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Two recipes for quarantine days’ survival by Elizaveta Bomash

Two recipes for quarantine days’ survival by Elizaveta Bomash

#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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Cultural activism of the foreign kind by Nathalie Sallegren

Cultural activism of the foreign kind by Nathalie Sallegren

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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OPEN CALL for a Blog Article

OPEN CALL for a Blog Article

Would you be interested in writing an article about your life as a foreign-born artist or cultural worker in Finland, during the Coronavirus outbreak? How has the pandemic affected your livelihood and/or your environment? Globe Art Point selects and publishes four blog contributions during April and May 2020. The blogs will be published on http://www.globeartpoint.fi/category/blog/ 150 euros will be paid for each published article. The recommended length of the article is 500 to 1500 words. Please send the proposed article…

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SURVEY: Coronavirus outbreak and the effects

SURVEY: Coronavirus outbreak and the effects

Events and cultural performances have been cancelled due to the Coronavirus outbreak, which has a great impact on the society as a whole, but especially on those of minorities: foreign-born artists and cultural workers, as well as people who are not in full-time employment and receive their income(s) self-employed, or through freelancing. G.A.P aims to collect information on the effects that the virus outbreak has caused on livelihood and working conditions of the foreign born artists and cultural workers in…

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