Beginning the Journey

I have come to Tartu to dive into its field of creative industry, the people, ideas and ideologies behind it. This is made possible by the Finnish Ministry of Culture and Education Cultural Exports program and administrated by the Finnish Institute in Estonia (www.finst.ee).Positioned in Tartu Center for Creative Industries (www.lmk.ee) I have a great opportunity to reach a good view on this field both on a regional and national level, and to build bridges to the corresponding ones in Finland.

There is no single, absolute definition that explains the concept of creative industry, and there lies the art of it all: originating from creativeness it  allows and wants itself to live, change, adapt and develop as it proceeds, going hand in hand with a will to link creativeness to finding ways of making it beneficial in different ways.

But does it mean, as it can easily be thought, industrial in a sense that there are dirty factories pushing products from a conveyor belt and people looking bored with their tasks? Looking at the Center for Creative Industries in Tartu, it’s really the opposite. It means  dynamic, innovative people working in an inspiring atmosphere and letting  creativeness  flourish all around them, and being professional business- wise at the same  time.

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Building up a business around creativeness can be a challenging task. This is why it is delightful to find conditions that aim to make it easier  for those willing to develop their ideas in the center. Entrepreneurs or people willing to become entrepreneurs can find premises, cooperators and support all under the same roof, find the knowledge and the partners they might need to breed their creativeness to become other values, such as financial benefit, employment and welfare of the society, too.

Estonian creative field has made a good impression for me already before, and I believe that getting to know an atmosphere such in Tartu can only make it stronger. Tartu Center for Creative Industries feels like a place full of ideas and will to execute them. The center is rather young but is still already working with a great pace and having a future full of plans. It is my very joy to have a chance to get to know and  be a part of it.