November 2017 - Globe Art Point

How to make Helsinki together an inclusive and international art & culture city?

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Please be welcome to the seminar How to make Helsinki together an inclusive and international art & culture city? on Thursday 30.11.2017 at 9-14 at Viirus-teatteri (Välimerenkatu 14, Jätkäsaari). This seminar discusses in English of present and future of Helsinki as an international art and culture city. City´s population gets more and more diverse. How should we work together to keep doors open to new ideas & people – to the new Finnish arts and culture? How the Finnish and…

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HelpDesk 8.12.2017 – How to price your art with Krista Mikkola

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Welcome to the Helpdesk session “How to price your art” with Krista Mikkola. In this informal session, we will discuss the difficult task of deciding a price for your artworks. Krista will share her expertise as a curator/gallerist and will give some useful tips, the session is aimed at professional visual artists dealing with the art market. Max participants: 15 people Expert: Krista Mikkola Place: Globe Art Point, Helsinki. Malminkatu 5 (Kamppi) Length: 8th December, 3-5 p. m. Language: English Registration deadline: 1st December. Krista Mikkola…

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Report, Women and men in state-funded cultural institutions in the Nordic region

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The Nordic Agency for Cultural Policy Analysis has mapped the numbers of women and men who are employed in state-funded cultural institutions in the Nordic countries. Inside English summary (pages 6-9) READ IT HERE E-post: norden@kulturanalys.se Webbplats: www.kulturanalysnorden.se © Kulturanalys Norden 2017 Formgivning: Södra tornet kommunikation ISBN: 978-91-87046-45-2

Contract and reimbursement practices relating to the organization of art exhibitions; Working Group Final Report

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Abstract in English: The Ministry of Education and Culture set up a committee to investigate the agreement and remuneration practices relating to organising art exhibitions. The purpose of the committee was to investigate the current agreement and remuneration practices between artists and the organisers of exhibitions, as well as the division of the cost of the exhibitions between the parties; to draft alternative ways to develop those practices; and to assess the effects of the alternative development methods. In its…

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4.12.2017 – Art and Culture Trade Union TAKU, Informative session

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Guarding the benefits and creating new networks Professional unions in Finland have a strong and vivid history. TAKU ry, formed in 1975, is a professional organization for those working and studying in the fields of art and culture. TAKU is an expert organization in the special questions of working life affecting its field. Art and Culture Professionals’ Trade Union TAKU strives to obtain a just level of salaries for its members and improve their chances of finding employment also, strengthens…

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Where are we now? -seminar about diversity in Finnish art sector 16.11.2017 at Koko Theatre, Helsinki

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Welcome to the WHERE ARE WE NOW? seminar on Thursday 16.11.2017 at 9.30-15.30 in KokoTeatteri (Hämeentie 3, 00530 Helsinki) The seminar, organized in collaboration with Globe Art Point and Taike (Arts Promotion Centre)  pursues a better understanding and awareness of our diversity inside the art and culture fields in Finland and by using a more horizontal approach, explores integration vs. accessibility and structural forms of exclusion. Seminar language will be English. Please registrate latest in 14.11.2017: https://goo.gl/forms/BsypJ184fRE24lBq1 Program 9.30 Registration and…

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The Politics and Poetics of an Imaginary Line

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What is this line and what is it good for? “I have actually visited the line, only once or twice in my lifetime, even though I have lived around it my whole life”. Does the size matter? “You think we are talking about a millimetric space, but no. We are talking about a band. About a valley. Don´t you dare thinking this line, is just a line.” A few years ago, a hiker was climbing the volcano Cayambe,…

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