Science journalist Kalle Heiska has published a report about the research project Dr. Juha Suonpää made on Finnish photo art. Juha Suonpää is the Head of TAMK Fine Arts Degree Programme.

There is a special screening of new TTVO short films at Tampere Film Festival Thursday March 5 12 am in Hällä. TTVO is the Finnish abbreviation for TAMK School of Art and Media.

The films are:

The application period for international degree programmes in Finnish universities of applied sciences ended a week ago. The new Media Programme at TAMK School of Art and Media received 182 applications as primary study place, 102 of them from outside Finland. The total number of applications the Media Programme received was 585.

HERA is a joint production of both the fine art and the media students of the School of Art and Media. It started as an experimental exercise last spring, but grew up to be the graduation project of Sanni Rajapolvi.

Story: Minna Suoniemi

Karton Szalon Gallery in Miscolc, the Hungarian twin city of the City of Tampere, shows an art exhibition of young artists from Tampere. All the artists are TAMK Fine Art Programme graduates from last year or still students of the programme.

Pekka Ruuska and Teemu Räsänen - fourth year students of our Fine Arts Programme - made a successful exhibition in Syracuse, New York. They were joined by Inga Mustakallio who graduated last year and works today in Geneva.

A week ago I posted the story about Toni Edo, the former Interactive Media Programme student, been invited to Tampere Film Festival international competition with his film Family 068.

Yesterday I got a hilarious Facebook message from Toni Edo: "It's sauna time".