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Cross-Pollinations—Some Beautiful News for Art and for Food

Posted on February 1, 2013 by Public Affairs Section

The directorship of a 150-year-old cultural icon in resurgent Buffalo, New York has enticed Janne G-K Siren, current Director of the Helsinki Art Museum, to move his young family to the States. Janne was a brilliant proponent of Guggenheim Helsinki … Continue reading →

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Elections and Love Letters

Posted on November 16, 2012 by Public Affairs Section

The summer and fall raced by in a whirlwind of tensions around the election process in the U.S.  Like many American families, we have loved ones in both parties.  Election years seem to have become more difficult as each side … Continue reading →

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Amethysts and ‘Sustainable’ Mining

Posted on November 10, 2011 by Public Affairs Section

We had a fascinating trip last spring and Pera Tuottaja of Lapland Memories has made a visual story of the trip on YouTube: Mr. Timo Seppälä had invited us to visit the Arctic Amethyst Mine, Europe’s only active amethyst mine. … Continue reading →

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Why ‘Artisan Foods’? Why are they important to Finland and to the rest of us?

Posted on November 4, 2011 by Public Affairs Section

Over the weekend, I attended two workshops: “Artisan Cider and Perry Making” and “Introduction to Cheese Making”. I’ve been talking to Jarmo Åke, head of Slow Foods Helsinki and teacher at Perho Culinary, about offering similar classes in English here … Continue reading →

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