) - a project to support people with mental disabilities and outsider artists in Russia.

Vladimir Gavrilov - psychiatrist-psychotherapist, vice-president of S.I.P.E.-A.T., creator and curator of the INYE collection (Yaroslavl).

From September 3 to October 3, 2021, the second PSY People Fest will be held in Volgograd. Its purpose: to bring together professionals, society and users of mental health care and support in the discussion of issues related to mental health.

The events will target the professional community - psychiatrists, psychologists, psychotherapists and other mental health professionals - and a wider audience.

The festival's activity can be divided into three areas:

Educational direction.
The events will be aimed at educational work, explaining the mechanisms of development of mental disorders, the manifestation of their symptoms, about where and what kind of help can be obtained. One of the main tasks of this area is to reduce tension when meeting with a person with a mental disorder and destigmatization of mental disorders.

The main event is an exhibition of works by outsider artists, curated by the project "Outsiderville" from St. Petersburg and the INYE ("OTHERS") collection from Yaroslavl.

In addition, there will be informal meetings with psychiatrists and film screenings about the life of people with mental disorders and their interaction with society and society with them.

Scientific and practical direction.
Designed for mental health professionals: psychologists, psychiatrists, psychotherapists. However, everyone can attend the events.

The main event of the direction is the VII interregional scientific and practical conference for specialists working in the field of mental health protection "Psychiatry - the science of the brain and soul."

In addition to the plenary session, several sections are planned at the conference: clinic and therapy of mental disorders, psychotherapy of anxiety, psychiatry for therapists, neurologists, cardiologists, questions of psychopharmacology, narcology, child psychiatry. The peculiarity of this conference will be that it will for the first time include a section on philosophy and religion. Thus, on one site it will be possible to discuss the problem of the psyche from different points of view.

Also, master classes will be organized within the framework of the conference.

Treatment and rehabilitation direction. For people diagnosed with mental illness and their relatives. Free lectures, diagnostic events and consultations of psychologists are planned here for everyone.

Official link: https://psypeoplefest.tilda.ws/

From September 3 to October 3, 2021, at the I. I. Mashkov State Museum of Fine Arts, within the framework of the city festival PSY people Fest, for the first time within the walls of the museum, an exhibition of works by Russian outsider artists Svobodnye² ("Free²") will be held.

Within the framework of the Svobodnye² ("Free²") exhibition and events timed to coincide with it, viewers will learn about the world famous legend of Soviet art brut Alexander Lobanov, see examples of naive art, get acquainted with the history of the first hospital collections and masterpieces of "canonical" outsider artists, discover the names of young representatives Russian outsider of art, learn about hoaxes and fakes in the art market, including on the example of the sensational story of the never-existed artist "Foma Jaremtschuk", whose story unexpectedly brought researchers to Volgograd ...

The first successful but chamber exhibition of outsider art "InsideOut" in Volgograd was organized by Yuri Osadshy in 2017 and found refuge in Loft1890. The event caused a serious resonance, the interest of the media and the city public. This inspired hope for the opportunity to repeat the art project, but with an expanded audience and a program of events. The plan was realized already in 2021. During this time, many psychoeducational and art projects were organized, dedicated to people with mental disabilities and their role in culture and society. The fact that a previously imperceptible marginal art received a pass into the walls of a museum institution is a sign of its legitimization and recognition by the academic community. A significant role in this was played by the activities of public organizations and individual experts who take the liberty of fighting stigma and mythology around psychiatry, as well as socio-cultural initiatives and the growing lively interest of the progressive public.

The exposition line will appear as a mesmerizing sequence of canvases, lined up in a certain plot. A voluminous retrospective of the development of outsider art in Russia with a look into the present will unfold before the viewer. Unlike most classical exhibitions, we will invite visitors to move away from contemplation and discover hidden motives, internal collisions, a passionate impulse for self-determination and spiritual search.

Curators:

Olga Fominikh - public figure, founder of the "Outsiderville" (St. Petersburg)

Vladimir Gavrilov - psychiatrist-psychotherapist, vice-president of S.I.P.E.-A.T., creator and curator of the INYE ("OTHER") collection (Yaroslavl) - the most representative national collection of self-taught

On May 30 and 31, Moscow will host two lectures "The Phenomenon of Outsider Art" by Vladimir Gavrilov and Olga Fominikh. On May 30 we are waiting for you in the Moscow store "Vo Ves Golos" ("In Loud Voice"), and on the 31st - in the Library n.a. N.A. Nekrasov.

We will talk about the history of the formation of the first hospital "collections of oddities", the emergence of interest in marginal creativity and the legitimization of outsider art in Russia. The dialogue of talent and "madness", the relationship and difference between outsider art and art-therapeutic expression, the peculiarities of sociocultural work relying on creative resources will be touched upon.

Let's learn more about the fate of the legendary outsider artist Alexander Lobanov, who lived for half a century in a psychiatric hospital, who created amazing "pictures" and "ceremonial" photos ...

Also at the lecture you will see a chamber exhibition of works from the collections INYE and Outsiderville and the documentary OTHERS of the RT-Documentary channel (2021).

Vladimir Gavrilov is a psychiatrist-psychotherapist, vice-president of S.I.P.E.-A.T./SIPE, creator and curator of the INYE collection - the most representative national collection of self-taught artists.

Olga Fominikh - public figure, curator of exhibition projects, founder of ANO Outsiderville

We are going to the exhibition of outsider artists "Borders of misUnderstanding" in the Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum and the scientific and practical conference "Mental Disorders. Modern possibilities of treatment and rehabilitation ".

The exposition is available for visitors from May 15 to May 30 and is organized by the 20-year anniversary of the NROOOOI "New Opportunities" with the participation of: the Ministry of Health, four state psychiatric institutions and 800 good deeds "Lower 800".

It is a great honor for us to be invited to the first exhibition of outsider art on a high-profile state site (the National Art Museum is also famous for the international festival of naive art "New day"). This is the result of many years of painstaking work by "New Opportunities", developing a long-term model of social and psychological care for adults with mental health problems - outside a psychiatric institution and providing support at various levels: psychological, creative, labor, family support.

With the exhibition "The Boundaries of misUnderstanding", the curators want to show that authors with mental characteristics are the same artists, whose aesthetic power of their creative works is no less convincing than the works of prominent representatives of contemporary art. The exposition presents more than 100 works: painting, graphics, photography, textiles, ceramics. By the way, among the authors are the works of our two residents - Sergey Es and Ksenia Micryze. Congratulations!

As part of the XVII Congress of Russian Psychiatrists on May 17 at 17:00 in the bookstore | lecture hall "Vo Ves Golos" ("In Loud Voice") will host a round table "Mental health and the media. Whom to listen to? "

In recent years, dramatic changes have affected the information field and access to information. The Internet and widespread digitalization were added to the usual sources, which absolutely changed the speed of obtaining and disseminating information, including about mental health. Currently, these issues are covered by doctors, psychologists, coaches, patients, journalists, etc. Although it has become easier for the public to learn about mental disorders and how to help, this has led to a flood of information space, including unscientific data, dangerous advice and stigmatizing information.

We need an active dialogue between the professional community and representatives of the mass media and the blogosphere to jointly form a "healthy" information field on mental health issues.

During the round table, representatives of the professional community, patients and the media will express their views on the current situation and possible joint actions aimed at improving the quality of information on mental health provided in the information space.

From 13 to 27 May, an exhibition of works by outsider artists, residents of the Outsiderville project, with the expressive name "UnderFrames". The project is timed to coincide with the 17th Congress of Russian Psychiatrists (May 15-17) and the round table "Mental health and the media. Whom to listen to? ".

Despite the fact that outsider art in Russia takes an increasingly confident position in the context of contemporary art, there are still many myths, pseudoscientific interpretations and stigmatization around its representatives. Moreover, speculative interpretations are inherent not only to the unprepared public, but also to the professional environment: specialists in the field of psychiatry or art critics.

In this vein, we sorely lack both psychoeducational projects and pure art experiments. We do not seek to create a canonical image of an outsider artist and do not undertake to defend the purity of definitions - "Outsiderville" is at the very epicenter of a process of institutionalization of outsider art and socio-cultural life of artists who are not limited in thinking and fantasy, unable to be driven "under frameworks", but facing many barriers due to mental disorders.

"Outsiderville" residents are not just "wards", but, above all, beautiful people with an amazing vision of the world. Their creative work and perception of the world is a huge resource for society, and those who are the first to understand this will discover an inexhaustible source of inspiration and opportunities!

When: May 13-27, 2021
Where: bookstore | lecture hall "Vo Ves Golos" ("In Loud Voice"), Mayakovsky St., 19 (metro "Mayakovskaya" or "Chernyshevskaya")

The exhibition of outsider artists who won the euward8 international competition opened on April 30 in Haus der Kunst in Munich. Out of more than 300 applicants, the jury has chosen 12 artists. One of them is Outsiderville resident Elizaveta Khudyakova, the only artist from Russia in the competition. euward8 is like Eurovision in the world of outsider art.

Due to the closed borders, we could not participate in the opening ceremony. However, we all have an opportunity to see the exhibition with a virtual tour: https://euward.de/en/ausstellung.

RT Documentary has released a film about outsider artists in Russia for an international audience. We were shooting it between 2020 and 2021 together with the RT Documentary crew that did a tremendous job!

It was an exciting period for all of us, especially for the artists: Elizaveta Khudyakova, Sara Hertzman, Elina Doll, Kirill Maltsev, Yuri Vinogradov (whose music became a soundtrack for the film). We thank Outsiderville residents for patience, sincerity, and spontaneity!

In the film production, we collaborated with our long-standing partner, psychotherapist, and INYE collection curator Vladimir Gavrilov that introduced the achievements of many years of his work and presented a unique artist, Andrey Tsymbal.

We thank Oleg Nekishev, the film director, for the delicate approach to the shooting process, deep involvement in the outsider art context, and filming the lively profiles of the artists. We also thank cameramen Sergey Tsyganov and Dmitry Tararako for amazing shots that have created an effect of presence in the film.

Official links to the documentary:
https://rtd.rt.com/films/psychiartry/ - English RT Doc
https://doc.rt.com/filmy/inie/ Russian RT Doc
https://youtu.be/HrAwVu_cquw - English RT Doc YouTube channel
https://youtu.be/dCUuGHyT3HQ - Russian RT Doc YouTube channel

We open the "Bokovoe zrenie" ("Side Vision") exhibition of a permanent Outsiderville resident Nadezhda Bokman, at Putilov Loft on April 2nd at 7 pm. The exposition presents more than 60 of Bokman works. At the opening event, a concert of Ilya Tsarev's Psychedelic band, performative mystifications, and other surprises await you.

Nadezhda was born in 1977. At the age of 7, her family moved from Bratsk to Saint-Petersburg. She felt drearily and mundane at school and instead enjoyed spending all day long at a parents' library, reading one book after another. She read Russian and foreign classics, but the most beloved books of the future artists were those concerned with ancient Greek mythology, the Middle ages, and the Renaissance. The parents, who were knowledge workers, supported the interest of their kids and provided the conditions for Nadya and her older brother to develop and fulfill themselves.

She graduated from college as a wood painting artist with honors. However, it was only in 2002 that Nadya began to master drawing techniques and develop her style. She found interest in art thanks to her mother. From her youth, she was fascinated by paintings of Edvard Munch, Francis Bacon, Gustav Klimt, and Obri Beardsley. With time, Bokman lost her parents, steadfastly overcoming the tragedy but never coming to terms with it. The search for a way out of a heavy emotional state became a source of many creative ideas.

Gradually, she gained self-confidence by communicating with other artists, reading art literature, visiting museums and exhibitions, and participating in art projects. Over the 20 years of her art career, her works have been presented at about 30 art exhibitions in Russia and abroad (Denmark, Greece, USA, Sweden, UK).

Nadya creates works with compulsive acrylic paint strokes on canvases, cardboards, and plywoods. Instead of giving names to the paintings, she provides them with poetry. Her style combines naivety and passion, intricacy and openness when the dreaminess of a child suddenly switches to dark infernal fantasy. It is crucial to watch Bokman's works from unusual angles as if you were squinting or peering out of the corner of the everyday cliches. This way, the pits of emotional turmoil can open behind the curtain of childish and naive simplicity.

In a dialogue with the Chaos, full of eroticism and mystery, the artist earnestly, sensually, and sometimes ironically investigates her own but at the same time universal melancholy of the lost Eden Garden. The delight of being and free-flight unites with trauma and repressed will, while personality falls apart in the face of the almighty Universe.

