Artists taking over FAA’s Instagram
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Artists taking over FAA’s Instagram

Finnish Art Agency is privileged to work with so many talented artists, who are also active in social media. Now it’s time to our SHIFT mentoring program participants and our very own photographer take over our Instagram account for summer. We will start with painter Anu Kauhaniemi (@anukauhaniemi) whose exhibition Carousel is currently on display…

Finnish Art Agency on Artsy!
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Finnish Art Agency on Artsy!

Finnish Art Agency is glad to announce that we have joined Artsy. We are happy to represent artists such as Teemu Korpela, Mateas Pares, Kirsi Kaulanen, Jouni Toni and Saara Ekström. Stay tuned for more artist announcements and FAA’s exhibitions and projects all over the world. Click the Artsy link on the right and remember to…

Meet SHIFT artist Elina Salonen
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Meet SHIFT artist Elina Salonen

SHIFT mentoring program vol. 3 started in January and we’re already in middle of the process. The participants have taken part in few workshops, group and one-to-one meetings. They have received great advice from Laura Robertson and Mike Pinnington (The Double Negative) on writing artist statements, and Satu Nurmio from YLE has been guiding them…

Museosafari – Open Call for Single Channel Video Works
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Museosafari – Open Call for Single Channel Video Works

Finnish Art Agency is inviting video artists to submit to a group screening event dedicated to works exploring nature and environment. The works will be selected on the basis of Finnish Art Agency’s invitation and the open call. The video works must be suited for children (aged 3–13) and they should preferably include aspects of…

SHIFT summer exhibitions 2017
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SHIFT summer exhibitions 2017

Finnish Art Agency’s SHIFT mentoring program participants are going to have a busy summer filled with exhibitions, residencies and personal development projects. Already in the beginning of June Wales-based artist Jenny Cashmore attended a residential workshop Locator 26 Summer Assembly run by movement artist Simon Whitehead. Based at Tycanol Woods Cashmore and others spent four days…

SHIFT workshop about media with Satu Nurmio
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SHIFT workshop about media with Satu Nurmio

Last week SHIFT mentoring program was pleased to receive the editor-in-chief for culture in the Finnish Broadcasting Company (YLE), Satu Nurmio, to lead a workshop about communicating with the media. As a journalist Nurmio is specialised in contemporary art, culture politics and urban culture. Under Nurmio’s lead the editorial team has been specialising in taking advantage of different forms…