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Central Arts Council appoints national arts councils for a two-year term

The Central Arts Council of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland has appointed ten national arts councils and one subcommittee for a two-year term (2013-2014). According to new legislation in Finland, the Central Arts Council makes decisions regarding the number of national arts councils, their names and their roles. It also appoints the chairpersons and other members of the arts councils. If required, the Central Arts Council may also appoint subcommittees.
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During the first two-year term there will be ten national arts councils. A chairperson and six to eleven other members were appointed for each arts council. The members are all experts in the fields of the arts and culture.

Each chairperson and other member may be appointed to the arts council for no more than two consecutive terms, after which he or she may be reappointed after no less than two years.

Before appointing the national arts councils, the Central Arts Council heard the recommendations of recognised experts in the fields of the arts and culture. When appointing the members of each national arts council, the Central Arts Council strove to ensure a broad base of expertise in the arts and other fields, as well as a gender balance in accordance with the Act on Equality between Women and Men. Regional and linguistic aspects were also taken into consideration.

The national arts councils are expert bodies of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland. Each national arts council makes decisions within its own area of responsibility regarding the awarding of state artist grants, as well as other grants and awards for artists, artist groups and organisations on the basis of peer reviews. In addition, as expert bodies within their fields, the national arts councils provide expert advice and participate in the strategy work of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland regarding the arts and culture.

National arts councils, 19.04.2013−31.12.2014:

National Council for Architecture and Design

Chairperson

Matti Sanaksenaho, architect, professor, Espoo

Members

Antonio Altarriba, ceramist, Lappeenranta

Arni Aromaa, industrial designer, Helsinki

Juho Grönholm, architect, Helsinki

Ilkka Halinen, city architect, Jyväskylä

Hella Hernberg, architect, Helsinki

Jasmiine Julin-Aro, fashion designer, professor, Helsinki

Aino Kajaniemi, textile artist, Jyväskylä

Anu Merenlahti, graphic designer, Helsinki

Aune Musta, artisan, Inari

Aino Niskanen, architect, professor, Helsinki

Pekka Toivanen, design director, Kirkkonummi

National Council for Cinema

Chairperson

Jouko Aaltonen, film director, Helsinki

Members

Jukka-Pekka Laakso, executive director, festival director, Tampere

Heikki Kujanpää, film director, actor, Karkkila

Kaisu Tapaninen, executive director, Jyväskylä

Virpi Suutari, film director, artist professor, Helsinki

Päivi Valotie, film critic, Turku

Pekka Uotila, filmmaker, film director, Helsinki

Tero Koistinen, managing director, Helsinki

Auli Mantila, film director, artist professor, Kuggom

National Council for Circus and Dance

Chairperson                          

Katarina McAlester, choreographer, lecturer in dance art, Helsinki

Members

Tuomo Railo, choreographer, artistic director, Espoo

Pia Lindy, dance artist, Helsinki

Eeva Kauppinen, culture journalist, Oulu

Jukka Virtala, dance artist, trainer, Tampere

Sampo Kivelä, artistic administrator, Helsinki

Minna Palokangas, rector, dance instructor, Kajaani

Mika Väyrynen, producer, Turku

Martina Linder, director, Helsinki

Petri Heikkilä, degree coordinator, Hollola 

National Council for Literature

Chairperson

Siri Kolu, author, Vantaa

Members

Juri Joensuu, PhD, researcher, Jyväskylä

Risto Ahti, author, Tampere

Sanna Karkulehto, PhD, professor of literature, Jyväskylä

Juhani Lindholm, translator, Järvenpää

Olli Mäkinen, training manager, Vaasa

Sari Peltoniemi, author, Lempäälä

Mikko Rimminen, author, Helsinki

Hannele Mikaela Taivassalo, author, Helsinki

National Council for Media Art, Comics and Illustrations

Chairperson

Salla Tykkä, visual artist, Helsinki

Members

Mika Launis, illustrator, graphic designer, Helsinki

Teemu Leinonen, professor, Helsinki

Johanna Rojola, comics artist, Helsinki

Minna Suoniemi, visual artist, Tampere

Ville Tietäväinen, graphic designer, illustrator, cartoonist, Espoo

Mika Tuomola, director, media artist, Helsinki

Riitta Uusitalo, artist, Jyväskylä

National Council for Multidisciplinary Art

Chairperson                          

Annette Arlander, professor, Helsinki        

Members

Arnold Chiwalala, DMus, musician, composer, choreographer, Espoo

Yvonne Godhwani, curator, Espoo

Wali Hashi, journalist, Turku

Jan-Peter Kaiku, dance critic, Loviisa

Riikka Latva-Somppi, sculptor, glass artist, Helsinki

Kirsti Nenye, photographic artist, lecturer, Lahti

Tuomas Siitonen, architect, Helsinki

Semra Türkmen, visual artist, graphic artist, Helsinki

Paavo Westerberg, playwright, director, scriptwriter, Helsinki

Subcommittee for Art Journalism

Chairperson

Jan-Peter Kaiku, dance critic, Loviisa

Members

Leena Kangas, visual artist, critic, Oulu

Merja Leppälahti, fiction writer, critic, researcher, Turku

Antti Selkokari, journalist, film critic, Helsinki

Juha-Heikki Tihinen, art historian, Helsinki

National Council for Music

Chairperson

Aija Puurtinen, DMus, musician, Helsinki

Members

Gustav Djupsjöbacka, DMus, lecturer in lied music, Helsinki

Perttu Haapanen, MMus, composer, Helsinki

Hanna Juutilainen, musician, Helsinki

Anna-Kaisa Liedes, lecturer, Helsinki

Turkka Manninen, lecturer in singing, opera singer, Muurame

Pekka Nissilä, journalist, Helsinki

Pauliina Syrjälä, lecturer in folk music, Joensuu

National Council for Theatre

Chairperson                          

Yrjö Juhani Renvall, professor, Tampere

Members

Minna Leino, dramaturge, playwright, Helsinki

Kirsikka Moring, journalist, Helsinki

Petteri Pietiäinen, lighting designer, Helsinki

Tanjalotta Räikkä, actress, Tampere

Janne Saarakkala, director, Helsinki

Kirsi-Kaisa Sinisalo, theatre director, Rauma

Joachim Thibblin, theatre director, Paattinen

Saana Lavaste, director, Nurmijärvi

Tuomas Timonen, playwright, Helsinki

National Council for Photographic Art

Chairperson

Harri Laakso, professor, Akaa

Members

Vesa Aaltonen, photographer, Turku

Ari Kakkinen, photographic artist, Helsinki

Sandra Kantanen, photographic artist, Hangonkylä

Alla Räisänen, executive director, Oulu

Juha Suonpää, photographer, Tampere

Hanna Weselius, photographer, researcher, Helsinki

National Council for Visual Arts

Chairperson

Jan Kenneth Weckman, DFA, visual artist, Rusko

Members

Kyllikki Haavisto, painter, Orimattila

Pekka Jylhä, sculptor, Espoo

Helena Laine, culture journalist, visual artist, Pori

Tiina Lamminen, painter, Tampere

Kalle Lampela, DA, visual artist, Rovaniemi

Tero Nauha, performing artist, researcher, Helsinki

Jaakko Niemelä, visual artist, Helsinki

Anna Tuori, MFA, painter, Helsinki 

 

Further information:

Minna Sirnö, Director, Arts Promotion Centre Finland, t. +358 295 330 719Image removed., [email protected]

Tiina Rosenberg, Chairperson, Central Arts Council, [email protected]