is a journalist and community art producer based in Oulu, founder and facilitator in TaideTurvapaikka, and a refugee.
”Poems, dance and songs help us balance all the traumas through hope.” Lölä Florina Vlasenko interviewed Iranian-born artist Shima Salehi.
What lies beneath the shiny surfaces of Capital of Culture project? Lölä Florina Vlasenko ruminates on the feelings of Oulu artists and cultural workers on the ground level. [The article is written in March 2026.]
Katariina Lillqvist has been directing her new animation at Liminka Art School, where her script was also turned into a graphic novel in 2024. Lölä Vlasenko talked to Lillqvist and artist–teacher Tessa Astre about Roma history and creating art.
Lölä Florina Vlasenko sat down with four people of different backrounds to discuss Oulu Theatre’s play Perillä – Destination – الوصول إلى. The article is published in Finnish in print version of Kaltio.
Lölä Florina Vlasenko writes about TaideTurvapaikka, a community art project started at Oulu refugee center in 2023. The article is published in Finnish translation in the printed Kaltio 1–2/2025.