April 2nd, 7 pm
The address: Putilov Loft at 10-12, Ruzovskaya street (Pushkinskaya metro station), Saint-Petersburg. Free admission

On the 11th of March, we will take part in annual K. G. Bogemskaya readings held by The State Institute for Art Studies.
Perhaps, it will be the first time for such an event that an outsider artist will speak up side by side with 15 members of an academic community. Outsiderville's resident Yuri Vinogradov is also a self-taught musician, improviser, composer, multi-instrumentalist, publicist, philosophy historian, the curator of our music label, and AutoAsthetics rubric on our website will make a presentation on the topic Outsider's image in professional discourses.
Those who wish to see the event program and connect to a Zoom-conference, please contact Olga Fominykh by email at pr@outsider-art.ru. Hopefully, presentation recordings will be published later.
The event will start at 10 am. Outsiderville will have a presentation between 3 and 4 pm. Wish us good luck!

The first meeting of the "KrivoTolki" discussion club will take place on January 23 at 5 pm. It is a new format for Outsiderville since the participants are residents of the organization. Usually, experts hold conferences, public talks, and discussions for other specialists. Our residents take part in those activities sometimes as well. However, this time they are going to be the organizers, moderators, and speakers.

The world is always changing and broadening its diversity: digitalization, translocality, and transhumanism, new ethics, and commodification of every single thing on earth. The same happens with the boundaries of an outsider art phenomenon. We are still expecting to see naïvity, isolation, and escapism in it. However, the traditional image of an early outsider artist has gone. In the '40s, a radical artist and art-collector Jean Dubuffet introduced the concept of art brut. Thirty years later, Roger Cardinal coined the term outsider art that we use up to this day. However, outsider art has developed many new traits since then. We can observe them in the artworks of our contemporaries who are willing to share their social and mental experience.

Many of them have an in-depth knowledge of outsider art and have their favorite self-taught artists. As outsider artists themselves, they are inclined to reflect on their own artistic experiences. In other words, they are well-aware of the cultural context that they inhabit. Despite this awareness and knowledge of history, they still share a strong feeling of self-identity when following their inner impulses of creativity. These artists are bothered neither by the audience nor the potential success of their artworks.

At the first meeting of our club, we will discuss personal myths, social stigma, outsider artist's position on society, and the art world. Visitors of the event will have an opportunity to ask questions.

Admission is free. The number of seats is limited.

Registration at Timеpad: https://outsiderart.timepad.ru/event/1531032

Adress: Saint-Petersburg,
Pushkinskaya Metro Station,
10-12, Ruzovskaya street, Putilov Loft (2nd floor)

* Donations are welcomed
* The poster contains Sarah Нertzman artwork "Mutual Exchange of Thoughts and Saliva"

The artworks of the "Outsiderville" resident and outsider artist Elina Doll will be presented at the "Flowers Outwards" exhibition at Putilov Loft on January 21.

Elina is a jack of all trades: graphic designer, sculptor, tattooist, toymaker, camerawoman, and a creator of visuals for electronic music of her husband. On an opening day, the couple will perform as Schuschpanzer V8, a music project inspired by many things: Kraftwerk, synthwave, dieselpunk, exploitation films, industrial, post-apocalypse aesthetics, and more.

Creative work helps her overcome the struggle with a society that often does not accept her explicit eccentricity. This conflict forced Elina to isolate from the outside world and fully devote herself to artmaking. She pursues her creative endeavor despite frequent and lingering depressions and physical issues. However, Elina keeps finding like-minded people. For some time, she used to be an actress at The Theater named after "Which" ("Teatr imeni Kotorogo") and sung in a choir. Currently, she takes Scandinavian dancing classes and learns photography. The number of people appreciating her art is constantly growing, partially thanks to successful exhibitions in Russia and abroad, such as Art Brut. Rapprochement, To Catch a Big Fish (2019-2020), and Outsider Art Fair (Atelier Richelieu, Paris, France, 2019).

"I love colors and shapes, dolls, bad weather, electronic music, lego, dancing, reading, letters in paper books, going to movies, tattooing sometimes, I love contrast and brightness, history, bright makeup, unnaturalness, I love foreign languages, Germanic languages, I love cities, industrial structures, multicolored beads, wind, huge stones..."

A series of her latest works call the audience to dialogue with poster-like slogans. In them, there's an attempt to understand oneself and explain the relevance of artmaking in the fate of humanity. "Art is not food or entertainment. Outsider art is like a cryptic diary, like publicly dissected human soul. It is about experiencing with feelings first and only then seeing with eyes.

The exhibition will be held from January 21 to February 4, 2021
Address: St. Petersburg, st. Ruzovskaya, 10-12 (Pushkinskaya Metro Station).
Putilov Loft (1st floor)
Free admission!

The eighth and most unusual OutMusic Label release is `Yuri Vinogradov – Autoaesthetics`. It encompasses all the texts and music of the Autoaesthetics rubric on our social media from 2020. It is a recap of the outgoing year and a holiday tribute to our most dedicated audience!

Yuri Vinogradov's Autoaesthetics are musical pieces on the Autoaesthetics rubric that Yuri writes for our social media and website. Also, it contains some other compositions inspired by poetry and visual art. Autoaesthetics is a joint art project of Yuri Vinogradov and Outsiderville.

Using a history of philosophy and music, Yuri interprets Outisderville residents' artworks and tries to find their place in the history of art and culture. Music and written texts dedicated to their art are equally important parts of the project.

You can read the texts on our website:
http://outsider-art.ru/autoaesthetics

The album is a compendium of modern piano techniques, an encyclopedia of Yuri Vinogradov's style as an improviser and composer.

This year, the Dobry Piter (`Kind Petersburg`) charity festival will take place from December 14 to December 20. Outsdierville is going to be among its participants! A great way to end 2020 is by supporting nonprofit organizations.

How you can participate:

+ Buy and give charity action
From December 14 to December 20, visit one of the VkusVill groceries and meet our volunteer, who will explain how you can donate with money or goods.

+ Drink warm drinks in cozy coffee shops
You can make a safe and fast online-donation using a QR-code at Medovoe (`Honeyed`) farm shops or Sestri (`Sisters`) bakeries.

+ Give New Year presents beforehand
Suggest a donation campaign at your workplace. We will pick up and take your New Year gifts to nonprofit organizations. The best gifts for Outsiderville residents would be art supplies, essential goods, products with a long shelf life, household chemicals, and hygiene products.

+ Have fun every day
For the whole week, you can participate in workshops, exhibitions, and flash mobs held by charity organizations in different parts of the city or online. Alongside Olga Zadorozhnaya, Outsiderville has prepared an online art-session called Sketching as a Practice of Emotional Freedom for you. It will take place on December 19, at 2 PM.

Free admission:
https://outsiderart.timepad.ru/event/1492401/

We are happy to announce the new collaboration between Outsiderville and Bill Traylor's Broshechnaya (`Brooch`)!

We met Kolya and Olesya at the Yura Zeleny exhibition in February. There we realized that we speak the same language and are equally obsessed with what we love. What the two of them make out of wood is a form of art. The fact that they are named after a self-taught artist Bill Traylor only fueled our mutual interest. We had an idea of releasing a series of wooden accessories based on Outisdervilles artists' works. Royalties would go to the artists. The first series of earrings and brooches are dedicated to Illya Tsarev's artworks.

Ilya is a master of playing psychedelic instruments of his imagination. He paints in detail canvases, where light green bats, under the watch of a bloody moon, accompany a Drakkar that rapidly rushes into the kingdom of cloud saxophonists who give the world the music of mirrored acid stripes and wavy flickers. In general, an ordinary Tuesday for an unusual artist. Beyond the rhythms of the colors, you can also get acquainted with Ilya's music. Look for his albums under the pseudonym Acidether on the Outsiderville label.

With love and respect, we introduce a collection of accessories: a toothy brooch, earrings with cosmic waves, and yard guys. They are available for an order at the merch page on our website. Over time, new souvenirs and other decorative items will be available there, so that you could yourself and your loved ones!

On November 21, "In the Shadow of Another World" exhibition of works by a self-taught artist Ilya Tsarev will take place in the Vo Ves' Golos ("In a Loud Voice") bookshop. Ilya was born in Omsk in 1987. Since childhood, he has been involved in various sports. At the age of 21, after graduating from OmGPU's faculty of philosophy and cultural studies, he moved to Saint-Petersburg. There, he started to implement his most intimate creative ideas.

The artist passionately creates complex and detailed works. He's familiar with outsider art, though it doesn't prevent him from expressing his inner experiences. He is influenced by fantasy and esoteric literature, as well as 20th existential prose and antinatalism philosophy.

From 2019, Ilya receives support from Outsiderville as a permanent resident. Since then, he took part in Outsider Art Fair in Paris and Outsider art: Creating the Universe exhibition in the Museum of Russian Lubok and Naive art, being included in the top-30 outsider artists in Russia.

Ilya is an extremely versatile person, an artist in the broad sense of the word. He writes prose, flash fiction, philosophy, plays piano, saxophone, flute, and releases music under the pseudonym acidether. Also, he plays in a band called Psychedelic band. The visitors of the exhibition will get an opportunity to see the live show of the band on an opening day!

Musicians-alchemist from Psychedelic band are Ilya Tsarev (composer, multi-instrumentalist), Andrey Mudrov (oboe, saxophone), and Vlad Termonen (guitar, effects). During the live improvisation, they combine unexpected sounds, hoping to find some new life form and expand the scope of modern avant-garde. They take dadaism out of the dark closet of experimental music and shake off the dust from it.

On November 8, Outsiderville will take part in III Psychgorfest. It is an educational festival for people with mental disabilities.

The program contains:
☛ Lectures and workshops by experts and activists
☛ A fair held by the partners of the festival
☛ An exhibition of artworks
☛ A theatrical performance
☛ Discussion panel
☛ Music chill
☛ Food zone

At 18:00, the founders of Outsiderville will give a lecture on the history of the organization and its projects. Most importantly, permanent Outisderville artists will share their creative and life experiences.

Why is it important to participate in the event? Because participation means not being afraid to be oneself, being ready to speak up about one's conditions, go outside, and seek support in the cultural landscape of the city.

Address: Berthold Centre at 13-15, Grazhdanskaya street, Spasskaya/Sennaya/Sadovaya metro station

On September 19, a premiere screening of the long-awaited documentary by Yevgeny Ershov from "Kopilochka" ("Piggy Bank") Production YouTube channel will take place in Moscow. "She is Extraneous" ("Postoronnyaya") is about an artist Sarah Hertzman but, generally, it is a film about each of us.

The film aims to influence people with mental disorders to seek help in artmaking. Also, it dispels stereotypes about mental illness and those who suffer from it. If some of your friends or relatives have mental health issues, do not let them give up, support them, and do not say that they are making up their illnesses. Do not give advice, such as «do some sports, smile more often». Do not let your people around you feel lost.

Address:
My Social Centre,
Moscow,
87, Krasnobogatyrskaya st, Preobrazhenskaya Ploshchad metro station

On September 12, the Russian Museum is opening an art brut and outsider art exhibition called "Catching the Big Fish".

For the second year, an outsider art exhibition is held by the department of socio-cultural communications of the Russian Museum alongside nonprofit organizations and public initiatives that support artists with mental disabilities and those who experience social and cultural isolation. This year, more than 80 artists from 14 organizations take part in the event.

Outsiderville has warm relations with the Russian Museum and together took part in several projects. This year, the exhibition is dedicated to topics of ecology, machinery, and technology. The exposition contains works of a number of Outsiderville residents: Elizaveta Khudyakova, Sergey Fedulov, Sarah Hertzman, Ilya Tsarev, Nadezhda Bokman, Mikhail Ardashnikov, and Elina Doll.

You can read about what organizations do and how they work with artists on the exhibition website: www.artbrut-rusmuseum.ru.

Address: 10, Inzhinernaya street, Eastern Pavilion of the Mikhailovsky Castle

On August 3 started the final stage of the digital exhibition "Art Brut Global - Phase III" has started from the organizers of the "Outsider Art Fair". They offered to represent the street photographer from St. Petersburg - Valentin Simankov from "Outsiderville". In June, we already took part in "Phase II - New Discoveries" with four of our artists - and decided to try our luck again, becoming the only organization from Russia.

"Here and Now" will be held to 24 August and is the third stage, in which features 68 experienced and currently living outsider artists from all over the world, The related fields of Art Brut, Folk Art and Outsider Art are commonly associated with canonical heroes like Eugene Von Bruenchenhein, Aloïse Corbaz, Henry Darger, Thornton Dial, William Edmondson, Martín Ramirez, Judith Scott, Bill Traylor, and Adolf Wölfli. Here and Now brings deserved attention to the current generation of self-taught artists whose radically individualistic visions have propelled them to distinguished careers.

As recognition of self-taught artists has gained traction, and their influence on contemporary art become widely acknowledged, their work has been more regularly exhibited and collected beyond the boundaries of the Outsider world, where it was first discovered and shared publicly.

While many of those featured in Here and Now have been fixtures in the field for decades, like Charles Benefiel, François Burland, JJ Cromer, Donald Mitchell, Winfred Rembert, Ody Saban, Kevin Sampson, Christine Sefelosha, and Domenico Zindato, more recent arrivals on the stage include virtuoso draftsmen like Noviadi Angkasapura, Gil Batle, and M'onma.

