Arts council
{{short description|Non-profit organization dedicated to promoting the arts}}
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
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The International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (IFACCA) maintains a list of national arts councils on its website.
North America
= Canada =
= United States =
;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: [https://www.shastaartscouncil.org/ 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 ===
=== Minnesota ===
=== New York ===
- New York State Council on the Arts
- Bronx County: Bronx Council on the Arts
- Columbia, Greene, Schoharie County: [https://www.createcouncil.org/ CREATE Council on the Arts]
- Queens County: Queens Council on the Arts
- Sullivan County: Delaware Valley Arts Alliance
=== North Carolina ===
- Hillsborough Arts Council
- Arts Council of Winston-Salem and Forsyth County{{cite web|url=http://intothearts.org/about/who-we-are/|title=Who We Are|access-date=2015-09-17}}
- [https://unitedarts.org/ The United Arts Council of Raleigh and Wake County]
- Durham Arts Council
- [https://www.artsofthepamlico.org/ The Beaufort County Arts Council]
=== Oregon ===
[http://artscouncillo.org/ Arts Council of Lake Oswego]
=== Pennsylvania ===
[https://www.arts.pa.gov/Pages/default.aspx Pennsylvania Council on the Arts]
=== Utah ===
Europe
= Bulgaria =
= Germany =
= Ireland =
= Italy =
= Isle of Man =
= Luxembourg =
- Kultur | lx - Arts Council Luxembourg{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturlx.lu//|title=Kultur |access-date=2024-05-08}}
= Malta =
= Norway =
= Sweden =
= Switzerland =
- Pro Helvetia
- Geneva art councils{{cite web|url=https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fonds_municipal_d%27art_contemporain_de_Gen%C3%A8ve|title=FMAC Website|access-date=2023-10-10}}{{Circular reference|date=November 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://fcac.ch/|title=FCAC Website|access-date=2023-10-10}}
= 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 =
= Pakistan =
= Philippines =
= Singapore =
Africa
Oceania
References
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Further reading
- {{cite book|title=The Community Arts Council Movement: History, Opinions, Issues |last=Gibans |first=Nina Freedlander |publisher=New Academia Publishing |edition=2nd |date=2006 |isbn=978-0-9777908-3-8}}