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The Arts Promotion Centre Finland requests candidates for national and regional arts councils to be nominated by 15 June. The Central Arts Council shall appoint the members for the 2017-18 term in the autumn.

Mutanttikieltä is an experimental language program created by Sivuvalo project in 2015.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland is organising a seminar on United Nations Day, Monday 24 October 2016, to discuss art, artistic work, international migration and the effects of these on the status of artists and the implementation of cultural rights. A report on the artistic expertise of immigrants compiled by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland will also be published at the seminar.

The RECEPTION community-art triennial, now being held for the first time, begins on Friday, April 1, 2016 at the Old Student House, as part of the IHME Contemporary Art Festival. The opening shot for the Triennial brings together makers, producers and funders of community art to discuss topical issues and approaches in the field.

Seven national arts councils shall make decisions about state grants, subsidies and awards in 2017-18. Each national arts council shall have between 9 and 12 members. Publishing Manager Saara Tiuraniemi has been appointed Vice-Chair of the Central Arts Council.

MSFL 2016
Malakta Sound Field Lab
with John Grzinich

October 27th - 30th 2016
Art Factory Malakta
Malax, Finland

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.

Ethnomusicologist Esa Vienamo (MA) has been appointed regional artist for outsider art. The role of the regional artist for outsider art is to promote the artistic work opportunities of outsider artists, reinforce the structures for these activities, and engage marginalised artists.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) has appointed Jaakko Kemppainen MA (New Media and Game Design, Aalto University), MSc (Digital Culture, University of Jyväskylä) regional artist for games as art. As regional artist for games as art, Kemppainen is responsible for promoting the status of games as art, as well as for stimulating interest and promoting opportunities in this field.

The Central Arts Council of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) has appointed 74 art experts for the seven national arts councils for the 2019-20 term. In addition, 107 members have been appointed for the 13 regional arts councils.