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The Russian-Finnish Art Caravan forum of culture is coming to Karelia Minister of Culture and Public Affairs of Karelia Galina Brun provides details. Karelia: New Testament in the Vepsian language May 4-6, 2007 – The Great Bear Youth Finno-Ugric Folk Festival will take place in the Republic of Karelia under the support of the Norwegian Barents Secretary “New live of crafts” : Ceramics, embroidery, weaving, patchworks, macrame, wood carving and painting, birch bark crafts and other craft forms (Petrozavodsk, Karelia) The exhibition is held in the framework of “Rural development of Pryazha, Olonets, Pitkyaranta and Suoyarvi regions of Karelia” project Karelian Craft and Design Network” project funded through the Euregio Karelia Neighbourhood Program was launched on April 19, 2007 It will be implemented during 18 months in Belomorsk, Kem and Olonets regions of Karelia “Sommelo” festival was hold in Kalevala (Karelia) on June 6, 2007. Sessions of Regional Council and Regional Committee of the Barents Euro-Arctic Region are to be held in Tromsoe under the chairmanship of the Head of Karelia on September, 5-6 Karelian-Swedish project on development of rural regions is almost over VI International Barents Puppet Theatres Festival will be held in the Puppet Theatres of the Republic of Karelia on October 17 – 21, 2007 14 theatrical companies from Sweden, Norway, Finland, Island, Estonia and Murmansk (Russia), St.-Petersburg (Russia), Petrozavodsk (Karelia) will participate in the festival. “Vepsians of Prionezhye” exhibition opens in Petrozavodsk Exhibition “The Kantele Code” opened in Petrozavodsk "... and time becomes a wondrous thing... " – exhibition SuneJonsson: IMAGES OF PEOPLE AND LANDSCAPES The VIth international Puppet Theatre Festival of Barents region is to take place on the 17 - 22 October 2007 in Petrozavodsk (Karelian Republik, Russia) The Bengt Pohjanen Literature Prize 2007 goes to Russian writer Nadezhda Vasilieva from Petrozavodsk The exhibition in memory of Oleg Juntunen (1948 – 2005) opens in Petrozavodsk. Graphic arts, painting. National culture festival passed in the village of Essoila (Karelia, Pryazha region) Karelia and Finland signed the Agreement on carrying out of the fourth Ballet Festival MERRY CHRISTMAS! The Petrozavodsk office of the Norwegian Barents Secretariat was closed “AQUABIENNALE”: 3nd international exhibition of watercolors ( Petrozavodsk, RUSSIA 2008) 6th International Festival of Choral Art “The Singing World (St. Petersburg, 1– 6 August 2008) 1st International Folk Festival "Interfolk in Russia" (October 1–4 2008, St. Petersburg) An exhibition of Swedish comics is to start on the 4th of March in Petrozavodsk Danish Culture Mini Festival in the Vyhod Media Center (Petrozavodsk) Karelian Craft and Design Network project presents: sales exhibition "Karelian Craft: A New Name of Souvenirs" (Petrozavodsk, Karelia) within the framework of the international project "Karelian Craft and Design Network" "Romeo and Juliet" on the medieval stage 1st International Folk Festival "Interfolk in Russia" (October 1–4 2008, St. Petersburg) Aquabienniale III international watercolor exhibition (Karelia, Petrozavodsk) The Northern Star international Remote festival of ethnic theatres of countries of the Barents Euro-Arctic Region and the Finno-Ugric world ended in Petrozavodsk «Wooden Architecture as a Phenomenon of National Culture» Petrozavodsk, 23 - 26 June 2009 The Ministry of culture and public affairs of the Republic of Karelia in collaboration with Petrozavodsk State University research institute over historical and theoretical problems of national architecture and University of Florence Department of Architectural Planning organises the second international scientific-practical conference:«Wooden Architecture as a Phenomenon of National Culture» THE “FOLK BARENTS THEATRE SEMINAR” : 4 – 10 September 2006, Petrozavodsk JOURNEYS: Solo exhibition by Oleg Juntunen (Petrozavodsk). Graphic art, tempera paintings, objects Attention! The new address Karelian Barents Information office for e-mail is karbarents@karelia.ru Cooperation between