Tuesday, May 20, 2014

Enter the Embassy's Photo Contest! Deadline is 23:59 on June 24!


Enter the Embassy Photo Contest
"Celebrating Freedom's Song!"
and Win a Nokia Lumia 625
Windows Phone
The Embassy of the United States of America and Microsoft are proud to announce a photo contest entitled "Celebrating Freedom's Song!"
To celebrate American Independence Day and Estonian Song Festival, we want you to take a picture of something in Estonia that you believe has to do with freedom and song. It could be anything you think represents both the U.S. and Estonia and has to do with music.
When you have taken your picture, go to our Facebook page and post your picture along with your name and age to our wall. Then get as many of your friends as possible to "like" your picture both on the wall and the contest photo album. (Send your photo to us via e-mail, too, at usembassytallinn@gmail.com.) The top five pictures from each category will then be considered to win a Nokia Lumia 625 Windows phone.
The contest is open to all residents of Estonia (except employees of the U.S. Embassy and their families...sorry!) and is divided into three age categories for contestants: 15 and under, 16-21, and 22 and older. Post your photo, complete with your age, to our Facebook wall BY 23:59 ON JUNE 24. (Your photo resolution should be good enough for an A2 print, so a minimum of 1,500 x 2,400 pixels). The winner of each category will receive a Nokia Lumia 625 Windows phone! The winner and the runner-up in each category will be invited to Ambassador Levine's home for our Independence Day party, where the winners will be announced and will receive their prizes!
So post your photo, complete with your age, to our Facebook wall. And maybe you will be the proud owner of a Nokia Lumia 625 Windows phone!


Estonian residents are invited to enter the U.S. Embassy's photo competition to win one of three Nokia Lumia 625 Windows phones.
Information is on the U.S. Embassy Tallinn's Facebook page under the contest tab. The theme of the photo must be "Celebrating Freedom's Song!" Finalists will be determined by the number of "likes" a photo receives on Facebook (both on the wall and the contest photo album) with the winners selected by the Embassy from the top five finalists. Just post your photo directly onto our U.S. Embassy Tallinn Facebook wall along with your age. Please share this with all who may be interested, and encourage your friends to "like" your photo! Contest deadline is 23:59 on June 24.

Friday, May 16, 2014

The Pull of Kumu Art Museum’s Newest Exhibit

Paris. London. New York. These are the cities that come to mind when people think about modern art. But Kumu Art Museum in Tallinn is doing its part to shine a light on early 20th century art from Scandinavia and the Baltic States through its latest exhibit “Electromagnetic: Modern Art in Northern Europe, 1918-1931.”

Recently, The New York Times wrote about the exhibit, which features artists in the region who sought to make their own mark during Modernism phase.

The article stated that “focusing on their inspiration, travels and originality, the exhibition is a rare display of creativity and mutual influence in Scandinavia and the Baltic states from a time when collaboration across borders was not taken for granted.”

The exhibit features more than a hundred works from Northern European artists such as Otto G. Carlsund, Mart Laarman and Gustav Klutsis, as well as the artists that influenced them.

The curator of the exhibit, Gladys C. Fabre, who is based out of Brussels, thinks that the” originality of Nordic artists came in their pursuit of an autonomous form of art, one that took from surrounding movements but that also rejected them.”

The article states “Whether abroad or at home, Nordic artists left a lasting mark on European Modernism.”

The Embassy is familiar with the great exhibits and programs that Kumu puts on. It’s been the site of the “Telling the American Story” film series, which showcases movies that reflect American society and values. Additionally, the Embassy has given support to Kumu’s documentary series this year.

So, if you go to see the exhibit, you should stay for one of the possible films that could be shown as well.

Post by APAO Caitlyn Kim