Elimme by Limingan Sarjislinja

ElLIMME LIMINGAN TAIDEKOULU 50 VUOTTA Lisko klassikot 11 Limingan taidekoulun sarjakuvalinja 2016 Toim. Tessa Astre ja Mikko JylhÃ¤ Joutsen median paino, Oulu ISBN 978-952-68327-1-5

Toimituksen sanat. Sarjakuvalinja on tavannut julkaista vuosittain yhteiskoosteen opiskelijoiden tekemistä sarjakuvista. Vuonna 2016 Limingan taidekoulu viettää 50-vuotissyntymäpäiviään. Tänä vuonna teemaksi muotoutui siis sarjakuvamuotoinen juhlakirja, joka kertoisi vapaasti noiden vuosien ajalta Taidekoulun ihmisistä ja tapahtumista. Useat sivut olivat alkujaan henkilöhaastatteluja, jotka opiskelijat ovat itsenäisesti suorittaneet. Nämä haastattelut ovat muotoutuneet sarjakuvataiteilijoiden käsissä uusiksi kokonaisuuksiksi, joissa osa tekstistä on muuntunut impression kuvaksi, tai tekijän omiksi tulkinnoiksi. Osa sarjakuvista pohjaa silkkaan huhupuheeseen. Kaikissa tarinoissa olemme käsitelleet henkilötarinoita kunnioituksella mutta mahdollisimman rehellisesti. Läheskään kaikkia koululle tärkeitä henkilöitä emme tavoittaneet, eikä kaikki tärkeät historiansaaton tarinat tulleet kerrotuiksi. Kirjan pedagoginen tarkoitus on ollut rohkaista uusien sarjakuvantekijöiden ainutlaatuista itseilmaisua ja haastattelumateriaalin kunnioittavaa muokkaamista. Monet tarinat ovat geneerisiä taidekoulutarinoita, ja itsensä voi koulun tunteva lukija löytää eri kertomuksista. Sukellus koulun tarinoihin ja intensiivisiin, ainutlaatuisiin ihmisiin on ollut upea matka tekijäryhmälle, ja toivomme sen välittyvän myös lukijalle! Hyviä lukuhetkiä! Mikko ja Tessa

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Tekijät 2. Markus Koukkunen mkoukkunen@gmail.com 4. Sarjakuvalinja 2015 sarjakuvalinja@gmail.com 6. Keijo Ahlqvist keijo.ahlqvist@gmail.com 9. Johannes Lehtonen miyutsuni@gmail.com 10. Elina Niiranen yleisjakkara@gmail.com 14. Anni Pötrönen miyutsuni@gmail.com 16. Samuel Typpö samuel.typpo@hotmail.com 18. Ronja Paani julma.rontti@gmail.com 20. Jatta Severinkangas jattaseverinkangas@gmail.com 22. Tesla Silvola teslasilvola@gmail.com 25. Keijo Ahlqvist 26. Meri Nybäck meme.nyback@gmail.com 28. Keijo Ahlqvist 29. Siiri Viljakka siiriviljakka@gmail.com 30. Tessa Astre tessa.astre@gmail.com 32. Leena Valta paraatilapsi@hotmail.com 33. Riikka Laaksoharju r.t.laaksoharju@gmail.com 36. Iina Silventoinen iinasofia@hotmail.com 39. Ivan Härö ivanpotato@outlook.com 42. Jenni Hartvig jenni.hartvig@gmail.com 46. Keijo Ahlqvist 47. Kaisa Åstrand kaisa.astrand@kolumbus.fi 48. Anniina Heikkilä 49. Jarkko Remahl jarkkoremahl@gmail.com 54. Nikke Lindholm 56. Janne Oikarinen janneoika@gmail.com 58. Nikke Lindholm nikke.lindholm89@gmail.com 61. Jatta Severinkangas 62. Aki Alaraatikka tyyppi94@gmail.com 73. Suvi Väisänen 74. Suvi Väisänen suvi.vaisane@gmail.com 75. Tero Tammela tammela.tero.mikael@gmail.com 78. Keijo Ahlqvist 79. Markus Koukkunen 80. Suvi Väisänen 82. Leena Kyyrö leenakyyro@gmail.com 87. Jasmina Saukkonen ml.jasmina.saukkonen@gmail.com 88. Siiri Korhonen ja Elina Lundahl howleglas@gmail.com, www.veterok.net 94. Minja Möttönen min.ja98@hotmail.com 96. Keijo Ahlqvist. 97. Jasmina Saukkonen 100. Jasmina Saukkonen 102. Hanna Suorauha 95hanna@windowslive.com 104. Heikki Länkinen 106. Heikki Länkinen tlankine@gmail.com 108. Petrus Louhio petrus.louhio@gmail.com 111. Vilma Virtanen vilma.virtanen@hotmail.com 112. Jasmina Leinonen 113. Aija Karjalainen maaritt.karjalainen@gmail.com 116. Sallamaija Parkatti. salpa95@gmail.com 117. Mikael Sipilä mikael.sipila@gmail.com 120. Saana Manninen korppu_chin@hotmail.com 122. Anna Karaksela ja Jasmina Saukkonen. burnthewitchboy@gmail.com 126. Vilma Aro arovilma@gmail.com 128. Unikki Linna myrskysopuli@gmail.com 130

