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Taike has approximately 80 employees. Approximately half of these are administrative staff (civil servants) and half are art experts and artist experts on fixed-term employment contracts. The head office of Taike is in Helsinki, and it also has regional offices.

We are building a pluralistic, sustainable and democratic society through art and culture. We want Finland to be a country of art.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) and Mela, the Farmers' Social Insurance Institution of Finland, are organising an online info briefing on pension and accident insurance, a legal obligation for recipients of working grants that are awarded for a period of four months or more.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) is an expert and service agency for promoting the arts under the Ministry of Education and Culture. Taike’s mission is to promote the arts on both the national and international levels, as well as to promote aspects of culture that are not covered by any other official body.

As a grant recipient, you are self-employed in terms of the Unemployment Security Act. Self-employment is covered in Chapter 2 of the Unemployment Security Act.

At Creative Net funding coffee meetings you can hear about ESF+ development funding and project planning within the arts, culture and creative sectors. The funding coffee meetings are being held from January to March 2025 every other Thursday from 9am to 10am.

Taike is an organising an info briefing on the use and clarification of government grants on Thursday 10 April, 10am–11am. The info briefing will discuss the terms and restrictions of using government grants, as well as how to provide clarification of the use of the grant.

The Creative Net team from the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) offers sparring for those participating in the call for applications for ESF+ projects within the Creative and Cultural Innovation Expertise theme. Support is available for developing project ideas and finalising applications.

We publish information about the arts and culture sector, as well as Taike’s operations.

The Arts and Culture Barometer is an annual survey of attitudes and views in the form of a survey. The barometer aims to gather the opinions of those working in the fields of the arts and to invite discussion about topical issues regarding art policies.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland proposes four measures aimed at supporting the arts and artists during the 2023–2027 government term.

National arts councils award half-year artist grants, as well as one-year, three-year and five-year artist grants, to support the work of professional artists. Calls for applications for artist grants are announced in spring, and the grant period begins the following year.