Appointments|The new director previously served as the dean of the Sibelius Academy.
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Emilie Gardberg has been elected as the director of the Agency for Arts and Culture, which will start operating next year.
Gardberg has previously worked as the dean of the Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts and the director of the Finnish Institute in London.
The new agency will be formed when the functions of the National Audiovisual Institute and the Art Promotion Center are combined.
Next at the beginning of the year, the director of the new Art and Culture Agency is chosen Emilie Gardberg. He has previously worked as the dean of the Sibelius Academy at the University of the Arts and before that as the director of the Finnish Institute in London, among other things.
Gardberg has also been a candidate for Rkp in Salo in the 2017 municipal elections.
The Art and Culture Agency is formed when the functions of the National Audiovisual Institute, or Kavi, and the Arts Promotion Center, or Taike, are combined. The agency is subordinate to the Ministry of Education and Culture, and its director is elected for a five-year term.
New the application period for the director of the department ended already at the beginning of August, and there were a total of 52 applicants.
Among the applicants were, among others, the manager of Kavi Riitta Koivusalo and Kavi’s assistant manager Leo Pekkala.