Sisällys 2. Prologi 4. Kahvipöytäpiirroksia 5. Esipuhe 6. Ensimmäinen vuosi. Perustuu Kauko Nissilän haastatteluun ja arkistomateriaaliin. 9. Naakkakummitus Naatus synnytettiin juhlavuosikirjan kertojahahmoksi. 10. Olli Pohjolan haastattelu. Olli Pohjola oli Limingan kansanopiston ensimmäisen kuvataideluokan opettaja. 14. Raili Aarikka tuli opiskelemaan eteläsuomesta 1971–72 ja on kuvataiteilija Hanni Haapaniemen äiti. 16. Kuvanveistäjä Ari Kochin haastattelu. Ari Koch asuu ja työskentelee Limingassa. 18. Ari Koch työskentelee edelleen puuveistosten parissa. 20. Kuvataiteilija Jyrki Poussu opiskeli Limingassa 77–78, ja käy edelleen opettamassa säännöllisesti. 22. Jyrki Poussu on ollut Oulun taiteilijaseuran monivuotinen puheenjohtaja. 25. Marju Kaltila. Sarjakuva pohjaa osin arkistomateriaaliin. 26. Lauri Arola on Oululainen taidemaalari. Opiskeli Limingassa 70 -luvulla. 28. Tuoli on merkittävä teema Merja Pitkäsen tuotannossa. 29. Opiston tontilla elää ja vaikuttaa elinvoimainen siilikanta. 30. Mary Jane Gregory opetti lasitaidetta opistolla vuodet 1979–1989. 32. Suulliseen perimään pohjaten. 33. Kirsi Kujansuu on nykyisin maatalousyrittäjä Kuortissa. 36. Viesti Siilasvuo toimi kansanopiston vararehtorina vuoteen 1994 asti. 39. Lauri Rankka on oululainen taidegraafikko. Opettaa mm. litografiaa Limingan taidekoululla. 42. Rauno Hyyryläinen omistaa nykyisin kehystämön Limingassa. 46. Markku Laakso asuu Turussa Kastun ateljeetaloissa useammankin entisen Liminkalaisen kera. 47. Titta Vilhunen opiskeli taidekoululla 1987–88. Lakeuden maalari Vilho Lampi työskenteli Liminganjoen maisemissa 1900 -luvun alkupuoliskolla. 48. Pohjautuu Tapio Mattilan tarinaan. 49. J-P Metsävainio on kansainvälisesti tunnustettu avaruusvalokuvaaja, jonka observatorio sijaitsi vuosia Oulun Tuirassa kerrostalon katolla. 54. Jukka Kostet on opettajan ominaisuudessa vaikuttanut myös tämän antologian tekijöihin. 56. Raine Körkkö kantoi haastattelijansa kotitalonsa rappuset ylös. 58. Raine Körkkö käy säännöllisesti myös opettamassa kuvanveistoa. 61. Sarjakuva pohjaa arkistomateriaaliin. 62. Monitaiteilija Jorma Styng on opiskellut Limingan taidekoulussa useampaan otteeseen. 73. Havaintopiirroksia opiston tontilta. 74. Hannaleena Heiska on kansainvälistä uraa luonut nykytaiteilija. 75. Sarjakuva dokumentoi heiskan työprosessia. 78. Taidemaalari Sirpa Särkijärvi asuu ja työskentelee nykyisin Turussa. 79. Haastattelu tehty koululla opiskelun lomassa. 80. Taidekoululla järjestettiin ensimmäinen lastenleiri vuonna 1980. 82. Oululainen taidemaalari Pekka Homanen käy säännöllisesti opettamassa myös Limingassa. 87. Yökoulu -tapahtuma on järjestetty taidekoululla n. vuodesta 2010 alkaen. 88. Johanna Rojola on tärkeä vaikuttaja suomalaisessa sarjakuvassa. 94. Jani Jokela asuu nykyisin Limingassa ja työskentelee koneistajana. 96. Hanna Luukkonen on Limingan taidekoulun tyypillisiä aikuisopiskelijoita. 97. Kuvataiteilija ja puvustaja Heidi Kesti työskenteli taidekoululla mallina n. kolmen vuoden ajan 2000 -luvulla. 100. Perustuu animaatio-ohjaaja Leevi Lehtisen muistoihin vuoden 2002 animaatiolinjasta. 102. Heidi Kestin ja Leevi Lehtisen haastatteluun perustuva sarjakuva. 104. Nykyinen sarjakuvaopiskelija Heikki Länkinen muistelee taideopintojensa alkua. 106. Heikki Länkinen muistelee taideopintojensa syventämistä. 108. Hanni Haapaniemi on kuvataiteilija ja muinaisteknikko. Kuvataiteilija Raili Aarikan tytär. 111. Sarjakuva pohjaa suulliseen perimään. 112. Sarjakuva pohjaa suulliseen perimään. 113. Emmiina Jokinen on sarjakuvantekijä ja animaattori. 116. Erica Viitala muutti Yhdysvalloista Liminkaan päästäkseen sarjakuvaopiskelijaksi. 117. Niko Niva tunnetaan erityisesti blogisarjakuvistaan. 120. Jo taidekoulun aikana Jenni Välikangas teki ensimmäisen suuremman kuvitustyönsä. 122. Esko Heikkilän ensimmäinen yksityisnäyttely avataan tämän kirjan julkistuksen aikoihin. 126. H-P Lehkonen palaa Liminkaan ensimmäiselle opetuskeikalleen keväällä 2016. 128. Taidekoulun kirjallisuuspiiriin 2010 kuului opiskelijoita joka linjalta.

