ESPOO MAGAZINE 4/2018

PICKS
ARI KARTTUNEN / EMMA
Aukio, Bryk &
Wirkkala: visible
storage.
The archive workshop
results were presented
at the Olari school.
Cultural affairs receiving recognition
Espoo’s award-winning cultural acts reflect the diversity of culture.
EMMA WAS chosen the Museum of the Year
among 17 candidates. The jury considered
EMMA a high-quality, modern museum with
a clear direction and expertise, whose effect
reaches considerably far outside its operating
area.
2017 culminated in November when EMMA
and the TWRB Foundation together with the
City of Espoo opened the Aukio expansion
housing Rut Bryk’s and Tapio Wirkkala’s private
collections. According to the criteria for the
distinction granted by the Finnish Museum Association,
Aukio has elevated museal activity in
Finland to a new level and enriched the public’s
conception of museums’ day-to-day operations
and expertise by introducing museum work in
an open space.
The TWRB Foundation was also recognised
for the joint effort with EMMA. The foundation
received the Helsinki Design Awards’ Jury’s
Choice award. The jury commended the foundation’s
way of making museums’ behind-thescene
work visible to the general public. This
special award for current operators or events
AUKIO
IMPROVES
THE PUBLIC’S
PERCEPTION
OF MUSEUMS’
DAY-TO-DAY
OPERATION.
accomplished in design was awarded for the
first time this year.
THE FINLAND 100 years project “Espoo in the
civil war” was acknowledged for its youth work.
Pedaali, the Finnish Association for Museum
Education, chose it as the recipient of its Annual
Award in Museum Pedagogy for producing
information and understanding of history
in a lively manner. In its criteria, the association
stated that the project had renewed the agencies
of museums’ public and archival work as
well as cultivated people’s personal, experiencebased
and insightful relationships with history.
The target group in this project that was
launched in 2016 and culminated in the centenary
of Finland’s 100 years of independence
were young people. Archive workshops testing
archival pedagogical methods resulting in, for
example, digital stories created using the digital
story telling method, were at the core of the project’s
youth work. The workshops offered a more
personal link to history for the young and helped
them understand source criticism and what
makes history. Museum work became familiar to
the young people in a completely new manner.
THE KAIKUKORTTI card model which has been
used in Espoo and Kainuu for a couple of years
received recognition in the spring. The Kaikukortti
card was awarded the Good Practice
award at the Expert days for professionals at
social work.
With a personal Kaikukortti card, the underprivileged
can get tickets to cultural events.
The cards are distributed by outreach youth
work, social services, mental health services
and substance abuse prevention.
The jury consisting of representatives from
Talentia Union of Professional Social Workers,
The Centre of Excellence on Social Welfare in
Central Finland, University of Jyväskylä and the
JAMK University of Applied Sciences considered
the model a good example of cooperation
between operators in social welfare and culture.
“The model highlights the significance of culture
for a person’s wellbeing. It also tackles the current
issue of social inequality,” the criteria stated.
when
you move, it’s
a good idea to
get to know
your new
environment.
housing,
shops, libraries,
getting around,
places to rest,
hobbies and events.
the whole
lot.
for me,
the most
important part of
settling down is
getting to know
others.
if i didn’t,
i wouldn’t
get far.
WEL-
COME!
culture can contribute to many goals of the city. for example, it is
an important driver of involvement and inclusion. how could arts
and culture play a wider role in developing Espoo?
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