Karelia and the Finnish province of Oulu goes on Post-release of the International Scientific and Practical Conference “Museums in the Northern Dimension” (18-20th October, 2007, Petrozavodsk) International seminar «Wooden Architecture of Karelia» will pass in Florence from January, 23 to 28 First session of organizational committee of the International Art Caravan Russian-Finnish project took place in the Government of Karelia New Protocol on Cooperation between the Republic of Karelia and the Swedish provence of Vasterbotten is signed “AQUABIENNALE”: 2nd international exhibition of watercolors (Petrozavodsk, RUSSIA 2006) TERMS OF ENTRY and ENTRY FORMS International scientific and practical conference "Museums in the Northern Dimension" will be held by the Karelian state regional museum on October, 18-20th, 2006 in Petrozavodsk Joint projects of Kajaani, Joensuu and Petrozavodsk theaters "Kalevala mosaic" international cultural marathon in Karelia The team of the Barent culture portal wishes you MERRY CHRISTMAS! Petrozavodsk hosts delegation from the cultural department of Nordland province (Norway) on January 22-26, 2006. The Candy Princess of Virpi Vesanen-Laukkanen in Karelia The budget of the Information Bureau of the Nordic Council of Ministers is increased from 4,5 million Danish crones in 2005 up to 6 million Danish crones in 2006 "Gruppen Fyra" Contemporary Dance Group from Finland performs in the Media center “Vyhod” (Petrozavodsk) on March 21, 2006 The National Center of Photography (St. Petersburg) presents BE YOUR ENEMY exhibition in the City Exhibition Hall, Petrozavodsk Kalevala epic was again translated into Russian XIX International Chamber Art Festival and XVIII International Summer Music Academy of the Barents region (July 2006, Kostomuksha) The Karelian Barents Office will be opened in Petrozavodsk on February 21, 2006. Karelian Santa's Mailroom, his main office in Petrozavodsk, opens on December 27, 2005 at 12:00 in the Media-center “Vyhod” The team of the Barent culture portal wishes you MERRY CHRISTMAS! The Barents Office opening in Petrozavodsk slated for December 6 is postponed till January 2006 The IVth international festival National Palette of Karelia is held in Karelia and will last untill December 31, 2005 “The unity of different people” exhibition in Petrozavodsk On October 18, 2005 "Karelian holidays" multimedia CD was presented in the Media-center “Vyhod” Days of Norway will pass from November, 10 till November, 29 in Petrozavodsk. “The Blue road”: from Petrozavodsk to Pudozh The artist Oleg Juntunen died FORMSCAPE exhibition of arts and crafts and design from the Barents countries opens in Petrozavodsk city exhibition hall on September 30, 2005 Music festival devoted to the famous Finnish composer Harri Vessman has taken place in Petrozavodsk. Karelian State Museum of Local Lore, History and Economy has presented selected pages of history of Karelia at the international exhibition "Russia-Norway. Through Centuries and Borders" opened on April, 6th in St.-Petersburg “Young writers of the Barents Region” in Karelia The first Theater Festival of Indigenous People of the Barents Euro-Arctic region "Northern Star" will be held on September 22 - 27, 2005 in Petrozavodsk, the capital of the Republic of Karelia. Petrozavodsk: On September 16, 2005 at 10.30 a press conference will take place at the National Theater devoted to the First Theater Festival of Indigenous People of the Barents Euro-Arctic region "Northern Star", which will be held on September 22-27. "CARELIAN FACES" world music festival is coming to Petrozavodsk on September 16-17, 2005. Karelia, Petrozavodsk: Africa is here! African art exhibition (from Angola, Mozambique, Senegal Tanzania) was opened on September 2, 2005 in the Media center “Vyhod” as part of the World Music Festival “CARELIAN FACES - 2005”. “The Blue Road”: from Atlantic to Zaonezhje On September 15, 2005 an expedition of “The Blue Road” international project participants starts in Petrozavodsk and continues to Pudozh. The expedition is aimed at the study and preservation of cultural monuments of Karelia. VI Russian-Finnish Cultural Forum “The Guardian”, Vologda, 6.