FinnAgora is organizing together with the department of Fennougristic studies at the University of Szeged a seminar about education on Thursday the 14th of October 14:00 to 16:00. The speakers are: Anna Orava, lecturer of Finnish language at the University of Szeged, Pauliina Kupila, the head of training at the University of Helsinki and László Ostorics, PISA national project manager for the public education system in Hungary. After the speakers there will be a panel discussion moderated by professor Katalin Sipőcz from the University of Szeged. The seminar is organized at Szeged University

FinnAgora is screening the Finnish success movie “Tove” in Szeged in October. The movie is directed by Zaida Bergroth, and it is about Tove Jansson, the creator of the world famous cartoons Moomins. In the film, the artist (Tove) lives a free life in post-war Helsinki. Tove parties and lives in unconventional relationships, for example with a man, who is married to another woman. Her artistic identity is developing at the same time as her side project, drawings of the melancholic but witty Moomins starts to live its own life. The film is screened in Szeged at Belvarosi Mozi on Wednesday the

Women Rock - photo exhibition that was showcased in Budapest at Hybrid Art Space gallery in August, is coming to Szeged. The opening event for the exhibition is on the 12th of October at 18:00 in Albert Szent-Györgyi Agora, address: Kálvária sgt. 23, 6722 Szeged. The proportion of women in the traditionally male-dominated music industry is still relatively small. Women are a clear minority in leading positions in the field, not to mention the areas of songwriting, sound engineering or entertainment law. Structural problems are not solved by themselves; therefore, an active effort is needed to

The “Encounters” ceramics exhibition is a collaboration project between FinnAgora and the Liszt Institute in Helsinki. At the exhibition, two Finnish and two Hungarian designers’ works are being showcased. The exhibition will be held at Kiscelli Múzeum as part of the Design Without Borders exhibition and Budapest Design Week. The art pieces in the exhibition are related to tea and coffee drinking, reminding the audience of the increasing importance of international encounters and cultural dialogue. Even if the practical items seem to be simple in their function, the design aspect of them is

Hello Tuija, who are you? I am Tuija Teiska, artist and Master of Fine arts. I was born in Kajaani and I live in Helsinki with my cat. How did you become an artist? I became an artist, when I started art studies when I was 15 years old, I got into art school when I was very young. I graduated in 2016 so I studied art for 10 years in total. My parents have encouraged me and supported my art hobby, and I went to high school with an emphasis on art. I never considered other options. It wasn’t even an option, it was a direction to follow. What kind of art do you do at the moment? I have