Children's Pirkkaset - Children's Culture Month

Children's Pirkkaset is a joint Children's Culture Month in the Municipalities of Pirkanmaa

During the month children's culture is visible and heard all over Pirkanmaa and the program offers cultural events, workshops, exhibitions and camps produced by private actors, colleges, cultural centers and municipalities.

A little girl paints the wall with watercolor.

The Program is available on-site and virtually for Children ages 0-12 and their families.

Children's Fun - many different things

The theme of 2023 "Children's Fun - many different things" encourages both children and adults to be their own unique selves regardless of age, gender, culture, language, traditions or origin. You can register your own event as part of Lasten Pirkkaset, and it can include both big and small events aimed at children aged 0–12 and their families, such as various performances, family days, workshops, courses or exhibitions.

Participation in the monthly program is free of charge. Welcome to implement diverse and inspiring children's culture in Pirkanmaa!

Children's Pirkkaset events in February 2023

Children's Pirkkaset events

KLovni kaataa kahvia kukikkaaseen kuppiin.

Ruuti Clown is adventuring as a Touring Performer in 2023

Community art school Hehkumahku's Ruuti-clown will travel around Pirkanmaa as a touring performer of Lasten Pirkkasten in February 2023. In the performance you will hear wonderful travel stories and in the workshop you can try out circus equipment. Johanna Peltola performs as the powder clown

Ruuti Clown´s Performance and Workshop

The most wonderful travel stories unfold from Ruuti Clown's suitcase. The stories are accompanied by music from different cultures and are presented using familiar elements from the circus and theater, such as juggling and object theatre. Ruuti Clown tells children about her travels to different corners of the world and describes the kinds of things, flavors and moods she encountered on her travels.

The perforance engages children into conversation. The performance is carried out in the spirit of clowning, maybe Ruuti Clown hasn't escaped trouble on her travels? The perforacen deals with the special features of different continents and cultures in an expert manner, checking the facts and avoiding stereotyping. Ruuti Clown mainly tells about places she has actually visited. The suitcase contains destinations located in Finland, Europe, Africa or Asia.

Especially suitable for 4-10 year olds, but even younger children can participate. Duration approx. 25 minutes.

Object theater and circus skills are practiced in the workshop. How objects become alive and what kind of stories they have to tell. In addition to this, we warm up different parts of the body with circus equipment. We also learn a familiar children's song together, I travel around the world. We discuss the participants' travel experiences at home or abroad.

Suitable for ages 4-10, but younger children can also participate. Duration approx. 45 minutes.

Pirkkaset-Network shares Information about Children´s Culture in Pirkanmaa

Pirkkanen is the joint children’s culture network of the Pirkanmaa region which promotes children’s cultural activities in the area. The activities started in autumn 2002 in the form of a children's culture project, Pirkkanen, in the Pirkanmaa sub-region. Today, Pirkkanen is a network that already covers most of the municipalities in Pirkanmaa.

The most visible activities of the network include the Children’s culture month, Pirkkaset, organised every February, and the Pirkkaset mailing list, which is open to everyone and that provides information on the training, seminars and opportunities related to children’s culture in the region.

Pirkkaset Working Group 2023-2024

Children´s culture network is coordinated by a working group which is established in 2007.
The composition of the working group will be updated every two years. Representatives from all municipalities in Pirkanmaa are invited to take part in the activities. The working group is lead by Piia Karkkola, the leading coordinator of children's culture in the city of Tampere, with the help of a working group of municipal representatives.

Members of the workin group:

Annukka Kosonen - School secretary, Hämeenkyrö
Anna Toiva - Cultural Coordinator, Kangasala
Anni Riskala - Youth and Cultural worker, Pirkkala
Anne Mäki - Director of Early Childhood Education, Vesilahti
Pia Keltti - Cultural Coordinator, Nokia
Talvikki Torppa - Cultural Producer, Lempäälä
Piia Karkkola - Leading Coordinator, Tampere
Niina Niiniluoto - Coordinator, Tampere
Tuire Hänninen - Events Coordinator/Tampere Filharmonia, Tampere
Pia-Maria Ahonen - Principle of Community College, Orivesi
Elisa Vahosalmi - Leisure Activities Counselor, Parkano
Mari Immonen – Intendant, Suomen Kirjainstituutti, Sastamala
Henna Ruostila - Youth and Sports Secretary, Juupajoki
Henriikka Helpiola - Youth Counselor, Mänttä-Vilppula
Taina Nieminen - Cultural Secretary, Ruovesi
Minna Edgren - Head of Deparment, Valkeakoski

Niina Niiniluoto

For more information: Coordinator

Phone:

050 364 6134

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