Taf Taf
Taf Taf was a residency program for artists, with both humanitarian and artistic purposes, that took place in the periphery of Dakar in Senegal. It was organized and coordinated by Minna Maija Lappalainen and Turun taiteilijaseura (Association of Artists in Turku, Finland) and financed by the Ministry for Foreign Affairs of Finland.
The project started in 2004 from the initiative of Minna Maija Lappalainen, who aimed to create a collaboration between Finnish Artists and the people of the Santhiaba neighbourhood in Dakar. The financial aid came from the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Finland and the purpose of the project was to better the living conditions of the Santhiaba neighbourhood in a creative way. The project consists in the creation of a library, a Cultural Center named Suñu Kër, and a residency program for artists. Finnish Universities such as Turku University of Applied Sciences (Turku, Finland) and Arcada University of Applied Sciences (Helsinki, Finland) actively participated to the project through material donations and by letting their students work in Dakar.
The project completed in 2013.
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