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The project will develop a network between Nordic religious LGBTQIA+ young adults and young adults with a religious background. National and Nordic cooperation will be enhanced by sharing experiences on Discord and at a camp organised in Turku, Finland in spring 2027.

The project includes three international youth camps between Jan 2026 – April 2027 in Denmark, Finland and Norway. The themes of the camps are ecological agriculture and sustainable activism. Project empowers youths to engage in civic activism around food systems in a sustainable and inclusive way.

Project improves young people media literacy skills and counters disinformation & propaganda, through co-creation process in frame of skills workshops, digital labs, and Nordic Media Festival by building youth democracy and strengthening media resilience and sustainable networks for the future.

The purpose of my travel is to organise my solo exhibition at the Rothko Museum in Daugavpils, Latvia.

Kaaos Company has been invited to perform Sister, I can feel it in my bones, and teach a workshop in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the festival PÅ TVÆRS 2026 from April 29th to May 3rd, 2026. My role in this project is the producer, director-choreographer, and organizer of the group.

Kaaos Company has been invited to perform Sister, I can feel it in my bones, and teach a workshop in Copenhagen, Denmark, at the festival PÅ TVÆRS 2026 from April 29th to May 3rd, 2026. My role in this project is a dancer / performer.

For travels to Stockholm for the puppet theatre performance "Nils Holgersson’s underbara resa" rehearsals in 2026

To prepare, develop and rehearse more material and test this on audiences, prior to upscaling the concept for performances at Oulu European Culture Capital September 2026.

To prepare, develop and rehearse more material and test this on audiences, prior to upscaling the concept for performances at Oulu European Culture Capital September 2026.

The purpose of the travel is to participate in the Seminar for Leaders in Voluntary Cultural Organisations in the Nordic Region, held in Fredrikstad, Norway, 28–30 November 2025. The aim is to exchange experiences, present our work, and establish new Nordic cooperation.

To prepare, develop and rehearse more material and test this on audiences, prior to upscaling the concept for performances at Oulu European Culture Capital September 2026.

Travel to Stockholm for puppetry performance Nils Holgersson’s underbara resa rehearsals in Marionetteatern.

To prepare, develop and rehearse more material and test this on audiences, prior to upscaling the concept for performances at Oulu European Culture Capital September 2026.

To prepare, develop and rehearse more material and test this on audiences, prior to upscaling the concept for performances at Oulu European Culture Capital September 2026.

To prepare, develop and rehearse more material and test this on audiences, prior to upscaling the concept for performances at Oulu European Culture Capital September 2026.

To prepare, develop and rehearse more material and test this on audiences, prior to upscaling the concept for performances at Oulu European Culture Capital September 2026.

The St.John Passion by J.S Bach in its 4th version from 1749, will be performed for the first time in Iceland. It will be a first-time collaboration of the Icelandic Baroque Orchestra, Brák, and the FiBO. I am a member of the Finnish baroque Orchestra, and will travel with the group to Iceland.

You Might See - exhibition entails three nordic artists from Norway, Sweden and Finland. Haliz' art work is among them and will exhibit in Copenhagen, Denmark at Vermillion Sands gallery curated by Kevin Malcolm and in collaboration with the Finnish Danish cultural institute.

To prepare, develop and rehearse more material and test this on audiences, prior to upscaling the concept for performances at Oulu European Culture Capital September 2026.

Participating in the Barents Spektakel festival in Kirkenes, Norway/Sápmi with a multidisciplinary performance Áávu (Inari Sámi for celebration, joy) directed by Auri Ahola.

To prepare, develop and rehearse more material and test this on audiences, prior to upscaling the concept for performances at Oulu European Culture Capital September 2026.

J.S Bach: St. John Passion, version from 1749, first time in Iceland. First-time collaboration of Icelandic Baroque Orchestra, Brák, and the Finnish Baroque Orchestra(FiBO). Travel with FiBO for 50th anniversary concert of the oldest baroque music festival in Scandinavia, Skálholt Summer Concert.

