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18.–19.5. European Writers’ Festival 2: Transformation The second edition of the European Writers' Festival will bring together many of Europe's greatest storytellers at the British Library on 18-19 May 2024. This year's theme being transformation, the programme will feature performances and discussions on literature from the writers' home countries and today's Europe.

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On Our Doorsteps connects communities with nature through art in Hull, Lancaster and Norwich in 2024

On Our Doorsteps connects communities with nature through art in Hull, Lancaster and Norwich in 2024 On Our Doorsteps is an international programme of community engagement, creative learning and public realm commissioning featuring artists Tiitu Takalo and Henna Asikainen in Hull, Lancaster and Norwich.

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Institutes’ joint project ‘pARTir – Creating a Cultural Roadmap Towards Responsible International Mobility’ starts in the spring 2024

Institutes’ joint project ‘pARTir – Creating a Cultural Roadmap Towards Responsible International Mobility’ starts in the spring 2024 pARTir – Creating a Cultural Roadmap Towards Responsible International Mobility is a new collaborative project between the Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes (SKTI) and ten Finnish cultural institutes operating abroad. The project aims to promote the sustainable and long-term internationalization of Finnish art.

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Circus artist Henri Kangas: “Mentoring opens doors to new networks”

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We are so excited to share the news about Outi Pieski being the first Sámi artist to enter Tate's collection! Her acclaimed solo exhibition at Tate St Ives is open until 6 May. There will be interesting workshops, performances, film screenings and talks on the themes of identity, culture and environment during the last weekend of the exhibition (4-5 May) at Tate St Ives. Tate Modern in London will also host a conversation with Outi Pieski and artist Maree Clarke on Sunday 28 April, don't forget to grab your free tickets! 🔥

The second edition of European Writers' Festival will return to London on 18-19 May. Taking place at the British Library, the festival brings together over 30 European writers for interesting discussions on different topics, each discussion followed by readings. 📚

Please check the link in our bio to read the newsletter!

Photo credits:
Heikki Tuuli (photo of Outi Pieski)

Join us for a panel on Indigenous contemporary pra

Join us for a panel on Indigenous contemporary practice with artists Outi Pieski (Sámi peoples, Sápmi Lands, Finland) and Maree Clarke (Boon Wurrung, Mutti Mutti, Wamba Wamba, Yorta Yorta First Nations peoples, Australia) on Sunday 28 April at 11.30am-1pm at Tate Modern! 💫

Hear from the artists as they discuss their dynamic practices which centre cultural revival, environmental awareness, customary abstraction, and colonial resistance through matrilineal restorative arts practices.

Book your free tickets via the link in bio! 📎

📸 Photo: Top: Outi Pieski, photo Heikki Tuuli
Bottom: Maree Clarke, Long Journey Home #10 2024.

🔆 We are delighted to welcome our new intern Ch

🔆 We are delighted to welcome our new intern Chelim (Cherry) Gong (@0_chilli_cherry ), who has joined the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland as a Communications Assistant. 🔆

🌐 She is studying MA Arts Administrations and Cultural Policy at Goldsmiths, London. She is passionate about jewellery and fashion, her previous BA major, as well as learning more about different cultures and languages. Cherry is particularly interested in working with EUNIC projects.

🎤 "I am happy to join the team and learn about new cultures and how cultural organisations work. It is a great opportunity to spend my internship here and broaden my horizons.”

Welcome Cherry🍒!

🌷 20 Years Later Still Here! by @lottaandstina

🌷 20 Years Later Still Here! by @lottaandstina

20 Years Later Still Here! is an autobiographical show about two women’s wild joyride working in circus. Told with warmth, humour, and dizzying acrobatics, this show invites the audience to share the highs and lows of a life in showbusiness. From the glitz and glamour to the countless hours of practice, the blood, the sweat and the tears.

⏰ Saturday 13 April at 7:30pm
🎟️ £12-£16
🎪 Jacksons Lane

🔗 Book your ticket on the link in bio
supported by @fininst_uk_ireland

📸 Cosmin Cirstea

Thrilled to reveal the trailer for the 6th edition

Thrilled to reveal the trailer for the 6th edition of In Short Europe film festival, Best of Best 💥

The 6th edition of In Short, Europe, will take place in Scotland for the first time at the Glasgow Film Theatre on April 20th and 21st, followed by screenings in London at the Ciné Lumière from April 26th to 28th! 🎞️

Finnish director Heta Jäälinoja’s (@hetajaalinoja) short film ’Nun or Never!’ will be featured in the Hard Decisions strand, exploring themes of choice and upheaval. In Short, Europe: Best of Best is curated by Balenji Mwiche. 🕯️

In Short, Europe is organised by EUNIC London, the network of European cultural institutes of which the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland is a member, EU Delegation to the UK, Glasgow Film Festival (GFF), and the Institut français du Royaume-Uni.

