Today Is Our Tomorrow gathering at PUBLICS, 2022. Credit: Aman Askarizad.

PUBLICS Youth Advisory Board is a group of young people working within our organisation to implement, question and expand our activities. This collaborative position is a year-long education and employment opportunity for 18-21 year olds.

During their tenure, the Youth Board explore the different practices, languages, and roles they encounter in the art field. In collaboration with local and international professionals, they redefine these notions according to their hopes, needs, and aspirations. PUBLICS and the Youth Board work together on creating a generous space of learning, for the members as much as for our organisation. Addressing questions of access, voice, participation, among others, PUBLICS Youth build the tools to carry their voices as they navigate contemporary culture and art.

Having established the first PUBLICS Youth Advisory Board in 2022, PUBLICS aims at widening access to the creative field for young people in Helsinki and in the Nordic region at large. PUBLICS Youth partners with the Teen Advisory Boards of Index Foundation (Stockholm) and PRAKSIS (Oslo) as part of the Future Futures network which brings together the three youth groups to share their on-going work and experience. The Advisory Boards are currently working on the project Reaching Out (2023-2026), which considers how cultural institutions connect and communicate with new young audiences.

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Read more about our Youth Boards!

PUBLICS Youth 2022
PUBLICS Youth 2023  – Portfolio
PUBLICS Youth 2024

PUBLICS Youth Advisory Board is supported by Nordic Culture Point and Erasmus+ Activ Ungdom.