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The Arts Council of Great Britain was created in 1946 by Royal Charter on the initiative of John Maynard Keynes.It received a revised charter in 1967. On 1 April 1994, it was divided to form the Arts Council of England, the Scottish Arts Council, and the Arts Council of Wales, each with their own new Royal Charter; the Arts Council of Northern Ireland already existed as a distinct body.
The Arts Council of Great Britain was a non-departmental public body dedicated to the promotion of the fine arts in Great Britain.It was divided in 1994 to form the Arts Council of England (now Arts Council England), the Scottish Arts Council (later merged into Creative Scotland), and the Arts Council of Wales.
When elected county councils were established in 1889, rather than have a single Yorkshire County Council, each of the three ridings was made an administrative county with its own county council, and the eight larger towns and cities of Bradford, Halifax, Huddersfield, Hull, Leeds, Middlesbrough, Sheffield and York were made county boroughs ...
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As the Arts Council began to move away from organising art activities in the 1950s, regional offices in England were restructured as regional art associations (RAAs). [2] The new RAAs were intermediate organisations acting as a link between the Arts Council and the regions set up by local authorities or consortiums of local arts associations. [2]
Academy of Arts Gallery [9] Newcastle upon Tyne: 3–24 Feb 1909 2: Corporation Art Gallery [10] City of York: 24 Jan – 19 Feb 1910 3: Royal Society of British Artists [11] London: 29 Aug – 19 Sep 1910 4: Corporation Art Gallery [10] City of York: 3 Jul – 12 Aug 1911 5: Towneley Hall Art Gallery & Museums: Burnley: 5 Mar – 27 Apr 1912 6 ...
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.