Travel to from Turku to Stockholm for puppetry performance Nils Holgersson’s underbara resa rehearsals

This project enables Artists at Risk (AR) to host four 2-3-month residencies of Ukrainian art professionals and their dependents at the AR-Finland Network in 2026–27. Artists applying to AR's Ukraine Public Call are selected according to highest risk (occupied/heavily attacked regions), with priority given to applicants with children and those affected by war-related trauma. AR provides a safe environment for rest and respite, networking, and the continuation of their artistic practice.

The Ukrainian Solidarity Residencies Programme (USRP) is a network of Finnish arts organizations that offer Visual Artists, Musicians, and Arts Professionals funded residencies in Finland. Each artist is placed within an organization from the Ukraine Solidarity network that can best support their practice. As well as residencies, career building events and Artist Talks and exhibitions are organized to facilitate artists’ inclusion in the Finnish arts scene and develop artists support networks.

The project strengthens cooperation between Nordic NGOs promoting corporate responsibility–Pro Ethical Trade, Future in Our Hands and Fair Action. The partners share resources and skills to run a campaign and to tackle one of the planetary threats of our time: overproduction in the fashion industry.

The Nordic Pride Conference 2026 in Oulu strengthens cooperation among Pride organisers across the Nordic region. Through workshops, networking and knowledge-sharing, the project builds inclusive, sustainable and long-term collaboration.

Nordic Permaculture associations develop a concept for a Permaculture Festival promoting sustainability in the Nordic countries, organisation guidelines and booklet. The concept is developed in a collaborative design process and by arranging the festival in 2 consecutive years in Sweden and Finland.

Strengthening Nordic cooperation in peace education by creating a Nordic Peace Education Hub. A platform and a community for Nordic peace educators by established peace education organisations in the Nordic countries.

The project will expand Nordic civil society collaboration and use radical imagination to develop a vision of Nordic global solidarity as part of social sustainability and a fair transition. The vision will be collated in an illustrated report for discussion and common advocacy beyond the project.

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PETER LIVED IN A HOUSE unites playwright Pipsa Lonka, the WAUHAUS collective, Estonia’s Von Krahl Theatre, and Norway’s BIT Teatergarasjen in a bold new collaboration exploring love for animals, language, and violence, to be performed in Finland, Estonia, and Norway in 2026–2027.

The project combines the creation process of an ambitious ensemble show with developing artistic practices and operational opportunities within mime and physical theatre in the Nordic region. The project consists of workshops, residencies, seminars, articles, audience discussions and performances.

Järjestämme Lapinlahden Elokuvajuhlat 22.–24.8.2025 Helsingissä. Nuoret järjestävät festivaalin kokonaisuudessaan. Haemme tukea pohjoismaisten nuorten elokuvantekijöiden ja heidän teostensa tuomiseen osaksi festivaalia.

NESU Excursionin järjestää NESU Finland ry, sekä Pohjoismaiset kauppatieteiden yliopisto-opiskelijat. Ekskursio järjestetään 10.9.-15.9.2025 Kööpenhaminassa. Tapahtuma pyrkii olemaan kaikille osallistujille mahdollinen taloudellisista lähtökohdista riippumatta.

We are organizing the largest astronomy conference in Nordic-Baltic history in Turku in May 2026, with a prominent focus on the participation of young researchers (Master and PhD students). The organization is lead by Pouya Kouch, a 29-year-old PhD student at the University of Turku.

RiseUp! is a feminist leadership programme for girls and young women in all their diversity. It was developed with and for young people. RiseUp! Nordic seminar will bring girls and young women together from Finland, Norway and Sweden to design and tailor RiseUp the programme to the Nordic context.

Helsinki Brass Quintet's concert in the Baltic and Nordic Music Festival in Kaunas, Lithuania, in November 2025.

Helsinki Brass Quintet's concert in the Baltic and Nordic Music Festival in Kaunas, Lithuania, in November 2025.

