WELCOME TO OUR OPEN DOORS DAY! Do you have doubts about what we do? Would you like to share something with us or just get to know each other better? Pass by our Headquarters at any time from 10 to 15h and grab a coffee with us! Would you like to know more people on the field? Are you thinking about the possibility of joining us? or are you just curious about what is going on with the members…
Globe Art Point Helsinki is an independent information centre for artists and cultural workers run by the nonprofit artists’ association Globe Art Point ry. We are looking for an intern to help with the daily activity at the office: Communications (mail, social media) Office general work (such as create and follow forms, databases, surveys, search on the internet for reports and information) Give information to the people coming to the facilities Working hours: Tue-Fri 10-15 The internship will be done in agreement with the…
On Thursday 30.11.2017 Globe Art Point held the seminar “How to make Helsinki together an inclusive and international art & culture city?” in cooperation with the city of Helsinki at Viirus Theatre to open up a dialogue about the present and future of Helsinki as an international art and culture city. Here you can read a resume of the seminar with the insights of its participants: Read it in English HOW TO MAKE HELSINKI TOGETHER AN INCLUSIVE AND INTERNATIONAL ART &…
Please be welcome to the seminar How to make Helsinki together an inclusive and international art & culture city? on Thursday 30.11.2017 at 9-14 at Viirus-teatteri (Välimerenkatu 14, Jätkäsaari). This seminar discusses in English of present and future of Helsinki as an international art and culture city. City´s population gets more and more diverse. How should we work together to keep doors open to new ideas & people – to the new Finnish arts and culture? How the Finnish and…
Guarding the benefits and creating new networks Professional unions in Finland have a strong and vivid history. TAKU ry, formed in 1975, is a professional organization for those working and studying in the fields of art and culture. TAKU is an expert organization in the special questions of working life affecting its field. Art and Culture Professionals’ Trade Union TAKU strives to obtain a just level of salaries for its members and improve their chances of finding employment also, strengthens…
You can book a one-hour meeting between 9.-30.10.2017 at 15.00-16.00 with Tomi Purovaara in Globe Art Point Helsinki. Tomi has a long experience of building and assessing projects by working in several Finnish art organizations in 1993-2017 and as a member of Stage arts committee in the Arts Council of Finland as well as in the Expert Panel of EU Cultural Program in Brussels in 2006-2013. To have the best result of the meeting you should send your project plan,…
On Friday 27th October and 24th November, we will have the lawyer Mirkka Kivilehto at Globe Art Point having individual 25 min sessions. It will be 4 sessions per day, from 15.30 to 17.30 h. Mirkka Kivilehto is a lawyer working for the Trade Union for Theatre and Media (TEME) since 2013. Her work is more oriented to issues related to employment, IP and freelance issues, but also goes through issues involving taxation of individuals. Please book your meeting by sending an email to info@globeartpoint.fi. The sessions will be filled…
Image: Minna Henriksson from the book “Art workers – material conditions and labour struggles in contemporary art practice”, you can read it here: www.art-workers.org 13TH October 2017 from 5 to 7 pm. Place: Globe Art Point. Artist-friendly exhibition space Is it possible? Conducted by Minna Henriksson with guests active in the field either running an art space or engaged in thinking how to divert the system. In this informal discussion, we will review the situation of the exhibition spaces…
Are you part of an art/cultural association or organization? Would you like to know more about Funding? Fundraising always consists of multiple streams of income. Productizing, which means turning your vision, skills and knowledge into a product to be sold and bought is a great opportunity for arts and cultural organisations. When it is done well, it benefits your customers, your staff and partners, your organization and the society as a whole. Profile: Art/cultural associations/organisations Max participants: 15 people Expert: Jenni Kallionsivu Place: Globe…