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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.

Regional grants are intended for professional artists and art journalists, and/or working groups formed by them. The application period for regional grants is in spring.

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Taike has three separate boards that decide on the awarding of statutory grants.

This accessibility statement applies to the www.taike.fi website and was prepared on 6 February 2023.

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

”Meet Our Funding Recipients” is a series of articles that introduces you to artists, working groups and communities who have received funding from Taike. In these interviews, funding recipients discuss their art and the projects they have been able to implement with the support of funding.

Taike has multiple expert panels. Members of the panels are collected from members of national arts councils, regional arts councils and boards.

You can filter the grant and prizes awarded by Taike by year, artform or region, for example.

During 2020–2022, Taike distributed a total of 130 million euros in COVID-19 support to artists, professionals in the creative sectors, private traders and sole proprietors, and art associations. Altogether there were seven application rounds. More than 43,000 applications were received in total, and more than 25,000 applicants received positive decisions. Overall, 58% of applicants received funding.

Particularly distinguished art professionals may be awarded recognition for their work in the form of the title Art Academic or Artist Professor.

Project grants for the arts are intended for arts professional and working groups formed by them for individual projects. Private traders may also apply. The application period for project grants for the arts is in autumn.