Helsinki Brass Quintet's concert in the Baltic and Nordic Music Festival in Kaunas, Lithuania, in November 2025.

Helsinki Brass Quintet's concert in the Baltic and Nordic Music Festival in Kaunas, Lithuania, in November 2025.

Helsinki Brass Quintet's concert in the Baltic and Nordic Music Festival in Kaunas, Lithuania, in November 2025.

"Baltic and Nordic Music Festival" in Kaunas has invited Marjo Riihimäki to work as a guest conductor in a concert with a brass quintet (Finland) and Ąžuolynas concert band (Lithuania).

I, Océane Bruel (member of Koekeittiö) will travel to Kaunas, Lithuania, to take part in the AUDRA Festival with a site-specific food art project. Through collaborative bread-making using local ingredients and handmade tools, we explore cultural heritage, sustainability, and community engagement.

I will be traveling to Vilnius to install the exhibition "Presa" at Atletika Gallery, created in collaboration with Bianca Hisse. The installation will take place between November 3 and November 6, and the opening is scheduled for November 7. We will hold an artist talk on November 8.

Jani Purhonen (member of Koekeittiö) will travel to Kaunas, Lithuania, to take part in the AUDRA Festival with a site-specific food art project. Through collaborative bread-making using local ingredients and handmade tools, we explore cultural heritage, sustainability, and community engagement.

Sonja Donner (member of Koekeittiö) will travel to Kaunas, Lithuania, to take part in the AUDRA Festival with a site-specific food art project. Through collaborative bread-making using local ingredients and handmade tools, we explore cultural heritage, sustainability, and community engagement.

Niina Tervo (member of Koekeittiö) will travel to Kaunas, Lithuania, to take part in the AUDRA Festival with a site-specific food art project. Through collaborative bread-making using local ingredients and handmade tools, we explore cultural heritage, sustainability, and community engagement.

Joona Sorsa (member of Koekeittiö) will travel to Kaunas, Lithuania, to take part in the AUDRA Festival with a site-specific food art project. Through collaborative bread-making using local ingredients and handmade tools, we explore cultural heritage, sustainability, and community engagement.

To participate/perform in the launch of C.U.T.S in Stockholm as part of the main program of the performance festival My Wild Flag the 4th to 6th of September 2025.

Eeva Rönkä (member of Koekeittiö) will travel to Kaunas, Lithuania, to take part in the AUDRA Festival with a site-specific food art project. Through collaborative bread-making using local ingredients and handmade tools, we explore cultural heritage, sustainability, and community engagement.

To participate in the launch of C.U.T.S in Stockholm as part of the main program of the performance festival My Wild Flag the 4th to 6th of September 2025

This grant supports travel from Helsinki to Riga for a one-week collaboration in June with scenographer Andris Kaļiņins, performer Robert Fleitz, and the team at Ģertrūdes ielas teātris to develop the theatre work "Program Selection," premiering in mid-September.

I am traveling to Latvia to collaborate as a soloist with Sinfonietta Rīga and IRCAM in their performance commemorating the 100th birthday of Pierre Boulez at the Liepāja Mākslas Forums (Liepāja Art Forum).

Taking part in the international guest programme of the Danish contemporary music festival Klang in Copenhagen as representative of the Finnish Uusinta Ensemble. I will attend the concerts and networking events of the festival's final weekend, check out the venues, and discuss future collaborations.

Organizing and producing a ceramics festival. The festival is called Kökarin Savi Festival, and will be held from June 1 to June 7, 2025. I am one of the main producers of the event. The other one is The Åland Achipelago Guest Artist Residence. We produce this festival in close collaboration.

I have received an invitation from the Estonian Ceramists Association’s board to participate in a wood-fired symposium in Kohila, Estonia, in July 2025. The symposium and residency consist of the artists' creative work, collaboratively firing a large anagama kiln, presentations, and discussions.

