{{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== {{Dynamic list}} 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: [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 ===== *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: [https://www.createcouncil.org/ 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<ref>{{cite web|url=http://intothearts.org/about/who-we-are/|title=Who We Are|access-date=2015-09-17}}</ref> *[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 ===== Oregon Arts Commission
[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 === *National Culture Fund of Bulgaria
=== Germany === *Akademie der Künste *Kulturstiftung des Bundes
=== Ireland === *Arts Council of Ireland
=== Italy === *Italian Council<ref>{{cite web|url=https://creativitacontemporanea.beniculturali.it/en/italiancouncil/|title= Italian Council page|access-date=2021-07-28}}</ref>
=== Isle of Man === *Isle of Man Arts Council<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.iomarts.com/|title=Isle of Man Arts Council Website|access-date=2018-11-19}}</ref>
=== Luxembourg === *Kultur | lx - Arts Council Luxembourg<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.kulturlx.lu//|title=Kultur |access-date=2024-05-08}}</ref>
=== Malta === *Arts Council Malta<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.artscouncilmalta.org/|title=Arts Council Malta Website|access-date=2021-04-19}}</ref>
=== Norway === *Norsk Kulturråd
=== Sweden === * Swedish Arts Council
=== Switzerland === * Pro Helvetia * Geneva art councils<ref>{{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}}</ref>{{Circular reference|date=November 2023}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://fcac.ch/|title=FCAC Website|access-date=2023-10-10}}</ref>
=== 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 === *[https://www.artscouncil-tokyo.jp/ 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
==References== {{Reflist}}
==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}}
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