Sapporo International Art Festival × UNESCO Creative Cities Network: Cross-City Creative Talk Event

Published: January 21, 2026
Sapporo International Art Festival × UNESCO Creative Cities Network: Cross-City Creative Talk Event

Sapporo is hosting a talk event utilizing the UNESCO Creative Cities Network, titled "Creative Meeting Between Cities - The Future of Creative Cities." Speakers from Oulu, Finland, a fellow "Media Arts City," will join alongside artists participating in the Sapporo International Art Festival (SIAF) 2027.

"Creative Meeting Between Cities - The Future of Creative Cities" Session 1: Sapporo × Oulu (Finland)

Details Information
Date & Time Friday, February 6, 2026
Time: 6:30 PM to 8:00 PM (Doors open: 6:00 PM)
Venue Sapporo Library & Information Center, 1F Salon
(Sapporo Citizens Exchange Plaza, Kita 1-jo Nishi 1-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo)
Capacity 50 people (first-come, first-served)
Speakers (tentative) Leevi Lehtinen (Project Manager, Lumo Light Festival, Oulu)
Rosa Björklund (Executive Producer, Frozen People / Oulu Urban Culture Association)
Yuima Nakazato (Fashion Designer / SIAF2027 Participating Artist) *Online participation
Atsushi Fujiki (Art unit Fuji Mori / Professor, Sapporo City University, School of Design)
Moderator Masami Hosokawa (SIAF2027 Festival Director)
Organizer Sapporo International Art Festival Executive Committee & Sapporo City

Details & Registration

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Sapporo International Art Festival Executive Committee Office, Public Relations: Sugimoto & Abeshima

Sapporo Clock Tower Building, 10th Floor, Kita 1-jo Nishi 2-chome, Chuo-ku, Sapporo, 060-0001

TEL: 011-211-2314 | FAX: 011-218-5157 | E-MAIL: press@siaf.jp

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