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Vuonna 2016 Limingan taidekoulussa opiskelee n. 100 henkeä - kuvataidelinjalla - sarjakuvalinjalla - valokuvalinjalla ja - vapaalinjalla. Lisäksi opetusta tarjotaan avomessa yliopistossa, kesäkursseilla lapsille ja aikuisille ja viikonloppukursseilla. Limingan taidekouluun ei ole karsintaa, hakea voi vaikka kirjeitse tai nettilomakkeella osoitteessa limingantaidekoulu.fi Linjoille saa opintotukea. Opintovuosi kestää elokuulta toukokuulle, mutta muutkin järjestelyt ovat mahdollisia. Ota yhteyttä toimisto@limingantaidekoulu.fi tai p. 08 514 5700

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Translations 2: PROLOGUE – It all began in the Sixties... – One day named of Rolf Siilasvuo was dreaming. – Until he got kidnapped by a flock of jackdaws! 3: – Welcome to Liminka. I am the King of Jackdaws. – W-what do you want from me?! – I want Thee to establish here an Art School and bring here talented young students for my Glory. – If you do not, I shall devour Thine testicles. – NOTE! If any of the events depicted on this comic happen to be true, it is most likely caused by pure coincidence. We can’t guarantee the same about the rest of this book’s content. 6: – The Folk School of Liminka had provided general education since 1892 for people in Northern Ostrobothnia, Kainuu and Lapland. – Rolf and Viesti Siilasvuo liked visual arts and organized summer courses. – What if ..? – The idea of the whole year art course ocured. First, Rolle did not put too much hope for it: – The folk school is not intended to be changed to the art school, but we want to develop this own area of expertise in addition to the traditional folk school work. – Though, in the autumn of 1966 twelve students started the history of the Liminka School of Arts. 7: – Kauko Nissilä came couple days late from the neighboring municipality of Ruukki. – High school did not go. – He had heard of the new art education only after the school had already begun. – There were only two male art students, and the other was seldom seen at the dormitory. – The girls lived in the village, narrowly in the same apartment. Kittilä. Punkalaidun. Kolari. Lahti. Från Sverige. – Former joinery class was given as workspace. – Olli Pohjola taught to draw and to paint with oil colours. – He advised the painting materials more thoroughly than anyone later. – I am ordinary decorator. – I took care of the oil heaters. I was some kind of caretaker! – Jump so you’ll get warm ... Cold! – Any conception of fine arts was not imposed on. 8: – From Liminka I went to the art school in Kankaanpää. But even there, I was a caretaker! – I also went to the army. – I met Maarit in Kankaanpää. We among other things drew together interactive comics. – I didn’t complete the Kankaanpää school. – I worked in an architect’s office in Oulu until we moved to Turku. I got the same work. – I got interested in paper. – I’ve been looking for plants for the production of paper. Elm phloem, lily of the valley, wavy hair-grass, nettle ... – I’m retired now. My wife works in the art museum. (Art work: Kauko Nissilä) – She is a sculptor. We are planning an exhibition ... 9: – Stories are inspiring. – Just look ofr the most interesting ones. – Then decide where to begin… 10: – I decided not to take Keijjo With us, Pohjola does not appreciate these old commies much – Lol – Darn… – Is he even home? – Hello… – Um… – Does Olli Pohjola live here? (It’s – 40 degrees of Celsius, she’ s not wearing a hat, but smiling!) – Olli? He’s my grandfather. That next house over there. – Oh great, should have known… – Then it must be that one… – Olli huh? That house over there – Of course… 11: – I was looking where you two are roaming around… – I don’t have coffee or anything, it’s been so cold, that I haven’t gone to store. My health has not been well. – Um…that’s Ok. (Phone rings) – I got to answer this – Throw those cellphones in to the river or something… – My back has been bad. Some blind dimwit hit me with a car… – I was in surgery,…Cancer you know… But about the art school… – There were those who wanted to study – …But also those, who had only social interests. – They were usually drunk already at the morning. – But Rolle liked them anyway. – They were planning to build a pub there. The plans were made… – And you were against it? – Nope…I would have been probably sitting there too. – But it has become so dark, that I could put the lights on. 12: – And now, if you bear to listen, I could tell how things went with that art school. (A fireplace, and the front of it) – I could say, that it begun from the bottom of the flagpole. – Back in the days, at – 66 I was teaching in Lumijoki High school. I saw on the newspaper, that Liminka Folk school was searching for a teacher for fine arts. I decided to send an application just for fun. – They were seeking for an art teacher in the first instance. I said that a kids finger painting teacher would be as valid. A bachelor of culture and arts would have all the skills they need. – …But I got that place. I was only one, who had applied. – They had promised me an art class. But when I arrived at first day, I found an ordinary school class, with desks, no easels or anything… (Pohjola from the 60’ s) – …Then I found out that the classroom was not even for us. – We are coming here too – But this ain’t working. – I took my students outside, and said “Do stand there at the root of the flagpole, and smoke. I’ ll come up to something”. – When Rolle asked me at November, how our art line has been going, I said that we had been the whole autumn in his former hallway. He couldn’t notice these kind of things. – Ok. 13: – There was this former woodwork class, Which Rolle said, I could use. – It was literally piled with stuff. I started to realize that it was the class that was promised to me at the first place. – Hmm…I really didn’t see that Bishop Henrik coming. – I asked my students if we would have a few weeks brake in studies, and we would renovate the place. Then we would have a better art class. Only one opposed. – I said that now you can raise a hell, and rip the old tapestry from walls. And stuff like that. – Then I got there these modeling girls, which I was using by myself too…As a model, I mean of course…tee hee! – But our time for interview is running out, so we than about your time… – I don’ t have any bad feelings for Rolle. – I got along with him. Though he was quite phlegmatic in nature. – I had more arguing with Viesti. That’s why I finally resigned… I don think I have many days to live…Oh my. 14: – Black pudding… 16: – Hi! I`m Ronja Paani – Hello! I`m Samuel Typpö – You get your inspiration from your treks to Lapland, right? – Yes. I take a helicopter flight to Lapland and spend 2-3 weeks out of reach of telephone lines. 17: – Your work is also very much traditional carpentry work when you make glulam for your sculptures. How does it happen? – Yeah… My friend has a carpenter`s workshop here in the neighborhood. There i use the buzz saw to cut pieces of wood that… – I first plane down with a planer and then a surface planing machine. – After that i glue the pieces/boards together into to size demander by the sculpture, after which they are ready for working on. – Could you tell something of the time you spent on Liminka school of art?

