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Kuusisto, and Paavali Jumppanen. performances. 5x2 art education was provided for Hungary as well as performances in the Bravo! festival. Juliet. The sixth Asia in Helsinki Festival, held in May, The international visitors during the spring were the comprehensive school lower stage classes in cooperation Also on the stage at Vuosaari House during the year were was visited by the Royal Ballet of Thailand. In addition to Stephan Oliva Quartet from France, Brian Melvin’s Fog with the art schools operating in the building. Sunanda Sharma and the classical Indian dance duo ballet, the festival featured a puppet theatre for children from San Francisco, and the Italian violinist Giuseppe Mas- The gallery’s exhibition schedule began with an experi- Kathak, the legendary Wigwam, and The Bear performed and Thai films, which were screened at Bio Rex. In Sep- ini. The autumn was brightened by an intense tango-jazz mental collaboration with the Artists’ Association of by Suomalainen Kamariooppera (the Finnish Chamber tember the Chinese Traditional Theatre Academy performance by Emilio Solla y Afines from Spain. Finnish Helsinki. Good lighting facilities were purchased for Opera). presented the Beijing Opera classic Farewell My performers of jazz and light music included Otná Eahket, Malmitalo’s upper circle for information and amateur Multicultural fairs by the International Cultural Centre Concubine. Doina Klezmer, M. A. Numminen’s Neobrutalist Tango Or- exhibitions. Caisa were extended to Vuosaari House. The Children’s Helsinki City Theatre’s musical The Umbrellas of chestra and Sanna Pietiäinen as well as Club 45. 5x2 art education programme was carried out in Cherbourg ran at the Alexander Theatre for the whole of One of the brightest stars in the firmament of today’s Stoa, the Cultural Centre of Eastern Helsinki cooperation with professional pedagogues with various the autumn. The third Russian Seasons festival in Novem- world of flamenco, Israel Galván, caused a sensation with Stoa is the Cultural Centre of Eastern and Southeast cultural backgrounds. Art courses in Russian for children ber featured visitors including Teatr Na Liteinom from St Pe- his exciting choreography in the autumn. Helsinki, providing cultural services for people of all ages. continued. tersburg and the Moscow Young Viewers’ Theatre. The The gallery put on 19 exhibitions. Kanneltalo also acted The programme of events strongly features excellent programme included The Happy Prince directed by Kama as a cooperative party in the Mätäjoki 2002 environmental performances of modern dance and a broad-based Other activities in eastern Helsinki Ginkas. Festival performances were also seen at Stoa. art exhibition by artists from west Helsinki, which spread programme for children. Stoa is also responsible for the Villa Aino Ackté was open to the public once a week from The studio facilities on Harakka Island and at the Cable out along the banks of the Mätäjoki river and to Sitratori Helsinki Cultural Office’s venue in Vuosaari House and for May to the end of October. During the open days, concerts Factory, which are part of the Alexander Theatre unit, were Square and Kannelmäki station. In December Sanna Karls- the activities of Villa Aino Ackté. were held with a programme ranging from classical to light occupied by a total of 45 artists. Villa Eläintarha 14 son-Sutisna and Nella Keskisarja illuminated Kanneltalo The autumn season at Stoa was a festival of dance. The music. Concert performances were given by artists provided accommodation for artists from more than ten with their light art. Art education was shared out by the world’s undisputed foremost modern dance ensemble, La including the Lenni-Kalle Taipale Group and Anneli countries during the year. A series of classic films was 5x2 art education programme’s Rhythm and Movement Compagnie Marie Chouinard from Canada, packed the Saaristo. The villa was used in February 2002 as the setting shown at Lasipalatsi, where the webzine Skenet was edited. course. halls during the Moving in November festival. The festi- for a TV series by the TV1 channel about the life of Venny val, which spread into Helsinki and Espoo, was a great Soldan-Brofeldt, the wife of author Juhani Aho. In May Savoy Theatre Malmitalo success and further strengthened Stoa’s position as one of and August two tours of seaside stately homes were Savoy Theatre operates in three ways: it rents out the thea- Malmitalo is the Cultural Centre of Northern and Finland’s top venues for modern dance. arranged in partnership with the City of Helsinki Public tre with staff services to external arrangers, and it arranges Northeast Helsinki. A key aim is to attract the interest of Many of the top names in Finnish dance appeared