Narva Artist's Day is a traditional annual city event that brings together local professional artists and creative people as well as guests from other regions of Estonia and abroad.
The name of the festival is "Art Narva connects". An art festival is a bridge that connects generations, styles and regions.
It is a space of dialogue, cooperation and mutual enrichment that promotes the development of not only art, but also the city itself, making it more alive, recognizable and attractive for living and creating.
SCHEDULE
27.06.2026, Joala 20
13.00 – Opening of the festival
13.10 – Opening of the exhibition «ARTNarva connects»: MTÜ Kunstiühing Vestervalli
MTÜ Autorifoto
Estonian artists (Narva, Tallinn, Tartu, Kohtla-Järve, Jõhvi, Sillamäe) and
artists from Armenia, Latvia, Ukraine, Germany and Finland.
The exhibition is open on 27.06.2026 until 11.07.2026 from 12:00 to 18:00.
13.30-16.30 – Workshops:
• Olga Loginova (Tallinn) – Designer craft "Birds of inspiration" (4+).
• Irina Sopina (Narva) – Textured acrylic abstract compositions.
• Anastassia Arais (Riga, Latvia) – Application games. Creating fun posters.
• Jekaterina Kuznetsova (Narva) – Linography technique master class. Ideas for printing.
• Olga Toivonen (Narva) – Clay art workshop.
• Maria Sambuko (Narva) – Basics of street art for children. Painting on fabric in the garden.
• Polina Koose (Narva) – Collage and embroidery: author's postcard.
• Natalja Abramova (Tallinn) – Graphic postcard, dry needle technique, printing.
• Anastassia Balla (Narva) – Creating musical sounds.
• Tatjana Sonina (Narva) – Acrylic mini-landscapes with Narva and Narva-Jõesuu motifs on textiles.
*** Instant portraits (paid).
• Nadežda Sabajeva (Sillamäe) – Lend-art's workshop "Filling the space with joy".
Open plein air "Kreenholm courtyards":
• Maie Matsar, Narva
• Juri Horev, Jõhvi
• Olga Žarkova, Kohtla-Järve
• Vadim Jerohhin, Narva
• all interested artists and art students
• Diana Yanson, Tallinn
Watercolor painting show "Bouquet of Flowers".
Laboratoria 8.o and Darja Vasilkova, Narva. Photo stories in a musical setting.
Public painting panel "Silhouettes of the city of Narva" by Lena Sabinina, Narva
16.00 – Live improvisation Painting + Music. Artist - Ksenija Chistyakova, musician and singer - Nuann.
Lectures, Joala 24
15.00 – "Aesthetics of Decay".
Jelena Howarth, Narva
17.00 – "The Philosophy of Nothing and the Art of Nothing".
Jelena Sergečik, Narva-Jõesuu
18.30 – "Old new steampunk. Connecting eras".
Irina Danilova, Tallinn
19.30 – End of the first day of the festival.
28.06.2026
13.00 – Opening of the second day of the festival.
Krenholm
Official opening of the youth exhibition:
• Projekti MTÜ
• Estonian young artists
"THE WORLD WE NEED" – an exhibition of creative works by members of the MTÜ Life Factori within the artOUT project.
• Anastassia Artfelt (Riga, Latvia) – Installation "Correspondence with Autumn".
• Natalja Kapajeva (Narva) – Textile installation "Ode to rust".
• Andrei Mistjurin & Co – Installation and steampunk fashion show.
• Tatjana Silanšina and Stidioo Be – Apsayding. "The second life of a shirt".
NART Art Residents
• Natalia Kozieł-Kalliomäki (Finland). Movie-installation "Vis-à-vis".
• 15.00 – Oleksiy Koval (Ukraine). Presentation of the mural. Joala factory.
• 16.00-18.00 – Oleksiy Koval "The beautiful formula".
Workshop and digital live painting performance.
• 18.30 – Discussion: The importance of organizing art exhibitions in Narva. Leading journalist Anna Chistodelova.
19.00 – Closing ceremony and joint performance. Joala 20