Participating artists:
Australia – Alan Constable, Julian Martin
Austria – Leopold Strobl
Belgium – Vahakn Arslanian, Solange Knopf
Canada – Jordan MacLachlan
Cuba – Damian Valdes Dilla
Czech Republic – Luboš Plný
France – A.C.M., Yves D'Anglefort, Philippe Azema, Charles Boussion, Francis Marshall, Francois Monchatre, Michel Nedjar, Evelyne Postic, Ghyslaine and Sylvain Staelens
Germany – Helmut, Hans Langner
Ghana – Kwame Akoto dit Almighty God
Haiti – Guyodo
India – Baua Devi, Amit Mahadev Dombhare, Subhash Vyam
Indonesia – Noviadi Angkasapura
Iran – Davood Koochaki, Mehrdad Rashidi
Italy – Domenico Zindato
Japan – Hiroyuki Doi, M'onma, Kunizo Matsumoto, Masao Obata, Yuichi Saito
Morocco – Babahoum
New Zealand – Susan Te Kahurangi King
Romania – Ion Bârladeanu
Russia – Valentin Simankov
Spain – Marcos Bontempo
Switzerland – François Burland, Diego, Christine Sefolosha
Turkey – Ody Saban
United Kingdom – Nick Blinko, Bob Parks, Richard C. Smith
United States – Gil Batle, Charles Benefiel, Joe Coleman, JJ Cromer, Daniel Martin Diaz, Tom Duncan, Brent Green, Anne Grgich, Mark Hogankamp, Lonnie Holley, Dan Miller, Donald Mitchell, Tony Pedemonte, Helen Rae, Winfred Rembert, Kevin Sampson, Welmon Sharlhorne, Terry Turrell, Gregory Van Maanen, Alyson Vega, Melvin Way, George Widener, Stephanie Wilde
Participating dealers:
American Primitive, Artpool Project, Arushi Arts, James Barron Art, Henry Boxer Gallery, Cavin-Morris Gallery, Creative Growth, Dutton / Arts Project Australia, Andrew Edlin Gallery, Galerie Escale Nomad, The Gallery of Everything, Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Fountain House Gallery, James Fuentes, Carl Hammer Gallery, Marion Harris, Indigo Arts Gallery, Jennifer Lauren Gallery, Yukiko Koide Presents, Galerie Pol Lemétais, Lindsay Gallery, Galerie du Marché, One Mile Gallery, Outsiderville, Galerie Polysémie, La Pop Galerie, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, Galerie J.P. Ritsch-Fisch, Stewart Gallery, Tierra del Sol Gallery, Galerie Les Yeux Fertiles.

We wish good luck to all exhibitors and look forward to increased attention to Russian outsider art!

Last October, we were fortunate enough to participate in the Outsider Art Fair in Paris. This spring, Outsider Art Fair announced the Art Brut Global. It is a three-phase project that includes digital sales and a virtual exhibition with an audience of more than 80,000 people.

The first phase of the project was dedicated to legendary outsider artists. Each participating country presented only one artist (Evgeny Gabrichevsky was represented from Russia). The second phase was called New discoveries and dedicated to modern outsider artists that are already known in the international community.

We are proud to announce that the jury selected four Outsiderville artists: Sergey Fedulov, Mikhail Ardashnikov, Alexander Savchenko, and Ilya Tsarev. From June 18 to July 10, 2020, 35 of their works will be presented together with other 46 artists.

Again, Outsiderville became the only participant from Russia among 29 galleries from all over the world: Antillean, James Barron Art, Henry Boxer Gallery, Norman Brosterman, Chris Byrne, Cavin-Morris Gallery, Andrew Edlin Gallery, Galerie Escale Nomad, The Gallery of Everything, Creative Growth, Galerie Hamer, Marion Harris, HEY! modern art & pop culture Gallery, Hirschl & Adler Modern, Yukiko Koide Presents, Kushino Terrace, Jennifer Lauren Gallery, Galerie Pol Lemétais, Lindsay Gallery, Marlborough, Maroncelli12, Galerie du moineau écarlate, Galerie Polysémie, Portrait Society Gallery, Ricco/Maresca Gallery, SHRINE, Stewart Gallery, Tierra del Sol Gallery.

We are happy with this unprecedented opportunity for our artists to present their artworks to a foreign audience and, possibly, sell some to leading collections and galleries around the world! We value our artists and their works and believe that Russian outsider art will take a worthy place in the international community!

We launch Out Music Label and invite you to join us!

The art of outsiders, people with mental disabilities, or self-taught artists working outside the professional social institutions is not limited to visual arts. There are outsider poetry, literature, music, and so on. We decided to expand our project and launch a music label to publish, combine, and popularize outsider music. Outsider music isn't necessarily disharmonious, clumsy, raw, or anxious. Just like the experiences and ideas of each artist, it is always different. We are not limited by any particular genre and will be releasing records ranging from krautrock and experimental electronic music to modern classical music.

Since outsider composers, producers, and improvisers are almost excluded from the professional community and have no formal training, they are also not always entirely free from stereotypes and musical clichés. However, we seek to offer them an opportunity to express their independent ideas. The creative process in such type of music becomes a way of overcoming hardships of everyday life or a traumatic experience connected with mental disabilities and stigma. Outsider music is, first of all, an experience of an isolated person aspiring to assert his or her subjectivity by means of music in which he or she finds a reliance. An experience like this is always precious and important for listeners.


You can listen to our releases on the Outsiderville official Bandcamp account.

If you're a musician, don't be afraid to share your music with us. We are open to everything that goes beyond genre conventions and sounds strange or weird. And if you're just a like-minded person who is willing to support the project, contact us!

Despite the restrictive measures in the troubled times of the pandemic, this year we managed to join the foreign project and take part in the international exhibition of Finnish colleagues.

From June 2 to September 20, the Oulu Museum of Art hosts the exhibition "Destined for Creativity", organized by our partners and their friends from the world of outsider and contemporary art, dedicated to the 20th anniversary of the institutionalization of ITE art.

"Destined for Creativity" is a cross-section of the art that flourishes in the margins and often still remains an outsider of the art world. The themed sections of the exhibition are platforms of interaction for different forms of art, techniques of expression as well as the continuum of the art form from past to present and their creators' life stories. The works are characterised by bright colours, expressiveness, childlike innocence, manic repetition and rough realism. Typical subjects include animals, depictions of common people, expression of opinion and dreamlike and paradise-like visions. The exhibition takes viewers to the origins of creativity found in European outsider art and ITE art, and it shows the art audience paths through which individual works and stories become part of a larger narrative. Guests from the field of contemporary art from Iceland, Scotland and Finland have been invited to join the journey.

One of the most fascinating features of ITE art is how artists overcome the challenges of using unorthodox materials. Don't expect concrete to show the delicateness of plaster casting, and the tin in the drink can was not intended to turn into a sculpture. The brutality and clumsiness of ITE art is all about primordial creativity, the power of which is the envy of other types of contemporary art. Despite the vast range of materials that it uses, ITE art has a wooden heart. Wood carving is a skill that combines tradition with artistic imagination. The exhibition also shows how marvellous the outcome can be when textile craftsmanship is guided by wild creativity and a passion for self-expression!

Contemporary ITE lives among us and gives us hints of the future. The uniquely individual men and women of rural areas now have fellow artists in urban environments, where creativity continues to explore new horizons – as self-confident and open-minded as ever.

The exhibition "Destined for Creativity" was attended by 30 artists from Finland, Norway, UK, Finland, Netherlands, Scotland, France, Austria and other countries. The "Outsiderville" team is immensely pleased to represent the artist from Russia, St. Petersburg artist and resident Neuropsychiatric Boarding No. 7 - Juri Kozlov, whose work are brightly presented on display.

Congratulations to our Finnish colleagues on the anniversary of ITE Taide, and also thanks for genuine and lively interest in Russian outsider art!

On February 14, an exhibition of Yura Zeleny's works called "VechnoZeleny" ("Forever Zeleny") will be held at "Vo Ves' Golos" ("In a loud voice") bookstore.

Yura is a self-taught artist who drew for all his life, despite the physical limitations. Since childhood, his mischievous hooligan character got along with curiosity. Perhaps these character traits helped him to learn himself to read and write as well as self-educate by watching the world cinema classics. He was the first graduate of the famous Pavlovsky orphanage for children with developmental disabilities. Yura spent many years in a wheelchair due to congenital cerebral palsy, but this did not prevent him from picking up a brush and a pencil. Crumpled, torn, and damp sheets were put up in bags for construction waste and found several years ago in a closet. A huge number of paintings has accumulated. Volunteers of the public organization organized his first personal exhibition when he was 65. This year, the artist and a permanent "resident" of Zelenogorsk psycho-neurological boarding house celebrates his 70th anniversary. Despite the impressive age, Yura Zeleny remains an incredibly charming, smiling, and charismatic person!

For five years, Yura have had several personal and collective exhibitions in Russia and abroad: at Naive Art Museum, Russian Museum, Kaliningrad Museum of Fine Arts, Borey and ArtNaiv galleries, and at many other sites. His works are held in domestic and international collections, galleries, and museums, such as Museum of Naive and Marginal Art (Jagodina, Serbia), Escale Nomad (Paris, France), Galerie Polysémie (Marseille, France), Copenhagen Outsider Art Gallery (Copenhagen, Denmark), La Fabuloserie (Dicy, France), Kondas Centre (Viljandi, Estonia) and others. Yura's life path has long been proof that neither the walls of a closed institution nor heredity can become an obstacle to self-expression, communication, and recognition!

The exhibition will be held from 14 to 28 February 19, Mayakovskogo st. The admission is free!

From November 14 to December 22, 2019, the exhibition of iconic outsider artists from the USSR and Russia "Outsider art: creating the Universe" will be held at the Museum of Russian Lubok and Naive Art.

For the general public, outsider art was a "zone of silence" throughout the entire Soviet period. Most often, artifacts equivalent to art brut were labeled as "the creativity of the insane". At the turn of '90s, the outsider art phenomenon becomes more relevant, as the ideological pressure disappeared. It led to the emergence of many public initiatives, exhibitions, publications, and, finally, the institutionalization of outsider art in Russia. We keep vivid impressions of relics of the past, such as works of Alexander Lobanov, Mikhail Kalyakin, Fedor Smirnov... We enthusiastically recall Pavel Leonov and Vasily Romanenkov and admire the unique "experience" of our contemporaries: Alex Khatkevich, Alexei Sakhnov...

Curators Vladimir Gavrilov (INIE collection, Yaroslavl), Olga Fominykh ("Outsiderville", Saint-Petersburg), and Sergey Belov (Museum of Russian Lubok and Naive art ) exhibit only a fragment of the immense "universe" of outsider art myth-making, trying to minimize the impact of various types of creativity by self-taught artists: art-therapy, the art of the insane, self-taught or naive art...

We have interviewed 16 experts to compile a list of 30 unique outsider artists. It is important to note that curators do not claim that these artists are the best ones. Maybe, they are just the most famous for the moment. It depends on collectors, art-dealers, activists, and connoisseurs. However, we have achieved great results and gathered information about the most interesting domestic authors, whom we consider significant artists. One thing is certain: viewers are going to experience unique and unexpected discoveries! The exhibition project is designed as a series of stories that reveal new names...

You can get acquainted with the project and the artists on our website: http://outsider-art.ru/creatingtheuniverse

The opening is on November 14, at 17.30.
The address: 30, Izmailovsky Boulevard, Moscow (Pervomayskaya metro station).
Free admission!

This year, "Outsiderville" is the only Outsider Art Fair participant from Russia.

Founded by Sanford Smith in 1993, Outsider Art Fair is held annually in New York. Since 2013, after moving to Wide Open Arts led by Andrew Edlyn, it is also held in the French capital.

It was a long and cherished dream of the Outsiderville team to participate in OAF. The fair is a kind of a place of pilgrimage for many outsider art organizations. Becca Hoffman, the director of the fair, was impressed by Outsiderville's sociocultural projects and artists at the conference at the European Association of Outsiders Art in Stockholm in May. She offered us to participate under special conditions, taking into account the socially significant mission of the organization, the scale of activity and the number of talented authors that we support regularly.

What tasks does our participation in OAF Paris 2019 help to fulfil? First, works of many artists will be presented at the international level for the first time and will have a chance to appear at leading outsider art galleries and collections. Second, our artists will be able to receive decent fees as a confirmation of the importance of their art. This will help to solve the financial difficulties and acquire new art materials to continue the creative work.

Also, the INIE collection will be presented. It is the biggest collection of Russian outsider art curated by Vladimir Gavrilov — our partner and mentor, psychotherapist, and outsider art researcher.

Thus, Russian outsider art will be presented on the international level and, possibly, will reach new heights in the art world. We sincerely hope for recognition, emergence of new projects, and cooperation with foreign partners.

