Show Your Skills during theme weeks!

News -4.10.2024

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"Show your Skills" is an initiative by the Aina oppiva Vantaa network, where network members organize events around Vantaa in the fall.

Lifelong learning is an essential part of the City of Vantaa's operations and development goals. The members of the Aina oppiva Vantaa network involved in organizing the events include the Science Centre Heureka, Careeria, the Aviation Museum, Vantaan järjestörinki ry, and the Vantaa Society.

The "Show your skills" weeks are part of Vantaa's work within the UNESCO Learning Cities network. The network shares knowledge, skills, and experiences in developing lifelong learning. It includes 255 cities worldwide. The work is framed by the UN's Agenda 2030 goals. Vantaa is committed to three clusters: Education for Sustainable Development, Health and Well-being, and Equity and Inclusion in Education.

Vantaan järjestörinki:

Science in All Languages - Children's Event

Time: Fri, Oct 18, 10:00-13:00

Place: Civic Activity Center Leinikki

A family science event will be held at the Civic Activity Center Leinikki at the end of the autumn break on Fri, Oct 18, from 10:00 to 13:00. At the event, you can conduct various exciting experiments and learn about the history of inventions. Upon arrival, you will receive a science passport, which you can stamp at different science stations and receive a prize when you leave! Light refreshments will be available. The event is free!

For more information, visit https://www.vantaalla.info/tapahtumat/

Vantaa Society:

Lecture: Medieval Local History Lesson

Time: Wed, Oct 23, 17:30-18:30

Place: Kestikievari Övre Nybacka, Nybackankuja 4

In this lesson, archaeologist Andreas Koivisto will talk about Vantaa's surprisingly extensive medieval history. Koivisto has toured Vantaa schools with this lecture, and now adults can also experience what it's like to sit in a local history lesson.

Lecturer Andreas Koivisto is the chairman of the Vantaa Society and an archaeologist at the Vantaa City Museum. He was awarded the State Award for Public Information in 2024.

Vantaa Aviation Museum:

During the Aviation Museum's free evening on Friday, Oct 25, 2024, from 16:00 to 20:00, admission to the museum is free. Discussion guides will be present to talk about aviation as a profession and a hobby. (Free admission)

On Saturday, Oct 19, 2024, and Saturday, Oct 26, 2024, at 13:00, a guide will talk about various aviation professions related to the museum's exhibition. The tour starts at 13:00 from the customer service area, and about 20 people can join on a first-come, first-served basis. The tour is included in the admission fee (12/6/0 €, Museum Card accepted).

Family-oriented tours of the Aviation Museum will be held on Mon, Oct 14 / Fri, Oct 18 / Sat, Oct 19 / Sat, Oct 26, starting at 11:00. The tour is included in the admission fee (12/6/0 €, Museum Card accepted).

Careeria:

Careeria is a multidisciplinary vocational school for young people and adults, as well as for companies and organizations.

You can study a profession, enhance your skills, start a new career, or advance in your current one. We offer solutions for skill development and workforce needs through vocational education and active collaboration with the working world.

On Careeria's website, you can find more information about upcoming courses. Here you can find an up-to-date list of courses starting in Vantaa: Careerian Vantaalla alkavat koulutukset.

During the Making Skills Visible campaign week, we will hold a raffle on Facebook and Instagram where you can win a gift card for a pedicure at the CareeriaCare salon in Vantaa. Careeria students work at the salon.

During the campaign week, we will also share our students' success stories on our social media channels about how they have managed to enhance their skills. All skill stories can be found on our website: Tarinat.

Follow Careeria on social media:

Facebook, Instagram, LinkedIn, X (Twitter), TikTok.

City of Vantaa Cultural Services:

Autumn Art, Life, and Philosophy Lectures: My Home Somewhere 2

Lecture: Magical, Mythical Home

Time: Wed, Oct 16, 18:00-19:30

Home and its longing live in art through objects, entertainment imagery, magical atmospheres, and complex human relationships. We approach the mythical home with examples from contemporary art and also take a peek into early 20th-century magical realism. Lecturer: Art historian, MA Maria Ollikainen

Lecture: Home in Europe - The Roots of Laila Pullinen's Art in Classicism, Renaissance, and Baroque

Time: Wed, Oct 30, 18:00-19:30

Laila Pullinen is known for her informalist bronze sculptures and copper reliefs shaped by explosion techniques, but few know how deeply her art is rooted in European, especially Italian, classicism, Renaissance, and Baroque. Jean Ramsay, Chairman of the Laila Pullinen Foundation and Director of the LPVK Museum, will explore the relationship of his mother's art to the European tradition through the backgrounds of her works. Lecturer: Art historian, MA Jean Ramsay

Link to the event

Vantaa Adult Education Institute:

The Adult Education Institute offers the following short courses during the theme week:

• Plant Terrarium with a Childhttps://ilmonet.fi/#!code=V241660
• La ruta Maya - Spanish Cultural Lecturehttps://ilmonet.fi/#!code=V242577
• Armchair Travel to Hatsina, the Former Residence of the Russian Imperial Family - Online Lecture for Those Interested in Culture and Historyhttps://ilmonet.fi/#!code=V242713
• Root Spices: From Galangal to Turmerichttps://ilmonet.fi/#!code=V242680
• Branch Frame for Suet Ballshttps://ilmonet.fi/#!code=V241947
• Strengthening the Resources of Parents of Special Needs Childrenhttps://ilmonet.fi/#!code=V241807
• Cospaia - The Forgotten Small State in the Middle of Italyhttps://ilmonet.fi/#!code=V242085

• Button Jewelry Workshop for Adults and Children During Autumn Breakhttps://ilmonet.fi/#!code=V241667

Participating Organizations:

• Science Centre Heureka: An experiential complex that brings the joy of discovery.
• Dance Theatre Raatikko: A children's theatre specializing in dance.
• Careeria: Vocational education to meet the needs of the working world.
• Aviation Museum: An expert in aviation history.
• Vantaan järjestörinki ry: Training and advice for associations and multilingual immigrant counseling.
• Vantaa Society: Introduces residents to their local area.
• Vantaa Adult Education Institute: A community college for all residents.
• City of Vantaa: Department of Urban Culture and Well-being
• City of Vantaa: Department of Education and Learning

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