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18. – At -77–78 there was no sculpting in Liminka, mostly drawing. But i did get the spark for art there. – The modern students work harder, we were lazying around in Krankka. Being an apprentice for a sculptor was meaningful for my art. I taught sculpting at Liminka in 1984, otherwise i’ve mainly been a free artist. The ’real jobs’ one quits when retiring, but art continues all your life. – I could have an exhibition here in old folks home… 20: – How did a sculptor from Oulu originally end up in Liminka school of Arts? – Jyrki heard about it through some grapevine! – Elementary school, 1976 – Poussu! - We’ve been thinking about this situation of yours. – We’ll let you graduate if you can get into any school post-graduate. 21: – The next day – Welcome to Liminka school of Arts! – Thanks! – Wonderful! – We always knew you’d become an artist! – I got a lot of contacts out of Liminka. It’s a great place to grow as a human and always good to go back to. 22: – My most inspiring teacher was, without a doubt, William Dennisuk. – He taught me during my second year in Liminka, from 83 to 84. – He was a nice guy who flew straight to Liminka from Chicago. – With him, we mostly drew croquis for the entire year. 23: – Trees from the school yard were being sawn down around that time. – They weren’t even very dry yet, so they were soft for carving. – That’s when I made my first wooden sculpture, too... 24: – An ear. – It’s still right here on my work desk. 25: – Marju Kaltila 1976-77 led the student council when the conditions in the school brought criticism. – ”Art School students have long been dissatisfied with the level of school education and dormitory conditions.” – The last straw was when the upstairs wall of Arvola fell downstairs. The condition of the buildings was lousy. – ”During the autumn some ten pupils have resigned.” Student council prepares an appeal. – The council was assisted by the author Aku-Kimmo Ripatti, who taught the literature club. – ”Those sleeping in the dormitory rooms tell that the winter temperature may fall below ten degrees. The dormitory has also mice and rats.” – “Where is the Art Library? Students have wondered about the fact that the school annually purchased art literature worth several thousands of marks. The pupils can not see but very scarce books.” The library reached only “favourites” and washing machine had not been available to students. – Newspaper Kansan Tahto published an acidic article. The student council was rebuked to forage accounts. – “Next week in the Art School will be held an additional audit by the National Board of Education and the provincial education department.” Before the case proceeded I moved to Kemi to be a teacher - I had a bit heavy after taste. “the newspaper story dealing with the situation the school board conciders inappropriate.” – No bigger grudges, I guess. “Rolf Siilasvuo thinks the debate left the impression that National Board of Education will vote in favor of taking the grant of one million finnish marks in the state budget 1981 for the Liminka folk school renovation and new construction. Also, with the municipality of Liminka was discussed the possibilities of obtaining support. Mainly the reform would concern the dormitories, kitchen and dining room.” Whatever, the school strengthened because of the broil. 26: – You can pay your college fee with comisioned work. – I got into Academy of Fine Arts after studying three years. – Lauri Arola 16 years old. – There was bullying at school in the form of gossip, which also affected my relationship with the principal. 27: – Liminka’s municipality bought my painting. – In the third year we listened to rock’n roll and drank red wine while sitting on dance floors. 28: – Merja Pitkänen 1980-81 from Paltamo – She transferred from the household school to the art school. – The folk school type of art school meant freedom instead of tight patterns. – You were allowed to try things. To explore the whole art. – To learn if it is worth to continue. – She was not interested in the theory. “Sculpture it was. You never know when the painting is ready.” – But she run out of the money and left between. – Merja continued in Orivesi folk school and ended up in Turku drawing school. (Art work: Merja Pitkänen) – ”I could not imagine any other field.” Today she works as museum caretaker. 30: – Why so hurry?/ We are at the homestretch, all students are overwhelmed.. Nice that you came so quickly! /(Shit I’m so embarassed we don’t even have cookies with coffee) – Are you still listening music while working? /Here in upstairs used to be bathroom and kitchen, what is your formation to teach? – Everybody uses their own headphones nowadays.../We used to play three different tape recorders, one with Elvis and another with Metallica... The third I can’t remember. – Where are you Keijjo now that you don’t teach? I resigned from teaching because one cannot teach and make art both properly!/ I had to reload. /Studio glass used to be taught as an industry, I was the first one who taught it as an artform. The first years I was frozen, we had only boiler and no materials! 31: – After graduating I wanted to go to Switzerland, for there’s such a beautiful nature! But I came to Finland! – My students were good at english. – Sometimes I did some silly mistakes/ Did you saw Susanna?(Did you fuck Susanna?)/ Sometimes we had translator but I taught myself finnish./ It can’t be barrage for the students./ Hahaha – First year of teaching my salary was paid incorrectly. I hitchhiked from home to work. At home I had outhouse. Nothing fancy! I developed the whole language for studio glass. Lasitaide -museum is still angry with my translation ”lyijylasi” / In my artwork I use hydrofluoric acid. That one I didn’t use in the class, I didn’t want anyone to die! – I trade one artwork each year to someone’s favor, for example a plumbers.... Academic people don’t have that much trade valuable skills./ Art belongs to everyone. But art shouldn’t harm anyone. 33: – Kirsi Kujansuu, Graphic designer & rural entrepreneur, studied at liminka in 1984-1985. – I was so young and childish when I went to liminka that it was a good place to grow independent. – I learned tolerance because everyone was so colourful and there were people of all ages. 34: – A nearby restaurant called Hannu Krankka had a disco night every week. – The hit song was one night in bangkok. – Us art students looked so bohemian that locals never asked us to dance. – Except my room mate Eila who was from a religious family and looked normal. 35: – On graduation day we stayed up all night and sat on the roof of the students housing building. The friends i made is what i remember the most. Not so much what I did and learned, though of course i did learn a lot. 135

