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As of 2015 the Arts Promotion Centre Finland will no longer award separate grants and subsidies for international projects promoting cultural cooperation, exports and exchanges. Instead, these funds shall be included in grants and subsidies for travel and residencies.

The City Ghettos of Today is a unique artistic initiative exploring the concept of ‘ghetto’ in 7 European cities. The activities of the project will take place in Helsinki between 8.9. and 20.9. These include a transforming installation that will form its contents in multidisciplinary workshops collaboratively with an international team of artists and local participants, a seminar that presents the cases of the project in the different cities, a series of workshops and public interview-discussions and two public performances related to the collectively built installation.

The main office of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland will move at the beginning of February to a new address in Helsinki. The new visiting address is Vuorikatu 24. The office of the Arts Council of Uusimaa and the Uusimaa regional artists will also move to the new address.

Kone Foundation organizes together with Arts Promotion Centre Finland, a project workshop on multilingualism and art. The workshop is related to a grant call on the same theme, which will be organized in February-March by Kone Foundation. The event will be held on Thursday, February 7th, 2013 at 13-16 at Kone Foundation office in Helsinki.

As of 1 June 2014 our customer service number +358 295 330 700 will operate on weekdays from 10am to 2pm.

The grant is intended for communities such as municipalities, municipal federations, companies, foundations and associations that procure works of art for construction projects in accordance with the principle “1% of construction costs for art”. Altogether 380,000 euros will be allocated.

Seven national arts councils will be responsible for distributing national grants, subsidies and awards in 2015-16 in FInland. Each national arts council will have 9 to 12 members.

The Central Arts Council of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland has appointed new members for the thirteen regional arts councils for a two-year term (2013-2014). According to new legislation in Finland, the Central Arts Council appoints the chairpersons and other members of the regional arts councils. The deputy chairperson for each arts council is elected by its members.

In 2014 Arts Promotion Centret (Taike) emphasizes the rights of minorities as art actors and audiences. The opening seminar will be held on Wednesday 29.1.2014 at 1 – 5 pm, Taike, Vuorikatu 24, Helsinki.