Myllyteatteri is organising art workshops for artists in cooperation with Vuotalo and Eskus – Performing Arts Centre. The workshops are aimed at artists who have moved to Finland from abroad. Also local born artists are welcome. Artists with background in any field of art are welcome (dance, theatre, literature, music, visual arts etc.).
The workshops are free of charge. They offer the opportunity to meet other artists and network at the same time. Depending on your schedule, you can participate several times or just once.
Open comic art workshop
Location: Vuotalo (Mosaiikkitori 2, 00980 Helsinki)
Tue 19.5. at 17-19:30
In the workshop we make small exercises together about comic scripts and ideas for a comic story.
You don’t need to have any experience in drawing or comics. Workshops are open to adults. We are offering all the tools so you can just bring yourself.
Warm welcome!
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Workshop facilitator:
Suvi Ermilä (b. 1985 in Tampere) is a visual artist based in Helsinki. She often works with Indian ink, drawing nib and brush. Her recent comics deal with miscommunication, feelings of not belonging and family dynamics, often mixing comic and sad undertones. She has published three comic books: Vastaanottokeskus (Suuri Kurpitsa 2021), Jälki (Suuri Kurpitsa 2018) ja Hauho (Suuri Kurpitsa 2017). ”Vastaanottokeskus” won the Comics Finlandia prize for the best book of 2022.
She loves to paint with oil and acrylic colors and enjoys relaxing at her family’s summer cottage in Hauho.
Theatre Workshop
Location: Vuotalo (Mosaiikkitori 2, 00980 Helsinki)
Wed 3.6. at 16:30-18:30
Yuko Takeda will lead a theatre workshop exploring collective storytelling through imagination, body, voice, and presence. No prior theatre experience is required – the most important things are curiosity and a willingness to dive in. Storytelling is fun, liberating, and offers new perspectives on both self-expression and working together.
After the workshop you can participate in Myllyteatteri’s and Helsinki 98’s performance “Huolto 4:18”. It takes place at Vuosaaren Tilajakamo near the workshop space and starts at 19.00.
https://www.myllyteatteri.fi/huolto-418/
The performance is in Finnish. Participants of the workshop can get tickets for 8 €. Before the performance we will organize a meet&greet session with the director Jaakko Kiljunen.
Workshop leader:
Yuko Takeda is a Japanese actor based in Finland.
She gained her education in theatre and acting in the US and earned a master’s degree in Acting at University of Arkansas, Fayetteville.
In Finland she’s performed in various theatre, TV, and film productions.
Yuko also teaches theatre and acting. She holds a master’s degree in theatre pedagogy at Teatterikorkeakoulu. She’s also a certified mVm (Miller Voice Method) teacher.
Creative Movement and Personal Dance – Improvisation Workshop and sharing of your own artistic work, or ideas of it
Location:
Eskus – Esitystaiteen keskus
Suvilahti; Puhdistamo
Building nro 6, 2. floor
Kaasutehtaankatu 1/33
00540 Helsinki
Mon 15.6. at 17.00-21.00 (1,5h workshop • 2,5h own work and sharing)
Wed 17.6. at 13.30-17.30 (1,5h workshop • 2,5h own work and sharing)
This workshop offers a supportive space for each participant to explore their own movement and expression in a shared environment.
Through guided improvisation, the facilitator provides movement prompts that range from imagery to body sensations, spatial relationships, and more. Participants are encouraged to respond in their own unique way, following their impulses and curiosity.
The aim is not to perform, but to reconnect with the body and creativity through movement. Following your own way of moving might bring up joy, release, energy, inspiration, freedom and acceptance.
The workshop draws from Henna’s favorite improvisation practices, shaped by over 20 years practise in dance, circus, and theatre. Influences include SOLU Somatic Movement Education (Satu Palokangas), Body-Mind Centering®, contemporary dance methods, Jacques Lecoq, Pulse, Viewpoints, and more.
After the attuning movement workshop together, the participants get time for their own artistic work and developing ideas or something ongoing. In the end of the day we share each other what we are working on currently, or what we would like to be working on. It is a possibility to share and articulate about ones own work in a supportive environment.