Finlandia Art Gallery
SÁMI REINDEER HERDERS: A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBIT from Saami Circle North America
August 27-September 23, 2026
Opening Reception: Thursday, August 27, 7-8:30pm
Located in the Finnish American Heritage Center, the Finlandia Art Gallery is free and open to the public Monday-Friday, 8:00am-4:30pm.
Through exhibitions of contemporary Finnish, Finnish-American and American artists, the Finlandia Art Gallery promotes Finlandia Foundation National’s mission of championing Finnish culture and heritage.
The gallery organizes exhibitions that encourage appreciation and understanding of art and its role in society through direct engagement with the original works of art and the artists who created them. With the goal of both broadening our perspective and strengthening our international connections, the gallery provides educational resources for our community and is a gathering place for people to discuss and reflect upon art. Our aim is to be the leading exhibitor of Finnish and Finnish-American art in the United States.
Each year the gallery collaborates with the Finnish Folk School to provide programming and exhibits. The synergistic collaborations between the Finnish American Folk School and the gallery provide programming that infuses tradition with contemporary thought and technique, culminating in the annual The Folk School at Midsummer exhibit during the summer months.
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Finnish America Goes North
This fall, Finnish-American art and culture will be on display in the Arctic.
Finlandia Foundation National’s Finlandia Gallery is crossing the Atlantic for a landmark collaboration with the University of Lapland in Rovaniemi, Finland. Continuum brings together Finnish-American artists and friends of Finland whose work explores the connections between Finland and Finnish America through memory, migration, landscape, identity, and artistic practice.
Gallery Valo, University of Lapland
Rovaniemi, Finland
Continuum is on view October 16–December 6, 2026.
Latest News
August 26, 2026
SÁMI REINDEER HERDERS: A PHOTOGRAPHIC EXHIBIT from Saami Circle North America
An exhibit of works and artifacts on loan from Saami Circle North America will be featured in the Finlandia Art Gallery,
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June 12, 2026
4th Annual Folk School at Midsummer Exhibition
June 17 – August 19, 2026Opening Reception: Wednesday, June 17, 7-8:30pm Sauna Caddy by Karen Tembreull HANCOCK, Mich.
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April 20, 2026
Bonnie Loukus: Liminal Sanctuaries
HANCOCK, Michigan – Existing between different spaces while not fully belonging to one or the other is something many people experience.
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March 7, 2026
Me Siirtolaiset | We Immigrants
Selections from our art + archival collections HANCOCK, Mich. – Art, artifacts, and oral histories come together to tell stories of Finnish migration
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January 28, 2026
Emily Lanctot – Salaiset Ruokaohjeet: Secret Recipes
February 5 – March 5, 2026Artist Reception: Thursday, February 5th, 7-8:30pm HANCOCK– How do you think about recipes?
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December 1, 2025
Friends of Finland Youth Exhibition
December 1, 2025 – January 28, 2026Artist Reception: Thursday, December 4, 6:30-7:30pmAbove: Old Farm by Chloe Z. of Florence High School HANCOCK,
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October 7, 2025
“Places and Their Worlds”, Artist Lecture by Eric Aho, Hosted by Copper Country Finns and Friends, Oct 9th, 6pm
Northern Tier art exhibit reception at 7pm
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September 17, 2025
Eric Aho: Northern Tier
September 18- November 13, 2025 Artist Reception: Thursday, October 9th, 7:00-8:30 pm Artist talk beginning at 7:20 pm HANCOCK,
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August 22, 2025
Friends of Finland Youth Exhibit
Friends of Finland Youth Exhibition: Nationwide Call for Art (K–12) Finlandia Foundation National invites youth artists (K–12) from across the country to submit
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Activities supported in part by an award from the Michigan Arts and Culture Council and the National Endowment for the Arts
