Arts Promotion Centre Finland (May 2013)

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland

Photo: Marja Helander

General profile / distributes 33m for the promotion of the

arts annually (0.06 % of the state budget) / receives 14 000 applications annually / awards 4 000 grants annually / provides 700 peer review statements on artist

pension applications and festival subsidy applications annually to the ministry

The Arts Promotion Centre Finland is an expert agency for promoting the arts on both the national and international levels. It receives its funds from the state arts budget and operates under the Ministry of Education and Culture at arms length.

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Types of support to artists / Providing grants for artistic creation

ACF grant recipients (3 679 in total) by art form in 2012

Artist grants / These grants are annually awarded by

national arts councils to support the work of professional artists for a period of between six months and ten years. In total 600 artists (3 % of professional artists in Finland) received grants amounting to 10.8m in 2012. An annual grant of 19 729 is tax-free.

Project grants / These grants are annually awarded by national

arts councils to individual artists or working groups for materials, equipment, study trips, training courses, gallery and studio rents, and the like. Project grants amounted to 2.7m in 2012.

Support for drama literature / These grants are intended for playwrights who

have had a new play performed for the first time in a professional theatre in Finland during the previous year. The grants are annually awarded by the National Council for Drama. In 2012, the grants amounted to 230 000.

Music 14.8 % Visual Art 17.3 %

Literature 28.9 % Dance 5.3 %

Media Art 2.1 %

Crafts & Design 7.0 %

Architecture 1.6 % Circus Art 1.6 %

Cinema 4.4 %

Other 5.9 %Photography4.0 %

Theatre 10.5 %Critics 0.5 %

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Project grants for childrens culture / These grants are intended to support childrens

culture and youth projects of professional artists, groups, critics, teachers, and researchers. In 2012, the grants awarded by regional arts councils amounted to 237 450.

Grants for art projects promoting multiculturalism

/ These grants are intended to support the artistic activities of immigrants and ethnic minorities, as well as art projects in Finland that promote interaction between different cultures. In 2012 the grants amounted to 100 000.

Grants for international projects / These grants are intended to support

international cultural co-operation and exchange projects in different fields of the arts. Grants are available to professional artists and art experts in different fields of the arts. In 2012, the grants amounted to 187 000.

Artist-in-residence grants / Artist-in-residence grants are awarded in

order to help cover the travel and living costs of professional artists who have been accepted as participants in international Artists-in-Residence programmes abroad. In 2012, the grants amounted to 83 800.

Providing grants for artistic creation

Travel grants / Travel grants are intended for professional

artists, art experts in different fields of the arts to help cover the foreign travel costs of artistically significant projects. In 2012, the grants amounted to 278 100.

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In addition, writers, visual artists, composers, lyricists, arrangers, and illustrators receive grants awarded by separate boards or by the national arts councils.

Providing grants for artistic creation

Grants and subsidies to writers and translators

/ In 2012, 2.9m in total were allocated to fiction and non-fiction writers.

Grants for visual artists / In 2012, 960 000 were granted to

visual artists whose work may be publicly owned and displayed.

Grants for musicians and composers / In 2012, 120 000 were granted to

composers, lyricists, and arrangers whose works have been published as notes or recordings, and to performing artists whose works have been recorded.

Grants for illustrators and comic artists / In 2012, 75 000 were granted to illustrators

whose works have been published in books or other media and comic artists whose works have been published in comic books, albums, or other media.

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Awarding prizesState prizes

/ Each national council annually award state prizes amounting to 225 000 in 2012.


/ The Arts Promotion Centre Finland currently employs five artist professors. They are appointed for a five-year term from among the candidates proposed by the national arts councils. The prerequisite for being appointed is that the candidate is considered a particularly gifted artist based on his or her artistic activities to date.

/ Artist professors carry out creative artistic work within their own field of the arts. They may also lecture in universities and educate other artists.

/ In 2010 Parliament decided to change the positions of artist professors into artist grant positions. This change will be implemented gradually as the current terms for artist professors come to an end. Six positions have already been changed into 10-year grant positions, however the recipients of these grants can still use the title of Artist Professor.

/ The salary of artist professors is approximately 3 200 per month.

Employing artist professors


Types of support to communities Operational subsidies for communities

/ Operational subsidies awarded by national arts councils are intended to support the ongoing operations of communities in different fields of the arts, such as associations, foundations, co-operatives, and companies. In 2012, the subsidies amounted to 6.5m.Special subsidies for communities

/ These subsidies awarded by national arts councils are intended to support individual projects of communities in different fields of the arts, such as associations, foundations, co-operatives, and companies. In 2012, the subsidies amounted to 2.6m.