Good luck to us and recognition to the artists!

On October 10 at 19:00, we open, probably, the first outsider art exhibition in Kazan called "Other dimensions"!

The best works of outsider-artists from the Volga region will be presented at the "Shtab" creative industry residence from 10 to 24 October, as a part of the V Festival of rehabilitation programs for people with mental disabilities "Drugie? («Others»)".

The exposition consists of artworks collected within the "Art-expedition" project that was held by "Outsiderville" with the support of the The Union for Mental Health. For seven months, the expedition team visited 14 regions of the Volga Federal District to study inclusive and art-therapeutic practices at psychiatric institutions, public and cultural organizations as well as the creative capabilities of people with mental disabilities, including independent representatives of outsider art, self-taught and naive artists.

Outsider art is a term that encompasses artists who usually have no art training and, thus, not thinking about their potential viewers or some art standards. They create authentically, exclusively for themselves, being on the margins of various social groups, systems, and cultures, experiencing the influence of conflicting norms and values. These artists create unique works of art free of any aesthetic, ethic, or socio-political stereotypes and receive an emotional response from visitors of international exhibitions and the most demanding collectors.

The public will be able to see the works of more than 20 independent outsider artists. We only begin to study, comprehend, define outsider art in Russia, and search for new approaches in using the "medical" properties of art. Perhaps this is the first exhibition of outsider art in Tatarstan...

October 10, 19:10.
20, Tatarstan st.

Free admission, pre-registration is required: https://shtab.timepad.ru/event/1081299

"Outsiderville" artists Sergei Fedulov and Yura Zeleny were selected to participate in the Second Triennial of self-taught visionary art that will take place from October 16 to November 10, 2019, at the Museum of Naïve and Marginal Art in Jagodina, Serbia.

The jury that includes John Maizels (Raw Vision, London), Vladimir Abakumov (Art Brut-Outsider art Center, Bar), Mario del Curto (Ferme des Tilleuls, Renens), Nina Krstić and Ivana Jovanović (MNMU, Jagodina) has selected works by 70 artists from 20 countries.

We are indescribably proud of our talented artists and wish an international success to all "Outsiderville" members!

On October 9th, on the eve of World Mental Health Day, more than 300 medical and non-medical experts, representatives of NPOs, media, and Volga Federal District authorities will meet at "Drugie?" Festival in Kazan to discuss ways of improving living conditions and the health of people with mental disabilities. The goal of the festival is to improve their overall quality of life through the development of a network of non-governmental rehabilitation services, psychiatric care, and social protection in the Volga Federal District.

The Union for Mental Health carried out a sociological field study of governmental and non-governmental services in psychosocial rehabilitation and prepared a catalog of 773 organizations in health care, social protection, education, culture and arts, physical culture and sports in Volga Federal District, 179 of which are NPOs. Also, a book about successful rehabilitation initiatives in the district was published.

With the support of the The Union for Mental Health, "Outsiderville" has conducted the "Art-expedition" project that included a study of art-therapeutic practices and creative capabilities of people with mental disabilities and self-taught artists (outsider artists) in the district. As a result of the project, works of 65 artists and 22 organizations were collected. They will be presented at the "Drugie Izmereniya" exhibition from 9 to 24 October as a part of the Festival.

Festival main events are the "Assessment of the effectiveness of psychosocial rehabilitation in the Volga Federal District" forum (Mental Health Science Center and Family and Mental Health charity organization will present the results of a research on the state of psychological and social rehabilitation in Volga Federal District); the "Development of psychosocial rehabilitation in psychiatric care system: hospital, out-of-the-hospital network, society" round table conference (Russian Society of Psychiatrists with the participation of the Volga Federal District main psychiatrists); "The Art-therapy and sociocultural rehabilitation for mental health protection" conference (Russian art-therapeutic association); The "Andrey Afonin School of Parenting" seminar for psychologists working with parents of children with disabilities; The "System of continuous professional support for people with ASD and other mental disorders" seminar ("Nash solnechny mir" Rehabilitation Center for Disabled Children); the "Psychosocial rehabilitation in the Volga Federal District" plenary session (presentation of the best governmental and non-governmental initiatives in the district); music, dance, and drama therapy workshops, the "World of Special Masters" fair of crafts, arts, and inclusive creativity; the "Other Dimensions" outsider art exhibition.

Following the results of the festival, a resolution will be published. It will contain recommendations for improving the quality of health and life conditions of people with mental disabilities.

"Drugie?" Festival is held with the Russian Society of Psychiatrists, Kazan State Medical University's Institute for Mental Health Study with the support of the Ministry of Health of Russia, Ministry of Labor of Russia, Ministry of Education of Russia, and Federation Council Committee on Social Policy.

On September 7th at 15:00, a collector and psychotherapist Vladimir Gavrilov will give a lecture as a part of the "Art Brut. Sblizhenie (Rapprochement)" additional program. The "Аmplitude of rapprochement: outsider art and art-therapy" lecture is dedicated to the history of first "collections of strangenesses" at hospitals, the emergence of public interest in marginal art, and differences and similarities between outsider art and practises in art-therapy.

Pre-registration is required: https://otdel-soccult-com.timepad.ru/event/1044092

Vladimir Gavrilov is a psychiatrist, psychotherapist, art therapist and a collector with over 30 years of experience. He is a founder, researcher, and popularizer of the biggest outsider art collection in Russia called INIE. Since 1997, the collection was exhibited over 100 times in Russia and abroad. To date, it is the most representative outsider art collection dedicated to psychopathological and art-therapeutic expression, which includes works of foreign authors and famous naive artists.

Only the originality and expressive appeal of artworks, but not psychopathology let paintings to get into the collection. The INYE collection appears as a kind of archive where unique creativity is preserved, studied and popularized, most of which is created in a psychiatric environment.

The works of artists from INIE collection are held in museums at Yaroslavl, Ivanovo, Moscow, Collection de l'Art Brut in Lausanne, Musée de la Création Franche, Lille Métropole Museum of Modern, Contemporary and Outsider Art, collection abcd, GAIA Museum, and other collections. Since 2001, Vladimir Gavrilov organizes the "Izoterra" club (a therapeutic atelier) that carries out rehabilitation through creative activities. Simultaneously, "Izoterra" is a laboratory for studying the interaction between creativity and "madness".

Address: 10, Inzhenernaya st.

On September 3 at 16.30, the Department of Sociocultural Communication of the Russian Museum will hold its first art brut exhibition of artworks by artists from Saint-Petersburg and Leningrad region.

The exhibition will feature works of public organizations working with the Russian Museum and engaged in the sociocultural rehabilitation of people with mental disorders through artmaking. "Outsiderville", "Anton tut ryadom" ("Anton is here nearby"), "Studio №6" of medical rehabilitation department of the Psychoneurological dispensary №6, the Russian museum's "Open Stuio", and "Shirota i Dolgota" ("Latitude and Longitude") initiative group will present selected artworks from their collections.

The "Art brut. Sblizheniya (Rapprochement)" exhibition is a step towards recognizing art brut as a relevant artistic movement. The museum introduces the general public and art lovers with works of "special" artists. Also, with this exhibition, we seek to arouse research interest among the professional community.

More details at http://art-brut.rusmus.inclus.tilda.ws/

Exhibition dates: 3—15 September, 2019

Address: East Pavilion of Saint Michael's Castle (Inzhenernaya street, 10)

Free admission.

From August 1st to September 16th the exhibition "Alexander Savchenko. "Eclipse and Shine"" organized by "Outsiderville" will take place in the Russian Lubok and Naïve Art Museum's "Narodnye kartiny" exhibition hall. Meeting with Alexander Savchenko is always full of inexplicable magic. Like some mysterious wanderer, he takes out of his travel bag either some surprising and unique paintings or fascinating stories of his intricate fate.

Alexander was born in 1956 in the Kugnur city in Perm oblast' and a year later his family moved to Veliky Novgorod. Since childhood, he stood out among peers, demonstrated exemplary behavior and outstanding abilities. In school, he was a curator of sports classes, a standard-bearer, a leader in army squad as well as in "Orlyonok" children center and "Young friend of the police" organization. Later he was a secretary of komsomol organization. Alexander helped slow learners, skydived and attended many clubs... Due to excessive loads, his health deteriorated at a very young age... He began to paint at the age of 12 but 2 years later he started to work at "Transvit" factory and various other companies as a supervisor and technical equipment fixer... After a while, a creative urge began to break into the ordinary life of a hard worker. So Alexander entered a college and studies at the theater directing department. He was not interested in drama, so he finds a job as a restorer at a museum of wooden architecture.

Throughout his entire life, he found ways to prove himself. He read and wrote poetry, took part in the "literary associations", was a semi-professional skier and boxer, attended Yuriev monastery and a skete as a novice...
Despite his great and respectable age, vision problems and financial difficulties, the artist regularly travels from Veliky Novgorod to Petersburg by train to show his paintings to the public. Sitting modestly on a square near the Church of the Savior on Spilled Blood Alexander intently examines passersby. Some of them stop by big canvases made out of thick paper сovered with dense strokes of oil paints. Some are interested but lack the courage to buy these lubok paintings that are unusual in comparison to the classical ones which are mainly aimed for tourists. However, quite rarely some manage to distinguish a talent of the real naive artist and buy a painting or two. Mostly they buy them for nothing.

Although he is 63 years old, Alexander does not doubt that one day his paintings will end up in Louvre...We hope that his most intimate "Shine" will happen before the inevitable "Eclipse"...

We invite you to the opening of the exhibition on August 1st (Thursday) at 17.00 at Izmaylovsky boulevard, 30. The author himself will open the event.

We are going to the European Association of Outsider Art conference "EOA conference E-Quality 2019" from 24 to 26 May in Stockholm.

"Outsiderville" is the only representative from Russia this year. In the "Outsider art in Russia. The role of sociocultural projects" presentation Olga Fominykh will try to give the most comprehensive picture of the Russian outsider art. Its specifics include controversial and surprising processes, some of which are influenced by the international art community, and local organizations that support self-taught artists in many ways, both with social issues and exhibition projects.

The first host is INUTI studio in Stockholm that works with talented people with intellectual disabilities and people with autism at four of their venues. They work under the guidance of professional artists in various mediums, such as painting, sculpture, textiles, graphics, photos, installations, and performances. The second one is Aguélimuseet in Sala, the permanent collection of which was collected by Dr. Karl Friberg.

The conference is intended for artists, curators, and collectors, as well as representatives of museums, galleries, collections, art projects, and studios. This year we discuss questions of inclusion, quality, and equality in outsider art. For members of the Association, which celebrates its 10th anniversary in 2019, it is an opportunity to exchange experience with colleagues, create joint projects and get acquainted with new names in the world of outsider art.

The "Art-expedition" project started within the V Festival of rehabilitation programs for people with mental disabilities "Others?" in Volga region. The project was organized by Outsiderville with support of the "Union for Mental Health".

The starting point of the project was the city of Kazan which we visited from February 20 to February 22. In a short time we managed to hold a press conference at the Tatmedia information agency, to take part in the "Development of the system of non-state services in the field of psychosocial rehabilitation of people with mental disabilities" round table conference at the Public Chamber of the Republic of Tatarstan, in the "Development of community-based mental health care and social protection" working meeting together with representatives of the Ministry of Health of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Ministry of Social Protection of the Republic of Tatarstan, heads of institutions of the public health system (psychiatric hospitals and dispensaries) and social protection (psychoneurological nursing homes, rehabilitation centers).

Also, our team visited the Republican Clinical Psychiatric Hospital. of V. M. Bekhterev and a number of NGOs that successfully implement rehabilitation and socio-cultural programs for people with mental disabilities. Among them were the "Solnce vnutri" fund, "Prosnis'" inclusive theater, Center for Medical Pedagogy "Chudo-deti" in Naberezhnye Chelny. Also, in Kazan we met the City Center for Education, the Theater of Amazing Children "Oblachko", the ANO "Nadezhda v budushchee" and an incredible artist Vrezhim Kirakosyan.

The whole trip was accompanied by the film crew of Channel 1 St. Petersburg, which became the official partner in information support of the project.

From February to May, a delegation of experts will visit 14 cities of the Volga Federal District to study art-therapeutic practices and creative resources of people with mental disabilities, including amateur and outsider artists. The expedition members will familiarize with art-therapeutic methods implemented in studios at rehabilitation departments of psychiatric hospitals, psychoneurological dispensaries, and nursing homes, non-commercial art centers concentrating in visual arts.

As part of the "Art expedition", educational activities will be held to improve the quality of art therapy practices and develop interregional sociocultural initiatives. Thus, it is planned to create a network of art therapy centers that will contribute to the psychosocial rehabilitation and socialization of people with mental disabilities. The best works of outsider artists from Volga Federal District will be presented at the unique "Another Dimensions" art exhibition, which will be held on October 9, 2019, in Kazan as part of the V Festival of rehabilitation programs for people with mental disabilities "Others?".

