# 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 (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
* 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)

## 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