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The Transparent Elephant in the Room Article by Romeo Kodra

The Transparent Elephant in the Room Article by Romeo Kodra

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The Transparent Elephant in the Room Article by Romeo Kodra   This article, commissioned by Globe Art Point (G.A.P), Helsinki, is the outcome of impressions after my involvement as a “key listener” of the first panel, entitled Strategies Forming the Future, which opened the GAP ART SUMMIT, taking place at Luckan Helsingfors Culture Center 21-22/04/2022. The invitation came because of my experience as an evaluator of the European Commission for the Creative Europe Program, Horizon Europe, COST – Cooperation in…

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Introducing Diversity Agents from class of 2022: Article by Arlene Tucker

Introducing Diversity Agents from class of 2022: Article by Arlene Tucker

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INTRODUCING DIVERSITY AGENTS FROM CLASS OF 2022: ARTICLE BY ARLENE TUCKER    As times call for more awareness and more action, it is extremely fitting that the continuation of the Diversity Agent course will run from September 2021 to February 2022. In this current Diversity Agent 2.0 course we have a range of voices, a group of ten diverse artists and cultural workers. The connector is the shared aim of working on an anti-racist agenda. We have in a short…

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SPEECH PRESENTED BY GLOBE ART POINT’S SUPPORTING MEMBER KEMÊ PELLICER AT THE AVAUS SEMINAR, 14.9.20

SPEECH PRESENTED BY GLOBE ART POINT’S SUPPORTING MEMBER KEMÊ PELLICER AT THE AVAUS SEMINAR, 14.9.20

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(Kemê’s speech 47:00 – 57:50) The following text is a speech presented by Globe Art Point’s supporting member Kemê Pellicer at the Avaus Seminar that was held in Ateneum on 14th of September 2020. The seminar was organised in collaboration with the Culture for All service aiming to create models that support employment possibilities of arts and culture professionals with migrant background in Finland as well as enable their better inclusion into Finnish society.   I believe I am here…

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Good, but not good enough. Bad, but not bad enough.

Good, but not good enough. Bad, but not bad enough.

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World Mental Health Day was celebrated on October 10th. This year, G.A.P decided to join in Mieli’s campaign to highlight the positive effects of true listening, genuine presence and being heard on our mental health. The following article deals with depression, suicidal thoughts, isolation and gaslighting. It has been produced as a response to our Open Call for a blog post in which we invited aspiring writers, bloggers or anyone interested to share their personal story about struggles with inclusion…

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Lisa Bomash
Two recipes for quarantine days’ survival by Elizaveta Bomash

Two recipes for quarantine days’ survival by Elizaveta Bomash

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#chocolatebrownies #stephencovey Breath in – breath out, as another day in quarantine begins. The morning is not so different from pre-quarantine days: wake up early, make coffee, cook breakfast, play with my son, feed the dog, discuss plans for the day with my husband, do a family hug if the spirit is low. A quick meditation to focus on what needs to be done, breath in – breath out. Beneath the surface, things are deviating from the usual. It feels…

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Nathalie Sellgren
Cultural activism of the foreign kind by Nathalie Sallegren

Cultural activism of the foreign kind by Nathalie Sallegren

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I surrender now in a way that I wouldn’t have been capable of before. A complex network of selfish emotions bubbled under the surface of my professional ego before the pandemic and my social and geographical isolation is now experienced by everyone. No longer mine to suffer alone. I am shamefully relieved. We are all mortal and cannot control the way the world turns. Cultural work has become the natural steam for me, I have learnt to rely on it…

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Louise Charles-Saarikoski
My life as a foreign-born artist in Finland during the Coronavirus outbreak by Louise Charles-Saarikoski

My life as a foreign-born artist in Finland during the Coronavirus outbreak by Louise Charles-Saarikoski

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My life as a foreign-born artist in Finland during the Coronavirus outbreak by Louise Charles-Saarikoski I am a full-time artist originally from the UK making my living from creating and selling my art from my studio in Helsinki. This is my account of how the Coronavirus has affected me and my business. Through the door of my studio comes commission orders for dog portrait paintings and people interested in paintings they have seen on display in the window or from…

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María Paloma Velázquez
A 25m2 time capsule by María Paloma Velázquez

A 25m2 time capsule by María Paloma Velázquez

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At home. Under shelter. Locked down. In quarantine. Alone. In solidarity. My residence is small, but warm. 25m2 in total. An en suite room that I have appointed as a space of rest, leisure, dining, work, exercise, study, and social gathering. It has served for all these activities before, but not exclusively. Now it is an epitome of all of them. It is my temporary host, a space of restriction and safety. It has witnessed all my habits, emotional expressions,…

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Groundlessness: Reflections in First and Third person, by Uzair Amjad

Groundlessness: Reflections in First and Third person, by Uzair Amjad

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11111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 I came to Finland to pursue a Masters Degree in Visual Arts, Game and Narrative Design. But just into my second year, I ran into an unforeseeable financial situation, the kind of “unforeseeable financial situation” which is a regular fixture of adult life. I was completely unprepared for it, with my next visa renewal appointment just around the corner I had to save up Four Thousand Euros in Six months in order to not get kicked out of the…

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