The book publication: "Courage to face - An artist working for the elderly" tells what happens when an artist is hired in a service unit for the elderly. Published by the Art Promotion Center and written by Kanerva Kartano, Courage to face - Artist in elderly work deals with the artist's work in the social and health sector. The book is aimed especially at artists interested in working with cultural well-being and employees of services for the elderly.
From the opening words of the book, the first paragraph in English:
Courage and breaking routines are engraved in art. The artist is in senior services or in any organization, an employee promoting exchange and its management. When art is made and enjoyed, the work includes joy, humor, emotions, expression, interaction, liveliness, courage, change, breaking routines, recognizing the individual, community and human value base. The change happens happily, even as a carnival-like gesture between the elderly and the generations. This may seem confusing at first and I feel that we have a Sointu Senior Services change in cultural work and the recognition of the possibilities of art happens in waves. I have seen that our persistent long-term work produces results in everyday life and involves more and more work in the routines for the joy of life and cultural participation of the customers. I often hear comments from relatives and visitors of the residents of our houses about the wonderful cultural work we do and how great it is when art is present in our everyday lives. This publication is a speech for a discussion in which the social and health sectors go hand in hand. in the field of art and culture. We want art to be a part of everyone's life and every stage of life. Social and health and art and culture are taught to have a dialogue. This cooperation has begun to name culture as the field of well-being.The Art Promotion Center (Taike) is an art promotion expert and service office under the Ministry of Education and Culture. Taike's mission is to promote art nationally and internationally. Taike also promotes culture to the extent that it is not the task of other authorities.
The Art Promotion Center (Taike) is an expert and service agency for art promotion under the Ministry of Education and Culture in Finland. Taike's mission is to promote art nationally and internationally. Taike also promotes culture to the extent that it is not the task of other authorities.