Arts council
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 maintains a list of national arts councils on its website.North America
Canada
;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]
- Council for [the Arts in Ottawa]
- Kingston Arts Council
- Sudbury Arts Council
- Arts Council~Haliburton Highlands
- Spruce Grove Allied Arts Council
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- Alameda County: Alameda County Arts Commission
- *City of Alameda: Alameda Arts Council
- Amador County: Amador County Arts Council
- Calaveras County: Calaveras County Arts Council
- Contra Costa County: Arts and Culture Commission of Contra Costa County
- Humboldt County: Humboldt Arts Council
- 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
- Merced County: Merced County Arts Council
- Modoc County: Modoc County Arts Council
- Monterey County: Arts Council for Monterey County
- Napa County: Arts Council of Napa Valley
- Nevada County: Nevada County Arts Council
- Orange County: Arts Orange County
- Placer County: Arts Council of Placer County
- Riverside County: Riverside Arts Council
- Sacramento County: Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission
- San Bernardino County: Arts Council for San Bernardino County
- San Diego County: City of San Diego Commission for Arts and Culture
- San Francisco County: San Francisco Arts Commission
- 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:
- 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
- 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
- Yuba County: Yuba-Sutter Regional Arts Council
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:
- 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
- Durham Arts Council
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Utah
Europe
Bulgaria
Germany
Ireland
Italy
- Italian Council
Isle of Man
- Isle of Man Arts Council
Luxembourg
- Kultur | lx - Arts Council Luxembourg
Malta
- Arts Council Malta
Norway
Sweden
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