Across those 5 strands, you’ll get to experience the best in class, including ceremonies and Q&As.

Come check it out for yourself!

🎟️ Tickets already on sale (link in bio)

🗓️ 20-21 April at @glasgowfilmtheatre
🗓️ 26-28 April at Ciné Lumière @ifru_london

In Short Europe FF is brought to you by @euniclondon and @euinuk

Enrol for Finnish classes at the Institute! 📝 🇫🇮

The summer term begins on the 15th of April 2024. We offer classes from beginners to advanced levels on weekday evenings (Mon-Thu) and on Saturdays.

The course will take place in person and online simultaneously, so those who want to attend in person are most welcome to our classroom at the Institute at Somerset House. 💫

The last day of enrolment is Thursday, 11 March. 📌

For registration or any further information, please check the link in bio! 🔗

See you in class!

#Finnish #Finnishclass #Languagelearning

We held an expert panel discussion last Thursday,

We held an expert panel discussion last Thursday, 28 March, about the ecological impacts of conflict and climate crises at @theRSA and online.

In case you missed it, a recording is now available to watch on YouTube ➡️ Link in bio.

The speakers included environmental policy expert Marjukka Porvari, @EcocideLaw co-founder @Jojo_Mehta, climate & energy policy analyst @ackerm_ann, Bart Gruyaert and @londonukrainianreview editor Sasha Dovzhyk @ukrainian_kill_joy.

This event was held in partnership with the RSA, @fininst_uk_ireland, the Flanders Delegation in the UK, the Cyprus High Commission and @euniclondon. The event was made possible thanks to the financial support of @europeanculturalfoundation’s Culture of Solidarity Fund.
This event was co-organised by @ukr_institute, @epinuk and @euinuk.

📸Photos by Natalie Godec

Our April newsletter is out! Highlights of the mon

Our April newsletter is out! Highlights of the month include a circus performance by Lotta and Stina, EUNIC In Short, Europe film festival featuring Heta Jäälinoja's short film 'Nun or Never!' and 'On Our Doorsteps' project.

Check the link in our bio to read the newsletter! 🔥

Photo credits
Lotta and Stina by Cosmin Cirstea
Still from 'Nun or Never!' by Heta Jäälinoja

Read Marjukka Porvari’s review of Roman A. Cybri

Read Marjukka Porvari’s review of Roman A. Cybriwsky‘s 'Along Ukraine’s River' in the London Ukrainian Review! 📰

The new issue of @londonukrainianreview examines Russia’s ecocide in Ukraine and its global repercussions. Learn about the current state of the debate through @ackerm_ann’s interview with the @ecocidelaw co-founder Jojo Mehta, @kateryna_mikhalitsyna’s poetry and essays by @kasia_ia, @evansthammy, Svitlana Matviyenko, and Marjukka Porvari.

Global environmental challenges: Lessons from Ukraine discussion event will take place on Thursday 28 March at 6.30pm at Royal Society of Arts (8 John Adam St, London WC2N 6EZ) and simultaneously online. Free event, please register via the Eventbrite link in the bio. Global environmental challenges: Lessons from Ukraine discussion event will take place on Thursday 28 March at 6.30pm at Royal Society of Arts (8 John Adam St, London WC2N 6EZ) and simultaneously online. Free event, please register via this Eventbrite link. ✨

The 6th edition of In Short, Europe, will take pla

The 6th edition of In Short, Europe, will take place in Scotland for the first time at the Glasgow Film Theatre on April 20th and 21st, followed by screenings in London at the Ciné Lumière from April 26th to 28th! 🎞️

Finnish director Heta Jäälinoja's (@hetajaalinoja) short film 'Nun or Never!' will be featured in the Hard Decisions strand, exploring themes of choice and upheaval. In Short, Europe: Best of Best is curated by Balenji Mwiche. 🕯️

Heta Jäälinoja is an internationally acclaimed young animation director. Her films combine vivid drawings
with rich imagination, identifiable everyday comic themes and minimal yet powerful storytelling. Her previous
animation Penelope (Estonian Arts Academy, 2016) has been shown at more than 100 festivals and has
won more than 12 awards, for example National Grand Prix 2017 at Tampere Film Festival and Best New
Nordic Voice 2017 at Nordisk Panorama.

In Short, Europe is organised by EUNIC London, the network of European cultural institutes of which the Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland is a member, EU Delegation to the UK, Glasgow Film Festival (GFF), and the Institut français du Royaume-Uni.

🌍 What can we learn from Ukraine's pioneering c

🌍 What can we learn from Ukraine's pioneering conversations about #ecocide and #justice in the context of war?

Join online or in-person to hear our expert panel explore the ecological impacts of conflict and climate crises.

We'll hear from environmental policy expert Marjukka Porvari, @EcocideLaw co-founder @Jojo_Mehta, climate and energy policy analyst @ackerm_ann, Bart Gruyaert and @londonukrainianreview editor Sasha Dovzhyk @ukrainian_kill_joy.

