Hanna Lämsä, Executive Director of the Finnish Cultural and Academic Institutes has sent a letter to parliamentary groups ahead of budget negotiations in Finland this week. Read the letter in Finnish.
The fifteenth Alvar Aalto Medal has been awarded to Belgian architect Marie-José Van Hee. The medal is presented at a ceremony in the University of Jyväskylä’s main building on 22.8.2024, coinciding with the Alvar Aalto Symposium.
Follow in the footsteps of Finnish visual artist Meri Toivanen and apply for the Finnish Cultural Foundation and MORPHO residency programme in Antwerp, Belgium. Deadline: 30.8.2024.
The Finnish Ministry of Finance has proposed a €65 million cut to state subsidies distributed by the Ministry of Education and Culture, expected to severely impact employment, access to the arts, and cultural exports.
The August 2024 TelepART support by the Finnish Cultural Institute for the Benelux goes to the Muddiverse working group’s site-specific dance performance “Charge” in the Kalasatama area in Helsinki, Finland.
The Institute will be on holiday from Thursday, the 18th of July until Friday, the 9th of August. We wish everyone a wonderful summer!