Arts Promotion Centre Opening Seminar of the Year of Minorities on 29th January

The research on the status of immigrant artists within the state support system of the arts will be published in the seminar. Representatives of different immigrant artists associations will comment the research in a panel discussion directed by Pasi Saukkonen, Senior Researcher of Foundation for Cultural Policy Research CUPORE.

Inscription continues until the maximum amount of participants (80 persons) is reached or at the latest on 22.1.2014.

Program

13:00 – 13:15
Coffee and inscriptions

13:15 – 13:30
Director of Art Promotion Centre Minna Sirnö: Year of Minorities at Arts Promotion Centre

13:30 – 13:40
Ombudsman for Minorities Eva Biaudet: On an excursion to Finnishness

13:40 – 14:00
Executive Director of Culture for All Service Rita Paqvalén: Starting points for equal opportunities in culture

14:00 – 14:30
Conversation and break

14:30 – 14:45
Special Advisor Kirsi Väkiparta, Taike: How does the peer evaluation system work

14:45 – 15:15
Special Planning Officer Paula Karhunen, Taike: Immigrant Artists and State Support for the Arts – presentation of research results

15:15 – 16:35
Panel discussion: Immigrant artists within the state support for the arts. Panellists Edwina Goldstone (Catalysti Association of Transcultural Artists), Amir Khatib (EU-MAN, European Migrant Artists Network), David Kozma (European Theatre Collective ETC), Clara Petrozzi (Aurinko Association of Latin American Art Music) and Marek Pluciennik (Ptarmigan ry). The chairman of the panel is Senior Researcher of Fondation for Cultural Policy Research CUPORE.

16:35 – 17:00
Coffee and conversation  

Additional information:
Outi Korhonen, tel. 0295 330 805, [email protected]