Mittetulundusühing AADE is a registered Estonian non-profit association working with clay, pigment and community since 2012 — running art workshops, creative wellbeing sessions and rural exhibitions across Põlva County.
AADE exists so that people in rural South Estonia — children, elders, farmers, newcomers — can make, see and talk about visual art where they live. We believe a pottery wheel in a village hall matters as much as a white cube in the capital.
Since our registration on 31 August 2012 we have organised hands-on workshops, seasonal exhibitions and open studio days in and around Räpina parish, always free or at cost, always open to absolute beginners.
Mittetulundusühing AADE is an ordinary non-profit association under the Estonian Non-profit Associations Act. Our registry card, articles of association and every annual report are public in the Estonian e-Business Register. Board members receive no dividends; all revenue is reinvested into programs.
Weekly hands-on sessions in ceramics, drawing and printmaking for children, adults and mixed-family groups across Räpina parish. Materials included, no experience needed.
See workshop calendar
Slow, guided making sessions for people carrying stress, loneliness or burnout — run with local care workers and held in small, safe groups of six.
How sessions work
Seasonal shows in barns, libraries and village halls — pairing South Estonian artists with work made in our own workshops, so participants see their pieces on a wall.
Current exhibitions
That sentence, from a 68-year-old participant in Meeksi, is the whole organisation in one breath. Making something with your hands changes how people see themselves — and a village that sees its own art on display starts to see itself differently too.
Write to us at info@aadearts.org — tell us who you are and what you’d like to try, and we’ll find you a seat at the table.