at Works Department, featuring a concert at the villa. partnership events and in house-productions. The biggest local residents who are not accustomed to using cultural Stoa during the year, from dancer/choreographer Tommi The main event of the year for Kurkimäki Community in-house production series was Cercle Invisible, which was services. Kitti to Jyrki Karttunen, who delighted the audience with Centre was the Kurkimäki Village Festival, which invited to the Savoy Theatre for the third time. In all, since Malmitalo gained a new audience for culture with a his Keiju choreography. It was also a busy year for theatre. featured performers including Kengurumeininki, Turku Helsinki’s year as European City of Culture in 2000, Cercle series of Open Door free performances, mostly consisting Collaboration continued with Teatteri Jurkka, and in all New Theatre, Killer and Tyrävyö. Other events during the Invisible has been presented at the Savoy Theatre 52 times of concerts and Finnish films. Among those who appeared three plays performed on Jurkka’s stage were also seen at year included film Sundays, country & western evenings to a combined audience of more than 35,000. Also, the in- in the series were Anki Lindqvist, Tuomari Nurmio and Stoa in 2002. In November performances from the Russian and 70s nights. The Children’s 5x2 art education house production of the Music of the Worlds concert series Trio Nostalgico. Open Doors reached an audience of Seasons festival were in the programme. programme continued. At the end of 2002 the Cultural Of- continued. Of the partnership events, the largest was the roughly 2,000. The for-payment programme of events was The programme for children was brightened with the fice gave up Kurkimäki Community Centre for financial production Tsirkka together with the Helsinki Festival and comprised of quality concerts, drama and dance children’s theatre festival Bravo! in March. The traditional reasons. the dance ensemble Tsuumi. performances, and films. Children’s Saturdays continued as before. The White Hall’s fifth summer exhibition, Socialist Rea- The diversity of the programme was partly ensured by RECEIVING VENUES lism, received a lot of media coverage. However, it did not renting out the performance facilities. Amateur and Vuosaari House The stages of the receiving venue theatres – the Alexander attain its visitor target this time, partly due to the professional troupes were offered an opportunity to stage Vuosaari House’s programme arrangements spotlight Theatre and the Savoy Theatre – are located in the heart of exceptionally hot summer, which drew the public away their performances in high-quality facilities at a moderate children’s culture and figure in the immigrant community. the city. The premises of these theatres are hired out for from all summer events. At the end of 2002 the Cultural cost. This opportunity was particularly often used by In 2002 Vuosaari House collaborated with local artists, different kinds of concerts, theatrical and dance Office gave up the White Hall for reasons of economy. The puppet theatres, which arranged children’s matinées. A associations and schools, among others. As a result of the performances. They have technical facilities for hosting White Hall’s activities are being continued by a longtime kids’ cinema and the Swedish-language Knattebio ci- collaboration, multicultural art education projects, a Russ- demanding international visiting performances. partner of the Savoy unit, Capital Catering. nema rounded out the entertainments for preschool child- ian-language children’s theatre performance and a choral The Savoy Theatre is specialised in short and quickly The Jazz-Espa series of concerts continued at the ren with free film shows. The 51 showings had a total concert were staged. changing events and the Alexander Theatre aims to stage Esplanade bandstand for its third summer since it was audience of 5,800. For children of school age the IP-Kino Among the favourites in the Children’s Saturdays series longer performance periods. started by the Finnish Jazz Federation during Helsinki’s cinema was held every other Wednesday afternoon. The were a visiting performance of Hippo and Other Horses year as City of Culture. It featured the cream of Finnish 16 showings attracted a total audience of 1,930. For by Helsinki City Theatre and the Opera and Theatre En- The Alexander Theatre jazz ensembles, playing every weekday in July. The families there were Children’s Saturday shows, a semble Kapsakki’s Souvenirs of Kapsäkki. International The Alexander Theatre served for the spring season as the Esplanade bandstand has also won an established position Didgeridoo event, a May Day festival, and Sysimetsän perspectives were presented by Baltic House Theatre from main venue of the Finnish National Theatre. In March the as a venue for different kinds of exhibitions held outside suippokorvat – an event accompanied by workshops and St Petersburg and the Mikropodium puppet theatre from premiere was held of the National Theatre’s Romeo and the summer season. 28 ENGLISH SUMMARY 2002 ENGLISH SUMMARY 2002 29
