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  Department for Culture Media and Sport - arts council england
Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England.
Arts Council England report progress against their Funding Agreement Targets in their Annual Report.
Arts Council England and the regional Arts Councils operate "at arm's length" from Government in deciding funding for individual artforms and art organisations.
www.culture.gov.uk /what_we_do/Arts/arts_council_england.htm   (299 words)

  
  Arts Council England - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arts Council England was created in 1994 when the Arts Council of Great Britain was divided to form the Arts Council of England, Scottish Arts Council and Arts Council of Wales.
The national council meets 5–6 times a year and is made up of representatives of the arts community with 9 of the members also representing the regional councils and one seat reserved for a representative of the Black and Asian community.
The appointment of the Arts Council England Chief Executive is made by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport, a position held by Peter Hewitt since 1998.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arts_Council_of_England   (493 words)

  
 Welcome to Arts Council Silicon Valley
Conducted by Americans for the Arts and coordinated locally by Arts Council Silicon Valley, this study documents the economic impact of spending by Santa Clara County's arts organizations and their audiences and shows us just why the Arts Mean Business!.
Arts Council proudly announces release of 2006-2009 strategic plan
Arts Council Silicon Valley is a private, nonprofit arts
www.artscouncil.org   (134 words)

  
 House of Commons - Culture, Media and Sport - Minutes of Evidence
Arts Council England is the national arts development agency, responsible for developing and implementing arts policy and funding with and on behalf of the DCMS, and making strategic use of both lottery and Treasury grant-in-aid funding.
Arts Council England welcomes the potential simplification brought about by the rationalisation of lottery distributors, and hopes that the new distributor will be able to continue the good work of both the New Opportunities Fund and the Community Fund in areas such as cultural diversity.
The Arts Council is keen to work with the DCMS and the new distributor in developing its new role and is aware that dialogue is needed to ensure that the proposals in the Decision Document can work effectively in practice.
www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200304/cmselect/cmcumeds/196/4012716.htm   (2978 words)

  
 House of Commons - Culture, Media and Sport - Minutes of Evidence
Arts Council England is the national arts development agency, responsible for developing and implementing arts policy and funding on behalf of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport, and making strategic use of both National Lottery and Treasury grant-in-aid funding.
Arts Council England's overall funding increases in arts funding secured in 2000 and 2002 have not yet redressed the erosion of arts funding seen in previous years.
Arts Council England whole-heartedly supports the concept of creating universal opportunity for young people to work with cultural and creative professionals, to enrich their learning across the whole curriculum and believes that theatre has a key role to play in that.
www.parliament.the-stationery-office.co.uk /pa/cm200405/cmselect/cmcumeds/254/5030209.htm   (6202 words)

  
 londondance.com : Arts Council England
Arts organisations that receive three-year revenue funding from the Arts Council will benefit from a total increase of 17.8 per cent - from £255.3 million in 2003/04 to £300.8 million in 2005/06.
This is one example of the simplification of the arts funding system made possible by the merger of the Arts Council of England and the Regional Arts Boards.
The full details of the Council’s spending plans for 2003 — 2006, including grant-in-aid and Lottery funds, and detailed financial allocations to over 1,000 arts organisations across the country, will be announced at the end of March.
www.londondance.com /content/341/arts_council_england   (715 words)

  
 Arts Council England Unveils Ambitions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Setting the context for the Arts Council's detailed Budget plans, to be announced at the end of March, Gerry Robinson confirmed that there would be substantial increases in funding for individuals, arts organisations as well as cultural diversity and young people.
Arts Council England will also invest significantly in culturally diverse arts, and will take action to change the employment profile and governance of arts organisations to reflect the diversity of society in England.
The full details of the Council's spending plans for 2003 - 2006, including grant-in-aid and lottery funds, and detailed financial allocation to over 1,000 arts organisations across the country, will be announced at the end of March.
www.nnah.org.uk /articles/070303.php   (499 words)

  
 Arts Council England : About us : Working at Arts Council England : Jobs
Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England.
The regional councils support the work of Council and the regional offices, and advocate for the arts in England.
The Chair is a member of the national Arts Council and chair of a 15 strong regional advisory Council.
www.applyeasily.co.uk /artscouncil/pages/d_job.asp?id=777   (315 words)

  
 Arts Council of England : Collaboration and Ownership in the Digital Economy (CODE)
The Arts Council of England is the national arts funding agency for England.
The Collaborative Arts Unit in particular works with partners inside and outside the arts funding system, investing in research and exploring development opportunities for new areas of activity.
At present, the Arts Council of England is organizing a unique conference to bring together a diverse group of experts in technology.
www.fondation-langlois.org /html/e/page.php?NumPage=269   (149 words)

