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State Art Prizes 2006

16.11.2006  


This year's State Art Prizes were awarded to composer Kaj Chydenius, to film director Katariina Lillqvist and jointly to the artistic directors of the ANTI contemporary art festival, Erkki Soininen and Johanna Tuukkanen.



Timetable of artist grants' decisions

26.09.2006  

The decisions of the artist grants are made in the meetings of the relevant committees during September. Letters informing the applicants about the decisions, both positive and negative, are mailed to the applicants as soon as possible after the decision has been made.

The decisions are published on the web and given to media as follows:

The National Council for Architecture: 15 September

The National Council for Cinema: 15 September

The National Council for Dance: 18 September

The National Council for Music: 19 September

The National Council for Theatre: 20 September

The Central Arts Council: 25 September

The National Council for Desing: 26 September

The National Council for Literature: 28 September

The National Council for Visual Arts: 29 September

The National Council for Photographic Art: 4 October



2006 State Quality Awards go to 14 films

31.08.2006  Director General Riitta Kaivosoja presented the 2006 State Quality Awards for films and other visual programmes. The 14 award-winning films received a total of €360,000. The State Quality Award goes to the producer as an acknowledgement for a meritorious film or visual programme. Films and programmes that premiered in Finland between 1 June 2005 and 31 May 2006 were eligible for the award.

For more information contact:
Senior Advisor Mari Karikoski
tel. +358 9 1607 7064, mari.karikoski@minedu.fi


ARSIS 2/2006 concentrates on Finnish festivals

27.06.2006  ARSIS 2/2006 coverEnglish ARSIS 2/2006 focuses on the Finnish art festivals and happenings.

According to the editor Hannu Saha: "Increasing leisure time, and people no longer having to work on Saturdays, provided new opportunities for quenching a cultural thirst. There was a great desire to open windows towards Europe and the world at large, as much in the field of high-brow culture as jazz, and internationalism became the buzz word in folk festivals, too. Folklore festivals were a cry for help of a particular kind: rural culture bulldozed by television and popular culture was trying to make itself heard."

The magazine is available in PDF format or you can reserve a free copy by e-mail: tktinfo@minedu.fi


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