Älghult Konsthall is an experimental exhibition platform run by visual artist Martha Kristensen. By working with text-based works, the project aims to challenge notions of what a konsthall is and can be. A bulletin board and a podcast act as portals to an imagined institution, an konsthall that only fully exists within the viewer. The aim is to create an accessible platform for contemporary art in a municipality where art is rarely prioritized, but where people gather when something happens.

The historic Pukeberg glassworks houses seven studios where artists rent and work in well-equipped shared workshops. The building is a hub in the cultural area and a laboratory for collegial collaboration, where craftsmen, designers and artists share resources and test boundaries.

Bänken Peace was the 2018 bench of the year in the City of Benches project. Its shape and location by Lagan make the place optimal for performance and dance. Designed by Fredrik Wretman.

An association that works for popular education for youth and adults in the field of arts and culture.

Here you will find a car cemetery with scrap cars dating back to the 1930s. Round, bumpy fenders and reminders that there was once left-hand traffic. The wrecks have slowly been broken down and today the sheet metal is sometimes just paper thin. Ferns grow lushly between the seats of an old Cheva and ants wedge themselves over the seat of the Volkswagen bus that has sunk halfway into the bog. Nature is taking back its rights but it is going slowly, reverently slowly. Kyrkö bog has made its way...

A citizen-driven meeting place on Österängen in Jönköping. Birkagården's People's House is a non-profit organization that offers a meeting place for all ages, from age 0 -100+ and is there for you, regardless of where your residential address is.

A self-organized exhibition space in Älmhult Municipality.

Emmabodakalaset is a festival for all ages and wants to be a creative place where everyone, but not least children and young people, can be inspired, create and give birth to dreams. The festival campsite is an important part of Emmabodakalaset and we cherish the festival camping culture and community that is born at a festival campsite. Emmabodakalaset strives to be a haven where everyone is welcome to meet in art and music!

In the people's park in Hultsfred there are many things that make the place a classic Swedish folk park: shooting range, dance floors, colored lights and lush green surroundings, all with a lake view. We in the Folkparken vänner association hope to soon be able to arrange everything from dance and motorcycle meetings to markets, concerts and theater performances.

Galleri Budgethallen is a kind of pop-up art hall in a party tent that is based in Karolina Stenström's garden in Hultsfred, but also tours to other locations.

Kaross is an art gallery and book publisher located in the historic Uffe's basement. Åskar Lilja, who runs Kaross, is also an artist themself, and offers art of all kinds (drawing/painting/music/photography/film).

With a wide range of aesthetic courses, Gamleby Folkhögskola is a place where many people with different interests meet. Everyone who chooses to study here has their own reasons and motives.

The Italian Palace in Växjö houses a gallery for contemporary art, provides studios for members active in various artistic fields and collective workshops (KKV).

Kalmar Art Museum is a regional art museum in Kalmar, with Kalmar Art Association as the main body. The museum was founded in 1942, and in 2008 a new museum building was built in the city park in Kalmar. The museum shows contemporary art.

KONSTKIOSK envisions a society where public space exists without private infiltration that undermines its significance as a social space. KONSTKIOSK aims to engage in discussions about the significance of public space, together with citizens, immediately at street level. KONSTKIOSK wants to break down barriers between art and architecture between politicians, civil servants, professional practitioners and citizens. KONSTKIOSK wants to pave the way for new ideas about how we can use our shared...

Kultivator is an independent art practice and an experimental project platform that initiates and implements projects, exhibitions and workshops focusing on our relationship to the landscapes that support us.

The Cultural University is a dynamic platform where art, culture and science meet. Our mission is to strengthen the connection between culture and the university's core activities – research, education and collaboration. Through interdisciplinary collaborations, creative meeting places and new ways of communicating research, we contribute to realizing Linnaeus University's vision of open, critical and cross-border knowledge formation. Here, researchers and cultural actors meet in dialogues,...

The purpose of Kulturgatan is to nurture the unique environment, let it live and develop. At the same time, create space for forward-looking knowledge transfer and artistry. Since 2017, Kulturgatan has served as a destination and meeting place to see and experience but also to delve deeper, through exhibitions and workshops, among other things. There is also a bakery and café, a design shop and a bookstore. The founders and managers of the foundation are Leif Burman, master carpenter and...

Kulturvagnen is a blown-out and renovated caravan from 1978 that functions as a mobile stage for various cultural expressions. The caravan operates primarily in the Småland countryside and the idea is to make a contemporary cultural offering available a little outside of larger cities and their institutions.

Lifen Gallery is an artist-run gallery dedicated to presenting the work and artistic projects of Liu Lifen and her artists friends. The gallery is located in the heart of Gränna, Sweden, within the historic courtyard complex of Hallska Gården, built in 1834. Our mini art store offers a selection of unique, limited-edition prints, handcrafted cups, magnets, postcards. Special Note: The gallery will be open daily during the month of July (11:00– 15:00). A perfect summer destination — we look...

