Museum with Regional Responsibility
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Fine art
Fine art
Pori Art Museum is the museum with regional responsibility in Satakunta. As per the Section 7 of the Museums Act (314/2019), its responsibility is to act as an authority on artistic and visual cultural heritage and to develop and promote cooperation in its field as well as the documenting of artistic and visual cultural heritage and the digital accessibility thereof.
Pori Art Museum does this by facilitating encounters with regional artists and the public, documenting the work of artists, and increasing available online information on these artists. Pori Art Museum provides consultation to the public and regional communities and museums in charge of art collections in the region. In addition, as a museum with regional responsibility, it strives to develop regional art-related networks.
KORSI-commission
KORSI commission programme is one manifestation of the activity that Pori Art Museum has as a part of the assigned role as a regional responsibility museum. The KORSI commission programme is based on commissioning works from the artists working in the Satakunta region (consisting of 16 municipalities). These commissioned works will also be presented in various sites around the area of Satakunta. The purpose of the programme is to strengthen the presence of visual arts in the region as well as provide a way for the artists to actualise their work in a discursive relationship with the Pori Art Museum as well as accompanying professionals in the art field utilising also the resources and support of the museum. The processes involved in making a new commission piece will expand beyond the museum walls and around Satakunta area also opening further possibilities for encountering art and reaching new audiences.
The support of the KORSI foundation enables the execution of the programme. The purpose of the KORSI foundation is to promote frugality and economical wellbeing, sustainable development and accountability as well as widely support cultural and scientific endeavours that take place in the Satakunta region that nurture and promote its vitality.
