What kind of thoughts has the SHIFT mentoring program raised in you concerning your own artistic practice? The process of my painting practise hasn’t changed but I have got more ideas and learned how to present my work and myself as well. I’ve learned that the artist can effect one’s own career by making initiatives and…
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…
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…
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…
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…
In the beginning of April SHIFT mentoring program was pleased to receive two international arts critics from the UK to lead a workshop about arts writing. Freelance arts critic Laura Robertson and Tate Liverpool‘s content editor Mike Pinnington founded The Double Negative magazine in 2011. As a respected art journal it offers a platform for contemporary arts criticism…