On February 10, at 7:00 pm, "Outsiderville" and the "Simple Things" inclusive workshops invite you to the opening of an exhibition of works by an original artist Oleg Korovin, better known as Shankar Baradat who is working in the original linocut technique.

Oleg was born on September 7, 1979, in the city of Podporozhye in Leningrad Region. He studied at an art school, later at a lyceum to become a woodcarver and at the Russian State Pedagogical University of A.I. Herzen for three years to pursue an art-teacher profession. He is fond of extreme sports (snowboarding, downhill skiing, mountaineering), oriental spiritual teachings, photography, and street art.

His first psychiatric experience occurred in 2008 after a 10-day "Vipassana" meditation, when he found out he has a bipolar affective disorder. He is open about it and even learned to use it as a creative resource. The artist has always been attracted by a new experience and a search for answers to the most difficult existential questions.

Oleg never stops in a spiritual and artistic journey, he attends courses at the Academy of Arts, participates in the Russian Museum and "Outsiderville" joint program on art-mediation, and takes part in regional and All-Russian exhibitions.

Art critics note that linocut is a technique used by artists whose work is expressive, concise and contrast. Henri Matisse, Pablo Picasso, Frans Maserel, Fritz Bleil, Sybil Andrews, Angel Botelho, Valenti Angelo, Hans Eschenborn used it in their time ... Extraordinary delivery together with a boundless imagination gives rise to incomprehensible worlds of Shankar.

On the first Sunday of February, we keep on our Brut Cinema Project screenings with documentary films translated by "Outsiderville" specifically for the Russian audience.

This time we are watching 2 stunning films about eccentric craftsmen who conquer the nature elements: "The Ideal Palace of the Postman Cheval" (Ado Kyrou, 1958) and "Excursion to Faboulozri" (Stefan Jean-Baptiste, 1998).

The first is a simple provincial postman Ferdinand Cheval who manually built a divine palace out of stones, wires, and cement. He has also left a message to his descendants: "Humanity, remember that you are only dust, only your soul is immortal" ... The second one is a shepherd Little Pierre who created a wonderful carousel with touching figures made out of a painted tin. The carousel was a starting point for the whole amusement park constructed with fabulous mechanisms, which later grew into an extraordinary open-air museum and a gallery with a huge outsider art collection.

Outsider art is "a realm of exceptions, an invention, a dream. It is a mirror of art. Art inhabited by spirits, magic, beyond the established procedures and rules!"

10 февраля в мастерских "Простые вещи" мы организуем интереснейший мастер-класс по линогравюре, который проведет Олег Коровин, известный как самобытный художник-линогравюрист Шанкар Барадат.

Линогравюра – необычная техника высокой печати, для создания которой изображение вырезается на линолеуме или другой полимерной основе и отпечатывается на лист. Таким образом получается оригинальный рисунок, который можно повторить неограниченное количество раз.

Особые характеристики линогравюры: четкие контрасты белого и черного цвета, краткость и четкость языка, удобство и быстрота работы, красочный художественный штрих, который получается из-за мягкости материала, лаконизм, возможность ускорения печати и увеличения объемов тиражей.

Линогравюра возникла на рубеже XIX-ХХ веков с изобретением линолеума. Впервые его использовали в качестве материала для гравировки художники немецкой группы «Мост» в 1905 году в связи с необходимостью использования гравюр для печати крупноформатных плакатов. В этой технике работали в свое время Анри Матисс, Пабло Пикассо, Франс Мазерель, Фриц Блейль, Сибил Эндрюс, Анхель Ботельо, Валенти Анджело, Ханс Эшенборн...

При поддержке опытного наставника и живой фантазии научиться линогравюре может каждый. Приходите и попробуйте себя в роли мастера, работая в технике высокой печати. Каждый участник унесет с собой гравюру с собственным авторским рисунком!

Регистрация на мастер-класс по ССЫЛКЕ
Начало в 15.30, продолжительность 3,5 часа.
Стоимость мастер-класса 1200 р. в качестве пожертвования на поддержку проекта.
Материалы включены в стоимость.

Ждем вас 10 февраля по адресу: 11-я линия В.О., д. 38 А (ст.м. Василеостровская).

Первый в новом году показ проекта "Кинобрют" будет по-настоящему «брутальным» и увлекательным. Мы покажем трилогию «Ар Брют» о выдающихся художниках-аутсайдерах: Александре Лобанове, Ни Танджунг и Евгенио Санторо, созданную французскими режиссерами в 1994, 2006 и 2007 годах по инициативе Люсьен Пейри (Коллекция Ар Брют, Лозанна).

У вас есть редкая возможность увидеть единственную в России версию фильмов: «Алтарь утренней зари Ни Танджунг», «Чемодан Лобанова» и «Сады фантазий Санторо», русский профессиональный перевод которых «Аутсайдервиль» организовал в 2013 году.

Встречаемся 19 января (субботу) 18:00 на базе мастерских Простые вещи и в формате кинолектория изучаем природу искусства аутсайдеров, его социально-культурную проблематику и эстетические стороны.
Регистрация по ССЫЛКЕ
До встречи!

Адрес: 11я линия В.О. 38а

После небольшого перерыва мы продолжаем проект "Кинобрют", запущенный в октябре на базе мастерских «Простые вещи». В формате кинолектория мы изучаем природу искусства аутсайдеров, его социально-культурную проблематику и эстетические стороны.

Первые показы носили вводный характер, и мы с участниками только подступались к пониманию творчества художников-самоучек через просмотр художественных фильмов. Настало время перейти к сочному, познавательному и более предметному диалогу с помощью просмотра документалок.

Итак, 11 декабря (ВТОРНИК) 19:00
«ИСКУССТВО ПОСТОРОННИХ» - цикл фильмов Владимира Абакумова об истории становления и наиболее известных представителях аутсайдер-арт: с чего начинался ар брют, кто такие почтальон Шеваль, «Маленький Пьер в Фабюлозри» и художники Гуггинга…

Автор фильма - коллекционер, создатель первого Музея творчества художников-аутсайдеров в России (Москва) и Центра творчества художников-аутсайдеров (Монтенегро, Черногория).
До встречи!

Адрес: 11я линия В.О. 38а

С 9 по 23 декабря в рамках ежегодного фестиваля творчества людей с неограниченными возможностями "Преодоление" в «Музее Кондопожского края» пройдет гастрольная выставка работ художников-аутсайдеров под говорящим названием - «И больше цвета». На экспозиции будут представлены творческие работы ведущих художников АНО «Аутсайдервиль» из Санкт-Петербурга, а также его партнеров: «Студии №6» (при ГПБ № 6) и Музея «Царскосельская коллекция» (участники фестиваля «Царскосельский вернисаж»).

В небольшом, но уютном пространстве организаторы попробуют дать зрителю объемное представление о том, что такое наивное искусство и outsider art и, возможно, вдохновить посетителей на собственное творчество, поскольку карельская земля славится не только мастерами-ремесленниками, но и талантливыми самородками. Зачастую именно самодеятельное творчество может оказаться целительным не только для автора, но и для публики. Работы художников-самоучек обладают неповторимой магией - их создатели нередко принимают удары судьбы или попадают в сложные обстоятельства, но неизменно приносят в этот мир самобытные замысловатые изобразительные повествования, наполненные впечатлениями о пережитом.

Выставка включает почти 40 экспонатов необыкновенных, не сравнимых друг с другом творцов, которые создают произведения искусства в собственной, хорошо узнаваемой технике и манере, используя различные, порой неожиданные материалы. Здесь можно увидеть живопись, графику, керамику, но чаще всего – смешанную своеобычную технику. Среди авторов: Александр Челлак, Елена Глинина, Юра Зелёный, Шанкар Барадат, Сара Герцман, Лиза Кратинова, Ю.Матис, Алёна Диянова, Сергей Севастьянов, Денис Совцкий, Сергей Федулов и другие…

Также в рамках насыщенной программы фестиваля художественные руководители "Студии №6" - Вера Светлова и Александр Недера проведут два авторских мастер-класса: "Традиции акварели 60х" и "Бумажная скульптура".

1 декабря в рамках Всероссийской акции «Музей для всех» в Российском этнографическом музее состоится однодневная выставка картин самобытного художника Лизы Кратиновой. Программа «Музей – территория творчества» будет включать также бесплатные экскурсии, мастер-классы, концерт и другие активности.

Вход в музей по билетам и согласно имеющимся льготам.
Начало в 11:00
Адрес: ул. Инженерная д 4/1

Команда "Аутсайдервиля" вместе с художниками отправляется на Пятый Московский Фестиваль творчества людей с особенностями психического развития «Нить Ариадны», который пройдет с 18 по 25 ноября 2018 года в Москве и организован «Клуб психиатров» при поддержке Департамента здравоохранения, Департамента труда и социальной защиты населения города Москвы и Департамента культуры Правительства Москвы.

В этом году мы представляем целую когорту талантливых авторов: работы 14 художников будут размещены в экспозициях ведущих галерей и музеев Москвы!

В течение фестивальной недели участники, москвичи и гости столицы смогут бесплатно посетить театральные спектакли, выставки произведений изобразительного творчества и фоторабот, гала-концерты, литературные чтения, увидеть документальные фильмы. Мероприятия фестиваля пройдут на площадках учреждений культуры Москвы.

Помимо творческой части в программе фестиваля важное место займут научно-практическая конференция, семинары, круглые столы, мастер-классы, посвященные передовым реабилитационным технологиям. Будет проведен молодежный психопрофилактический интерактивный Форум о проблемах психического здоровья для студентов московских вузов, пройдут несколько пресс-конференций, будут изданы сборники тезисов научно-практической конференции и литературных произведений, каталог изобразительного творчества, фильм о фестивале. Аудитория фестиваля предполагает аудиторию численностью более 7000 человек.

Мастерские «Простые вещи» совместно с общественной организацией «Аутсайдервиль» запускают проект «Кинобрют», в рамках которого через язык художественного и документального кино попытаются разобраться в истоках, границах и условиях формирования маргинального искусства.

Мы будем встречаться со зрителем 2 раза в месяц на жарких дискуссиях после киносеанса, посвященного социальной проблематике и эстетической стороне искусства аутсайдеров. Вводным кинопоказом выбрана лента Тима Бёртона «Большие глаза».

По мнению организаторов – это лучший повод начать непосредственный диалог о том, какая разница между художником-аутсайдером и профессиональным игроком арт-рынка, как осуществляется распределение художественных сил в условиях развитого арт-менеджмента, в какой момент происходит подлинная революция в искусстве, а где суррогатное заигрывание с публикой…
Приходите, будем удивляться)

Вход свободный. Приветствуется донейшн.
Когда: 20 октября (суббота) 18:00
Адрес: 11-я линия ВО, 38а

«НОВОЕ ИЗМЕРЕНИЕ» - выставка искусства аутсайдеров и арт-терапевтической экспрессии, подготовленная проектом «Аутсайдервиль» и куратором коллекции ИНЫЕ - Владимиром Гавриловым в рамках II Конгресса «Психическое здоровье человека XXI века».

Экспозиция выстроена с некоторой интригой: аутсайдер арт и арт-терапия – два сообщающихся сосуда с разным наполнением эмоций и ожиданий, находящихся в хрупком взаимообогащающем балансе. Представленные разделы создают пространство для сопоставления и дискуссии… И если художник-аутсайдер нередко стремится незаметно раствориться в своих произведениях, то в арт-терапевтическом творчестве автор - фигура скорее активная, даже - мужественная, для которой «увЛечение творчеством» является спасательным кругом в бурных водоворотах бытия. Это удивительные работы художников-самоучек, в которых через призму различных судеб рождаются поразительные многосмысловые изо-повествования, наполненные впечатлениями о видимом, пережитом и воображаемом.

На сегодняшний день арт-терапия, опираясь на ресурсы творчества, использует самые разнообразные подходы и является авторитетной составляющей реабилитационных программ. В экспозиции представлены произведения-исповеди участников арт-студий и мастерских учреждений психиатрического профиля, интернатов, реабилитационных центров и общественных организаций, работа с которыми способствовала не только творческому самовыражению, но и на один шаг приблизила к исцелению. Помимо арт-терапевтической составляющей, у зрителя есть возможность увидеть и работы признанных художников outsider art из отечественных коллекций. Искусство аутсайдеров, ассимилируясь с другими формами маргинального искусства, уже получило допуск к международным выставочным проектам, коллекциям, галереям и государственным музеям.

Самобытная изобразительная экспрессия очаровывает нас не столько загадками возможно пережитого психиатрического, жизненного опыта авторов, а художественными достоинствами, прежде всего, бесспорной оригинальностью произведений.

