Meet Our Funding Recipients

”Meet Our Funding Recipients” is a series of articles that introduces you to artists, working groups and communities who have received funding from Taike. In these interviews, funding recipients discuss their art and the projects they have been able to implement with the support of funding.

Articles in this series

Henkilö on ilmassa basson kanssa spagaattiasennossa. Taustalla on minibussi ja soittolaitteita.

Eikka Alatalo’s circus show engages audiences with thrills and ‘80s heavy metal

Eikka Alatalo creates ecological circus art against bullying. His Motör Circus show combines circus art and a musical hobby that he started in his childhood.

Henkilö hymyilee ja katsoo oikealle päin.

Hanna Kaihlanen makes a short film about mosquitoes

Hanna Kaihlanen has made a short film about mosquitoes because she was interested in the technology that has been developed to prevent diseases spread by mosquitoes.

Kolme Inferno-lehteä pöydällä.

Inferno is made out of a passion for metal music

Inferno is the only publication specialising in metal music that is published as a printed magazine in Finland. A subsidy awarded by Taike is of vital importance for enabling the magazine to be published.

Henkilö hymyilee. Pöydällä on pienoismalleja rakennuksista.

Middle East Women’s Association offers a wide range of services and events

The main activities of the Middle East Women's Association include organising events, providing support in everyday matters and offering recreational opportunities. With the support of a subsidy awarded by Taike, the association has been able to organise cultural events and traditional celebrations, for example.

Henkilö istuu pöydässä tietokoneen ääressä. Taustalla hirsiseinä ja ikkuna.

Tiinaliisa Multamäki wants to create wellbeing through her art

Spoken word artist Tiinaliisa Multamäki works in the field of marginal art in Lapland and regularly has to travel hundreds of kilometres. With the support of a working grant, she has created a work examining ADHD.

Hanna Haaslahden kasvot.

Hanna Haaslahti creates bold media art about challenging subjects

Media artist Hanna Haaslahti addresses challenging subjects in her art, despite sometimes receiving criticism for it. With the support of an artist grant, she has been working on an installation that examines family norms.

Henkilö istuu rantakiven päällä. Taustalla näkyy järvimaisema.

Rainer Paananen uses project grant to develop a new instrument

The art of visual artist Rainer Paananen is characterised by a desire to try new things. Supported by a project grant for photographic art, he designed and built an experimental string instrument.

Jugendtyylisen rakennuksen julkisivu.

Culture brings Villa Rana to life

Cultural Centre Villa Rana gives small actors the opportunity to carry out their activities. Without public funding, this would not have been possible.

Virve Lilja poseeraa kameralle. Taustalla olevalle seinälle on kiinnitetty hänen teoksiaan.

Virve Lilja’s art reflects the lived life

Visual artist Virve Lilja reflects her personal experiences and life changes in her works. Receiving a display grant for the visual arts emboldened her to create dark-toned works.

Joel Slotte katsoo kameraan lippalakki päässä. Taustalla näkyy suo.

Artist grant changed the way Joel Slotte made art

Visual artist Joel Slotte is inspired by his friends and phenomena that are close to him. A three-year artist grant has helped him produce more multifaceted art.

Tuomas Taskinen Keskustakirjasto Oodissa.

Tuomas Taskinen expresses his feelings of loneliness through his poetry

Poet Tuomas Taskinen likes to challenge himself with his art. The support of a library grant helped him complete his second book of poetry “Ohipuhuttu valitus” (Overlooked Complaint).