Representing the Social Choregraphy Lab Helsinki, I will visit Performance Art Bergen in August 2025 to give an public workshop and lecture-performance, continuing the 2-year long work of creating a Social Choreography network in the Nordic region.

Organising a duo exhibition and an artist's book intervention with Timo Vaittinen in Bladr in Copenhagen.

Organising a duo exhibition and an artist's book intervention together with artist Tuukka Kaila in Bladr in Copenhagen.

Sharing Through Moving -workshop, co-taught by Rebecca Laube-Pohto and Iselin Brogeland in city of Stavanger, Norway in October 2025.

To start the artistic research and creation of Yohei Hamada’s new project ANIMA CHOIR in Bergen Norway.

The purpose of the travel to Copenhagen is to present my audiovisual installation Transfer and lead a public workshop at the Copenhagen Photo Festival’s VÆKST program, which supports interdisciplinary artists in the Nordic region working across photography and expanded media.

Flowers of the Glacier is a poetic documentary about the challenges posed by global warming in the Arctic and the resilience of its communities. As they face disappearing glaciers and sturdy flowers, three generations of women scientists connect through the discovery of a forgotten herbarium.

Flowers of the Glacier is a poetic documentary about the challenges posed by global warming in the Arctic and its resilient communities. Facing the melting glaciers and blooming flowers, the paths of three generations of women scientists meet through the discovery of a forgotten herbarium.

Travelling to Iceland to present new photographic work and performance in OPEN gallery in Reykjavic.

Offline Anonymity (OA) Residency fosters the dynamic exploration of shared ecological & geopolitical realities through the creation of a new, anonymous band. The band name 333 222 corresponds to the group’s composition: 9 anonymous members working non-linearly to develop their sound and methods of contemporary ecological music. OA invites sound artists to challenge traditional band dynamics exploring anonymity as a communal asset through a curated residency and music/ print publishing outputs.

HIAP, Bioart Society, Swamp: Art Materials Swap and Waste Management Point, Koyne Programme and Tuo Tuo will collaborate on a new project which will see 3 Nordic artists each undertake a 3 month long residency exploring conscious and tangible approaches to material practices for artists and communities. ‘Learning Materials’ investigates how biomaterials, traditional practices, new technology and old knowledge can be brought forward to rethink our relationship to materials and the planet.

The aim of the project is to strengthen cooperation between the Nordic LGBTIQ+ movements in order to defend the rights of LGBTIQ+ people and enhance resilience of LGBTIQ+ movements.

This project fosters collaboration among Nordic youth councils and politicians through events and workshops. The goal is to formalize cooperation and strengthen youth influence in the Nordic Council of Ministers, amplifying youth voices in regional policymaking.

The project analyzes youth sector funding in Finland, Sweden, and Norway, producing national reports and a comparative Nordic study. Nordic coordination supports policy advocacy by identifying Nordic trends and challenges that youth organisations face. The study results will be presented to NORDBUK.

Tutkimusprojekti selvittää julkisten talouden ohjausjärjestelmien toimivuutta Suomessa, Ruotsissa ja Tanskassa. Erityisesti tarkastellaan julkista taloutta koskevan sääntelyn ja instituutioiden toimivuutta oikeudenmukaisen ekologisen siirtymän ja 2020-luvun geopoliittisen tilanteen näkökulmasta.

This project will reinforce innovation communities in four Nordic countries, leveraging the organisational infrastructure of MyData hubs to facilitate collaborative production of concrete infrastructure, governance, and literacy outputs for data empowerment in the context of AI.

In this project the koja/maja/hut, designed and built by children, forms the heart and base for creative storytelling, where culturally and ethnically diverse children will be exposed to different forms of arts and culture that inspire their own storytelling, using varying techniques and methods.