Любой экспозиционный проект - плод усилий не только художников, но и команды людей помогающих профессий. Мы стоим лишь в начале пути по изучению, осознанию, самоопределению аутсайдер арт и новых подходов в использовании «врачебных» потенциалов искусства… Приглашаем зрителя вместе пуститься в это увлекательное путешествие и задуматься о нашей мечте - создании единственного в своем роде Музея искусства аутсайдеров.

Выставка сопровождается отдельным каталогом, где подробно изложены и проиллюстрированы особенности искусства аутсайдеров и арт-терапевтической экспрессии.

В этом году мы вновь стали партнерами «Союза охраны психического здоровья» в подготовке II Всемирного Конгресса «Психическое здоровье человека XXI века» (5-7 октября 2018, г. Москва). На этот раз команда «Аутсайдервиля» организует симпозиум «Арт-терапия в лечебно-реабилитационной практике и искусство аутсайдеров: Грани созвучия» и межрегиональную выставку искусства аутсайдеров и арт-терапевтической экспрессии «Новое измерение» в сопровождении одноименного двуязычного каталога. Проекты реализуются в сотрудничестве с коллекцией ИНЫЕ (куратор - Владимир Гаврилов) и Национальной "Арт-терапевтической ассоциацией" (председатель - Александр Копытин).

Тема Конгресса - «Психическое здоровье и образование» - в настоящий момент является той движущей силой, которая способствует развитию духовных ресурсов, способности преодолевать жизненные сложности, адаптироваться к динамичному характеру современного мира, создаёт условия для личностного и профессионального роста. Образование в области психического здоровья является главным средством передачи новейших знаний, навыков и ценностей, выступая основой сохранения жизни, социально-экономического благополучия общества и гармоничного существования в мире.

Конгресс стал глобальной междисциплинарной платформой для обсуждения стратегий по улучшению психического здоровья в мире. В 2018 году его участники - около 1500 ведущих экспертов из 33 стран мира - приняли «Декларацию» как итоговый документ, в котором подчеркнута необходимость сотрудничества в решении проблемы распространения психических заболеваний.

Программа мероприятий проходит в сотрудничестве с ведущими российскими и международными организациями: Всемирная психиатрическая ассоциация (WPA), Международная ассоциация социального обеспечения (ISSA), Всемирный совет по психотерапии (WCP), Международная ассоциация «Autism Europe», Международная ассоциация геронтологии и гериатрии (IAGG-Europe), Всемирная ассоциация психосоциальной реабилитации (WAPR), Российское общество психиатров, Российское психологическое общество, Общероссийская профессиональная психотерапевтическая лига при поддержке Минздрава России, Минобрнауки России, Минтруда России и Минспорта России.

18 сентября в Русском музее состоялся круглый стол "Перспективы искусства аутсайдеров в выставочном пространстве. Роль культурной институции".

Дискуссию организовал отдел социокультурных коммуникаций Русского музея, пригласив представителей общественных организаций и культурных инициатив, среди которых: художник Стас Багс, Илья Ермолаев (Эрмитаж), Елена Евграфова (сады Русского музея), Ольга Фоминых и Нина Лучинкина (общественная организация "Аутсайдервиль"), Петухова Наталья, Леонид Цой (инициативная группа "Широта и Долгота"), Евгения Штиль (Арт-штаб), Опоцкая Мария (инклюзивные мастерские "Простые вещи", анимационная студия "Да"), Ефимова Лада (Центр "Антон тут рядом"), Александр Иванов (БО "Перспективы"), Светлова Вера (МРО ПНД №6. "Студия №6"), Прасолова Светлана, Зыбкина Виктория, Артёменко Галина (музей Анны Ахматовой в Фонтанном Доме), Филимонова Дарья (галерея «Борей»), Задорожная Ольга (СЗГМУ им. И.И.Мечникова).

Участники отметили растущий взаимный интерес музейных институций и общественных инициатив, который выражается во все большем количестве разноформатных инклюзивных программ и выставочных проектов. Однако имеют ли отношение эти практики к современному искусству? Могут ли люди с ментальными особенностями, художники-самоучки, представители отечественного outsider art встать в один ряд с признанными членами Союза художников, профессионалами или мощными арт-картелями? За рубежом этот вопрос определенно решен: искусство аутсайдеров давно занимает передовые позиции в галерейном деле, располагается в знаменитых музеях и арт-центрах, принимает участие в крупных биеннале. Отечественные художники тоже вызывают больше интерес у иностранцев, нежели у наших ценителей
маргинальной культуры.

Ситуацию с российской действительностью наглядно проиллюстрировала неожиданная инициатива одного из участников дискуссии, призвавшего коллег пригласить воспитанников «Детей Павловска», рисовавших в холле на плановом занятии «Арт-Штаба», внутрь зала научного совета. Одержимость идеей повсеместного включения "особых" людей в процесс была воспринята неоднозначно как студийцами, так и участниками дискуссии. Почему? На этот вопрос ответит время и опыт совместный реализации подобных проектов. Как только мы поймем, где граница между социализацией и «социалкой», профессиональным галерейным делом и самодеятельностью кураторов, уделим больше внимания образовательным и просветительским программам в этой области, дабы избежать неуместной профанации, когда мы будем исходить из индивидуальных потребностей и таланта самого художника - мы увидим перспективы в своем деле и пошаговый план к достижению заветной цели: полноценному существованию художников-аутсайдеров в обществе.

В любом случае, круглый стол оказался крайне полезен в понимании происхоящих процессов. И одно то, что Эрмитаж, Русский Музей, ЦВЗ Манеж и другие государственные музейные институции все чаще становятся платформой для оживленных обсуждений в попытке определить место искусству аутсайдеров, говорит о том, что в ближайшем будущем мы можем наблюдать его признание и расцвет.

23 сентября общественная организация «Аутсайдервиль» приняла участие в седьмом городском фестивале воздушных змеев "Летать легко!" на территории Парка 300-летия с мастер-классом "Крылья, ноги и хвосты", на котором каждый желающий смог попробовать взмыть вверх наравне с воздушными змеями, испытав на себе волшебство и целебный эффект арт-терапии в легкой игровой форме.

"Летать легко!" - это захватывающие полёты воздушных змеев над городом, любительские соревнования, концертная и культурная программа, мастер-классы и интерактив, свежий ветер, отличное настроение, дружеская атмосфера и отличный отдых для взрослых и детей!

4 августа в 12:00 состоится открытие городской инсталляции «Аллея парящих зонтиков», которая уже три года радует жителей Петербурга в Соляном переулке и стала яркой летней городской традицией. Для вас на целый месяц откроется площадка, где горожане смогут бесплатно знакомиться с новыми артистами, посещать мастер-классы, фотографироваться, участвовать в конкурсах и других активностях.

Не секрет, что «Аутсайдервиль» уже несколько лет рассказывает широкой аудитории о чудодейственной силе арт-терапии и всех ее направлений. В рамках «Аллеи парящих зонтиков» мы решили подурачиться и сделать нечто легкое, беззаботное, как настроение самого фестиваля. В день открытия с 12:00 до 17:00 мы будем проводить мастер-класс по созданию необычных и забавных арт-объектов - «Небесные зонтики», чтобы вы создали символ Соляного переулка, да и самого Питера, своими руками и унесли с собой на память частицу этого солнечного незабываемого праздника!

"Первый канал" Санкт-Петербург" показал большой репортаж об "Аутсайдервиле" к 10-летию команды:

"Выставки, фестивали, концерты, мастер-классы, открытие первого рок-клуба при ПНД, все это - дело рук организации, поддерживающей людей с ментальными особенностями. Юбилейный для "Аутсайдервиля" месяц получился насыщенным по событиям..."

Сюжет подготовлен специальным корреспондентом Анастасией Тамило и оператором Олегом Подъячевым для программы "Доброе утро".

5-6 июня мы приняли участие в полезном московском семинаре «Интеграция людей с психическими расстройствами в общество: роль и возможности НКО», организованном "Независимой психиатрической ассоциацией".

Более 50 участников делились опытом, обсуждали трудности и перспективы вовлечения людей с ментальными особенностями в социум. Первый день был полностью посвящен докладам экспертов и дискуссиям с коллегами.
Наибольшее впечатление произвело выступление высококлассного специалиста, руководителя юридической службы НПА Аргуновой Ю.Н. о пробелах и коллизионных случаях в законодательстве, среди которых: применение принудительных мер медицинского характера, помещение в ПНИ, наделение директора ПНИ полномочиями опекуна, прекращение диспансерного наблюдения, обжалование действий по оказанию психиатрической помощи. Юрист Центра лечебной педагогики П.Ю. Кантор поднял вопросы существующих правовых основ альтернативных форм жизнеустройства людей с инвалидностью по психическому здоровью. Эксперт Общественной Палаты РФ Колосков С.А. озвучил острую необходимость в объединении общественных организаций во взаимодействии с действующей властью. Живое и информативное выступление главного юриста БОО «Перспективы» Екатерины Таранченко состояло из конкретики относительно выстраивания системы сопровождаемого проживания. Другие эксперты из региональных общественных организаций делились оригинальными и эффективными проектами по социальной и правовой поддержке людей с психическими расстройствами.

Второй день семинара был посвящен тренингу, нацеленному на повышение эффективности НКО. Перед участниками стояла задача оценить возможности и ресурсы собственной организации. Отдельные сессии тренинга были посвящены фандрайзингу, привлечению волонтеров, взаимодействию с органами государственной власти.
Мы благодарны Нелли Борисовне Левиной за приглашение и коллегам за полученный бесценный опыт и знания, которые с новой силой и вдохновением сможем применять в ближайших проектах!

С 4 по 10 июня в «Лофт Проект Этажах» пройдет нетривиальная русско-финская социально-художественная выставка «ГРОМКИЙ МИР ! LOUD WORLD ! KOVA MAAILMA». В проекте принимают участие два финских фотохудожника JUHANA LAPPALAINEN и JASMIN DAREIA, проходящих реабилитацию в одном из клубных домов социально-психиатрического общества «Kakspy», и московский художник-аутсайдер, курируемый общественной организацией помощи людям с ментальными особенностями «Аутсайдервиль», САРА ГЕРЦМАН. Выставка мало кого оставит равнодушным, а может даже собьёт с толку взыскательного зрителя, поскольку поднимает ряд остро стоящих социальных проблем, о которых мы привыкли молчать, считая свой голос неправомерным или неубедительным, в то время как весь мир сливается в едином безмолвном крике. Одиночество «каждого» рядом с «другим» в условиях искусственной необходимости создавать видимое благополучие в том время как практически каждый переживает безотчетные состояния, легко способные перейти в стадию серьезного психического расстройства: клинической депрессии, невроза, пищевого расстройства, апатии… JUHANA LAPPALAINEN & JASMIN DAREIA «Хотя психические расстройства являются расхожим заболеванием, люди мало об этом знают. Это тема табуирована и окружена стереотипами. Иногда это может стать серьезным препятствием к выздоровлению, но вместе можно изменить такое положение вещей. Давайте вспомним, что чем больше пациенты с психическими расстройствами подвергаются стигматизации, тем сложнее им вернуться обратно в общество. В этом фотопроекте мы говорим о ментальных расстройствах, в том числе о расстройствах пищевого поведения. Это может помочь многим зрителям, молодым людям в, первую очередь, понять, что они не одиноки и всегда могут найти поддержку не только у врачей, но и у таких же, как они». САРА ГЕРЦМАН «Стигматизация психических заболеваний мешает социализации больных. В нашем обществе "стыдно" болеть даже депрессией, не говоря уже о чем-то более серьезном, как в моем случае - шизофренией. Люди возвышают тех, кто победил такие "благородные" заболевания как рак, но шизофрения - это позорно, потому что, если окружающие узнают о том, что ты перенес такое заболевание, тебя будут клеймить буйным, ненормальным, неадекватным. О моей проблеме знают только ближайшие друзья и родственники, потому что мне страшно. Страшно примерить на себя клеймо сумасшедшего, которого никто не будет воспринимать всерьез. Участием в данной выставке я хочу показать миру, что такие люди как я, "психические инвалиды", могут быть частью художественного сообщества, им не чужды проблемы поиска творческого вдохновения, любви, экзистенциального озарения и кризиса. Я не уверена, что мы одним движением сможем победить стигматизацию, но это будет один из немногих шагов к этому и, я думаю, мы двигаемся в правильном направлении». Открытие: 4 июня 2018 19:00 / Лофт Проект Этажи, 2 этаж (Синий зал)

28 мая в "Молодежном театре на Фонтанке" состоится VI Благотворительный театральный фестиваль «ВРЕМЯ ЖИТЬ» для детей-сирот, а также детей и подростков, оказавшихся в трудной жизненной ситуации.

Мы являемся друзьями волшебного Театра Импровизации "3:16" уже пятый год, чем несомненно гордимся, с радостью наблюдая, как растет и развивается фестиваль, пополняются ряды участников, единомышленников и партнеров! По доброй традиции актеры проекта вместе с детьми из детских домов и социальных приютов пройдут захватывающий сказочный квест "Путешествие в Нарнию. Серебряный трон» и покажут подготовленные за год спектакли!