36: I went to the nursing home to meet retired principle Viesti Siilasvuo. I got to hear that there used to scuttle animals among art students at the school. The most memorable of them was Ponku. – Ponku was guttersnipe of dogs. – It was the first one in Liminka jail. It hadn’t been used yet, but Ponku got in. 37: – Ponku was able to open doors. It snitched a butter box from the kitchen once. – The biggest plunder was neighbours bathrobe, which she had carelessly left on sauna’s terrace. – One man always snored with his mouth open, so of course Ponku put his head in there. – It was buried to the end of the blue house. 38: – Ponku was every students dog. They wept at Ponku’s funeral, holding flower bouquets in their hands. 40: – To be an artist? – Becoming an artist requires resilience and work. It is important to create your own will to make art. 41: – You need to get used to disappointments, too. However – Working with art is the best thing I know. – I wouldn’t ever forgo it. 42: – I worked as the school’s janitor during the years 1983 - 2001. – Besides my duties I also went through all of the school’s art classes, of which crafting must’ve been my favorite one. – Sure, all kinds of incidents happened during the years; for instance, this one time... 43: – I was walking outside on one dark morning... – Where’s all that light coming from? 44: – Somebody had forgotten a wax kettle on the stove. – The fire was so big that the flames kept roaring even from under the fire blanket! 45: – Took a while to put that fire out. – Wow! – So you saved that whole building then! – Well... 46: – Liminka was the closest place to Inari, Lapland, where I could study art under 18 years of age. – The dream was to be a rock star or an artist. – The best place to mature – … to make art and to know the instrument. – The license to play ... – where you don’t need to graduate. – My style changed on a monthly basis and on a friend basis. – Student parties were using prominent performers: Aknestik, Noitalinna huraa, Radiopuhelimet – My own band occupation is still alive. (Background painting: Markku Laakso) 47: – 1987–88 was one of the most significant years of my life! – It must have been late fall; I walked across the river towards the house of Vilho Lampi. The wheel of time turned back. – ’Titta, you are me … – The landscape, the courtyard, the paintings. Diagonal light and deep shades in dark, warm tones. I waded back to dormitory and the next day begun a series of hatted portraits. 48: – Students! The exams have been checked, you got excellent grades 10+. Even you hope you didn’t cheat? – No cheating. I answered all correct can’t you believe me? – Whath a new test?! – I’ll believe you all after a new test tomorrow morning. – And you! I’ll have a private test and be on time! – Fine, teacher. – Real hard questions must focus. – Yippee – All 10+ again. I don’t see no cheating. – How did you get everything right? – Hehe. I just listen good. 49: – Here is beginning of everything. 50: – I started my studies at Liminka in 1986. Some friend of mine studied there, so I went to check out the place. I fall for it instantly. – Teaching at the school was great. For me the best thing was, that school was like boarding school. You can just be focused on the work and didn’t have to worry about anything else. Just paying the bills on time. – Life at the school was really free. Some of students used to party a lot, some of us focused on the work. I spend my time at the workstead, where I got the keys to. I spend my nights there. 51: –The school had really good reputation and studying there was “great big deal” at some groups. – You didn’t get the ladies from bar with that, but the school was known. 52: – When I started my studies, I was afraid by colors. This might sound silly, but I didn’t wield them enough to use them. With metalgraphics I learned to use colors and to like them. – People don’t easily think that metalgraphics is instrument for the colorist, but with several plates I separate colors from each other. Analytic way to get in the colors. 53: – Same theme continues at my space pictures, because I made those with same technic. Each color has to be to shoot separately and thats the way I rule the colorscape. 54: – Jukka Kostet – I started the art school because some beautiful girls told me so. – First I was a student. Then, a teacher. – When? I though these would be easy questions. – Why study comics? Why not? 55: – It’s horrible when sensitive people get broken. – For me it is hard to be an outsider. – It’s great when people make comics with their own style! – Liminka is like a shipwreck on a frozen flat field. 56: – The exploring Naatus bumps into the artist Raine Körkkö. – Naatus asks: Who be you? – Raine replies: I am an artist. – Naatus asks: Can you teach me sculpt? 58: – Raine Körkkö – I studied at the art school between high school and army semesters 91–92. That was a time of wild freedom! – We built a raft. – We jumped to the raft. That wasn’t so smart. – The river was flooding. 59: – There was a drawing contest in our local bar. –Beer was free for the contenders. – I won. 60: – Everyone else were jealous. – The headmaster was waiting at the bridge with a camera. – I’m an artist and sometimes a teacher. I advice everyone to make art that looks like their own, which makes the world richer. – Sometimes they run naked around the campus.

