Sense of space: Palestinian contemporary artist´s night performance in the ruins of Tartu Dome Cathedral
A dark night in the middle of September, around 70 people were standing in the ruins of the medieval Dome Cathedral in Tartu. “It should start at 9.30,” a woman was saying “Are they late with the the performance?” They are not. It´s just that…
What if I was born a bird? Join us in creating an art installation
How do we relate to or communicate with other species? Art is one way of exploring perspectives of different species and relations between them. If that is something that speaks to you, perhaps you would like to be part of a process of creating art…
Arts and communities: what we learned
The last week of July 2022 brought together artists and community community activists from Estonia, Denmark, Lithuania, Sweden and Latvia to Tartu to discuss the diverse ways of connecting with the communities through arts and co-creation. After the meeting in Estonia, inspired by each other´s…
Artists working with communities: experiences from Baltics and Scandinavia
International House Tartu has been working with diverse communities since the very beginning, but since we have become part of official program of European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024 with our The Route Diverse initiative, we have been looking into how to link work in communities…
Join us in creating the program for Tartu 2024
The Route Diverse is International House Tartu initiative that has been chosen to be part of official program of European Capital of Culture Tartu 2024. The main focus of The Route Diverse is to explore linguo-cultural diversity of Southern Estonia, create contacts between people of different…
Looking back at 2021
The last day of the year is good time to look back and reflect on the year that is about to end. So we did and well, it was quite a year! Successfully passing the development process of European Capital of Culture – Tartu 2024,…
Join our Estonian culture program
Would you like to step closer to Estonian culture, to discover new places in and around Tartu and meet new people? The program takes place on Saturdays, starting on the 1st of May and continuing every second Saturday until 19th of June, from 14:00-17:00. In…
Migrant kids in Estonian schools
Each year, there are thousands of people who move to Estonia to live here for a shorter or longer time. Some of them move with school aged children and decide to put their kids in Estonian school. Moving to a new place, a new school…
Looking for volunteers
International House Tartu is looking for active volunteers to help organise events in Tartu that bring people together! Join our team if you want to Share and introduce your culture to others, including local people Have an opportunity to create interesting events and contribute to…
Share your cuisine & culture with the locals!
International House’s Köömen has started a new project to explore and share the culinary & cultural knowledge of all of us who live here in Estonia to the locals as well. It’s time to end the tyranny of the potato and make sure Estonians get…