Linnaeus University is a merger of Växjö University and the University of Kalmar.

Anne Hamrin Simonsson tänker återaktivera sitt landart verk “LIV no 8” i Algutsrum Öland med en tillfällig installation “Oro för Liv”. Ordet LIV, ett befintligt konstverk i landskapet bestående av uppbyggda bokstäver formade av jord, kommer delvis att täckas av gul återvunnen ensilageplast. Materialet är en vanlig syn på Ölands åkrar. Det blir ett täcke med dubbel innebörd: det både skyddar och kväver växtligheten under. AHS vill undersöka hur liv kan skyddas mot hot, både inifrån och...

Ljungbergmuseet in Ljungby is Kronoberg's visual arts museum, founded by the artist couple Sven Ljungberg and Ann Margret Dahlquist-Ljungberg. The museum displays their work as well as exhibitions by contemporary artists. A program of workshops and lectures attracts visitors of all ages.

In the middle of Markaryd, opposite the train and bus station, you will find Markaryd's cultural center, which houses a library, art gallery, cinema, sports museum, weaving museum and facilities for small and large meetings.

Motiv is a newly started cultural meeting place with a social focus in Markaryd. It offers space for, for example, contemporary art, music and literature. Motiv also houses the office of Konstfrämjandet Småland.

At Nod Borgholm, Helle Kvamme runs a number of sensory learning processes. She explores materials, artistic working methods and recycling flows.

Jönköping's free stage for contemporary art.

The Rävemåla Residency Programme welcomes artists from all disciplines in a rural setting. The programme aims to keep the dialogue between city and country open and emphasises that art is not bound to the city; time and space in the countryside are seen as a resource for creation.

St. Sigfrid's Folk High School was founded by the Diocese of Växjö in 1942 and has since been one of the diocese's two folk high schools. The courses and education are aimed at everyone, regardless of faith or outlook on life. Around 200 people of different ages study here, of which around 60 live in the school's boarding house.

Södra Karstorp Konsthall is an exhibition platform run by Joe Cave and Sara Wallgren. The art hall is run with support from Region Jönköping and Vetlanda Municipality and is a three-year exhibition project. The art hall consists of a poster cabinet that belongs to the mission house in Södra Karstorp.

Tabergsådalens Kulturhus is a religiously and politically independent association where people interested in culture can work and develop. It is an association for various cultural orientations such as crafts, literature, visual arts, theater and film. Special emphasis is placed on guiding young people into an active cultural life.

Teatergalleriet is an art gallery run by a non-profit association. The association and gallery were founded by professional artists in 1984. The goal is to give professional artists the opportunity to exhibit in Kalmar and to promote the public's interest in art and crafts.

The Glass Factory in Boda Glasbruk (Emmaboda municipality) is a modern glass museum and creative center for glass. The museum has a large collection of art glass and interactive exhibitions where visitors can experience the history and present of glass. Here you can see glassblowing, participate in workshops and admire works by both historical masters and contemporary glass artists in a living glass factory environment.

THE PARTY PLACE IN THE HEART OF SMÅLAND Welcome to experience a unique folk park environment in the middle of the Småland forest – the nostalgic gem Tyrolen. The party place in Blädinge opened its doors in the spring of 1962 and was already a well-attended party place with lots of great artists. However, Tyrolen closed again in 1978 and was dormant for 30 years, until the association “Friends of Tyrolen” took over the party place. Now the park is alive again and today it offers everything from...

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The Småland Art Archive has the whole of Småland as its starting point and works for the benefit of the arts through exhibitions, programs and collaborations. The activities include exhibitions and a study archive that houses the Art Archive's collection in Lada 3 in Vandalorum. Over six decades, the Småland Art Archive has created a significant art collection of artists from the 1920s up to our present day who are or have been associated with Småland. Among them is a Vera Nilsson collection...

Swedish and international contemporary art.

Konsthallen Vinden can be found at Smedjegatan 6 in Skillingaryd. As the premises are not insulated, the exhibition period usually takes place from April to October. Both local and more distant exhibitors are welcome for shorter or longer periods. The film screenings that are part of the Smålandstriennialen program take place during Vaggeryd Municipality's art and culture weekend on October 17-18. Several local artists will also be exhibiting there. There will be food for sale on the farm and...

Virserums Konsthall, located in the forested landscape of Småland, is known for its strong social commitment and contemporary exhibitions. Through art, debate and collaborations with both local and international artists, they raise issues of sustainability, social development and cultural diversity. The art hall regularly arranges seminars, workshops and projects that create dialogue and participation among visitors of all ages.

Yellowbox Arts, a unique meeting place on Öland