grants, project support and honorary grants to artists, ensembles and institutions. Statens Kunstfond also finances initiatives such as talent and career programs, artist-in-residence schemes, educational and outreach projects, and art in public spaces. Funding is distributed on the basis of applications and professional assessment, with support given to activities like festivals, venues, educational encounters with art, international presentations and translations of literature. The aim is to make art part of everyday life and to strengthen Danish art nationally and internationally.