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A total of 149,000 euros was awarded to 9 communities. There were 29 applicants.

Available at the National Library of Finland

Available at the National Library of Finland

Spoken word artist Tiinaliisa Multamäki works in the field of marginal art in Lapland and regularly has to travel hundreds of kilometres. With the support of a working grant, she has created a work examining ADHD.

According to the latest Arts and Culture Barometer, artists experience strongly the meaningfulness of their work, but numerous factors related to uncertainty are undermining their occupational wellbeing. The majority of respondents under the age of 35 were concerned about their ability to cope. The findings of the barometer will be presented at a discussion forum at Teatteri Toivo in Helsinki on 30 March 2023.

Media artist Hanna Haaslahti addresses challenging subjects in her art, despite sometimes receiving criticism for it. With the support of an artist grant, she has been working on an installation that examines family norms.

In spring 2018, we started a media art pilot project as a collaboration between the Arts Promotion Centre Finland and Helsinki’s Central Library
Oodi. The pilot grew into a five-year collaboration that touches on many dimensions and has invited a large number of artists and partners from the art industry to join us in this journey.

Available at the National Library of Finland

Minister of Science and Culture Petri Honkonen has appointed CEO, Master of Music Kaisa Rönkkö as Director of the Arts Promotion Centre (Taike) for the term 1 August 2023–31 July 2028.

The application period for project grants for artists and working groups begins on 3 October and ends on 8 November 2022. The application period for subsidies for communities begins on 3 October and ends on 1 November 2022. This year’s calls for applications include three-year festival subsidies for the first time and subsidies for cultural activities in sparsely populated areas for the second time.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) has launched a work guidance pilot programme in five locations. The pilot will investigate the effects of work guidance on the occupational wellbeing of artists over a six-month follow-up period. The occupational wellbeing of artists is also being studied in this year’s Arts and Culture Barometer, the questionnaire for which has just been released.