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On this page, you can find basic information about the activities of our arts councils and the appointment process.

The arts councils of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) have awarded state artist grants starting in 2022 to 311 professional artists, 12 of whom have been awarded five-year Artist Professor grants.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) has awarded grants and subsidies to support the work of 5346 artists and 569 private traders in the fourth round of COVID-19 support. The application period for these grants and subsidies was 29 March to 15 April 2021.

The national arts councils have awarded state prizes in the fields of architecture, cinema, the performing arts, literature, the visual arts, children’s culture, media art, multidisciplinary art, design, music and photographic art. The value of the State Prize for Children’s Culture is 30,000 euros and the State Prize for Multidisciplinary Art 28,000 euros. The value of each of the other state prizes is 14,000 euros. The prizes were awarded by Hanna Kosonen, Minister of Science Culture, at the Finnish National Opera in Helsinki on 29 November.

The arts councils of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) have awarded artist grants to 290 professionals, two-thirds of whom work in the fields of the visual arts, literature, theatre and music.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) has awarded grants and subsidies to support the work of 1609 artists and 161 private traders in the third round of COVID-19 support. This funding was targeted towards professional artists, writers and art journalists who have lost work opportunities due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Taike comprises 23 expert bodies that decide on the awarding of grants and prizes, as well as provide expert opinions.

This development programme aims to make new ways of applying artistic expertise visible and to provide access to artists' expertise as broadly as possible within society.

The first round of COVID-19 grants awarded by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) attracted 3733 applications, from which 533 applicants were awarded a grant of 3000 euros.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) and the National Council for Mobility and Diversity in the Arts have awarded 765,000 euros in grants and subsidies this year for promoting cultural diversity and combating racism.

The Central Arts Council was awarded a 30,000-euro subsidy to RASMUS ry, which promotes “good speech” in social media and public spaces.

Experimental composer Shinji Kanki (born 1953) has had a long, versatile and multidisciplinary career in auditory art. He has lived and worked in Finland since 1985, and his diverse activities have ranged from experimental music and other auditory art to experimental radio broadcasting.