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62: – Year 1977 – Year 1998 –” This is how Eadd9 goes...” –” I’ve never before...” – Then life continued on teaching, playing music, composing and creating visual art. – I held my first private exhibition right away at the cafeteria of Valve in, 1999. – Year 2004. – “HEY DAD.” – ”Jori, are you si” 63: – Weeks after the funeral. – Oh, Jori got to the TUAS Arts Academy 64: – “Eric Clapton portrayed...” – Year 2006, summer. – ...I called my supervisor that I can`t come and so got myself a so-called job sharing for a year. I managed to get myself a substitute easily so the thing was ok. – I got to the school for a year at first. Graphic design wasn’t up my alley. – ”Hey dad. does this need something else?” – 5. ...had been in the same school before me. 1999-2000. 65: – Our personal economy was weak, but we survived. – THE INTERVIEW OF JORMA STYNG By: Akilles De Picosekunti and Jorma Styng. – Actually I learned that a human survives with less. – It did require practical arrangements with e.g. the bank, for example we paid only the loan rates of the mortgage. 66: – And I had a few hours per week teaching at university of applied sciences per week so got a few dimes from there. – ”Turn to page 57, so we can begin.” – And of course my lady had a job. – But I have to admit, that at times we had to count the euros very precisely. – A human is clever when needed. – ”I wish I had come up with this sooner.” – Every day to Liminka with a car, in the car there were buddies and the gas expences were split. I don`t remember the names of the buddies. – We were broke. Our family wouldn’t have survived if wife wouldn’t have bore to work on. 67: – I guess it was possible to get some kind of student allowance or something like that but it was really a minimally small sum. I was so delighted that I stayed off from work for another year for unpaid leave of absence ...I was in the freeform studies ...there in the kingdom of Päivi Vehviläinen. Nothing that more special really sticked to memory. The days went on the same ski tracks after another. I came for a third autumn too for a few weeks or two to paint a series of paintings, and then returned to working life. My supervisor did call me and asked if I was going to come back to work anymore. = ) 69: – My time at the art school was extremely rewarding. It kind of opened me up more, artistically. – At school time all the teachers had a (at times involuntary) subliminal influence. – ”Color theory...” – When I came back to work, I got depression. – Felt like I would have come to a different – Nowadays I have found a better balance between employment and artistic work – Even though I`m very busy, because besides music and visual arts I also – About that “opening up”. In what way do you work these days? – tak tak tak tak tak tak tak tak tak tak tak tak tak tak tak 70: – “Rea-” – “CLICK” – I believe that when the conscious mind sort of “turns off” 71: – “That composition is against the rules!” – the subliminal mind, where I believe creativity to reside, gets to act freely without the censorship of the conscious mind, the best outcome is born. – The conscious mind is according to scientists 5-10 % of the brains capacity. 72: – 1988. “Dad what are they doing?” “Why do they show something like that during kids viewing hours?” “...” “They`re probably mating.” – Los Angeles-trip, 1993. – Weeks after the funeral. “Oh, Jori got to the Turku university of applied sciences.” – My Sointu-daughter, from my new marriage* said “What are you crying about? Jori is feeling quite right good now.” *Since -92. 74: – Hannaleena Heiska – I have painted since childhood. It was clear that creative career would be my part in life. – Yet in my teens I abandoned arts. After high school I drifted aimlessly. – My mothers death brightened the thought that I would become an artist. – Fun part of Liminka was that there was all kind of people. – We found treasures, vintage-clothing from local second hand store. 78: – Sirpa Särkijärvi came at the age of 16 in Marke’s car from the Lapland. (This graphic novel is lying: Marke’s car was a red Fiat.) – She was placed in the “mothers” care, in the dormitory number 4. “I’ll take the laundry home on next holiday”. – Boarding school taught to live independently ... You also miss me? ... and mother too to cope away from the daughter. – Hannu Lukin had just started as a teacher ... “If you make it more upright” ... passionate, and he partied with students. – As a minor I just had to mess in the bars. “No! The Vaasa girl drinks too fast again. Eek! If she asks for my ID ..! The village clumsy boys tried passionately kissing. Fights between village boys and art students were not too serious. – In the evenings, I didn’t have the patience to work, had to study life. – I found my style later. (Painting: Sirpa Särkijärvi) – I continued in the Tornio art school and I ended up in the drawing school in Turku. Liminka did good. 79: MARKETTA NILSEN – I studied visual arts and graphics in Liminka during the 90’s. Now I’m painting in the free course. – I’m also illustrating a children’s book. – My soul rests in the fells of Lapland. I also love the paintings of Edvard Munch. 80: – Kauko Suvanto – I interviewed Kauko Suvanto who’s daughter was in children’s art course at the first year it was kept 1980. – Johanna dreamed to be an artist, she loved to draw humans and animals. – Johanna died in a car accident when she was 18 years old. – Kauko has a portrait of Johanna which was painted by a neighbour. 81: – I have a painting that Johanna made when she was a child. ( Pastiche from Hugo Simberg’s Wounded Angel ) – When children were small I had long days at work. At free time it was easy to start drinking. – This is my deceased wife Helena. She is lifting up a boat. Her sister took this picture. – Kauko told that he quit drinking. He memorizes her daughter warmly, she was a happy child and good at school. – When you have something to ask, you can’t ask anymore, says Kauko. 82: – Painting class in the morning – Hey, Pekka, are you sleeping? 83: – Huh, no. There was a party last night at Rukoushuone 85: – It was nice – At first – Then I got a bit dizzy on the head. The room started to sway, so I went back to dormitory 86: – Had a little accident, threw up on the floor – But, hey, it was great to slide on. 87: – The most addicting piece of art in night school was the “Womb” with a heartbeat. – Teemu Mäki and couple of Kurds weren’t in hurry to leave. – I understood when I tried it myself. 137

