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In cooperation with Globe Art Point, Taike is hosting an online info briefing covering Taike grants for professional artists. The webinar will cover all forms of support awarded by Taike, but it will focus mainly on this autumn’s call for applications for project grants for artists and working groups.

"Notes on Power and Hope" seminar addresses questions of sustainable culture from the perspectives of land use, art, and civic engagement. The event also considers the role of art in reshaping social thought and action.

Higher education institutions were strongly represented in the first call for applications for projects within the Creative and Cultural Innovation Expertise ESF+ theme, and many smaller actors were left without funding. Smaller actors should definitely apply for funding in the next round, but at the same time it is important to invest even more in collaboration, writes Sofia-Charlotta Kakko.

Appropriations from the state budget to the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) have been cut by a total of 1.3 million euros for 2024. When deciding on the distribution of appropriations, Taike has evaluated the situation in different fields of the arts and forms of support based on changes to the number of applications and an overall assessment of the need for state support.

The change has been made in order to harmonise the application periods for special subsidies and clarify application practices.

The purpose of the latest cultural policy report is to create an ambitious vision for the long-term development of Finland's arts and cultural policy. The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) and the Ministry of Education and Culture are organising six regional events this spring to discuss the arts, cultural policy and the recently published report. These events will offer an opportunity to hear the thoughts of experts and professionals representing different sectors of society about the current state and future of the arts and culture in Finland.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) has appointed Maria Pirkkalainen-Barber as Internationalisation Expert. Her job is to coordinate and prepare the agency’s strategy for international activities. The position is new and continues until the end of June 2025.

Taike will host a webinar on Thursday 7 March starting at 2pm covering this spring’s calls for applications for regional grants and artist grants. The webinar will go through the changes that have been made to this year’s calls for applications and provide tips for how to apply.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) is distributing 13.6 million euros in operational subsidies to art communities in 2024. Altogether 196 art communities operating throughout Finland are receiving an operational subsidy, almost a third of which are multi-year subsidies. The total amount being distributed is approximately 300,000 euros less than last year, representing a decrease of 2.3 percent. In addition, Taike awarded almost 1.2 million euros to 26 communities whose applications were transferred by the Ministry of Education and Culture for processing by Taike.

A total of 519,000 euros was awarded in project grants. These grants were awarded to 61 applicants out of 363 who applied.

The latest Arts and Culture Barometer looked into the different types of work performed by artists. The results of the survey revealed that artists work and create art in many areas of society. However, approximately half of the work performed by artists does not involve making art. The findings of the Arts and Culture Barometer 2023 will be presented at a discussion forum at Semifinal on 17 April 2024.

A total of 750,000 euros was awarded in project grants. These grants were awarded to 179 applicants out of 952 who applied.