Ik ben nu twee maanden in Finland en merk dat alles wat makkelijker gaat. Ik weet de weg en maak stappen in mijn eigen werk. Het schilderen begint echt vorm aan te nemen, de gesprekken over beeldend onderwijs hebben meer inhoud. Ook krijg ik steeds meer een beeld van mijn eigen docent-zijn.
Verder was er de opening van de kerstexpositie, waar ik zelf ook een ruimte voor mocht inrichten. Het is voor mij wel bijzonder dat je zelf als student met zoiets mee mag doen, dat is een kans die je maar één keer krijgt.
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Er is nu ook de Russische kunstenaar Alexander Nikitin, gesprekken voeren gaat niet echt wegens taalproblemen, maar het is wel interessant wat je leert van het werk van een andere kunstenaar. Ook non-verbaal kan je veel van iemand leren. Verder was er de kerstmarkt, de manier om de rest van de mensen in dit dorp te laten zien waar Saksala voor staat en wat er gebeurt. Ik heb wel gemerkt dat je alle mogelijkheden om in contact te komen met mensen uit de omgeving moet grijpen.
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Meeting with the chairman of the regional Arts-Council Kirsimaria E.
Törönen-Ripatti during the opening of an exhibition in GalleriAri in
Mikkeli.
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A video presentation of the artist Siard de Haan in GalleriAri in
Mikkeli
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I have been at different official openings of new exhibitions. If you
own an art centre, it’s important to make sure everybody knows who you
are. These activities are very important in that way. It’s also
important to know what is going on in the area considering art.
GalleriAri is a small gallery in the city of Mikkeli, the art sold in
this gallery isn’t the best, but get’s sold very good. To me it seems
the openings are fast after one another, I have already visited two
openings in the last two months.
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I have also visited one opening at the Art Museum Mikkeli, this was an
opening of contemporary art, the artists were also there. This was much
more official compared to the openings at the gallery. It was hard to
follow, because I don’t speak Finnish, but still very interesting.
During the talk about the artist’s work a child was following the lines
of a wooden sculpture. She forgot the world around her en was completely
focused on this sculpture. It was good to observe this, see how children
view art. In my research I find out that you don’t always need words to
consider pictures, and for me this was the perfect example. Especially
children don’t always need words, because they see the world different
than adults.
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Opening of the exhibition of Finish artists in the Mikkeli Museum of
Art. The works are of members of the Finnish Artist's organization.
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Observation of a child who is concentrated looking the construction
of the art work. The child is deeply affected by the ongoing line of the
sculpture and is loosing the contact with the surroundings. The art work
is telling her a lot in visual signs.
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Participating in the promotion of the art centre in the annual
Christmas fair in the local sport hall. Many of the inhabitants (2300)
are visiting this event.
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A part of the practice is developing the own artistic skills.
Working with a material like GOUACHE is something else than ACRYLIC and
gives new views on the way the art process is going.
In combination with working with a group of adults in an art course the
content of the work is developing in different directions. Doing
research in painting gives more levels in the final result and gives
also experiences in looking for new and unexpected solutions.
Discussing about child art and teaching art education gives information
about the art process of children and young people.
In the art centre is a lot of inspiring information and experiences
about this part of the practice.
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The invitation to take part in the Christmas tree exhibition is a
realistic experience in the art profession. Different international
artists are realizing the exhibition. The installation of Céline is next
to the wall painting of the Russian painter Alexander Nikitin. The
Finnish artist Eva Häkkinen has made an art impression of the
traditional Finnish Christmas room.
The whole room is transformed in a white landscape that can be a winter
landscape as well as clouds in the sky. The impression gives the viewer
the feeling of silence, retreat and peace without any information than
the reconstruction of the room. It works without any further
explanation.
See also the web pages about the
Joulukuusi
taide ja perinne exhibition
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This exhibition is very interesting at this internship. Not only do I
have the chance to guide people trough the museum, there are also other
aspects. This is la multicultural exhibition: Russian, Finnish and twice
Dutch. It is about Christmas, something all these cultures celebrate,
still you can clearly see the difference between these three cultures.
Within the exhibition different aspects of Christmas are brought
together. In the tour I could show the visitors the differences between
these three cultures at Christmas, seen through the eyes of artists (and
a student).
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ALLAPRIMA MUSEUM
