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The latest Arts and Culture Barometer looked into the different types of work performed by artists. The results of the survey revealed that artists work and create art in many areas of society. However, approximately half of the work performed by artists does not involve making art. The findings of the Arts and Culture Barometer 2023 will be presented at a discussion forum at Semifinal on 17 April 2024.

Library grants for writers and translators and public display grants for visual artists for 2024 could be applied for from the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) until 31 January. Altogether 1270 applications for library grants and 1241 applications for public display grants are now being processed. The number of applications was at the same level as last year.

The Ministry of Finance has today published its draft budget for 2025. The proposal includes cuts to discretionary government grants for the arts and culture. It appears that there will be no cuts to artist grants or artist pensions.

The first call for applications for projects within the national Creative and Cultural Innovation Expertise ESF+ theme was open from 15 March to 15 May 2023. The processing of applications is ongoing, and the ELY Centre for Häme will decide on projects to be funded during November-December.

The Ministry of Education and Culture and the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) have developed a new Dialogue Card tool to help arts and culture organisations make their operations more equal and sustainable. The new dialogue cards can be ordered free of charge.

Decisions on special subsidies for cultural activities in sparsely populated rural areas and most artist grant decisions will be sent to applicants by the end of June. Taike’s customer service will be closed 30 June to 31 July.

Project grants awarded by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) in different artforms can be applied for this month, 1–30 November. A few changes have been made to the call for applications for project grants compared to last year. Artists can apply for a project grant with one application only and for one project only. Taike has also provided new guidelines regarding the amount of work covered by a project grant.

Bálggis is a portrait of three Sámi artists representing marginal artforms. The short documentary features circus artist Aleksi Niittyvuopio, graffiti artist Sámi Hustler and comic artist Sunna Kitti. The film was directed by Auri Ahola, Regional Artist for Sámi Culture, and produced by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) is looking to hire an Internationalisation Expert on a fixed-term basis for the period 1 January 2024 to 30 June 2025. The Internationalisation Expert will coordinate and prepare the strategy process of the agency’s international activities.

Funding within the Creative and Cultural Innovation Expertise ESF+ theme has been awarded to nine projects after the first application round. The selected projects cover such areas as sustainable culture tourism, the audiovisual sector, music and the visual arts. The next call for applications will be announced in the second half of 2024.

The theme of this year’s Arts and Culture Barometer is the different types of work performed by artists. We invite professional artists in different fields of the arts to respond to our open online survey. Respond to the survey by 15 October!

On 14 May, the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) organised an info briefing on the priorities and future development needs of subsidies for communities. The key takeaways from the info briefing are summarised below.