OTHER CULTURAL OFFICE PREMISES Among exhibitions, hits with the public were Eric Langert’s zoo from Sweden and an exhibition of early had eight cultural programmes of the Urban II programme running under its authority. These included neighbourhood Grants awarded, 2002 International Cultural Centre Caisa Caisa is an international cultural centre in the heart of Helsinki. It supports the city’s multicultural and tolerant development by promoting interaction between people from different countries and by supporting the independent cultural activities of ethnic minorities. Among the major events during the year were the Helsinki Day summer festival in Kaisaniemi Park, the Night of the Arts, Caisa’s Fair, and the Christmas bazaar. On International Women’s Day a cultural evening was held which was very popular. An adult students’ event for immigrants attracted about a thousand visitors. Caisa’s multicultural fairs also spread to Stoa and Vuosaari House. Caisa’s premises were also a venue for art exhibitions, culture evenings, theme days, internationalism education courses, seminars and activities for children. The student advisory centre for immigrants increased its popularity. A multicultural network brought representatives of various agencies, projects and organisations to Caisa each month. The Open Learning Centre project with ESR financing, which opened in 2001, continued during the year. The project’s main thrust is on developing networking and on building an electronic databank for multicultural work. Working methods and models for promoting immigrants’ reorientation and employment were developed in partnership with other city agencies, state institutions and various organisations. Uusimaa Regional Council decided to locate a fixed-term, multicultural information centre in Caisa starting from the beginning of 2003. Annantalo Arts Centre The Annantalo Arts Centre is a cultural development centre for children and young people, the function of which is to provide the children and young people of Helsinki with varied opportunities to make and experience art. The Annantalo Arts Centre’s 15 years in operation were celebrated at the Children’s Night of the Arts on 29 August 2002. During the evening, workshops, concerts, theatre performances and openings of four art exhibitions were attended by about 4,500 children and their parents. The spring themes for art education were flowers and growing, while the autumn themes were the Kalevala and Finnish mythology. Literary art was re-included in the workshop programme. In connection with reading and literature, the traditional Fairytale Day was held along with Favourite Book Day Eve and a children’s own literature seminar. illustrations by Rudolf Koivu. As a result of cultural courses and continuation projects from Helsinki’s year as City of Culture, cooperation with art institutions in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area and other cultural operators continued to gain in strength. Cultural courses and sessions of Getting to Know Art were held in partnership with Helsinki Education Department and art institutions. Among the results of the Getting to Know Art project was the Messages from the Varangians spatial art work, which was completed by class 7A from Vartiokylä at Puotila metro station together with artist Veikko Björk. The international children’s theatre event Bravo! was held in March with the Finnish ASSITEJ centre and cultural operators in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. There were six visiting performances, staged 41 times at houses of culture in the Helsinki Metropolitan Area. Noteworthy examples from other programme and public work was Leffakansio, a series of children’s films arranged for the first time. Historical city tours were attended by 250 pupils from 44 school classes. Annantalo Arts Centre also took part in arranging the Shine! festival and the Sunday Arena at Jugendsali Hall. Theatre and dance projects were arranged for comprehensive school upper stage pupils in connection with international visits. A joint elementary teaching experiment by drama studios was started together with the Youth Office. Urban Culture Unit The Urban Culture Unit supports local, grassroots cultural work and regional networking. The work is done together with local residents, organisations, companies and other local parties. In the course of the year, the Urban Culture Unit supported sixty residents’ projects and events. The Stadi Folk Festival, arranged