Art Opens Doors

Art Opens Doors is an art oriented societal integration program for families and young people within the Ukrainian community in Finland. The integration program will include regular meetings and club activities in Finnish, Russian and in Ukrainian. The project is organized by Children's Culture Center Musikantit, and has been funded by Alli Paasikivi Foundation. The activities will take place at Kurkimäki Community Center / Children's Culture Center Musikantit, in Helsinki.

The project will take place between August 2024 and January 2025.


GROUPS, COURSES AND EVENTS

  1. Parent and child- Language Cafe (Starting 17th of September 2024, Children's Culture Center Musikantit)
  2. Music play school (3 months to 3 year old) (Starting 17th of September 2024, Children's Culture Center Musikantit)
  3. Theater group for children (9 to 14 year old) (Starting 14th of August 2024, Children's Culture Center Musikantit)
  4. "As a Family in Finland" -expo with welfare organizations (for example pre-school education, primary school education, child welfare) (24th October 5-7 PM, 2024 Laakavuori primary school)
  5. Art hours for the whole family (Starting October 2024, Children's Culture Center Musikantit)
  6. Ending discussion for the parents on the topic of integration process (January 2025, Children's Culture Center Musikantit)

In general, the program's goal is to offer the participants a meeting place, where they can get to know one another as well as the local community, while finding themselves a suitable activity to benefit their integration. The meeting point will host meetings with representatives of important welfare organizations to spread important information.


As an employer we bring together professionals from all over the creative field. With this program we aim to recruit people especially from immigrant backgrounds. Our intention is to find specifically team members skilled in the Ukrainian language. We are also welcoming volunteers to join our planning process for the project. More information johanna.salminen (at) musikantit.fi.