88: – I’ve always drawn and read comics. – At Highschool I found ’Suuri Kurpitsa’. I’d send my stuff there. It was wondrous when those old men wanted to publish me! – My comics were pretty queer. Some woman raping these men and all genders were all messy. Everything ended tragic, I never knew otherwise. In the 80’s i bought a Grace Jones album with my savings. They were two at the market, and when the other one was gone too, I thought I’m not the only one like this. 89: – I came to Liminka in October ’90. I was badly depressed at the time. Cried at the dormitory. My comics took flight at that time. – I shaved my head. It made a big fuss. 90: – There hasn’t been much space anything but one view on art at Liminka. All very expressive and romantic. It was good to get it named through feminism later. Not be left feeling stupid and inadequate. – All painting was big. I understood it wasn’t my talent. that is a meaningful lesson in an art school. I am more word focused. – These things fell into place later on. 91: – The folk school year in very important to a young person. Teachers have a big responsibility. You can’t be a therapist or get into a relationship with a student. This wasn’t fully understood there. It’s difficult when teachers and students get too involved. There’s always a status thing at play, which should be openly discussed. Things should be educated and thoroughly thought of. 92: – At the beginning of comics research in 2014, I felt positive that there are just as many women at the field as there are men. The students are usually more than half. The results have made me a lot more radical! All the gatekeepers are men. Certain type of comics get published and rewarded. All male panels all over. – I’m also working on a feminist comics network. We are all part of the system that needs to be changed! 93: – I currently work at the Lahti Folk School. I try to listen to the students, find out who they are. All should be entitled to equal education. Folk school beats Polytechnic! The students are more varied, and they aren’t too settled. It’s also a class issue. Art is not only for Pro’s. Amateurs and public deserve schooling too. I want art to be for everyone! 94: – Jani Jokela at the art school 95–97 – It sure was different without phones and the net. – Art school…Center – We took the milk trolley to town for beer and hanging out. Caused some talks. – I the spring we were sitting behind the police station. – The girls wanted to sunbathe topless. – Theywent to ask if it was allowed. 95: – Once drunk we howled at the moon like wolves. – Ari Karvonen used to live at Pikku-Arvola. – His kids had thought there were actual wolves in Liminka. – We worked plenty. – Spent nights at Rukoushuone. – Drinking beer and painting. – My first year in Liminka must have been one of the finest of my life. – Moved out from my home and had just turned 18. – And meeting all these new people. 96: – Art may not be suitable work for living. Many people wish, nevertheless, make serious art. Hanna Luukkonen graduated psychologist. – Then he studied Master of Arts. – She found her spouse in the Liminka School of Art. (Until they divorced, too.) –” Rolle’s tuxedo and Viesti’s dress are for some reason here.” “We’ll take them to Liminka.” (Interview took place in Pori.) – My employer does not provide work part-time. – I’m studying further to become therapist. – So that I can control better my working hours. – And thus include the making of art in my life. 97: – I studied Fine Arts in Liminka, from -98 till -99. – I used to work there as an substitute teacher for sculpting class. – I also modeled. – At first it was nice, but soon it became boring (you try be in the same position for two weeks). – Well at least I had a job. 98: – We used to do improvised croquis -modeling together with Petteri Tikkanen. We practised a little bit show-wrestling moves beforehand and also what to wear. – I was Red Devil and Petteri was the Black Peider. 99: – The croquis used to be the most fun modeling-work. 101: – Let´s take the breads to the Pikku-Arvola´s freezer. 102: 1. Hey dudes hey! When Heidi and I were in the school of arts at Liminka some persons looked like Andy McCoy. And some persons behaved like him! 103: 1. I got a hangover when the headmaster called me to see him. 2. STOP THIS NOW! 3. My hobby was dumpster diving. I wonder if we are artists or just filthy bums. 104: – A window to the past: The last of Heikki Länkinen’s schooldays 1997–1998. – will Minna come… – Howdy! – hi! – To the auditorium now. – tee-hee – What you be lurking at. We just finished. – To the Krankka now. 105: – Länkinen! Here’s a car booth… – Glu glu ääh. – Wrestling! – I surrender. – It’s not for nothing i’ve been chopping wood for Pa all spring. 106: – Heikki Länkinen at free form studies 2010 – This week aquarelle. – Oh crap aquarelle. – I always get them aquarelles smothered… – Here it goes. 107: – Well i’ll be: a dozen in a week. – I’ll show these to Päivi when she returns from sick leave. – Oh-o. Very daring! – Hannu must see these.