Print Tallinna-Turku projektissa järjestetään taidegrafiikan työpajoja, vaihtonäyttelyitä ja yleisölle avoimia luentoja vuosina 2025-27. Työpajoihin osallistujat ovat ruotsalaisia, suomalaisia ja virolaisia ammattitaiteilijoita. Tavoitteena on pohjoismaisten taidegraafikoiden yhteistyöverkosto.

Kori Jazz Festival combines basketball with performances by Nordics’ most exciting new-generation jazz bands. Alongside the concerts, we organize open street basketball games. The events take place from July to August across Helsinki and in Copenhagen.

En arbetsgrupp avser skapa den första berättarfestivalen på Åland. Lokala, finländska och svenska berättare uppträder på olika platser 3-9.11 2025. Berättarkurser planeras att ingå liksom ett program för grundskolorna. Projektet avses vara inledningen en på en årlig festival med nordisk inriktning.

Many seniors face challenges in accessing digital cultural experiences. This limits their participation in cultural life. In this project, young people will be trained to mentor seniors in experiencing e.g. virtual museum tours, online exhibitions, and digital artistic content.

DANS HAV! / TANSSI MERI! is a performance engaging the elderly as audience, participants, and co-creators to be shown in care homes. We seek funding for 6 weeks of rehearsal in spring 2026.

The choreographic work Reflets is a moment of intersection of the past and a contemplated future. It evokes the violence of the past but summons the desire for a better world by/for all living beings. A generational dialogue that aims to create a future that the past can no longer break.

OMVF (Oulu Music Video Festival) organises its first international music video competition. The 2025 music video competition is open to all participants from Nordic countries. OMVF invites 12 Nordic directors its festival and screens the competing videos at five Nordic partner festivals.

The project includes a multilingual performance, seminar, workshop, podcast series, and article. It aims to create a more inclusive and representative performing arts landscape. It challenges the monolingual norm and the marginalization of minority and immigrant languages in Nordic performing arts.

We are seeking funding to initiate and develop the Nordic BIPOC Network designed to foster greater collaboration, mentorship and support for BIPOC (Black,Indigenous,and People of Color) artists within the Nordic region.The project responds to the pressing need to increase diversity,equity,and inclusion in the Nordic arts sector.It focuses specifically on artists from Afro-diasporic backgrounds and the Global South,who often face unique challenges navigating predominantly white cultural spaces.

Galmudug hakee rahoitusta omien aktiivinuortensa ideoimaan ja toteuttamaan hankkeeseen, tavoitteena nostaa esiin somalinuorten pohjoismaisissa yhteiskunnissa kohtaamia haasteita ja ratkaisumalleja niihin. Ratkaisuja haetaan yhteisellä leirillä kesällä 2025 ja viikonlopun seurantatapaamisessa.

Architect and musician Tuomas Toivonen will travel to Lithuania to perform at Nida Art Colony (Nida, May 30) and Stasys Museum (Panevėžys, May 31). His site-specific sound performances explore the relationship between music, architecture, and nature, fostering cultural and ecological awareness.

To attend the second part of the DocForward workshop arranged by Nordisk Panorama with the documentary filmproject "Noctalgia". The workshop is in Oslo, Norway in May.

The purpose of my travel is to keep on working with my folk music group Rakkel as we're currently composing, arranging and recording our second album.

Travel with the documentary project "Noctalgia" to second part of DocForward workshop. Workshop is in Norway, Oslo in May.

Julia Hovi, the managing director of WAUHAUS will travel to Copenhagen to prepare for the premiere of “Garden on the Grave” as a part of CPH Stage Festival. This site-sensitive audiowalk performance guides participants through the historic Assistens Cemetery.

Visit in Estonian folklore archives in Tarto (3 days) to study herding music for future folk music album and Tallinn music week (4 days), where networking, conference and meeting with fellow folk musicians from Estonia ja Lithuania

I'll be taking part in an international conference Queer Pasts: What’s Queer in Queer History, and the Nordic Queer History Archives and Activities meeting in Denmark.