  
 Arts council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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.
In the United States, the National Endowment for the Arts (NEA) is the national arts council with each state hosting a state arts council and each county within the state hosting a county arts council.
Some cities under each county even have their own arts council.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Arts_Council   (153 words)

  
 NDPB 1997 Report - Arts Council of England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Arts Council of England was established by Royal Charter in April 1994 as a successor body to the Arts Council of Great Britain.
The Arts Council has 23 members appointed by the Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport and including the Chairmen of the ten Regional Arts Boards.
Copies of the Arts Council of England's Corporate Plan and Business Plan are available from the Policy, Research and Planning Department at the Arts Council (0171 333 0100 Ext 6592).
www.archive.official-documents.co.uk /document/caboff/pubbod97/ace.htm   (537 words)

  
 Arts Council of England
The Arts Council exists to promote awareness and understanding of the arts in England and increase accessibility to the arts.
Grants for the arts are for individuals, arts organisations, national touring and other people who use the arts in their work.
Arts organisations and other people who use the arts as part of their work can apply for grants for arts-related activities.
www.nelincs.gov.uk /community/grants/lottery/arts-council.htm   (578 words)

  
 Directors Guild of Great Britain - Arts Council of England   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
At meetings going back to the beginning of the year, pleas for representation of Panel Chairs on the Arts Council were stone-walled and ignored; it was also revealed that some of these meetings were inadequately minuted, and so records will not properly reflect the arguments that took place.
The gravity of the situation is highlighted by the recent debate on the “Plight of Regional Theatre” in the House of Lords.
Instead of the Arts Council becoming more accountable and less bureaucratic, the opposite appears to be the case: a centrally controlled, unaccountable quango, remote from the artists and audiences the ACE was founded to fund and cherish.
www.dggb.co.uk /publications/article3_26.html   (643 words)

  
 Hampshire County Council
St Vincent College, Gosport and Cricklade College Theatre, Andover 5.1 At the meeting of the Arts Panel on 6 December 1995 it was decided that the scheme to develop the theatre at St Vincent should be supported with a grant of £20,000 subject to the scheme receiving support from the Arts Council Lottery Panel.
Existing sales promotion and art rental schemes will be developed further and a new education room is being equipped for practical art and craft activities and cabled for IT to allow for flexible use by school and community groups.
Hampshire Arts Centres Consortium 7.1 As part of the Stabilisation programme, the Hampshire Arts Centres consortium applied to the Arts Council of England for financial support from the lottery fund for new equipment and other items to help implement their artistic programme.
www.hants.gov.uk /scrmxn/c28441.html   (1557 words)

  
 EBF Articles on Europe Business Management European Economics Human Resources & Strategy   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Arts Council England's experience illustrates how the challenges of managing a big change programme to modernise a government organisation can be addressed.
As other people from the former Arts Council of England and the former Regional Arts Boards were drawn into the programme they brought other useful experience and skills in managing change both from within ACE and from other organisations such as the BBC.
To start with, because of the need to keep consulting all the key stakeholders in the former Arts Council of England and Regional Arts Boards, the fourteen most senior managers from these bodies (who came to be constituted as the Executive Board of the new, merged organisation) were being involved in every decision.
www.ebfonline.com /main_feat/in_depth/in_depth.asp?id=403   (3468 words)

  
 classical music - andante - arts council of england experiments with mandatory affirmative action for funded ...
Now the Arts Council England, the government-financed body that subsidizes the performing arts in England, has decided to speed things up by introducing affirmative action to culture.
Until now, while the council's beneficiaries have included ethnic minorities engaged in artistic activities, most of its annual budget of £412 million, or $753 million, has gone to mainstream theater, dance, opera and classical music (major museums are supported directly by the government).
That said, the Arts Council England (Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland have their own arts councils) is nonetheless taking a daring step toward social engineering.
www.andante.com /article/article.cfm?id=25548   (1083 words)

  
 Arts Council England : Welcome
Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England, distributing public money from Government and the National Lottery.
Arts Council England and Methuen Drama are working together to develop an anthology of scripts of high quality written specifically for young people to perform.
With the arts more popular than ever, it’s crucial to build on the achievements of the past 10 years.
www.artscouncil.org.uk   (182 words)

  
 National Lottery Arts Council   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Arts Council of England exists to help people enjoy the arts by supporting drama, music, dance and touring companies, contemporary art galleries and exhibitions, literature, film and multi-media projects.
The Film Council was set up to work with the public and private sector to make film an essential part of the UK's creative economy and to create the environment for a sustainable and vibrant film culture.
Arts organisations working in art forms with an underdeveloped infrastructure or in areas of the region with a low base of arts activity.
www.tameside.gov.uk /lottery/lotteryartcouncil.html   (723 words)

