HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING ON AN EXCITING PROJECT BUT YOU ARE NOT ENTIRELY SURE HOW TO EXECUTE IT? OR IN CONTRARY YOU HAVE MANY GREAT IDEAS BUT YOU ARE STRUGGLING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE COMPLEX SYSTEM OF GRANT APPLICATIONS WHICH ARE ULTIMATELY PREVENTING YOU FROM SENDING THEM IN? ARE YOU PUZZLED BY THE PRACTICALITIES OF FILING TAXES FOR ARTISTS OR DO YOU PERHAPS NEED SOME ART-RELATED LEGAL ADVICE? G.A.P INFO is coming to Tampere on 2nd of November to run…
MORNING COFFEE AT G.A.P WITH MAJELLA CLARKE October 22th, 2020 / 10-12:00 pm Welcome to Morning Coffee at G.A.P, an informal event organised by Globe Art Point. The guest for our next session is an Australian Conductor, Multi-instrumentalist, Artist and Artificial Intelligence Strategist Majella Clarke who will give a presentation/workshop on using data and AI in composition and performance. The first hour Majella will give an overview of the AI technology evolution in composition – listening to about 7-8…
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…
Feminist Culture House returns to G.A.P to facilitate another grant writing workshop this autumn! The workshop will be held on 14th of October from 1 pm to 3pm at G.A.P. During the two-hour-long workshop, we will discuss grant applications, including work plans, respectful budgeting, working conditions, and valuing labour within your grant applications. We’ll also have a look at examples of successful applications (focus: contemporary art, exhibitions, projects, events). Bring along a burning question related to your application’s working plan…
Globe Art Point is organising a grant writing workshop in collaboration with The Finnish Cultural Foundation (SKR) on 6.10.20 from 3 – 5 pm. The workshop, held in English is targeted at foreign-born arts and cultural professionals residing in Finland. During the workshop, the workshop facilitator Johanna Ruohonen will also talk about the recently published additional funding of one million euros that is offered to support art organisations to overcome the state of emergency caused by the Coronavirus pandemic. Program:…
Our core mission at Globe Art Point is advocating cultural equity, diversity and inclusion in the arts and cultural sector in Finland. But what is diversity and how does one appropriately characterise this complex term? Some say that diversity is about empowering people by respecting and appreciating what makes them different. Others, on the other hand, perceive diversity in a more negative light as unlikeness, an absence of something they are familiar with which often leads to apprehension. Whether we…
HAVE YOU BEEN WORKING ON AN EXCITING PROJECT BUT YOU ARE NOT ENTIRELY SURE HOW TO EXECUTE IT? DO YOU HAVE GREAT IDEAS BUT YOU ARE STRUGGLING TO NAVIGATE THROUGH THE COMPLEX SYSTEM OF GRANT APPLICATIONS WHICH ARE ULTIMATELY PREVENTING YOU FROM SENDING THEM IN? OR HAVE YOU PREVIOUSLY ATTEMPTED TO APPLY FOR FUNDING BUT SOMEHOW ENDED UP LOST IN TRANSLATION? G.A.P Info workshop is a first in a series of three grant writing workshops (Turku, Tampere, Jyväskylä) targeted at…
September 16th, 2020 / 10-12:00 pm Welcome to Morning Coffee at G.A.P, an informal event organised by Globe Art Point in cooperation with the City of Helsinki on Wednesday, 16th of September from 10am to 12pm. In this episode of Morning Coffee at G.A.P, the new Director of Culture Mari Männistö will present the Helsinki Vision for Art and Culture 2030. The vision was recently published by the Art and Culture Vision Committee and presented to Mayor of Helsinki Jan Vapaavuori….
Do you want to make a movie or have you previously done one but you are still not entirely sure how the copyright process work in Finland? Globe Art Point and HIFF – Love & Anarchy 2020 are hosting the seminar INDUSTRY PANEL: IT’S ALL ABOUT COPYRIGHTS on Monday, September 21st at 16:00 at Nordic Culture Point, Helsinki and online. The event is free of charge and will be held in English. The seminar will take place during the Love…