I’m applying funding for travelling to Denmark in order to participate the conference “Queer Pasts: What’s Queer in Queer History?” at Roskilde University (21.-23.5) and the subsequent network meeting of the Nordic Queer History Archives and Activities network (24.5).

Participating in a duo exhibition together with Alejandra Alarcon at EKA Gallery in Tallinn, Estonia on the 26th of September until the 19th of October and transporting artworks. This exhibition will feature a multidisciplinary project A Multispecies Gathering.

I am traveling to Vilnius to develop The 444th Season, a site-specific project commissioned by the Old Theatre of Vilnius for its 2025 program. My visits focus on research, workshops, and installation, integrating historical, architectural, and ecological elements into a theatrical experience.

Participating in a duo exhibition together with Sandra Mirka at EKA Gallery in Tallin, Estonia on the 26th of September until the 19th of October and transporting artworks. This exhibition will feature a multidisciplinary project A Multispecies Gathering.

Dramaturg Tuomas Laitinen of WAUHAUS and will travel to Copenhagen to prepare for the premiere of “Garden on the Grave” as a part of CPH Stage Festival. This site-sensitive audiowalk performance guides participants through the historic Assistens Cemetery.

We are participating in Kristjan Ingimarsson Company's project The Hangar people. A collaboration where we research new forms of performance, with a open showing on the last day of the research period.

We are participating in Kristjan Ingimarsson Company's project The Hangar people. A collaboration where we research new forms of performance, with a open showing on the last day of the research period.

To deepen my collaboration with the Swedish art magazine Konstguiden and get updated on the Swedish art scene.

Participating in artistic collaboration with Estonian performing artists Liisa Saaremäel and Keithy Kuuspu in the creative process "Tears of Mud" taking place at Kanuti Gildi SAAL in Tallinn.

Participating in artistic collaboration with Estonian performing artists Liisa Saaremäel and Keithy Kuuspu in the creative process "Tears of Mud" taking place at Kanuti Gildi SAAL in Tallinn.

To perform the piece Asphodel Meadows at Saal Biennale in Tallin 2025. The piece is about the seagrass meadows of the Baltic Sea and a hidden sorrow that has not been grieved. The work was born out of a need to create space for sorrow, a need to look at the sea, a need to look in the sea.

To perform the piece Asphodel Meadows at Saal Biennale in Tallin 2025. The piece is about the seagrass meadows of the Baltic Sea and a hidden sorrow that has not been grieved. The work was born out of a need to create space for sorrow, a need to look at the sea, a need to look in the sea.

To perform the piece Asphodel Meadows at Saal Biennale in Tallin 2025. The piece is about the seagrass meadows of the Baltic Sea and a hidden sorrow that has not been grieved. The work was born out of a need to create space for sorrow, a need to look at the sea, a need to look in the sea.

A two-week trip to Tallinn to prepare and construct an outdoor installation for the courtyard of the Estonian Museum of Architecture. The piece is commissioned by the museum and will be presented as part of an exhibition focusing on Tallinn's Olympic architecture.

Scenographer and live artist Samuli Laine of WAUHAUS will travel to Copenhagen to prepare for the premiere of “Garden on the Grave” as a part of CPH Stage Festival. This site-sensitive audiowalk performance guides participants through the historic Assistens Cemetery.

Sound Designer Jussi Matikainen of WAUHAUS will travel to Copenhagen to prepare for the premiere of “Garden on the Grave” as a part of CPH Stage Festival. This site-sensitive audiowalk performance guides participants through the historic Assistens Cemetery.

I wish to travel to Apimondia Scandinavia 2025 in Copenhagen next September. It is a congress for the bees, beekeepers, scientists, the industry and for the people from all over the world who care about bees and honey and beekeeping.

I'll conduct artistic research at BIRCA,Bornholm Aug 25,exploring the sea,coast shifting ecologies,cultural narratives.Collaborating with marinebiologists,historians,artists,I will develop a site-specific performance premiering in 27,addressing nature adaptations,mythology,human-nature entanglements