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In December, Parliament decided on appropriations for 2026. Appropriations for artist grants will remain unchanged, but cuts will be made to non-statutory appropriations for the arts and culture.

The Finnish Arts and Culture Agency is launching the first round of nominations for its new Pool of Experts on 16 March 2026. The Pool of Experts will replace the current national and regional arts councils. Members of the Pool of Experts will serve a term of three years, beginning in September 2026.

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.

The call for projects within the Creative and Cultural Innovation Expertise ESF+ theme ended on 15 May 2023. Many new projects within the creative sectors participated in the first call for applications. Altogether, 6 million euros has been allocated for the selected projects.

The Ministry of Education and Culture has appointed Henri Terho Director of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) for June and July. Terho is currently Head of Arts Support at Taike. Kaisa Rönkkö will take over as Director on 1 August 2023.

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!

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.