An arts council is a government organization dedicated to promoting the arts mainly by funding local artists, awarding prizes, and organizing events at home and abroad. They are often arms length from the government to prevent political interference in their decisions.

List of arts councils

• Arts Council of Great Britain - broken up in 1994
• Arts Council of England
• Arts Council of Finland
• Arts Council of Ireland
• Arts Council of Northern Ireland
• Arts Council of Scotland
• Arts Council of Wales
• Australia Council
• Bomas of Kenya
• Canada Council
• Cayman National Cultural Foundation
• Council for Culture of the Netherlands
• Creative New Zealand
• National Arts Council of South Africa
• National Arts Council of Zimbabwe
• National Commission for Culture and the Arts of the Philippines
• National Culture Fund of Bulgaria
• National Endowment for the Arts
• National Institute of Culture of Panama
• Norsk Kulturråd
• Singapore National Arts Council

External link

• International Federation of Arts Councils and Culture Agencies (http://www.ifacca.org/ifacca2/en/default.asp)