-10.9.2005: final press-release On April 1-3, 2005 the State National Theater of the Republic of Karelia features a new production called “Peddlers” based on the play by Seppo Kantervo and produced by Sergei Pronin. On the 5th of April the session of the Council on Culture has started in Murmansk. Barents Region International Conference “Culture. Tourism. Information: Interdependence for sustainable development” will be held 29 June – 1 July 2005 in Archangelsk. In Petrozavodsk Museum in memory of Nazi victims in the name of Maximillian Kolbe was opened. Partners of the international project on the Russian-Swedish military campaign of 1808-1809 met in Petrozavodsk. Cultural marathon “Kalevalian Mosaic” has started in Petrozavodsk A book of poems called "Mielentilat" by Ingermanlandian ethno-futurist Enska Jakobson was released in Petrozavodsk. On March, 10 "The Russian-Swedish destiny" exhibition was opened to public in Petrozavodsk at the Karelian State Regional Museum. It shows the of the Great Princess Maria Pavlovna. The student chorus from the Swedish city of Umea performed in Petrozavodsk Svanhovd Environmental Centre (Norway) has released "Field Guide to Protected Areas in the Barents Region". Karelian designers and couturiers discuss the issue of saving the north region’s traditional costume. National Theatre of Karelia goes on tour to Twer with the spectacles “Creation of the world. Songs the first and the second” at the invitation of Autonomous society of Twer Karelians. Petrozavodsk is the capital of winter sports games. Karelia: the Finnish language in a new form. The russian-finnish educational project has started in Karelia. The main aim of this project is to introduce new methods of the Finnish language studying into local schools and institutes of higher education. Karelian State National Committee and Yuminkeko Foundation have released "The Track of Vainemainen's Boat" by the Karelian author Pekki Perttu. A series of cultural events "Norwegian meetings" in the frames of the project "Small brooks make a river" (Petrozavodsk, Karelia) Inhabitants of the Siberian village revive traditions of vepses On 21 January in Salo Art Museum the joint exhibition of the Karelian and Finnish painters was opened. It is called Dialogue. Young musicians from Karelia study at the internatinal school "Prima nota" in Kuhmo Soloists of the Norwegian opera-house to present the opera "Евгений Онегин" to citizens of Murmansk. On January 20, 2005 presentation of the International exposymposium catalog "The Colours of Vodlozerje" ...and the opening of the annual exhibition took place in the Media center "Vyhod" (Petrozavodsk). This time "The Colours of Vodlozerje" exhibition features works of different artists who participated in the project in different years. Inna Kazakova, media artist and photographer from Petrozavodsk, became one of the finalists of the international media-art competition “Prix Mobius Nordica". The group exhibition of young painters from Murmansk region is opened in Petrozavodsk. The team of the Barent culture portal wishes you MERRY CHRISTMAS! On December 19, 2004 the book "Death of the Division" by Anatoly Gordienko was presented at the National library. The book is devoted to the death of the 18th rifle division during the Winter war between the Soviet Union and Finland. Grandfathers Frosts from all over Russia played Olonets golf and competed in other comic Karelian kinds of sports On November 26, 2004 the exhibition "Between the lines ..." was opened in the National museum of the Republic of Komi. It is a part of the international project on creation of CD "A Thousand Letters about War and Peace. The Second World War in Letters." Session of the Committee on Culture of the Barents region was held on November 22-24 in the city of Kuhmo (Finland) Ministers of culture of the Barents Council and the invited officials, constant participants of these meetings have taken part in it. Preparation to Hyperborea 2005 winter festival started in Petrozavodsk Traditional winter Hyperborea festival will start in February 2005 in Petrozavodsk. The National Theatre of the Republic of