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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!

AVARA – Art & Tech <3 Sustainability event brings together artists and creators interested in digitality and sustainability. AVARA is an annual event organized by the Centre for Arts Innovation (CAI) at the Oulu University of Applied Sciences, co-hosted this year with the Arts Promotion Centre Finland’s Creative Net project (ESF+).

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.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) will submit summarised information about decisions for all calls for applications announced since 1 October to the joint Tutkiavustuksia.fi service. For subsidies to communities, both positive and negative subsidy decisions will be published on the website. For grants to artists, only positive grant decisions will be published.

According to the Government’s 2026 budget proposal, government grants awarded by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) would be cut by EUR 1.3 million. Taike’s appropriations for discretionary government grants would decrease for the third year in a row. The cut is targeted at discretionary non-statutory government grants, which would be cut by approximately 5 percent.

The Eloon! tour organised by Creative Net and Suomen Yrittäjät – the Federation of Finnish Enterprises arrives in Rauma on 28–29 October. The theme of the event is “Year-round collaboration in Rauma”. On the tour, professionals from the business and creative sectors get the chance to collaborate and come up with creative solutions to the challenges of regional vitality.

Calls for applications for discretionary government grants awarded by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) and intended for communities open on Tuesday 1 October 2024. Some calls for applications have been transferred to the new Applyforgrants.fi service. In addition, changes have been made to the calls for applications due to budget cuts to discretionary government grants.

The system of peer reviews for the arts will be renewed on 1 July 2026, and the arts councils that have thus far made grant decisions will be discontinued. They will be replaced by a pool of experts and rotating grant assessment panels. Welcome to our online status report on the progress of preparations on Wednesday 19 November, 11am–12noon.

Project grants for the arts can be applied for from 5 November to 3 December 2025. These grants are intended for individual projects by arts professionals during 2026-2027. The call for applications can be found on the Applyforgrants.fi service under the new Finnish Arts and Culture Agency name.

Funding within the Creative and Cultural Innovation Expertise ESF+ theme has been awarded to 14 projects after the second application round. The selected projects promote themes in areas such as music, events, the performing arts, design, museums, sustainable development and cultural wellbeing.

Are you seeking perspectives on reducing your digital carbon footprint in creative work? In the AVARA webinar, Alice Bonnot from Julie's Bicycle will guide you through the themes of Sustainable Digital Creativity. The webinar serves as a preview event for the AVARA – Art & Tech <3 Sustainability event.