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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.

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.

The head office of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) in Helsinki has moved from Hakaniemi to Sörnäinen as of 17 November 2025. The new address is Kaikukatu 2 C.

On Tuesday 7 October 2025, arts and culture professionals from the Nordic region, the Baltics and across Europe gathered at Oulu City Hall to attend the Nordic Diversity Connections in Arts and Culture Seminar. The event addressed contemporary issues of cultural diversity, inclusion and equality in the arts and culture sector.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) and the Foundation for Cultural Policy Research (Cupore) are gathering information this autumn about the international activities of professional artists in different fields of the arts.

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.