Espoo Culture Committee decisions, 23 May 2023
In its meeting, the Culture Committee decided on things such as art grants and project grants. The committee also issued a statement on enabling demolition art events in Espoo.
Interim report on the 2023 budget and strategy of the Culture Committee, as at 30 April 2023
The Culture Committee took note of the second interim report on the budget and strategy of the Cultural Unit.
Cultural Unit’s art grants and project grants for 2023, decisions of 23 May 2023
The Culture Committee decided to grant a total of EUR 18,723.78 in short-term art grants and a total of EUR 16,000 in project grants.
Statement of the Culture Committee on the project plan “Implementing Espoo’s schools and day-care centres with a collaborative lease model”
The Culture Committee decided to issue a statement on the project plan “Implementing Espoo’s schools and day-care centres with a collaborative lease model” with the following amendments. The name of the project should be changed to correspond to the budget approved by the council on 7 December 2022: “The new building of the Jupperin koulu school and the complex of the day-care centre and the library”. In addition, the library space should be sized so that it has at least 100 m2 of usable area, and effort should be made to ensure that its rental costs do not exceed the current rental costs.
Statement on a council initiative to enable demolition art events in Espoo
The Culture Committee noted that the successful organisation of the demolition art event proposed in the council initiative requires planning, high level of professional competence in public art and event production, and financial resources. The organisation of a demolition art event must take into account not only Espoo’s principles for public art but also the responsibility and safety issues related to this particular event production. The committee considers it appropriate to investigate further the possibility of the City of Espoo acting as a cooperation partner for similar demolition art events in a sustainable and safe manner in the future.