May 2020 - Globe Art Point

Two recipes for quarantine days’ survival by Elizaveta Bomash

29/05/2020 Info G.A.P. Comments 0 Comment

#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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AVAUS – DIVERSITY INFORMATION PACK

22/05/2020 Info G.A.P. Comments 0 Comment

AVAUS – DIVERSITY INFORMATION PACK Avaus (Opening) is a project carried out in 2017-2019 supporting the employment of non-Finnish born artists and cultural professionals in Finland. The Culture For All Service implements the project in cooperation with the Cultural Policy Research Center Cupore and Globe Art Point ry. The project is funded by the Ministry of Education and Culture. The project carries out research on how cultural diversity is taken into account within the Finnish arts and culture sector,…

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Cultural activism of the foreign kind by Nathalie Sallegren

22/05/2020 Info G.A.P. Comments 0 Comment

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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G.A.P’s Migri Legal Clinic

18/05/2020 Info G.A.P. Comments 0 Comment

Welcome to join G.A.P’s Migri Legal Clinic! In recent years, we have witnessed an increment on the cases of foreign-born artists and cultural workers struggling with the Finnish Immigration Service in order to obtain a suitable residence permit and remain in Finland. Despite being active members of the society (some of them with long and culturally valuable careers in Finland and abroad, and with stable sources of income) many of those applicants have been rejected by Migri, leaving them with…

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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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MORNING COFFEE WITH G.A.P & CIRCUSINFO FINLAND

08/05/2020 Info G.A.P. Comments 0 Comment

May 27th, 2020 / 10-11:30am Where can foreign-born circus artists find relevant information regarding living and working in Finland? Welcome to Morning coffee – an informal online event on Wednesday May 27th, from 10 to 11:30am. The event is hosted by Globe Art Point together with CircusInfo Finland, and the guest speakers are circus artists Amandine Doat and Simon Llewellyn. Please, click this link to register by Monday 25th at 2 pm. Nearer to the time you’ll receive a link to an…

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A 25m2 time capsule by María Paloma Velázquez

08/05/2020 Info G.A.P. Comments 0 Comment

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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#StopHatredNow 2020

04/05/2020 Info G.A.P. Comments 0 Comment

#StopHatredNow 2020 will take place in May, 11th to 15th! This year’s theme is NEW STANDARDS. There will be lots of interesting and free lectures, panels, discussions, speeches, workshops and much more! Globe Art Point has participated in the programme planning and our very own Kemê Pellicer and Sepideh Rahaa will be representing G.A.P on the first day of the festival, The Institutional Day: Redefining standards – CALL FOR ACTIONS! Be there or be square – make sure to pre-register by May…

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