Ежегодно юные артисты проходят путь от незамысловатых актерских тренингов к созданию полноценных театральных постановок. Персонажи и сюжеты этих спектаклей - воплощение переживаний, мыслей и желаний детей, лишившихся родительской опеки. Выходя на сцену, ребята проживают в пластической игре проблемы, с которыми им пришлось столкнуться в реальной жизни.

От «Аутсайдервиля» мы подготовили гостям фестиваля увлекательный мастер-класс "Мутабор! Невероятное превращение", участники которого перевоплотятся в героев сказочной Нарнии, смастерив театральный костюм из подручных средств. Также мы придумали захватывающую арт-игру "Загадки дивных существ", попадая в которую ребята претворятся в фигуры игрового поля, выполняя забавные задания с элементами арт-терапии.

Увидимся в Измайловском саду!

Мы отправляемся в Волгоград на "IV конференцию по вопросам психического здоровья", посвященную распространению передовых знаний по проблеме психических расстройств, улучшению взаимодействия врачей различных специальностей в вопросах помощи пациентам с психическими расстройствами и обмену опытом по вопросам организации специализированной психиатрической помощи. В конференции примут участие ведущие специалисты клинических и научных специальностей в области охраны психического здоровья. Также в рамках командировки "Аутсайдервиль" осуществит серию дружественных визитов в учреждения психиатрического профиля и общественные организации с целью обмена опытом, изучения ситуации в регионе: реабилитационные подходы, наличие и принципы работы арт-терапевтических студий, представленность различных видов арт-терапии (изобразительное искусство, скульптура, танец, музыка, театр). Результатом станет предоставление профессиональной и экспертной помощи в создании и развитии арт-студий, творческих объединений, выработка совместных решений в улучшении и оптимизации работы, поддержка авторов и творческих коллективов в их социализации, вовлечении в инклюзивные и социокультурные проекты.

19 мая художники "Аутсайдервиля" примут участие в проекте Русского Музея "Лавка мира 2018. Русскому искусству посвящается", важнейшей задачей которого является выход за стены музея и установление дружеских и профессиональных контактов в творческой среде! Проект стартовал в 2007 году в Москве и был посвящен 150-летию Третьяковской галереи: полторы сотни художников расписали лавку длиной 300 метров. С тех пор каждый год география акции расширялась, побывав в Перми, Нижнем Новгороде, Владимире, Суздале, Сочи, а с 2009 года регулярно проходит в Санкт-Петербурге. В рамках «Лавки мира 2018» известные и начинающие художники, музейные и культурные институции, социальные учреждения, консульства, рестораторы и предприниматели продемонстрируют объединяющие возможности искусства в процессе МироТворчества, расписав лавки по собственным оригинальным эскизам. Среди участников проекта - Государственный Эрмитаж, ЦВЗ "Манеж", художественное объединение "Митьки", K Gallery, Art Of Foto, галерея "Свиное рыло" и художник Николай Копейкин, художники Олег Яхнин, Анатолий Заславский, Арон Зинштейн, театр им. В. Ф. Комиссаржевской, театр "Приют комедианта", фонд имени Миклухо-Маклая, Французский институт в Санкт-Петербурге, Центр "Антон тут рядом", «Ночлежка», «Аутсайдервиль» и многие другие. Специально для акции уже признанные авторы outsider art - Лиза Кратинова, Миша Фролов, Шанкар Барадат - и начинающие свой творческий путь ребята подготовят макеты для создания единственных в своем роде авторских арт-объектов. Расписанные лавки разместятся на аллеях Михайловского сада и станут частью выставки садово-паркового искусства «Цветочная ассамблея» в рамках XI Международного фестиваля «Императорские сады России», который будет проходить в Летнем саду 21- 27 июня 2018 года. Впоследствии лавки обретут вторую жизнь в рамках музейных пространств, творческих мастерских, частных собраний и социальных центров. Часть лавок мира будет реализована на благотворительном аукционе в поддержку инклюзивных программ. Для наших художников особая честь принимать участие в выдающемся проекте, приуроченном к памятной дате 120-летия "Русского музея"!

В конце апреля в Санкт-Петербурге состоялся IV фестиваль творческих студий учреждений психоневрологического профиля «АРТ-ЭРА 2018».
Фестиваль проходит каждые 2 года и нацелен на демонстрацию инновационных реабилитационных технологий в психиатрии, а также ставит перед собой следующие задачи: обмен опытом между специалистами, разрушение стереотипов в отношении психиатрии, повышение толерантности к людям с особенностями психического здоровья и улучшение качества их жизни, социализация с помощью программ творческой и психосоциальный реабилитации.
24 апреля, в первый день фестиваля, Российский этнографический музей принял специалистов, объединившихся вокруг ключевой и как никогда актуальной темы профилактики профессионального выгорания и поддержки личностных ресурсов специалистов сферы психического здоровья с помощью творчества. Нас удивило многообразие мастер-классов, арт-терапевтического, театрального, музыкального, хореографического и декоративно-прикладного пространств. Отдельно хочется отметить полезный и увлекательный научно-практический семинар "Ресурсы музыкальной терапии" выдающегося музыкального терапевта – Лилия Новикова (Lilya Nowikowa).
Также в рамках дня специалистов обсуждались и предлагались эффективные психотерапевтические методы профвыгорания. Команду «Аутсайдервиля» особенно впечатлили ауто-техники снижения уровня агрессии путем энергичного отбивания стейков, разрушения битой цветочных горшков и завершающего легкого трансового состояния для уставших коллег. Надеемся, различные механизмы снятия стрессовых состояний будут неоднократно предлагаться на будущих мероприятиях для клинических психологов и сотрудников учреждений психиатрического профиля.

Второй день фестиваля прошел 25 апреля на площадке центра дизайна "ARTPLAY SPB" и ознаменовался насыщенной программой концерта вокруг темы «Современное искусство и общество». Выступали участники творческих студий, музыкальных и театральных коллективов из России и Финляндии. Приятно порадовали гости фестиваля - интегрированной театр-студия "Круг II" из Москвы - с аутентичной и камерной постановкой «Суфийские Мотивы», иносказательно, но наглядно повествующей о важности свободы от притворства и оценочных суждений. Развеселил и поднял градус настроения зала презент от мастеров клоунады - небезызвестного профессионального «Театра имени Которого». Оказал сильное впечатление отрывок из финского спектакля «Монолог» в исполнении магической Пии Валлениус, которая вела откровенный, иногда пугающий разговор со зрителем на ярком пластическом языке и профессиональном актерском уровне. Музыкальная составляющая программы была максимально разноплановой и не оставила безучастным ни одного слушателя: ария "Кармен" в исполнении Елены Петровой, рок-группа "Феникс" с невероятно талантливым составом и под чутким руководством Лилии Новиковой, обаятельный Markus Raivio, некогда известный рок-музыкант, а сейчас предприимчивый руководитель общественной организации "Kukunori", послы позитивного кантри-блюза «Mixed Nuts» и взрывная команда альтернативного рока «Napalm Kitten».

Краткая история предыдущих серий: ① С 5 по 9 февраля мы организовали недельный марафон по сбору средств на инвалидную коляску и необходимые вещи ко дню Рождения нашего чудесного художника. ② Благодаря вам, наши друзья и единомышленники, мы привезли в подарок новую коляску, обновили Юрин гардероб и поразили проникновенным фильмом с вашими поздравлениями и душевными пожеланиями: было место и слезам, и смеху, спасибо Вам! ③ День Рождения прошёл озорно и лучезарно, но, к сожалению, главный подарок, несмотря на все преимущества маневренности, легкости в управлении и другие новые возможности, которые так порадовали именинника (включая улётные зенитовские колпаки) – кресло-коляска не подошла по причине невозможности управлять заднеприводными колёсами в связи с уже сформированными физиологическими особенностями. ④ А вот что было дальше: не прошедшую апробацию коляску мы с некоторыми сложностями и приключениями, смогли обменять на необходимую и привычную - Vermeiren 9301 с большими передними колёсами, заказав её через официального дилера в России. К сожалению, в готовом виде её нет даже на производстве в Бельгии, куда звонили по нашему запросу. Если Вы когда-нибудь заказывали машину с завода, то сталкивались с достаточно длительным ожиданием своей будущей "ласточки". Вот и нам озвучили три месяца изготовления, не считая доставку в Россию. Заказав подходящий «транспорт», мы не застыли в ожидании, а решили починить старую коляску, чтобы для Юры не были такими утомительными 90 с лишним дней ожидания. Нашли чудо-мастера, который съездил в интернат, осмотрел Юрино устаревшее средство передвижения и помог поменять полностью литую резину, подшипники на колёсах и сварить аргоном внутренние крепления. Позже с колёсами решили не мучиться и полностью их поменяли. Забрали коляску в мастерскую в Петербурге и через два дня привезли уже обновлённую. Сейчас Юра ждёт, так же как и мы, настоящую весну и катается на своей временно модернизированной коляске. А между тем всё ближе получение заветного подарка, специально изготовленного для нашего Юры на бельгийском заводе. Об этом в следующих сериях! Еще раз благодарим всех участников акции, оказавших неоценимую материальную и эмоциональную поддержку, Юра часто пересматривает видеоролик с Вашими одухотворенными откровениями и светлыми посланиями, и это придаёт ему титаническую силу и веру в жизнь «зелёного цвета»!

22 марта команда "Аутсайдервиля" вместе с коллегами и подопечными была приглашена на открытие неординарного инклюзивного выставочного проекта «Прикосновение». Выставка ориентирована на тактильное восприятие произведений искусства и адаптирована для посетителей с ограниченными возможностями здоровья. Было удивительно, как через коммуникацию и осязание арт-объектов стираются формальные границы между участниками: наши художники свободно взаимодействовали с публикой, специалистами, сотрудниками музея и детьми - что еще раз подтверждает силу искусства как универсального кода в коммуникации. Наши авторы, среди которых - Лиза Кратинова, Миша Фролов, Шанкар Барадат, - высоко оценили уровень экспозиции, доступность экспонатов и общий подход размещению скульптур с учетом потребностей посетителей, давали любопытные и проницательные комментарии, перемежая их юмористическими заметками или жизненными наблюдениями. Выставка обращается к наследию великого скульптора Вадима Сидура, а также — к творчеству наших современников, выдающихся ленинградских — петербургских скульпторов, таких как: Л.Н. Сморгон, А.М. Игнатьев, Л.М. Холина, Д.Д. Каминкер и других известных мастеров. Желающим посетить экспозицию необходимо поторопиться, поскольку она работает до 4 апреля. Проект подготовлен ЦВЗ «Манеж» совместно с Музейно-выставочным объединением «Манеж» и Государственным музеем Вадима Сидура (Москва).

В марте этого года особому рок-клубу под руководством Лилии Новиковой при Психоневрологическом диспансере №5 исполнилось 6 лет! Рок-клуб «Звукозона» появился в результате 3-летней работы музыкальной студии отделения в рамках проекта «Музыкальная неотложка». В итоге возникла рок-группа, где имеют возможность играть не имеющие специального образования, но увлеченные современной музыкой молодые люди, успевшие заявить себя на фестивалях «Мы вместе играем рок», «Слово и тело», «Вместе в будущее», «Шаг навстречу». За 6 лет существования, в первую очередь, благодаря куратору - музыкальному терапевту, клиническому психологу, кандидату искусствоведения - Лилии Новиковой, клуб вырос до слаженной дружной команды с постоянным составом и сессионными музыкантами, обширным репертуаром (от Виктора Цоя до Тома Уэйтса), собственными авторами и внушительным опытом участия как в инклюзивных и специализированных, так и в общегородских проектах. Участники клуба постоянно развиваются, осваивают новые навыки, в том числе благодаря дружбе с признанными профессиональными исполнителями, с которыми всегда рады «поджэмить»…

Ежегодные научные чтения памяти Ксении Георгиевны Богемской "Творчество аутсайдеров и наивное искусство в контексте современной культуры», в рамках которых мы с коллегами - специалистами в области современного искусства, философами, психологами и психиатрами, сотрудниками музеев и галерей - предприняли попытку определить границы outsider art, наивного и любительского искусства, обсудили проблемы интерпретаций, влияния массовой культуры на художников-аутсайдеров и взаимодействия с ними. В результате зачитанных докладов и дискуссий пришли к пониманию стремительной подвижности границ, находящихся в где-то в пространстве "borderline", и неминуемых метаморфоз в области самого удивительного и неподражаемого искусства, которое тем не менее требует собственных, пусть и видоизменяющихся, стилистических критериев и типологии.

