Saari Residence, maintained by Kone Foundation, is an international artist residency located in Mynämäki, Southwest Finland. Set in a culturally and historically significant rural environment, the residency offers an inspiring and peaceful setting that supports artistic development and creative work.

Professional artists and artistic workgroups from all disciplines are welcome to apply. Residencies are intended for focused artistic work, with priority given to interdisciplinary, new, and non-mainstream approaches. Working with ecological themes is not required; however, the residency's overall philosophy is grounded in ecological thinking, encompassing environmental, social, and psychological sustainability. Its guiding principles are slowness, insight, and change.

The residency carries no obligations such as exhibitions, performances, or networking requirements. The working language is English.

Residency programmes
Residencies are available for both individuals (including artist duos) and workgroups. Selected residents receive a working grant, and accommodation is provided. Applicants travelling from outside Finland are encouraged to apply for support for ecological travel. Artists arriving from the Global South may apply for support covering flights and visa-related expenses (processing and possible travel). Travel support must be applied for as part of the residency application and cannot be granted retroactively.

Individual residencies
Four two-month periods take place annually in spring and autumn. Each period hosts five artists. These residencies encourage dialogue across artistic disciplines and include a voluntary weekly programme with presentation and feedback sessions, shared Tuesday lunches, discussions, and workshops. Residents may also engage in mentoring conversations to deepen their artistic work.

Group residencies (summer)
During the summer, working groups of 3–10 people may apply for 2–4 week periods. These residencies focus on the group's own projects, and no joint programme is organised.

Renovation in 2027
In 2027, a major renovation project at Saari Manor will affect residency operations. Separate working spaces and one residential building will be out of use, and fewer residency places than usual will be available.

- Five individual residency places are available in each of the four individual periods.
- Individual residents will work in their apartments (best suited for desk-based or "clean” work).
- Summer groups may apply for either: an unheated outbuilding suitable for space-intensive work, or a meeting room suited to seminar-style work.
- Minor weekday noise disturbances may occur due to the renovation.

Each year, approximately 50 individual artists, researchers, and working groups work at Saari Residence. Since its founding, the residency has hosted around 850 artists and researchers from more than 50 countries. Half of the selected residents live in Finland, and the other half comes from abroad, representing a wide range of disciplines and career stages.

In the most recent application round, 1,034 artists and working groups from 86 countries applied. Residency places were awarded to 3.5% of applicants.