Data on our members
Extensive expertise in the art, culture and creative fields
TAKU’s members are educated in various fields and work in a great number of different tasks, throughout the art, culture and creative fields.
The largest member groups with a degree from polytechnic (universities of applied sciences) are, among others, cultural producers, visual artists, and those working in jobs requiring a Bachelor of Media or Bachelor of Arts degree, and designers.
At the university side, the most common study fields for those with BA and MA degrees are e.g. cultural research, art history, art education, musicology, theater research or audiovisual media culture. Our members also include those who have obtained licentiates and doctoral degrees.
However, as education is not the only basis for choosing TAKU membership, our membership also includes a more diverse group of people on the basis of their professional identity.
Half of TAKU members works at a private sector, commonly employed by, for instance, production companies and festival organizations, as well as the different associations in the arts and culture sector or outside them.
At the public sector, TAKU members are employed mainly at government departments, municipal administration and institutions of higher education. Working as a self-employed, an entrepreneur has lately been growing among TAKU members. Indeed, many members work as freelancers in addition to their primary employment.
This variety in membership and extensive expertise is also a benefit for the members, as TAKU’s community offers partners for cooperation and a network extending through the entire cultural and creative sector.
Examples of degrees and tasks
Artists, creative practitioners, art workers, educators
- Master of Fine Arts
- Designer
- Master and Bachelor of Arts
Mediators, producers, agents, curators
- Cultural producer, art administrator
- Consultants
- Provincial artist
- Municipal employee
- Cultural well-being topics
Administrators, experts and researchers:
- Master of Arts in literature, musicology, theatre studies, art history and cultural studies, cultural policy and other program in humanities
- Municipalities
- Organizations
Most common degrees:
- Master and Bachelor of Arts, MA
- Master of Fine Arts, MFA
- Bachelor of Arts, BA, university
- Cultural producer, polytechnic
- Designer, polytechnic
- Bachelor of Media, polytechnic
- Bachelor of Arts, polytechnic
- Cultural secretary
Most typical work tasks of the members
- expert services in culture and art fields
- management and leadership tasks
- development, teaching and research
- production, curatorial and communication tasks in cultural services
- design, coordination and project work
Employers
- municipalities
- state, university
- private companies in the art and creative fields, festival and event organizers and the third sector
Content-related know-how and expertise
When working in the fields of art and culture, you need extensive grasp on managing entities and a lot of common knowledge and background information of different fields. The required tasks include actively monitoring current events and legislation, engaging in continuous self-development, and a good knack for cooperation.
The most important features are organizational ability, spontaneity and communication and leadership skills. All art and culture work requiring special expertise demands ideas and literal, visual and technical creativity from the creator. Good language skills are also essential.
