Welcome to Comics Center!
Comics Center (Sarjakuvakeskus) is an open and independent cultural centre for comics art.
Finnish Comics Society is the organisation behind Comics Center. The Society was started in 1971 and it publishes the Sarjainfo magazine, organises events and the annual Helsinki Comics Festival, among other things.
Check out our comics courses – from time to time we offer courses in English.
Contact us
Address:
Suomen sarjakuvaseura,
Tekstin talo, Lintulahdenkatu 3 (1. krs),
00530 Helsinki
opetus@sarjakuvakeskus.fi
Email: opetus@sarjakuvakeskus.fi
Courses and workshops
Comics Center organises courses for adults, kids, youth and senior citizens at different locations throughout Helsinki, Espoo and Vantaa. We also organise comics courses on demand.
We teach making comics at courses and workshops, the students of which range from kids to professionals. The courses are longer, with fees, and workshops are generally free to enter. Finnish and international artists visit to hold exhibitions and workshops, also in English. We have a good network of Finnish comics teachers and we also organise courses and pop-up events elsewhere in Finland and abroad.
We specialise in using comics and workshops for the benefit of the differing needs of various groups and organisations. We work with companies and organisations that want to use comics as a means for brainstorming and/or internal and external communication. We also help in getting in touch with suitable people for artists for clients’ projects.
The comics method and themed workshops can be used for working with special needs groups. Our teachers have worked with numerous groups ranging from persons with physical and mental disabilities to prisoners to pensioners. Making comics is a low threshold art activity that can be used for empowerment through telling personal stories, group bonding, communication and small press and web publishing. We believe in comics!
Illustration: Milla Paloniemi
Our Safer Space Policy
Finnish Comics Society and Comics Center are committed to following a safer space policy. Discriminatory language or actions are not welcome in this space.
Comics Center visitors are required to respect the physical and emotional boundaries of others and all forms of harassment, including verbal, are not permitted in this space. Persons who violate these policies and act threateningly can be removed from Comics Center spaces and events.
Finnish Comics Society and Comics Center strives to further inclusiveness, accessibility, equality, diversity, community and anti-racism in all their functions.
Helsinki Comics Festival
See also Helsinki Comics Festival – helsinkicomicsfestival.com.
Social Media
Images: Henry Söderlund