text and photos: Triin Siimer, Tartu With Earth Programme Line Manager Sustainability was more than a guiding value for Tartu 2024—it was one of the central pillars of our European Capital of Culture concept, The Arts of Survival, which embraced the skills and values needed to lead a good life in the future. As one […]
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Culture as Catalyst: Building a Sustainable Future Through Art and Action
text and photos: Triin Siimer, Tartu With Earth Programme Line Manager We live in a time of compounded uncertainty—what some call a “polycrisis.” From the prolonged Russian war against Ukraine and global geopolitical unrest to weakening democracies, economic instability, and the accelerating impacts of climate change, our world’s challenges are vast and interconnected. Faced with […]
Notes on Wind
Notes on Wind is based on the exchange of letters between choreographer and visual artist Anne Naukkarinen and visual artist Anatole Chartier from May to June 2025. Notes on Wind is a poetic greeting between two artists living in different countries who have never met each other. Artists who are unknown to each other write […]
Sustainable Mobility: An Imperative for the European Cultural Sector
Cultural mobility in Europe is a key element for developing a common cultural space, fostering the exchange of ideas, artistic cooperation, and disseminating cultural heritage across borders. In a continent marked by its diversity, this flow of people, goods, and experiences allows European citizens to access a wide range of artistic expressions, strengthening social cohesion […]
Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen – Disabled Futures
It’s a sunny spring afternoon when I meet Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen (b. 1974) on a video call. In this digital space, a bright, colourful, and sharp-witted disabled woman appears. As a disabled artist myself, I find Jenni-Juulia to be the kind of figure I hope to meet in my lifetime— someone who feels like a role […]
SKTI participates in the Science Communication Seminar at Science Forum on the 9th of January
On Thursday 9 January 2025, an international seminar on science communication will take place in Hanasaari: Is current knowledge brokering impactful? Insights and oversights from science-policy interface. The seminar will bring together science communicators from the Nordic and Baltic countries to discuss science communication in an era of crisis, measuring impact and the role of […]
The Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes’ objectives for the European elections 2024: Culture must be placed at the heart of the European Union
Culture must be placed at the heart of the European Union. A diverse cultural heritage, mobility opportunities and the freedom to think, learn and create are central to the European project. Although the EU’s jurisdiction in cultural and scientific policy is supplementary to that of the Member States, cooperation in these fields must be done […]
The network of Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes aims for sustainable cultural export – the first projects to be seen in Europe this summer
The joint project of the Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes Association and ten Finnish cultural and academic institutes, “pARTir – Creating a Cultural Roadmap Towards Responsible International Mobility,” begins in May. The first projects of the initiative will be showcased in Paris, London, Troms County, and Tartu during the summer. The project promotes the […]
The Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes Are Searching for a Project Manager for the pARTir-initiative
Are you passionate about accelerating the sustainable and long-term internationalization of Finnish art and culture? Are you an expert in project management, a great team player, as well as a professional with an international background? We are looking for a full-time project manager for the pARTir – Creating a Cultural Roadmap Towards Responsible International Mobility […]
The Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes are Launching the pARTir Project with Support from the Finnish Ministry of Education and Culture
pARTir – Creating a Cultural Roadmap Towards Responsible International Mobility is a new collaborative project between the Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes (SKTI) and ten Finnish cultural institutes operating abroad. The project aims to promote the sustainable and long-term internationalization of Finnish art. Scheduled to run until 2025, the pARTir project will promote cross-cultural exchange […]