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KUVATA WEBINAR #9 Green Art   14.1.2025 at 14:00-15:30 Online on Teams Enrollment: https://docs.google.com/forms   Objectives of The Webinar Sustainable Development Strategies, Roadmaps, and tools for promoting sustainability for visual and community artists, artist collectives, and artist-led associations or businesses. How to incorporate sustainability in art productions? About The Speakers Low-carbon expert Saara Korpela has been working in ecological sustainability within the visual arts as an eco-coordinator and educator since 2020. Her employers have included ANTI Festival, Frame Contemporary Art Finland,…

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KUVATA WEBINAR #8 From Caring to Provocation   14.1.2025 at 12:00-13:30 Online on Teams Enrollment: https://docs.google.com/forms Objectives of The Webinar The significance of sustainable development for one’s artistic work. Understanding the topic in the context of employment. The perspective of other-than-human species, posthumanism. About the Speakers Maria Huhmarniemi is a Vice Dean and Associate Professor at the Faculty of Arts and Design, University of Lapland. She is dedicated to art and research that enhances sustainability transformations through art. She has…

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GAP Winter Break Gathering & New Website Celebration   Date: 12.12. 2024 Time: 16:00 – 18:00 Location: Globe Art Point, Malminkatu 5 (00100 Helsinki) As we prepare for our winter break (23rd December 2024 – 6th January 2025), we’re thrilled to invite you to a heartwarming gathering to close this year on a note of gratitude and shared dreams for the year ahead. Let’s come together for an evening of reflection, inspiration, and connection! Special Highlight: We’re beyond excited to celebrate the launch of our newly redesigned…

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Red Cues: Live Art Performance by Ilana Palmgren and Joni Salmela ‘Red Cues’ is a multimedia performance by actor and performance artist Ilana Palmgren (member of GAP) and sound artist Joni Salmela. The performance is organised on the final day of our group exhibition ‘Technophilia & The New Society’ at 18:00, welcome! ‘Red Cues’ combines text (projected on screen and heard in audio, in English), live sound art by Salmela and movement on performer’s body (Palmgren). The performance explores non-visual…

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GAP GOES GALLERIES WITH KULTTUURITILA MERIRASTI   Date: 19.12. 2024 Time: 15.00 – 18.00 Locations: Jaluspolku 3, 00980 Helsinki Globe Art Point warmly invites you to visit Kulttuuritila Merirasti, a vibrant multicultural space in Helsinki’s Meri-Rastila neighbourhood, for an event celebrating the launch of GAP’s very first exhibition Technophilia. This special event is designed to introduce the space, its facilities, and the diverse opportunities it offers for artists and organisations alike. The programme will also include a guided exhibition tour…

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SURVIVAL TOOLS (FOR ARTISTS AND ORGANISATIONS) IN TIMES OF FINANCIAL CUTS   Up until recently, the situation in Finland has been relatively favourable for creative professionals, with multiple streams of funding available through foundations, each tailored to different art fields and genres. However, due to the country’s current economic instability, the Finnish government is proposing unprecedented cuts in the funding for culture. These cuts are disproportionate and short-sighted and will strike at the very foundations and framework of Finnish cultural…

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‘EBB AND FLOW: AN EXPLORATION OF LIFE THROUGH MARBLING ART’ BY CANSU PYLKKÄNEN 7.11. – 2.12. 2024   Globe Art Point is proud to present “Ebb and Flow: An Exploration of Life Through Marbling Art,” an exhibition featuring the captivating works of Cansu Pylkkänen. This collection delves deep into the ancient art form of Ebru, Turkish marbling, offering a visual journey through the fluid and dynamic nature of life itself. Pylkkänen’s work beautifully captures the essence of personal growth and…

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Technophilia & The New Society Group Exhibition by Globe Art Point Kulttuuritila Merirasti 14.11-19.12.   The opening event is on 14th November between 17:00 – 20:00! Globe Art Point (GAP), in collaboration with the Story Sharing Universum is pleased to present the exhibition, Technophilia & The New Society, at the Kulttuuritila Merirasti from November 14 to December 19, 2024. This pop up exhibition showcases selected members of the GAP Creatives Database and their reflections on the intersections of technology, language,…

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What Now? Changes to the Realities of International Artists in Finland   When: 5.11. At 14.00-17.00 Where: Uniarts Theatre Academy (Haapaniemenkatu 6, 00530), room: KO-535 How: Hybrid By Whom: TIAN (Teak International Alumni Network), GAP (Globe Art Point) & Think Africa Register: https://forms.gle/BgCKvgFCFoTVk7nAA  Welcome to the info session about the effects of the current political changes on the international community in Finland. We have invited specialists from education, culture politics, law and multicultural art & curation to share their insights…

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