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The Tuusula Municipal Council selected actress and screenwriter Maaria Nuoranne, gaming culture activist Mika Joensuu and drummer Tuomas Rauhala as its artists-in-residence for 2024.

In line with its strategy, the municipality of Tuusula offers wonderful and innovative opportunities for culture, leisure and hobbies. These investments create well-being. The recently published report on the perceived effects of cultural activities shows that cultural activities have many positive effects on the lives of those who participate in them and even on society as a whole.

The Tuusula Municipal Culture and Leisure Committee presented the Culture-Friendly Person of the Year award on Tuusula Day in Jokela. The Culture-Friendly Person of the Year 2024 is Jokela-based musician Mika Saatsi.

Maaret "Manta" Näkkäläjärvi, a circus artist and teacher from Jokela, has been selected as Tuusula's Artist of the Summer 2024. Twenty-nine representatives from various fields of art applied for the position. During the summer, Näkkäläjärvi will stage a new fire show and perform and hold workshops in various locations around Tuusula.

The past year was a busy one for Tuusula's cultural services. Tuusula Museum's sites attracted nearly 58,000 visitors. Events organised by Tuusula Culture attracted over 43,000 visitors.

Monday, 4 December 2023, was a day of celebration when two Tuusula municipal development projects were honoured at the Important Work Gala in Helsinki. The awards were given to Tuusula's Agenda 2030 steps and cultural education plans.

The municipalities of Tuusula and Nurmijärvi were awarded the Uusimaa Prize by the Uusimaa Regional Council for their joint organisation of the Aleksis Kivi anniversary year, which was celebrated in 2022 with the theme of mental well-being and mental health. The motto of the anniversary year was Aleksis Kivi's last words: "I live." New Year's Eve 2022 marked 150 years since the death of Aleksis Kivi.

The upper secondary school and cultural centre, which opened in August, has space for various events. Since operations began, repairs have been needed in the Riihi Hall, and alterations were already underway before the opening week.

The Kaikukortti card can be used to purchase admission tickets to participating venues. These cultural venues are participating as a gesture of goodwill and do not receive compensation for Kaikukortti visits. In Tuusula, it is also possible to engage in artistic activities with the Kaikukortti card at the Tuusula Opisto and Jokela Adult Education Centre.

The Lotta Museum will become a regular destination for children in early childhood education and primary school in Tuusula when the Lotta Museum joins Tuusula's cultural education plans, i.e. Taika Kultsu for early childhood education and Kultsu for primary education, as a content producer. Cooperation is also possible in connection with the planned secondary cultural education plan.