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The arts councils of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) have awarded state artist grants for artistic work beginning at the start of 2024. A record number of applications were received, more than 4400, representing an increase of 23 percent compared to last year.

The theme of this year’s Arts and Culture Barometer is the different types of work performed by artists. We invite professional artists in different fields of the arts to respond to our open online survey. Respond to the survey by 15 October!

The Ministry of Education and Culture and the Arts Promotion Centre Finland (Taike) have developed a new Dialogue Card tool to help arts and culture organisations make their operations more equal and sustainable. The new dialogue cards can be ordered free of charge.

The National Council for Literature has awarded artist grants beginning in 2024. Artist grants were awarded to 42 writers and 7 translators.

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.