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The National Council for the Visual Arts has awarded artist grants beginning in 2026. Artist grants were awarded to 69 artists.

Read the call for applications carefully and reserve sufficient time to fill in the application. Applications can be submitted online with a mandate that can be granted and managed using the Suomi.fi e-Authorization service.

The grant must be used only for the intended purpose and to cover the costs specified in the application. Costs must be essential and reasonable.

A final report clarifying how the grant was used must be submitted by the deadline stated in the grant decision.

Taike’s arts councils are being restructured, and the current arts councils be discontinued as of 1 July 2026. The new structure will have a Council of Arts and Culture utilising a pool of experts and rotating grant assessment panels to assess applications. The principles of peer reviews and the autonomy of art will be maintained in decision-making. Stakeholders and the entire arts sector are being consulted extensively in the restructuring work.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) and the Foundation for Cultural Policy Research (Cupore) are gathering information this autumn about the international activities of professional artists in different fields of the arts.

Application periods: grants for individuals and working groups and government grants for communities.