108: – Hi! – Hello. – I’m Hanni. – Call me Terhi. Aren’t you visual art– student? – I was in Comics. I switched here last Friday. – What bugged you so in comics? – No, I liked it. I just get stuff done better in here. 109: – Do you have any plans after Liminka? – Actually I’m having a gap year from College of Art of Edinburgh. – Whoa!Why did you come here? – When I was there I already had a vision what I wanted to do but they tied my hands. – What in earth were you doing? – I wanted to paint using my menstrual blood which according to them was a health hazard. – They even said National Health Society agree. As if. – My tutor proposed: ”I was wondering about your art project. I found abattoir where you could get cattle blood. Would it work if you use it and only say it’s your menstrual blood?” – No, it would not work! 138

110: – Here at least you can be with sensible people. – Even though half the school are seeing a therapist. – That is what being sensible means. – Are you planning to start those period blood paintings of yours? Because if you do I would like to see them. – In here I don’t have enough time I’m afraid. And at Edinburgh they don’t let me. – Nevertheless, from Liminka I found what was lost in Edinburgh. – Today Hanni’s menstrual blood paintings have been seen in several exhibitions. Hanni never returned to her studies at Edinburgh. 111: – The art school has always been full of relationships. – There’s even been some fruit of love. – Is it any wonder. Old coffee, artistic pain and sleeplessness have a funny way of connecting people. – One female student challenged herself to sleep with every male student in the school and keep a list of her conquests. – OH MR. TEACHER! – She even seduced few of the teachers on that semester. – Unfortunately the list ended up on the hands of the Headmistress. Someone might have had a scolding... 112: – Keijjo’s cellar – The cudlings of old… Together forever, hidden from all evil, safe from rain. Don’t all legends tell a bit of true? 113: – The lectures in the morning are best place to draw comics. – I started my Wurr before coming to Liminka. 114: – My pace was really slow, since I had nothing pre-planned. – without a script I had no direction. – In Liminka I brainstormed most of my plot, which speed me up a lot. – now I’ve published Wurr both in small print an online. – Make Pace! 115: – We had a fine class 2009–2010. – I made some long term friends, with whom we rent a mobile home each summer. – I’m optimistic of someday making a living with my self publishing. 116: – Erica Viitala – an artist born american, currently living in Finland. Student in Liminka 2009–2010. Best known as youtube’s Shadowleggy, creator of popular Resident Evil -animations. – Erica has a nice and clear drawing style. 117: – I heard about the Liminka School of Arts at the age of 13. I already then had decided to enroll it after I´d graduate from high school. – The dorm rooms were cozy, although in the beginning – it felt a bit awkward to share a room with a stranger. – My room mate was very quiet individual, almost like a breathing decor element. 118: – The rustic and organic quality of the learning environment was endearing. – Everyone had a messy work space, but there was an aura of sacredness about them, and nobody was allowed to touch the other person´s clutter without their consent. – The comics class was ridiculously cold in the winter. My water colors froze up and the windows had to be sealed with duct tape in order to stay alive. 119: – In those days I suffered from a general anxiety disorder and I spent a lot of time in solitude. – Despite this it was heartwarming to realize there were others who carried the same burden, and thus I wasn’t alone. – Another endearing peculiarity was the comics students´ custom of handing out small presents to cheer each other up. – After the art school I went on to study in the Oulu University of Applied Sciences, but thinking back, it wouldn’t have hurt to have stayed a second year in Liminka! 120: – I interviewed Jenni Välikangas via Facebook. – She studied in Liminka 2012–2015. – All three years in the comics department. – The first year was mingling and partying. – When inspiration faded, they’d put warpaint on go pranking people. – Foil on toilet seats. 121: – Paint on the teacher’s car. – Paint people blue. – Not much art on the first year, so I decided to stay another and eventually a third. – In Liminka I learned to accept myself and others. 122: – When I started in fine arts I had my own point of view and opinion about art – I was so smug that it took me a while to start liking other art forms than literature and comics. – but little by little I started to learn about the many forms of art – EXCEPT PERFORMANCE 125: – I think I’ve gained more courage as an artist, thanks to Liminka – School focused on finding your own style and individuality in style –I wouldn’t say that I’ve made any real income with my art – maybe some pocket money by selling my comics and small illustrations – But you shouldn’t make comics if you wanted to be rich – Luckily, you can always do some odd jobs. 126: – Literature club – An extract from the writing of Anna-Kaisa Vuonokari. – ’The best part was how nice everyone was to one another. It wasn’t only easy times. Many had difficult processes ongoing and that caused various distresses. But people made clear that they were there for each other and cared. It was beautiful. The safety was so grand that it surpassed all minor conflicts due to crushes and such. As if all had realized that the friendship was too precious to be cast away for casual heartbreak. 127: – In hindsight it feels almost unbelievable, but was for real. When the beauty and wonder of it all was human chooses and acts… – The type where someone falls depressed and locks up and shouts they don’t believe anyone cares, then the others patiently wait for hours until that person believes they do care. – Or when all collectively decide to make the exact type of food everyone can eat. – Or when people keep on sticking together though it is so very frightening to be involved. – Or when someone out of sheer fright of all wondrous builds a wall of stupid talk, the other listens and overcomes the wall with a hug even if they fear as much. – Or when one tells the other they know they’re lying, but it’s o.k. ’cause the person didn’t know it themself. – and that somehow it all remained loose, not smothering, not dangerous.’

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