RUA Festival
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RUA Festival

The 8th edition of RUA Street Art Festival will take place in Saaremaa, Estonia

In 2025, for the 8th year, RUA Street Art Festival continues to bring visual art to Estonian small towns. It's a huge pleasure to announce that the island of Saaremaa will be hosting the festival next year from the 19th until the 24th of May! Saaremaa is Estonia's biggest island and it will be our very first edition where the artists will cross local waters to get to the destination. 

PROGRAM

19th until the 24th of May - creation of wall paintings in 8 villages and small towns in Saaremaa: Kuressaare, Valjala, Kaali, Salme, Pöide, Kärla, Lümanda and Mändjala.
21st until the 24th of May - youth street art camp in Valjala
24th of May at 15 pm - tour with artists to the finished wall paintings. All participants need to have their own vehicle. The starting point of the tour will be confirmed shortly. The tour is in Estonian and English.

ARTISTS AND WALLS
Francisco Fonseca (PT) - Pargi 3, Kärla village
Ed Hicks (UK) - Kaali School, Kaali village
Jens Stentoft (DK) - Salme School, Salme borough
Riivo Suave (EST) - Kuivastu 1, Orissaare borough
Maria Björklund (FIN) - animal’s shelter at Kalevi 1b, Kuressaare town
Kirsi Maria Raunio (FIN) - instructor of the street art youth camp, wall of the Valjala borough service center
Kadi Grass (EST) - Pöide School, Pöide village
Pidžin (LT) - Valjala youth center, Valjala borough
Hanna Davydova (UKR) - Mändjala bus station
Williann (FR) - Aleviku 1, Lümanda village
YOUTH CAMP
From the 21st until the 24th of May there will be a street art camp in Valjala for local and Ukrainian youth of ages 14 to 19. All the participants will get to explore materials and techniques used in street art and to learn about the basics of composition. The main focus of the camp is to create together a painting on the walls of the service center in Valjala. The instructor of the street art camp is Finnish artist Kirsi Maria Raunio. Registration for the camp will be open soon!
SPONSORS
The festival takes place in cooperation with Saaremaa municipality. The main sponsors of the festival are Sadolin Eesti and Fere OÜ.
Sponsors: Saaremaa municipality, Cultural Endowment of Estonia, NGO Vöimalus, Embassy of the Republic of Lithuania to the Republic of Estonia, NGO Mondo.
Partners: Öuna käsitöölimonaad, Color Expert, Ramirent, Spekter, Arensburg Boutique Hotel & Spa.

 

More information on the RUA 2025 Facebook event.

Letter illustrations: RUA 2025 invited artists

Banner design: Anna-Liisa Sääsk.