An arts council is a government or private non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts; mainly by funding local artists, awarding prizes, and organizing arts events. They often operate at arms-length from the government to prevent political interference in their decisions.
List of arts councils
The International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) maintains a list of national arts councils on its website. North America Canada Canada Council Provincial British Columbia Arts Council Alberta Foundation for the Arts Saskatchewan Arts Board Manitoba Arts Council Ontario Arts Council Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts Municipal Council for the Arts in Ottawa Kingston Arts Council Sudbury Arts Council Arts Council~Haliburton Highlands Spruce Grove Allied Arts Council
United States National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) Regional councils Southeast Southern Arts Federation Mid-Atlantic Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation Northeast New England Foundation for the Arts Mid-America Mid-America Arts Alliance Mid-West Arts Midwest West Western States Arts Federation
States California California Arts Council (CAC) Alameda County: Alameda County Arts Commission City of Alameda: Alameda Arts Council (AAC) Amador County: Amador County Arts Council (ACAC) Calaveras County: Calaveras County Arts Council Contra Costa County: Arts and Culture Commission of Contra Costa County Humboldt County: Humboldt Arts Council (HAC) Inyo County: Inyo Council for the Arts Lake County: Lake County Arts Council Los Angeles County: LA County Arts Commission City of Los Angeles: City of Los Angeles Cultural Affairs Department Madera County: Madera County Arts Council Marin County: Marin Arts Council Mariposa County: Mariposa County Arts Council Mendocino County: Arts Council of Mendocino County (ACMC) Merced County: Merced County Arts Council (MCAC) Modoc County: Modoc County Arts Council Monterey County: Arts Council for Monterey County (ACMC) Napa County: Arts Council of Napa Valley (ACNV) Nevada County: Nevada County Arts Council (NCAC) Orange County: Arts Orange County (AOC) Placer County: Arts Council of Placer County (PlacerArts) Riverside County: Riverside Arts Council (RAC) Sacramento County: Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission (SMAC) San Bernardino County: Arts Council for San Bernardino County (Arts Connection) San Diego County: City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture San Francisco County: San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) San Luis Obispo County: San Luis Obispo County Arts Council Santa Barbara County: Santa Barbara County Arts Commission Santa Clara County: Arts Council Silicon Valley Shasta County: Shasta County Arts Council (SCAC) Siskiyou County: Siskiyou Arts Council Solano County: Solano County Arts Council Sonoma County: Cultural Arts Council of Sonoma County Sutter County: Yuba-Sutter Regional Arts Council (YSRAC) Tulare County: Arts Council of Tulare County Tuolumne County: Central Sierra Arts Council Ventura County: Ventura County Arts Council Yolo County: Yolo County Arts Council (YCAC) Yuba County: Yuba-Sutter Regional Arts Council (YSRAC)
Florida Florida Keys Council of the Arts
Minnesota Minneapolis Arts Commission
New York New York State Council on the Arts Bronx County: Bronx Council on the Arts Columbia, Greene, Schoharie County: CREATE Council on the Arts Queens County: Queens Council on the Arts Suffolk County: Arts Project of Cherry Grove Sullivan County: Delaware Valley Arts Alliance
North Carolina Hillsborough Arts Council Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County The United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County Durham Arts Council The Beaufort County Arts Council
Oregon Oregon Arts Commission
Arts Council of Lake Oswego
Pennsylvania Pennsylvania Council on the Arts
Utah
Utah Arts Council
Europe
Bulgaria National Culture Fund of Bulgaria
Germany Akademie der Künste Kulturstiftung des Bundes
Ireland Arts Council of Ireland
Italy Italian Council
Isle of Man Isle of Man Arts Council
Luxembourg Kultur | lx - Arts Council Luxembourg
Malta Arts Council Malta
Norway Norsk Kulturråd
Sweden Swedish Arts Council
Switzerland Pro Helvetia Geneva art councils
United Kingdom Arts Council of Great Britain - broken up in 1994 into the following three: Arts Council England Scottish Arts Council Arts Council of Wales Arts Council of Northern Ireland Cayman National Cultural Foundation, Cayman Islands
Asia
India Indira Gandhi National Centre for the Arts
Pakistan Arts Council of Pakistan Karachi Pakistan National Council of the Arts
Philippines National Commission for Culture and the Arts
Singapore National Arts Council (Singapore)
Japan Arts Council Tokyo
Africa Bomas of Kenya Baraza la Sanaa la Taifa, Tanzania National Arts Council of Zimbabwe
Oceania Australia Council for the Arts Regional Arts Australia Creative New Zealand
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