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…
My time spent hosting group crits (group critique, crit, or art crit) at the Finnish Art Agency (FAA) in April remains one of my favourite memories of Helsinki, for a few different reasons. Yes, I met a broad range of wonderful artists from different areas across Finland, and this gave me an insight into current…
Finnish Art Agency on kansainvälinen luova agentuuri, joka on erikoistunut taiteilijoiden uraa tukevien palvelujen kehittämiseen, näyttelyjen kuratointiin ja tuottamiseen, teosmyyntiin, tapahtumien järjestämiseen ja konsultointitehtäviin. FAA toimii asiantuntijan roolissa erilaisissa yhteistyöhankkeissa ja pyrkii laajentamaan kuvataiteen toimintakenttää. Agentuurissa työskentelevät yrityksen perustaja, kuraattori Laura Köönikkä, kuraattori Darja Zaitsev sekä assistentti Emma Haikonen. Finnish Art Agency hakee joukkoonsa kahta…
There’s nothing worse than feeling like you don’t belong. Art galleries can be intimidating; institutional spaces where jargon serves to promote not only a deficit in understanding but also alienation from the arts. Discontent about the kind of language we use to talk about artists, artwork and their attendant artistic movements can turn a visitor…
Finnish Art Agency, founded in 2013 has established its status in the Finnish cultural field. Our activities have demonstrated the need and importance of such agency operators partnering with organizations as well as private individuals. Finnish Art Agency’s main focus has previously been in artist collaborations accompanied by consulting, artist mentoring and curating services. From…
As 2017 is upon us so let’s take a look back and see what the past year was all about for Finnish Art Agency. In 2016 FAA worked on various projects with its collaborative artists and pursued making new contacts both in Finland and internationally. Last year started off with the final days of New…