21 марта 2018 в рамках Всероссийской научно-практической конференции "Общественно-ориентированная психиатрия: актуальные проблемы и пути их решения", посвященной памяти профессора В.С. Ястребова, мы организуем выставку outsider art "ЯВЬ и НАВЬ", ценность которой определяется безусловной оригинальностью и самобытностью представленных работ, а не наличием опыта пограничных состояний у художников. Авторам, находящимся в состоянии душевного дискомфорта, приходится нелегко по тем или иным психосоциальным причинам. Удивительно, но они сами часто не признают факт художественной ценности собственного творчества, работая исключительно для удовольствия. В то время как деятельность профессиональных художников нередко складывается под аккомпанемент шумихи и рекламы. Outsider art всегда находится в плоскости мироощущения и культуры, параллельной нашей реальности, но время от времени - «неожиданно» оказывается чрезвычайно актуальным. Благодаря усилиям Жана Дюбюффе, Роджера Кардинала и многих других, подобное искусство получило легитимное положение, и сегодня такое искусство вызывает неподдельный интерес не только у искусствоведов, но и общества в целом. Также в рамках экспозции зритель cможет ознакомиться с творчеством авторов, чей художественный талант проявился в процессе арт-терапии в художественных студиях реабилитационных отделений психиатрических учреждений, которые получают регулярную поддержку и курируются общественной организацией «Аутсайдервиль». Кроме того, мы впервые представим публике графическую серию портретов психиатров с мировым именем в исполнении Александра Челлака (ЧАК) в духе кабинетной миниатюры 19-20 вв. Кураторы проекта руководители «Студии № 6»: Светлова Вера и Недера Александр.

21 марта 2018 мы приняли участие во Всероссийской научно-практической конференции с международным участием, посвященной памяти профессора В.С. Ястребова "Общественно-ориентированная психиатрия: актуальные проблемы и пути их решения". На конференции обсуждались вопросы реформирования службы психического здоровья в России и за рубежом, развития общественно-ориентированной психиатрии, опыт работы общественных организаций в отечественной и зарубежной психиатрии, подходы к решению актуальных проблем общественной психиатрии. Участники конференции - представители региональных психиатрических служб, психиатрических учреждений научного профиля, члены общественных объединений России и зарубежных стран, пользователи психиатрической помощи. В связи с кончиной 6 декабря 2017 профессора В.С. Ястребова, организационный комитет принял решение посвятить конференцию его памяти. Василий Степанович Ястребов (1940–2017) – видный советский и российский психиатр, доктор медицинских наук, профессор, заслуженный врач РФ, руководитель отдела организации психиатрических служб ФГБНУ «Научный центр психического здоровья» (1988–2017 гг.), председатель Общественного совета по вопросам психического здоровья при главном специалисте-психиатре МЗ РФ (2008–2017 гг.), президент региональной благотворительной общественной организации «Семья и психическое здоровье» (2003–2017 гг.). Вся жизнь Василия Степановича Ястребова – пример бескорыстного служения людям, медицине и психиатрии. Человек с большой буквы, непревзойденный врач, ученый и общественный деятель. Наша команда 10 ноября 2017 года совершила чудесную поездку в Дружносельскую психиатрическую больницу. Изначально планируемый скромный визит в рамках реабилитации превратился практически в конференцию по обмену опытом, участие в которой проявили желание принять специалисты многих отделений, и мы чувствовали себя иногда иностранной делегацией). Выступили с докладом-презентацией, показали фильм об "Аутсайдервиле", общались в режиме "вопрос-ответ". Приятно было видеть заинтересованные лица и воодушевленных своим делом людей! Конечно, самое интересное происходило в арт-студии, где мы общались с ребятами 1 отделения для принудительного лечения в психиатрическом стационаре специализированного типа, которые проявляют творческие способности не только в рисовании, но и в сочинительстве (от стихов до рэп-баллад), и в декоративно-прикладных арт-объектах. Среди них были как уже известные публике Михаил Заика и Сергей Медведев (поздравили с успешным участием в выставке "Другие измерения"), так и начинающие, но подающие большие надежды авторы. Ребята были довольны новыми художественными материалами от завода "Невская палитра". Радостно видеть молодых профессионалов, радеющих за свое дело, уверены, что при чутком сопровождении заведующего отделением Аврамова Антона Александровича и психолога Екатерины Сергеевны Алексеевой, реабилитационная программа будет развиваться и расти, становясь эффективной площадкой для нововведений и поисков, а мы со своей стороны окажем полную поддержку!

Наша команда 10 ноября 2017 года совершила чудесную поездку в Дружносельскую психиатрическую больницу. Изначально планируемый скромный визит в рамках реабилитации превратился практически в конференцию по обмену опытом, участие в которой проявили желание принять специалисты многих отделений, и мы чувствовали себя иногда иностранной делегацией). Выступили с докладом-презентацией, показали фильм об "Аутсайдервиле", общались в режиме "вопрос-ответ". Приятно было видеть заинтересованные лица и воодушевленных своим делом людей! Конечно, самое интересное происходило в арт-студии, где мы общались с ребятами 1 отделения для принудительного лечения в психиатрическом стационаре специализированного типа, которые проявляют творческие способности не только в рисовании, но и в сочинительстве (от стихов до рэп-баллад), и в декоративно-прикладных арт-объектах. Среди них были как уже известные публике Михаил Заика и Сергей Медведев (поздравили с успешным участием в выставке "Другие измерения"), так и начинающие, но подающие большие надежды авторы. Ребята были довольны новыми художественными материалами от завода "Невская палитра". Радостно видеть молодых профессионалов, радеющих за свое дело, уверены, что при чутком сопровождении заведующего отделением Аврамова Антона Александровича и психолога Екатерины Сергеевны Алексеевой, реабилитационная программа будет развиваться и расти, становясь эффективной площадкой для нововведений и поисков, а мы со своей стороны окажем полную поддержку!

12 марта мы примем участие в круглом столе: "Творчество аутсайдеров и наивное искусство", который пройдет в рамках ежегодных научных чтений памяти Ксении Георгиевны Богемской в Государственный институт искусствознания (Москва). К обсуждению приглашены специалисты в области современного и любительского искусства, а также философы, психологи и психиатры, сотрудники музеев и галерей. Творчество аутсайдеров часто рассматривается исключительно в рамках арт-терапии или в контексте инклюзивных практик в музеях и других выставочных пространствах. Поскольку это явление не имеет единого универсального определения, оно нуждается в осмыслении представителями гуманитарных наук. Прежде всего участников интересует проблематика взаимоотношений творчества аутсайдеров и наивного искусства с фольклором, их взаимодействие с современным искусством и влияние масс-медиа. В процессе дискуссии будут затронуты основополагающие вопросы: - пограничные явления в искусстве: проблемы интерпретации; - влияние массовой культуры на художников-любителей; - визионерство в изобразительном искусстве и фольклоре; - коллекционирование наивного искусства и аутсайдер-арт. Также в рамках заседания в залах Института будет открыта выставка картин из собрания Богемской-Турчина.

С 23 марта по 4 апреля 2018 года в Центральный выставочный зал "Манеж" пройдет Инклюзивный выставочный проект "Прикосновение", ориентированный на тактильное восприятие произведений искусства и адаптированный для посетителей с ограниченными возможностями здоровья. Проект подготовлен Центральный выставочный зал "Манеж" совместно с Музейно-выставочным объединением Манеж и Музей Вадима Сидура.

Проект обращается к наследию великого скульптора Вадима Сидура, а также — к творчеству наших современников, выдающихся ленинградских — петербургских скульпторов, таких как: Л.Н. Сморгон, А.М. Игнатьев, Л.М. Холина, Д.Д. Каминкер и других известных мастеров. Уникальная экспозиция послужит основой для формирования коллективного опыта, участниками которого могут стать все люди без разделения по неким условным физическим или интеллектуальным признакам. В проекте произведения искусства не представляет собой раз и навсегда зафиксированный смысл, а выступают в качестве источника новых общественных ситуаций и связей.

Инклюзивная часть выставочного проекта будет снабжена необходимыми элементами доступности для людей с ограниченными возможностями здоровья. В период работы выставки в сопровождении профессиональных медиаторов запланированы экскурсии для людей с разными формами инвалидности.

Проект адаптирован для всех групп инвалидности, в том числе с сочетанными патологиями (детской и взрослой аудитории). Чтобы экскурсия прошла максимально комфортно для всех участников группы, необходимо обратиться за дополнительной информацией к Диане Бисембиной - bissembina@gmail.com.

На прошлой неделе навестили, пожалуй, одну из самых изобретательных и творчески необузданных "Studio ~6" при МРО ГПБ 6 под руководством неуёмных матёрых специалистов - вера светлова и Александр Недера.

Здесь функционирует изостудия, керамическая мастерская и анимационная студия. Не перестаём дивиться непринужденной обстановке, в которой правят буйство фантазии и взаимное доверие. Ребята регулярно организуют концептуальные выставки в петербургских галереях и музеях (Борей, Музей городской скульптуры, арт-центр "Пушкинская 10"), придумывают и реализуют нестандартные арт-события.

Мы привезли художественные материалы JSC «Nevskaya palitra», обсудили несколько выставочных проектов, а после встретились на финисаже потрясающего автора Шанкар Барадат. Желаем, чтобы студия и впредь гордилась жемчужной россыпью выдающихся художников, любовно взращивала новых авторов, получая широкую поддержку и признание. А за нами глубоко заинтересованное в этом участие!

30 января в Детской школе искусств им. В. С. Калинникова состоится большой благотворительный концерт «Равный», посвящённый теме инклюзии в образовании через универсальный язык искусства. Цель концерта - диалог с помощью музыки о том, что, действительно, важно обществу и людям с особенностями. «Равный» - пилотный проект, задуманный в перспективе на масштабный ежегодный фестиваль музыкотерапии и инклюзии. Идея реабилитации людей с особенностями посредством музыкотерапии набирает все больший интерес не только со стороны специалистов или самих пациентов, но и получает моментальный отклик в социуме, культуре, медиапространстве, находя неординарные формы самораскрытия, открывая всё более удивительные возможности... Музыкальные коллективы или независимое музицирование - стали нормой практики как в рамках учреждений здравоохранения, так и за ними… Можно с уверенностью сказать о существовании запроса на создание инклюзивного мультиреабилитационного центра музыкальной терапии для людей со специальными потребностями и без таковых. Наша первейшая задача – обеспечить появление такой взаимополезной исцеляющей среды, создать ту зону толерантности, просвещения и творчества, в которой каждый участник будет с музыкой на «ты»! В концерте примут участие приглашённые артисты, общественная организация «Аутсайдервиль» (г. Санкт-Петербург), музыкальный терапевт Лилия Новикова (г. Санкт- Петербург), преподаватели хореографического, фортепианного, вокального отделов и учащиеся школы. В рамках «Равного» также пройдет выставка искусства художников- аутсайдеров - outsider art, ценность которой определяется, в первую очередь, не ментальными особенностями авторов, а безусловной оригинальностью и самобытностью творческих работ (подопечные проекта «Аутсайдервиль»). Когда: 30 января 17:00 Где: Большой зал ДШИ им. В. С. Калинникова (Москва, Абрамцевская улица, 8А) Вход свободный!

31 января в рамках проекта «Равный» в Малом зале состоится мастер- класс музыкального терапевта, клинического психолога, кандидата искусствоведения - Лилии Новиковой, посвященный актуальности музыкотерапии в общем эстетическом образовании. Талант и инвалидность могут иметь точки пересечения в квадрате «Музыка» - именно здесь открываются уникальные перспективы для пересмотра социальной организации как общества в целом, так и индивидуальных человеческих оценок и критериев. Музыка - универсальный и важный компонент обучения, начинающийся с младенчества, где отправная точка - «признание» и «принятие». Вектор движения здесь - размышление и действие. Музыка - мощный канал общения – здесь все равны. Музыка вступает в наш мир как социальный процесс и способ развития целого ряда навыков ребенка: когнитивных, физических, эмоциональных. Насколько наша музыкальная педагогика готова к этому процессу, и что он означает? Дети и молодые люди с проблемами интеллектуального, эмоционального или физического развития вызывают озабоченность у музыкальных педагогов. Насколько эффективно мы готовим сегодня музыкального педагога к тому, с чем он реально может столкнуться? Какие знания наиболее важны? Психологические? Педагогические? Клинические? Хотим ли мы узнать о том «другом», которого называем «равным»? И если мы откроем дверь людям с особенностями, готовы ли мы изменить свою жизнь? Музыка во многих отношениях - уникальное и гибкое средство, способное затронуть любую личность, с любым интеллектом и уровнем образованности. Но надо начать уже сегодня.

Когда: 31 января 16:00
Где: Малый зал ДШИ им. В. С. Калинникова (Москва, Абрамцевская улица, 8А)
Вход свободный!
Приглашаем к участию журналистов:

Полина Баканова (ДШИ им. В.С.Калинникова) +79096648738, polinabakanova@yandex.ru Ольга Фоминых (РОО «Аутсайдервиль»): +79602420861, pr@outsider-art.ru