The Ministry of Education and Culture recently commissioned a study on the impact of Hanaholmen, the Swedish-Finnish cultural centre in Helsinki, and the Finnish cultural institutes operating abroad. Carried out by Miltton, the study examined the perceptions which the cultural institutes and the organisations running them had of their impact. The study sought to provide […]
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The Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes present Together Again
Together Again is an expansive art project fostering gatherings, workshops, intercultural dialogues and socially engaged art, organised by the Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes across the world. Together Again presents six community-based works to audiences in Amsterdam, Brussels, Helsinki, London, Madrid, New York, Oslo, Paris, and Porto, as well as online. The project takes place […]
The Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes at #StopHatredNow 2022
The Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux, the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland, the Finnish-Norwegian Cultural Institute, the Finnish Cultural Institute in New York and the Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes are participating #StopHatredNow 2022 platform. The intercultural and anti-racist platform #StopHatredNow takes place virtually from the 16th to the 21st of […]
In conversation with the Finnish Institutes: Returning home
ONLINE DISCUSSION. Date: 21.04.2022 Time: 5.00 pm CET (6.00 pm EET) Link: https://us06web.zoom.us/j/81585949896 Organizer: The Finnish Institute in Germany Eeva-Kristiina Nylander | Sámi Museum Siida, Inari Prof. Dr. Elisabeth Tietmeyer | Museum of European Cultures – National Museums in Berlin Mikko Fritze | The Finnish Institute in Germany, Berlin Moderation: Monica Gathuo In the […]
In conversation with The Finnish Institutes: Our culture to our people
WHEN? Wednesday 9th of Feb 18-19 EEST / 17-18 CEST WHERE? online The fourth session of In conversation with the Finnish institutes looks into inner community organising and the ways in which minoritized communities create arts and culture for themselves. Our focus is on the Sámi communities and how they work for their own benefit: […]
In conversation with The Finnish Institutes: Dreaming of Black Futures
WHEN? November 24th @ 18-19 EEST (FIN) / 11-12 EST (US) WHERE? online Welcome to the third session of the In conversation with the Finnish Institutes discussion series hosted by the Finnish Culture Institute in New York! Our guests for the theme Dreaming of Black Futures are writer, editor and podcast producer Jess Myers, […]
In conversation with The Finnish Institutes: Creating Safer Spaces
WHEN? Wednesday 3rd November 18-19 EEST / 17-18 CEST WHERE? online In the second session of In conversation with the Finnish institutes we discuss safer spaces together with our guests Efe Ogbeide and Isabelle N’diaye. We examine ways in which institutions, cities and public spaces can become safer for minoritized groups and individuals. They are […]
In conversation with The Finnish Institutes: Decolonisation in the arts and cultural fields
Welcome to the discussion series In Conversation with the Finnish Institutes hosted by The Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes! The series invites professionals from the arts, culture and science sphere to ponder and discuss modern perspectives on creating and being. The discussions use a collection of antiracist, decolonial and intersectional tools to bring critical perspectives […]
Together Alone 2.0 Art Projects Include Contemporary Circus and Ecological Fashion
In May 2021 the Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes announced a new ‘Together Alone 2.0’ open call for art projects in order to help the art scene battle challenges brought by the Covid-19 pandemic. The open call was aimed at artists and creative workers whose activities and livelihood have been adversely affected by the pandemic. […]
The year 2020: The Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes organized over 800 events and reached an audience of over 2,2 million
The activities of the 17 Finnish cultural and academic institutes reached a total of over 2,2 million people in 2020. The ongoing covid-19 pandemic had a large impact on the institutes as the number of events and audiences declined with a third compared to the previous year. However, the exceptional year brought with it new […]