The Finnish institute in Budapest has appointed Eero Yrjö-Koskinen as its new Director from January 1 st , 2021. He will succeed Cita Högnabba-Lumikero, who has been leading the institute since 2015. Yrjö-Koskinen has been appointed for an initial three years, which may be extended by another two years. The appointment was made by the FinnAgora Foundation, which has representatives from Finnish municipalities, universities, ministries, culture, civil society and corporate sector. The chairman of FinnAgora is Metropolitan Ambrosius. “I am truly excited about this appointment, as the institute

On March 23rd, The Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes network launched the Together Alone project: a fast progressing open call for artists and creatives, many of whose projects were cancelled or postponed due to the COVID-19. Nine weeks and 437 applications later, we have now commissioned 20 artists, creatives and collectives around the globe to reflect upon the current situation through diverse artistic practices. We are incredibly thankful for every application and extremely moved by how creatives have mirrored the major social upheavals of our times through the arts, and most

The second selection round of Together Alone is now completed! We were thrilled to receive (once again!) no less than 142 applications from homebound artists and collectives around the world. For this second round, seven projects were selected, employing bravely and widely the potentialities of digital culture and taking new paths to create connections between isolated artists and audiences worldwide. The selected projects from the second round are: - Care Practice: Recipes for Resilience by Ceci Moss & Jenni Nurmenniemi - Constructing a specialist network to produce knowledge and act as

Due to the COVID-19 pandemic FinnAgoras activities have been reduced significantly and many events had to be postponed and some even cancelled. Because of this it has been decided that the personnel only work part-time from the first of May. You can still reach us on firstname.lastname@finnagora.hu and info@finnagora.hu . Our response time might be longer due to the personnel only working part-time. We apologize for this and thank you for your understanding. We will inform you as soon as the office is open again full-time.

We were happy to receive (and read!) an overall of 129 applications for the first Together Alone round! We've gone through amazing applications by artists and collectives from across the globe - from Finland to Burkina Faso, from Japan to India and Australia. Five projects have now been selected, taking us on an exploration of artistic practices in times of physical isolation: artists weaving futurology and contemporary dance practices, studying fresh-water polyps and creating algorithms based on Covid-19 data, and others focusing on collaborative practices via soundscapes and online reading