Kalevan Navetta for children
The organizations and businesses at Kalevan Navetta organize versatile art and cultural activities for children and families. On this page, we provide information about events for children and families.
Muu-Mau is Kalevan Navetta’s very own barn cat and mascot for children. Muu-Mau – or “Meow-Moo” has lived in the building long before it became an art and culture center.
Muu-Mau Autumn and Spring Day are organised twice a year at Kalevan Navetta. The events are aimed at families with children offering art and handicraft workshops. The organisers of the event include Children’s Cultural Centre Louhimo, Näppi School of Crafts and Design, and Seinäjoki Art Hall. In addition to a selection of workshops, the event offers families with children the chance to explore the exhibitions on display at the Seinäjoki Art Hall free of charge. The goal of the events is to encourage children and adults to be creative together and express themselves through high-quality multidisciplinary art content.
Muu-Mau Spring Day 8.3.2025
Kalevan Navetta barn cat Muu-Mau invites children and families to spend an Autumn day filled with art, culture, and handicrafts on Saturday 8th of March from 11 am to 3 pm. The day is free of charge.
The event includes art and craft workshops organized by the companies and organizations of the building. Workshops are organized non-stop basis and at certain times of the day. If you get hungry, the restaurant Äärellä offers delicious food for the whole family.
Program
- 11—15 Muu-Mau’s birthday disco
Hugo-hall, 2nd floor
Muu-Mau’s birthday disco is guaranteed to be fun! The DJ will raise the party mood with the best dance songs. There will also be a balloon magician who will make the most fun balloons for the children.
- 11—15 Workshop: A Birthday Card
Workshop Space Itikka, 2nd floor
What kind of memories do you have from your birthday? In the non-stop workshop, a colorful birthday card is made using the collage technique, i.e. combining different materials. You can write a secret message or memory from your birthday on the card, which will only be visible under UV light.
- 11—15 Craft Workshop: Crowning Ceremony
Kässä1 & 2 -classrooms, 1st floor
On Kaleva Navetta’s birthday, everyone is a hero and deserves a crown! In Näppi’s family craft workshop, you can design and make a colorful, diamond-studded celebration crown for yourself together with your own adult. You can wear the finished crown immediately and take a picture at Kaleva Navetta’s photo booth.
The free workshop operates on a non-stop basis. Making the crown takes about 20 minutes.
- Muu-Mau’s Birthday Mystery
Kammio, 1st floor
Muu-Mau’s birthday party is about to start, but the birthday present is missing! Come along and solve the mystery! There will be music, circus acts and fun games.
Workshop start times: 11.15, 11.45, 12.15, 13.15, 13.45 and 14.15. The workshop takes about 20 minutes and the first 10 children can attend each workshop.
- 11—15 Adult & Children Workshop: Muu-Mau Decorations
Kässä 3 & 4 -classrooms, 1st floor
In this workshop for adults and children, you can make Muu-Mau decorations!
In the shrink plastic workshop, you draw and color a Muu-Mau figure on shrink plastic. The artwork is shrunk, hardened, and finished with a hanging loop. Material fee 3 €.
In the iron-on transfer workshop, you can iron a Muu-Mau image onto your own clothing or a canvas bag. Bring a piece of fabric from home that you want to attach the iron-on transfer (size 5×8 cm). Material fee 3,50 €.
- 11—15 Art Exhibitions in Kunsthalle Seinäjoki
Free admission to the exhibitions at the Kunsthalle Seinäjoki throughout the spring day. There will be a guide at the art exhibition, who you can ask questions about the exhibition and the entire Kalevana Navetta. There are two different group exhibitions on display.
Statuomania
Exhibition Space Hall, 2nd floor
The Statuomania exhibition examines who decides what kind of statues, monuments and other works of art are erected in the common urban space of everyone. What kinds of things are considered worth remembering and what kinds are not? The exhibition features sculptures, installations, paintings and videos. There are works of art that dissolve and evaporate. This exhibition also includes an artwork that you can go inside! Remember to take your shoes off before you go.
Chained to Light
Exhibition Space Vintti, 3rd floor
Julia Widgrén was a photographer who lived in the 19th century and took the most famous photograph of Häjyt in Finland, namely Antti Isotalo and Antti Rannanjärvi. The exhibition talks about Julia’s life and work, the people she photographed and the development of photography in Finland. The exhibition features photographs, drawings, object installations and video works.