Karelia is the winner of the festival in Ioshkar Ola The first in Russia Electronic Festival of Theatre Ethnic Art where 29 performances were presented was held from November 19 to November 26, 2004 in Ioshkar Ola (Republic of Mariy El). The program of support of Karelian, Vepsian and Finnish languages is developed in Karelia The Council of representatives of Karelians, Vepsians and Finns of the Republic of Karelia at the Head of the Republic has approved the program of the state support of languages of these peoples intended for 2005-2010. Karelia will celebrate the 60th anniversary of Zapolyarye region and Northern Norway emancipation from German aggressors. Karelia will celebrate the 60th anniversary of Zapolyarye region and Northern Norway emancipation from German aggressors. The Week of the Norwegian movies devoted to the 60th anniversary of liberating Russian polar regions from fascists opens in Petrozavodsk The Week of Norwegian Resistance movies which is the title of the festival devoted to the 60th anniversary of liberating Russian polar regions and Northern Norway from the fascist invaders opens on Monday in Petrozavodsk. Republic of Komi through the eyes of a Swedish journalist On October 7, 2004 presentation of a new book “On the roads of Parma” by Kenneth Mikko took place in Syktyvkar. In his book Kenneth Mikko, chief editor of the “Culture in the Barents region” magazine, shares his experience and impressions of the Republic of Komi which he explored travelling by his motorcycle. Negotiations of the administration of the National Theater of Karelia with the representatives of the theater and educational organizations of Northern Karelia (Finland) were held on October 18, 2004. Negotiations between the administration of the National Theater of Karelia and the representatives of the theater and educational organizations of Northern Karelia (Finland) were held on October 18, 2004 in Petrozavodsk. Sami singer releases CD in waning language Palgah, a new CD by Inari Sami singer Aune Kuuva, contains what is perhaps the rarest music in the world. Back from Oulu It has turned into tradition for Petrozavodsk Puppet Theater to start a new theater season with a tour to the Finnish city of Oulu. The program on modernization of the Komi Republican film industry is being elaborated The section will be included in the program "Culture of the Republic of Komi for 2006-2010". It is aimed at the ways of preservation and development of the cinema service system, strengthening and modernization of the material and technical basis of cinema in the rural area. The fifth Russian-Finnish cultural forum opens on September 30. The international workshop of the managers of culture will be held in Arkhangelsk CARELIAN FACES 2004 - international pop, rock and ethnic festival will take place in Petrozavodsk on September, 17-18 More than 160 musicians from different continents will take part in the second international festival of ethnic music "Carelian Faces" which will be held in Petrozavodsk on September, 17-18. Musicians who play tunes and rhythms of their countries in modern ways have arrived to the capital of Karelia. Among them are guests from Finland, Great Britain, the U.S.A., Brazil, Columbia, Ghana (Africa) and Faroe Islands. Russia is presented by a female folk band "Iva Nova" (St.Petersburg), folk bands "Vataga", "Santtu Karhu & Talvisovat" and an electronic music band "The Coon" from Karelia. In the frames of the "Carelian Faces" festival another festival of ethnic music films will be held presenting modern culture of nations worldwide, from Africa up to Japan. This year the Carelian Faces festival is held under the logo "No Racial and National Intolerance". The festival was held under the auspices of the public organisation "EtnoKult" (Finland) and the Nordic Council of Ministers. "Flares of the Sunlight" is an exhibition of the young photographers from the Barents region. The exhibition will be opened in the beginning of October in Arkhangelsk museum of fine arts. Children of 10-12 years old and teachers from Sweden, Norway, Russia (Arkhangelsk) and Finland (Kemi) were invited to take part in the exhibition.