The Art Centre for Children and Young People has a unique international collection of children’s and young people’s art, which is significant even by international standards. This collection provides excellent material to study the art of children and young people. The extensive collection can be studied from both artistic and cultural history viewpoints. The collection presents an excellent opportunity to conduct comparative studies, due to its wide geographic and age range.
The art centre’s exhibition and workshop activities provide opportunities to study and experiment with various methods of art education, whether the target group is children, young people or adults. Adult target groups include, in particular, those who work with children and young people, but also everybody else who is interested in art by children and young people and their way of interacting and working with visual culture.
The art centre is also a forum for artistic research and experimental art. The art centre endeavours to develop co-operation with artists and to provide them with an opportunity to try out different ways of working with children and young people.