🎟️ Register via the link in bio.

This event is held in partnership with @thersaorg, @ukr_institute, the Flanders Delegation in the UK, the Cyprus High Commission and @euniclondon. The event is made possible thanks to the financial support of @europeanculturalfoundation’s Culture of Solidarity Fund.

Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland is looking

Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland is looking for a new Arts Programme Director! ✨

For more information, please see the link in our bio or check our website www.fininst.uk.

Hello March! Check out our newsletter to find out

Hello March! Check out our newsletter to find out what's happening this month.✨

🌍 What can other parts of the world learn from Ukraine, as it pioneers bringing acts of ecocide into the discussion of justice in the context of war? The Royal Society of Arts, in collaboration with the Ukrainian Institute London, the Delegation of Flanders (Embassy of Belgium) in the UK and Ireland, Finnish Institute in the UK and Ireland, the Cyprus High Commission and EUNIC London (European Union National Institutes for Culture), will host a discussion on the theme on Thursday 28 March at 6.30pm.

The speakers include Marjukka Porvari who works as an environmental expert at the European Commission’s Ukraine Service under the Directorate-General for Neighbourhood and Enlargement Negotiations. Marjukka Porvari has over 20 years of experience of working for the third sector, central government and research institutions, focusing especially on environmental issues in Eastern Europe.

The event takes place in person and online, link in the bio!

🎪We interviewed Henri Kangas from Jam Shenanigans, who gave us insight into his work and his experiences with the mentoring programme he took taking part in. The programme was organised in collaboration with Circus & Dance Info Finland and Performing HEL showcase.

Read the interview on our website.

Photo: Wieba Photography

🧊 There's still time to apply for the Below Zero Finnish Art Award! The award consists of a mentored residency and a solo exhibition at Beaconsfield Gallery in London in 2025, and also an exhibition at the Serlachius Museums in Mänttä in 2026. Visit our website for more info!

Install images from Sweeping Tide: Notes Toward De

Install images from Sweeping Tide: Notes Toward Decolonial Feminisms, a group exhibition curated by Abdullah Qureshi @maq39 featuring the works of @tamaralmashouk, @syowiakyambi and @sepidehrahaa.

Sweeping Tide: Notes Toward Decolonial Feminisms
(15th of February – 2nd of March 2024) was part of the Assemblage III: Community and Care programme, organised by the Fine Art team at Northumbria University, supported by the Department of Arts research funds and EDI team at Northumbria University and organised in collaboration with @fininst_uk_ireland @fine_art_csm and @vanegallery.

About the exhibition:
Drawing on transnational traditions of women of colour critique of feminist universalism, particularly the scholarship of María Lugones, the show grapples with questions of violent colonial histories, turbulent political and social presents, and imagining futures of solidarity, community, and resistance. Spread across @gallerynorthumbria and Experimental Studio, the exhibition critically examines issues of patriarchy, migration, and race through diverse geo-political positionalities that complicate local and global relationships.

Image credit: @markduffyphoto

Join us next Wednesday, February 28th, for a Q&A s

Join us next Wednesday, February 28th, for a Q&A session on our upcoming Compositions for Actions Open Call! 🌟

We’ll be hosting two Q&A slots:

🕛 10am UK time / 12pm Finnish time
🕒 4pm UK time / 6pm Finnish

To join the online Q&A session on Zoom, please email applications@fininst.uk with your preferred time slot and we will send you a calendar invite.

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About the Compositions for Actions Open Call:

This call is for Finnish or Finland-based professional artists and artist groups, along with their international collaborators, aiming to explore the themes of democratisation and participation in the performing and contemporary arts. ✨

Selected projects will receive grants ranging from 5000€ to 15,000€ (including VAT), with a focus on projects taking place in the UK or Ireland during 2024 or early 2025.

Application period:

06.02.2024 – 03.03.2024

#CompositionsForActions #OpenCall

Sámi visual artist Outi Pieski's first major solo

Sámi visual artist Outi Pieski's first major solo exhibition in the UK will open this Saturday at Tate St Ives! 👏

Pieski's practice is deeply connected to land. Working primarily with painting and installation, Pieski has gained recognition for her work which explores the spiritual relationship between humans and their environment and raises vital questions around traditional knowledge and Indigenous people’s rights.

The exhibition is on until 6 May.
Join artist Outi Pieski in conversation with Anne Barlow (Director, Tate St Ives) on Saturday 10 February followed by a special performance by Outi Pieski and Eeva-Kristiina Nylander. The 'In conversation' takes place 12pm-1pm and the performance 'Foremothers: Hat of Pride' takes place 3pm-4pm.

Please check the link in our bio for more information about the exhibition. 💫

📷 Photo credits
Photo 1: Heikki Tuuli
Photos 2&4: Sang Tae Kim
Photo 3: Tor Simen Ulstein