Koskelantie 11 E 35
00610 Helsinki
Finland
- Arts
- Democracy and community development
- International/Cultural relations
- Youth and education
Helsingin sanataidekoulu promotes the literary arts and arts education, and through different projects, seeks to develop methods of community art for the advancement of socio-cultural dialogue.
Helsingin sanataidekoulu is involved with projects that seek to increase the availability and inclusivity of arts education in Helsinki. It has been working with youth from refugee and asylum-seeker backgrounds, using the literary arts as a way of supporting the development of these youth's voice and agency in the Finnish society. Additionally, the association works to advance the use of literary arts as a method of creating multilngual and -cultural communities. The association is also actively involved in the pedagogigal development of arts education with Finnish universities. Furthermore, Helsingin sanataidekoulu works together with primary and secondary schools, libraries, museums and publishing houses to construct local and national networks for interdisciplinary projects.
Helsingin sanataidekoulu is excited for any national and international partnerships for the realisation of projects that relate to the literary arts, community art, arts education and citizenship education.