by the Urban Culture Unit and the networks arranging district festivals, embraced more than 42 events, which attracted roughly 90,000 visitors. With the support of the Healthy and Safe City Board, the Urban Culture Unit launched six interactive community art and process art projects in different city districts with the participation of artists, artists’ organisations and local residents. Projects included Taivaskallio People in Käpylä, community art projects in Vuosaari, recycled art projects in Myllypuro, a community theatre in Pikku-Huopalahti, a poverty art project in Alppila, and a project getting to grips with disruptive youths in Käpylä. In the eastern region of the city, the Urban Culture Unit artists and IT applications at the office established in a shopping centre in Kontula. Cultural and Library Committee The committee members The committee was chaired by Riitta Suominen (National Coalition Party) and her deputy was Tero Tuomisto (Social Democratic Party). The other members were Jussi Chydenius (Greens), Reiska Laine (Left Alliance, as of 13 March 2002 Greens), Päivi Lipponen (Social Democratic Party), Leena Löyttyniemi (National Coalition Party), as of 10 October 2002 Tanja Remes (Greens), until 9 October 2002 Kati-Riikka Tuurala (Greens), Lauri Törhönen (National Coalition Party) and Henrika Zilliacus-Tikkanen (Swedish People’s Party). The deputy members serving were Helena Lauriala (National Coalition Party), Mikko Hakkarainen (Social Democratic Party), Timo Nurmiluoto (National Coalition Party), Olli Vasa (National Coalition Party), Paula Koskimäki (Social Democratic Party), Jaime Potenze (Greens), until 9 October 2002 Tanja Remes (Greens) and as of 10 October 2002 Hanna Fontana (Greens), Riitta Kaukonen (Left Alliance) and Sture Gadd (Swedish People’s Party). The secretary of the committee was Marja-Elina Tyrväinen. The representative of Helsinki City Board was Minerva Krohn. The Cultural and Library Committee convened on 13 occasions and passed 198 resolutions. Grants The committee’s prime function is to support the field of culture and art in Helsinki. In the spring the committee confirmed the following areas of emphasis for the grants policy: multiculturalism, international cultural exchange, support for children’s and young people’s art education and for artists’ working facilities, development of production support, and support for the development of Swedish-speaking minority culture and regional cultural work. The amount spent on assisting art institutions and artists in 2002 was 20,262,884 euros. Most of the grants awarded by the committee took the form of operating grants to art institutions: schools and colleges of art, professional theatres, museums, and cultural and art organisations in general. The committee paid out the rest in the form of discretionary Euro Operating grants to cultural institutions 18 957 579 Production grants (incl.Festadi, Koneisto, Forces of Light) 307 970 Project grants 41 638 Art education projects 84 500 Grants for international visits 198 621 Art grants 84 330 Cultural communities 93 350 Culture Award 8 000 Continuation projects for the Year of Culture 378 423 Grants to orchestras 24 380 Premises grants to communities of artists 84 093 Total grants 20 262 884 grants such as art grants and assistance for productions. Grants to artists and the Culture Award in 2002 It was decided to target art grants in the future on a few fields of art each year, determined separately. In 2002 art grants were awarded to representatives of modern dance, new media art and light music. The Culture Award for 2002 was awarded to dancer-choreographer Tero Saarinen for his significant work on promoting Finnish modern dance in Finland and abroad. Study trips The Cultural and Library Committee made a sturdy trip in February to the Netherlands, where it visited local art institutions and learned about the cultural policy. The core areas of cultural activity The Cultural and Library Committee confirmed the core areas of cultural activity as promoting professional art and supporting children and young people’s art education, regional cultural work and multiculturalism. In effecting savings, administrative divisions have been urged to concentrate on their core competencies and to make savings of four per cent on their expenses on premises. It was decided to effect the Cultural Office’s savings for 2003 by giving up the premises at the White Hall and Kurkimäki Community Centre. Savings were mostly effected in grants to art institutions in such a way that art education for children and young people remained on a par with the previous year’s level and cuts of 5 - 6% were made in assistance to other art institutions. 30 ENGLISH SUMMARY 2002 ENGLISH SUMMARY 2002 31
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