DUTIES IN THE TAIKALAMPPU NETWORK

The Children's Cultural Centre in Pori is part of Taikalamppu -Aladdin`s Lamp, the national network of cultural centres for children. The aim of this network is to develop art education for children and young people in Finland. Taikalamppu promotes the operation of the arts centres for children that already exist and contributes to the establishment of services where there aren't any yet

The Ministry of Education has chosen ten members to join the network of arts centres for children and young people, Taikalamppu, for its second three-year period (2006-2008). In construction of the network, the aim was to cover different regions and different genres of art; to find diverse know-how concerning arts education; and to establish the basic structure, facilities, and personnel.

The Taikalamppu network consists of the Annantalon taidekeskus Art Centre (Helsinki), Cultural Services of the City of Vantaa, the LASTU School of Architecture and Environmental Culture (Lapinlahti), the ARX art centre for children and young people in Hämeenlinna, Jyväskylän Kulttuuriaitta in Jyväskylä, Taidekaari in Tampere, Lapland’s Children Culture Network in Rovaniemi, Louhimo in Seinäjoki, NUKU in Oulu, and the Centre of Children's Culture Pori (the children's culture network in the Satakunta region).
Each member of the network has its own area of focus for development. The Centre of Children's Culture Pori aims to develop centres for children's culture both locally and regionally and concentrates on developing visual arts.