An Improvisation for the Asylum Seekers in Finland By Juri Kim Pang, Improvisationist-composer Expressing the asylum seekers’ desire for freedom in Finland, Juri Kim Pang, a new york city based -composer-improvisationist performed an improvisation at a public library in Helsinki. This concert is performed by a…
After the concert ended, we all headed to a café nearby. Here we witnessed the fruits of our work: the asylum seekers were almost transformed in a matter of days. The seekers, regardless of race and even language found unity in creative work and in celebration. Surely although…
A lady from Syria came into our session on Day 1 and wanted to draw. Tooled only with a green marker and a sheet of watercolor paper, the lady drew a ship floating on water. The ship was drawn in a simple and pure way. It has…
Our goals coming into the project: To work with the asylum seekers to make beautiful art for the reception center To juxtapose this art with a musical performance, a collaboration between our musical personnel and talented asylum seekers. To keep all of the seekers enthused…
Our session today was very rich. Much of our agenda today was based upon the visual arts, but we were delightfully surprised to see that in fact our musical expectations were more than fulfilled. Visual arts Collaborating with the children and their parents, we made…
We met a man from Afghanistan who explained to us his arduous journey. He traveled for 6 months, going from Russia, Ukraine, Iraq, Syria, and many more countries just to find a place to stay. He finally landed in Finland four days ago. He is…
The Strangers’ Concert for Strangers Ryhmä nuoria taiteilijoita New Yorkista järjestää improvisaatioon poihjautuvan konsertin, joka pohjautuu taide- ja musiikkityöpajoihin, joita taiteilijat ovat järjestäneet turvapaikanhakijaoiden vastaanottokeskuksessa Helsingissä. Kaikille avoin konsertti järjestetään Kirjasto 10 torstaina 1.9. klo 15-16,30. Tervetuloa! A group of young artists from New York…
Leaves So Many People Fleeing Persecution with Few Choices The ongoing conflict and violence in Syria, Iraq and other parts of the world is causing large-scale displacement and refugees are seeking safety beyond the immediate region. The lack of an increased number of legal pathways…