Subsidies for childrens culture / These subsidies are intended to support projects

promoting childrens and youth culture by groups such as associations, foundations, co-operatives, municipalities, and companies. In 2012, the subsidies awarded by regional arts councils amounted to 293 850.

Subsidies for international projects

/ These subsidies awarded by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland are intended to support international cultural co-operation and exchange projects in different fields of the arts. In 2012, the subsidies amounted to 113 000.

Artist-in-residence subsidies / These subsidies awarded by the Arts Promotion

Centre Finland are intended to help cover the start-up and operating expenses of Artists-in-Residence programmes run by municipalities, associations, and other communities. In 2012, the subsidies amounted to 297 000.Quality support for film productions

/ Quality support is intended to support the development of new film productions. The National Council for Cinema awards quality support to producers of films, television programmes or similar productions on the basis of high artistic merit of the producers previous productions. In 2012, the subsidies amounted to 509 500.

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Regional arts promotionThe thirteen regional arts councils support artistic work in their respective region by

/ awarding working grants and project grants to individuals

/ awarding subsidies to communities / awarding grants and subsidies for the

promotion of childrens culture / awarding subsidies to promote the

well-being benefits of culture / allocating support to arts promotion projects / awarding prizes

In 2012, the regional arts councils allocated 5.4m to arts promotion.


Regional artists employed by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland / The Arts Promotion Centre Finland appoints

regional artists for set terms that vary from two to five years. The Centre first defines its needs in terms of art form or other focus area and then selects a qualified applicant after having heard the opinion of the respective regional arts council where the appointed artist will be located.

/ Regional artists work for the good of professional and amateur artists in their local area and also carry out their own artistic work. Regional artists work in different fields of the art and also as producers of art.

/ At any one time up to 49 regional artists are employed by the Arts Promotion Centre Finland.


Decision makersDecisions regarding grants and subsidies are made within the Arts Promotion Centre Finland, as well as within the national and regional arts councils. Altogether there are 26 decision-making bodies, all of which possess a wide range of expertise in the field of the arts. The members of these bodies are art professionals and other experts in the arts.

The decision-making bodies / Central Arts Council / National Arts Councils for ten

different art form (10) / Regional Arts Councils (13) / Board for Grants and Subsidies

to Writers and Translators / Board for Public Display Grants to Visual Artists

In the above mentioned bodies there are in total 241 members as peer reviewers and they hold 180 meetings annually. The members only receive a small fee for participating in the meetings and the chairpersons receive a small monthly fee.

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Members of the decision-making bodies

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The criteria for decisionsThe decisions on grants and subsidies are based on an evaluation of the artistic quality of the applications in peer reviews. A regular turnover of members and regional representation helps ensure the reliability of the decision-making process.

For more details on criteria, please consult our website.

Criteria for artist grants *Criteria for project grants *

Criteria for project subsidy for communities *Criteria for operational subsidy for communities *


In May 2012, the Government submitted a draft bill for the establishment of the Arts Promotion Centre Finland. After approved by the Parliament, the new centre started its operations as of 2013 as an agency under the Ministry of Education and Culture. The centre continues the activities of the former Arts Council of Finland. The centre has twelve regional offices and independent decision-making bodies, including a central arts council, ten national arts councils, thirteen regional arts councils, and two separate boards. The aim of the reorganisation was to clarify the activities of arts councils by separating official promotional activities from the assessment tasks

of representative bodies. The arts council activities were thus considered to be more functional and the administration more integrated. The trans-parency of the decision-making processes was also considered to be enhanced. The reform provided legal processes for appealing and rectifying decisions on grants and subsidies. In addition to promoting the arts, the new Centre also is responsible for certain cultural promotion activities. The centre is headed by a director appointed for a fixed five-year term. The reform retains the representative bodies at both the national and regional levels.

The national and regional councils make decisions on grants and awards to individual artists and groups of artists. In addition, they serve as advisory bodies. The national and regional councils are appointed by the Central Arts Council and serve two-year terms. The Central Arts Council serves as the Ministrys advisory body in policymaking regarding the arts. It decides on the number of national arts councils and their roles. It also appoints members to the national and regional arts councils. In addition, the Central Arts Council submits proposals for granting the title of Art Academic. The Central Arts Council is nominated by the Ministry of Education and Culture for a three-year term of office.

New organization as of 2013

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Ministry of Education

and Culture

Organization 2013

The Arts Promotion Centre FinlandCentral Arts Council

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Development

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Administrative staff and regional artists

Main office (Helsinki)Regional offices (12)

Director

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