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AVARA – Art & Tech <3 Sustainability event brings together artists and creators interested in digitality and sustainability. AVARA is an annual event organized by the Centre for Arts Innovation (CAI) at the Oulu University of Applied Sciences, co-hosted this year with the Arts Promotion Centre Finland’s Creative Net project (ESF+).

Decisions on special subsidies for cultural activities in sparsely populated rural areas and most artist grant decisions will be sent to applicants by the end of June. Taike’s customer service will be closed 30 June to 31 July.

The National Council for Audiovisual Art has awarded artist grants beginning in 2024. Artist grants were awarded to 12 artists.

The National Council for Audiovisual Art has awarded artist grants beginning in 2024. Artist grants were awarded to 12 artists.

These grants are intended for cultural magazines published in Finland and online publications in any language that maintain a diverse social discussion about culture, the arts, science or different worldviews. These grants can also be awarded to promoters of the circulation of cultural magazines.

Arts Promotion Centre Finland collects personal data for the processing of state grant applications, statistics and communication purposes.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) will submit summarised information about decisions for all calls for applications announced since 1 October to the joint Tutkiavustuksia.fi service. For subsidies to communities, both positive and negative subsidy decisions will be published on the website. For grants to artists, only positive grant decisions will be published.

Public display grants are intended for visual artists to support their creative artistic work in 2026. Applications can be submitted online using the Applyforgrants.fi service. The call for applications can be found on the service under the name of the Finnish Arts and Culture Agency.

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) supported the arts and culture in 2024 by awarding 46 million euros in the form of grants, subsidies and prizes. The amount awarded decreased by 3.4 million euros compared to 2023.

According to the Government’s 2026 budget proposal, government grants awarded by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) would be cut by EUR 1.3 million. Taike’s appropriations for discretionary government grants would decrease for the third year in a row. The cut is targeted at discretionary non-statutory government grants, which would be cut by approximately 5 percent.