  
 Shape | Links - Text Only Site   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
On 1 April 2002 the Arts Council of England and the 10 Regional Arts Boards joined together to form a single development organisation for the arts in England.
London Arts is the agency for arts funding and development in the capital.
It is the largest of the ten regional arts boards funded primarily through the Arts Council of England (ACE).
www.shapearts.org.uk /text/links_stat.htm   (556 words)

  
 BBC NEWS | Entertainment | Arts | Arts council's funding boost
Spending on individual artists by the Arts Council of England is to nearly double to £25m over the next few years, officials have announced.
The Arts Council says the drive is designed to place "the arts at the heart of national life".
The council recently gave the English National Opera a lifeline with a multi-million pound grant.
news.bbc.co.uk /1/hi/entertainment/arts/2753239.stm   (383 words)

  
 Pencilfish appointed by Arts Council England, East   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Aileen Muir, Head of Communications, Arts Council England, East: 'We were impressed with the passion and creativity that Pencilfish brought to this project.
Arts Council England, East is committed to realising the transformational power of the arts across the region, in line with Arts Council England's national ambitions and agenda.
This is the bedrock of support for the arts in England and the driver for all Arts Council England, East's work across the East of England.
www.cambridgenetwork.co.uk /pooled/articles/BF_NEWSART/view.asp?Q=BF_NEWSART_132448   (425 words)

  
 Business Link for Cambridgeshire - Case Study - Arts Council England, East   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Arts Council England, East is the regional office of Arts Council England, the national development agency for the arts.
Arts Council England, East serves Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire, Essex, Hertsfordshire, Norfolk and Suffolk.
Throughout the East of England, 15 innovative projects to create new arts facilities are being developed in schools across four counties as part of Arts Council England, East’s Education and Learning programme.
www.cambs.businesslink.co.uk /cgi-bin/public_case_study.cgi?cs_id=34   (567 words)

  
 Triangle Arts Trust: Arts Council England's International Artists Fellowships   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Since September 2001, Arts Council England has been running a pilot programme of international fellowships, underpinning its commitment to the individual artist and cultural diversity.
Most artists are nominated and invited to apply by Arts Council England (the national office working in conjunction with regional offices) in association with specialist advisors, The British Council and partner hosts.
On 1 April 2002 Arts Council England and the 10 Regional Arts Boards joined together to form a single development organisation for the arts.
www.trianglearts.org /resources/ace.htm   (784 words)

  
 ILAM - response to Working Together for the Arts   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Unsurprisingly, those with an excellent working relationship with their RAB exhibit varying degrees of dissatisfaction with the Arts Council's proposals, whilst those who have a less than satisfactory RAB relationship see considerable benefits in what you are proposing.
Firstly those where there are deeply felt concerns about what the Arts Council of England is proposing, secondly those where there is an acceptance of the benefits of your ideas and thirdly where the observations are more neutral but hopefully provide useful comment and advice for the next stage of your process.
Whilst it is accepted that this is the Arts Council's view and indeed, that of the Secretary of State, many respondents felt that alternative options had not been considered, or if they had, they had not been given sufficient consideration and mention in the revised document.
www.ilam.co.uk /pol-01-12.asp   (1357 words)

  
 hertsdirect.org Arts Council England, East   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts.
Between 2003-2006 it will invest £2 billion of public funds in the arts in England, including funding from the National Lottery.
The Arts Council of England and the 10 Regional Arts Boards merged to form a single organisation in April 2002.
www.hertsdirect.org /libsleisure/art/artsinfo/artsreg/artseast/eea   (113 words)

  
 Arts Capital Programme - Home   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The site provides you with Arts Council documents, guidance notes and templates that you will need through the life of your capital project.
The application round for the last capital funding programme, Grants for the arts - capital, closed in October 2003 and the new portfolio was announced in February 2004.
Arts Council England is the national development agency for the arts in England, investing public money from government and the National Lottery.
www.artscapital.org.uk /acplive   (196 words)

  
 The Arts Council of England and West Midlands Arts - state of play 9th April   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-04)
The Arts Council of England today announced plans to unite with the 10 Regional Arts Boards to create a single arts funding and development organisation for all the arts in all parts of England.
The new Arts Council will have a strategic central office that is responsible for national arts leadership and is well-connected with the arts nationally and internationally.
For consideration at the West Midlands Arts Board meeting on 4 April, we are writing to highlight our shared concerns in response to the Arts Council's announcement of proposed changes to the arts funding system.
www.lit-net.org /acerab.htm   (1844 words)

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