Welcome to Malakta - Konstverkstad - Taidepaja

Our Story

Malakta is a centre for creativity, culture, arts and people.
Our aim is to create an oasis for people where creativity, ideas, art, and culture can grow and flourish.
Our keywords are action, sustainability and inclusion.
Malakta is an artist-run centre and is located in an old dairy by the Malax River in the municipality of Malax in western Finland.

Activities

Upcoming events and activities at Malakta.

Events

Workshop: conductive painting

SATURDAY 18th of April at 4PM to 6PM . Join our interactive painting workshop with conductive paint. We combine…

musik, mardrömmar

musik, mardrömmar är ett elektroakustiskt noise-projekt som består av Rickard Eklund (sång, loopmaskin, synth), Stefan Backas (noise, field recordings) och…

TOGETHER – a cultural charity event

SVE, FI, EN, UA SVENSKA Det finns tillfällen när stöd inte enbart är en slogan – det blir till handling.…

Supported by

Art in Malakta r.f. gratefully acknowledges the financial support received for 2025–2026 from Svenska Kulturfonden, Malax kommun, Harry Schaumans Stiftelse, Svensk-Österbottniska Samfundet, Sparbanksstiftelsen i Malax, KulturÖsterbotten, Emilie och Rudolf Gesellius Stiftelse, William Thurings Stiftelse, Brita Maria Renlunds Stiftelse, and Konstsamfundet.

Our services

Art Factory Malakta is a space welcoming national and international artists, the local community, groups, associations, companies, and all with an interest in creating better conditions for people, ideas and organisations to develop in a sustainable and dynamic way.

Spaces

We offer a wide variety of spaces for rent in a creative and inspiring atmosphere suitable for artists, companies, groups, meetings, events, parties, exhibitions and gatherings.

Artist Residence

We offer artists access to a range of studios and work facilities, and a place to meet with other creative people in a small collaborative community.

Events

Malakta hosts workshops, labs, concerts, seminars and art exhibitions for a variety of audiences.

Testimonials

As a cultural hub, Malakta plays a very important role of bringing, sharing and making the art practice accessible to the local community. On the same time, Malakta bring into the local art scene, professional artists from around the world with the purpose of experiencing the cultural exchange between Finland and the rest of the world.

Dragos Alexandrescu, visual artist

As a professional actor the course was extremely important for my own further development in the profession. Malakta as a place is welcoming and extremely well functioning with everything from organising courses relevant to the regional cultural field. Highly recommend courses organised by and at Malakta.

participant in film actor LAB 2023

Malakta is a creative oasis, a meeting place, a sanctuary, an artistic centre of creativity. Malakta is a colourful puzzle where all the pieces fit.

Heidi von Wright, author, poet and visual artist

Malakta is my second living room where creative ideas are born but also deep discussions about the meaning of life. For me, Malakta is a place for recreation and creativity, a safe place where I can go wherever I am in my creative process, when I have doubts and when I have flow. The atmosphere is relaxed and friendly. The neighbourhood creates peace of mind. Everyone is welcome here, all nationalities, children and animals. Thanks to the great competence and professionalism of the artists at Malakta, I always learn something new.

Susanne Marins, actor & musician

Just start creating. The work itself will teach and lead your way

Toivo Kultti

Rent spaces

We offer a wide variety of spaces in a creative and inspiring atmosphere suitable for artists, companies, groups, meetings, events, parties, exhibitions and gatherings.