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The Ministry of Education and Culture and the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) are preparing for the restructuring of Taike’s arts councils. We welcome you to attend our online info briefing on the subject on Monday 17 June from 12:30 to 13:30.

During the spring, it has been possible to apply for artist grants and regional grants from the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike). Grant decisions will be sent to applicants at slightly different times depending on the processing schedules of the different arts councils.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) is organising an info briefing on the priorities and future development needs of subsidies for communities. The info briefing will take place on Tuesday 14 May from 13:00 to 14:30, and it can be attended online.

With the European Parliament elections taking place this June, the Art Parliament discussion forum gathers experts, researchers and politicians to discuss the status of artists in Europe. The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) organises annual Art Parliament discussion forums on current art policy themes. This event will be in English.

This info briefing will discuss the principles of council work and the appointment process itself, and members who have served on arts councils will be interviewed about their council work.

Taike is an organising an info briefing on the use and clarification of special subsidies on Thursday 11 April, 1pm–2pm. The info briefing will discuss the terms and restrictions of using state subsidies, as well as how to provide clarification of the use of the subsidy.

Suomen Yrittäjät – the Federation of Finnish Enterprises and the Creative Net project of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) are organising the Eloon! tour, which brings together actors from traditional business sectors with representatives of the arts, culture and the creative industries. The goal is to come up with new solutions to the challenges of regional vitality. The tour will take place this autumn and visit Lappeenranta, Jyväskylä, Rovaniemi and Rauma.

Here we answer frequently asked questions regarding this autumn’s calls for applications.

On Tuesday 5 November at 10am, Taike is organising a one-hour info briefing for professional artists and working groups about this autumn’s call for applications for project grants. The online webinar will discuss basic principles and provide tips on how to apply.

The Central Arts Council has appointed the national arts councils and regional arts councils operating under the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) for the 2025–2026 term. The 20 arts councils have 174 members in total. The main task of the arts councils is to decide on the awarding of grants and prizes. Members of the arts councils are artists and art experts, and their work is based on the principle of peer reviews.

Calls for applications for communities closed at the end of October and beginning of November. Eight forms of support were available, and a total of 1139 applications were submitted to the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike). The number is around a hundred fewer than a year ago, primarily due to changes made to the forms of support.

On Thursday 14 November at 1pm, Taike is organising a one-hour webinar for professional artists about this autumn’s call for applications for project grants. The online webinar will discuss basic principles and provide tips on how to apply.