Kulttuurikeskus Ninho will offer a training program for professional workers in the children’s culture sector in 2025, thanks to the funding from the Pluralismisäätio Foundation.
The ‘Strength Capacity Building Training Program for a more democratic and inclusive Children’s Culture Sector’ will be an intensive program with three free workshops for professionals.
The goal is to create a more democratic and inclusive children’s culture sector, fostering intercultural dialogues and enhancing understanding through positive community engagement.
The workshops will offer knowledge and practical practices in cultural diversity, community engagement, intercultural dialogues, and non-discrimination strategies.
These three free workshops are designed for all types of cultural workers or people interested in diversity and children’s culture! That’s why Kulttuurikeskus Ninho will also offer these free trainings for Kolibrí Festivaali artists, so they can enhance their artistic proposals, for our volunteers and Ninho’s members.
So, whether you’re an artist, librarian, event producer, project manager, student, teacher, or parent, sign up now and don’t miss it!
General data:
🗓 26.5 – 2.6 – 9.6 ⏰ 5:30 – 7:30 pm 🎟️ Free entry 💬 Workshops will be in English.
📌 You can join workshops online and at Globe Art Point: Malminkatu 5, 00100 Helsinki. Face-to-face spots are very limited, so save your spot!
Free Training on Cultural Diversity and Community Centered Proposals:
🗓 26.5.2025 ⏰ 5:30 – 7:30 pm.
Register here
Topics we will cover in this workshop for professionals:
- Foundations of Cultural Diversity in the Children Culture Sector: Key concepts and Importance of cultural diversity in artistic creation, production, and community engagement.
- Understanding Community Needs and Dynamics: Methods/tools for identifying and resources of cultural communities to capture local realities.
- Designing Community-Centered Artistic and Cultural Proposals: Strategies for developing participatory, co-created projects that resonate with communities.
Facilitators:
Ilaria Tucci: peace researcher, theatre practitioner, community facilitator, diversity agent/expert, performer, playwright, actress, and theatre director. She currently works for the City of Tampere as a project planner for Tampere Welcoming City development program, designing and coordinating campaigns, training, and workshops aimed at making Tampere a more inclusive city. Follow Ilaria on LinkedIn.
Laura Gazzotti: co-founder and Artistic Director of Kolibrí Festivaali, as well as General Producer of Kulttuurikeskus Ninho. Expert in process-based cultural production development focused on diversity and the children’s culture sector. She creates intercultural, interdisciplinary, intergenerational, and multilingual spaces and events centered around children’s culture and diversity for children and their families, from various backgrounds and origins, as well as for professional audiences. Follow Laura on LinkedIn.
Free Training on Intercultural Dialogues and Non-violent Communication:
🗓 2.6.2025 ⏰ 5:30 – 7:30 pm
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Topics we will cover in this workshop for professionals:
- Intercultural Dialogue in the Children’s Culture Sector: Key principles of intercultural dialogue and its role in enriching cultural work and engagement.
- Non-Violent Communication in the Children’s Culture Sector: Core concepts and strategies of non-violent and culturally sensitive communication. Practical exercises to improve empathetic listening, clarity, and constructive feedback.
- Building a Culture of Respect and Inclusion: Techniques to embed respectful communication and cultural sensitivity in project design and team interactions. Sustainable practices to foster long-term inclusive environments in cultural work.
Facilitators:
Arlene Tucker: Arlene Tucker is an artist, curator, diversity agent and educator. Her socially engaged work utilizes translation studies, dialogical approaches, visual art, semiotics, and feminist practices. She worked as a diversity expert at Culture for All Service from 2021 to 2025, where she coordinated the Diversity Agent 2.0 course and led the project ‘Diversity as a starting point for municipalities’ art and culture activities in 2025′. She is a member of the National Council for Multidisciplinary Art under the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) for the 2025–2026 term. Follow Arlene on LinkedIn.
Marta Bermúdez: expert in communications, content marketing, entrepreneur, and diversity bridger, she is the Communications Coordinator of Kolibrí Festivaali and Kulttuurikeskus Ninho ry. During the last 20 years, she has worked as a journalist, communicator, marketing lead, and mentor for entrepreneurs in Spain and Finland. She develops communication and marketing strategies from a DEI and accessible perspective. Follow Marta on LinkedIn.
Free workshop for professionals on Hospitality and non-discrimination practices:
🗓 9.6.2025 ⏰ 5:30 – 7:30 pm
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Topics we will cover in this workshop for professionals:
- Inclusion generates diversity, diversity creates opportunities.
- The encounter between multiple sets of knowledge and worldviews creates opportunities for mutual/collective empowerment and integration beyond economy and cultural assimilation.
- How can adults apply listening as a method to interact with children as “agents”?
Facilitator:
Leonardo Custódio: Leonardo Custódio is an educator, expert in communication for development and social change. Custódio currently works as Assistant Professor in Global Development and Planning at the University of Agder (Norway). He has published in peer-reviewed journals and produced the collaborative documentary “Complexos” (Finland/Brazil, 2020) based on his PhD research, and co-authored the schoolbook “Fair Play: Confronting Racism and Coloniality in Games” (Kansallinen audiovisuaalinen instituutti, 2022). Custódio is the author of “Favela Media Activism: Counterpublics for Human Rights in Brazil” (Lexington Books, 2017). Follow Leornardo on LinkedIn.