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How to apply for grants and subsidies for your (performing) art project? with Isabel Gonzalez

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Where and when can you apply for funding for an (performing) art project? How to write a project plan and make the budget? During the workshop/lecture, we will go through different funding possibilities and you will get hints and ideas on how to make a project plan and budget for your application. Seats limited. Note: You can get feedback for your work-in-progress project plan (including budget). The work-in-progress project plans should be sent latest 24.8. to info @ globeartpoint.fi We will select 1-2 project plans…

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Grants application support group (Visual and Media artists) with Martta Tuomaala

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Welcome to our support group focused on grants application in media and visual arts. In this group, led by Martta Tuomaala we will work intensively together on improving the preparation of our projects to the incoming grants applications. This activity will have a duration of 3 sessions in which we will be focused on the strategy of writing, budget and personal feedback inside the group based on our written application/text and support materials. IMPORTANT: This activity is divided into 3 sessions…

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Good to know about grants in Finland

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GOOD TO KNOW ABOUT GRANTS IN FINLAND   Applying for grants and funding for arts and culture is possible from public bodies (various ministries, the Arts Promotion Center, regions, cities) as well as from state-subsidized and private foundations and funds. You can find information on current grants in these databases: • TINFO Grand Guard (in Finnish only) is a service provided by TINFO: Theatre Info Finland that helps you stay on top of the application deadlines for grants and grants….

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General information on grants

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GENERAL INFORMATION ON GRANTS   An artist can be awarded grants for various purposes. He or she might be awarded, for example, a working grant for covering the cost of living or a travel grant for working abroad. Grants are awarded by many, quite different organisations, both public bodies and private foundations. For example, for taxation purposes, the nature of the grant-awarding body is significant. Receiving a grant brings about many responsibilities, such as the obligation to obtain special pension-insurance…

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The effect of grants on unemployment benefits

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THE EFFECT OF GRANTS ON UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS   Receiving a grant and the end of a grant period may have an effect on an artist’s unemployment benefits. Beginning unemployment after a grant period Working under a grant intended to cover costs of living and awarded for a period of more than four months is one form of work in one’s own artistic operations that is comparable to entrepreneurship, and the artist may be eligible for unemployment benefits after such work…

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Pension-insurance plans for grants (MYEL)

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PENSION-INSURANCE PLANS FOR GRANTS (MYEL)   Grant recipients take out their MYEL pension insurance from the Farmers’ Social Insurance Institution (Mela). The insurance obligation applies to all people of ages 18–67 who have received a grant awarded in Finland in 2009 or later, with the following conditions: The grant must have been intended for artistic or scientific work in Finland with a minimum duration of four months (i.e., a working grant), and The amount of the grant is at least…

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The effect of grants on unemployment benefits

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Receiving a grant and the end of a grant period may have an effect on an artist’s unemployment benefits. Beginning unemployment after a grant period Working under a grant intended to cover costs of living and awarded for a period of more than four months is one form of work in one’s own artistic operations that is comparable to entrepreneurship, and the artist may be eligible for unemployment benefits after such work comes to an end. An artist who is…

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Grants and taxation

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GRANTS AND TAXATION   The taxation of grants received by an artist depends on three factors: the purpose for which the grant was awarded, who or what entity awarded the grant, and what the annual total sum of the grants awarded to the person is. Is it a working grant, a project grant, or a mixed-form grant? The main types of grants are project grants and working grants. In addition, there are mixed-form grants, with which the artist is awarded…

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Help Desk 8.9.2017 – Visual/Media Artists’ grants applications

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    Welcome to our Grants application workshop focused in Visual and Media artists! This workshop will provide useful feedback and information for those who are going to present their projects and making application in the incoming Grants applications. The workshop will be focused on the strategy of writing, budget and personal feedback to each person based on their written application/text. IMPORTANT: To attend this workshop you need to bring your application and budget already written. A maximum number of participants 15 people. Expert:…

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