Colourscape is made up of approximately one hundred colourful sphere-like chambers linked together into a giant labyrinth. After the amazing success of the first-ever appearance of Colourscape in a...
A strange looking woman is sliding onto the stage wearing a cheerleader’s uniform and shouting cheers for herself. In the gallery people are discussing their relationship to different kinds of...
The National Council for Design is hosting the Design Round Table 2012, which will bring together design experts and leaders from Finland, Scandinavia and Estonia for one day on 8 June to discuss the...
The Council of State has appointed Leif Jakobsson, MA, to chair the Arts Council of Finland for a three-year period starting at the beginning of 2010. He comes to this post from his former position as...
What can we do better to promote cultural diversity in Finland? We are inviting artists and cultural workers together with cultural policy decision makers to discuss the challenges of ever increasing...
The Arsis magazine 3/2008 takes a glance at the 40-year-old history of the Arts Council of Finland.
Valtion muotoilutoimikunta on myöntänyt vuoden 2008 muotoilun valtionpalkinnon Päivi Rintaniemelle tunnustuksena hänen pitkästä ja ansiokkaasta työstään keramiikkamuotoilijana ja taiteilijana....
The Arts Council of Finland has appointed to the post of Artist Professor translator Kersti Juva, architect Olavi Koponen and choreographer Kenneth Kvarnström. The five-year terms of the Artist...
President of the Republic Tarja Halonen has awarded film director Aki Kaurismäki the title of Academician of Art on the proposal of the Arts Council of Finland. President Halonen conferred the title...
The Finnish arts council institution celebrates its 40th anniversary this year. There will be a jubilee seminar for invited guests in May, and a brand new book of history coming up later this year.
Stefan Wallin, Minister of Culture and Sport, presented this year’s State Art Prizes for film, visual arts, architecture and photography on th 29 September 2009 in Helsinki. The State Prize for Cinema...
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 Arts Council of Finland has appointed the stage and costume designer Reija Hirvikoski and the photographer Marjukka Vainio for the two posts of artist professor which became vacant in the...
The following artists were chosen for Stage 2 of the competition:
The Ministry of Education has allocated a 100,000 euro appropriation for art projects promoting multiculturalism and intercultural interaction to be implemented during 2009. The projects will be...
The Arts Council of Finland and state art councils will change their grant application procedure as of autumn 2008. The number of grants will be reduced but the sum to be allocated will remain the...