Taarasti Art Center or Taidekeskus Taarasti is an art center located in Nastola, Lahti, Finland.[1][2] The center is located by the lake Pikku-Kukkanen and near the Pajulahti Sports Institute.[1]

Taarasti Art Center
Taidekeskus Taarasti
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Established1981 (1981), art hall in 1990
LocationTaarastintie 6, Nastola, Lahti, Finland
Coordinates60°57′01″N 25°55′45″E / 60.950277°N 25.929290°E / 60.950277; 25.929290
TypeArts centre
ArchitectErkki Aarti
WebsiteTaidekeskus Taarasti

Taarasti hosts changing art exhibitions but also concerts and summer theater plays.[1] The premises are also rented and used for private events.

The art hall building in Taarasti was completed in 1990.[1][2] It was designed by architect Erkki Aarti.[1] Taarasti is owned and operated by the local art association called Nastolan Taideyhdistys ry.[2] The association started its operations on the plot already in 1981 when the plot was originally rented by the association.[3] The father of the art hall project in the 80's was Esko Koskinen, a local entrepreneur.[2][3]

Taarasti Art Center was the recipient of Aukusti Award for the year 2017.[4] It was awarded by a local newspaper called Etelä-Suomen Sanomat for the important cultural work done in Taarasti previous year in organizing art exhibitions.[4]

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  1. ^ a b c d e "Taidekeskus Taarasti". Visitlahti.fi. Lahti Region. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  2. ^ a b c d "Tietoa Taarastista". Taidekeskustaarasti.fi. Nastolan Taideyhdistys ry. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  3. ^ a b "Esko Koskinen on mies Taarastin takana" (PDF). Unknown. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. ^ a b Kuosmanen, Ilkka (5 January 2017). "Aukusti-palkittu Nastolan taidekeskus porskuttaa, vaikka kunta lakkasi olemasta". Ess.fi. Etelä-Suomen Sanomat. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
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