Arts Council of Northern Ireland

The Arts Council of Northern Ireland (Irish: Comhairle Ealaíon Thuaisceart Éireann, Ulster-Scots: Airts Cooncil o Norlin Airlan) is the lead development agency for the arts in Northern Ireland. It was founded in 1964, as a successor to the Committee for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA).[1]

As the main development agency for the arts it is responsible for the distribution of Exchequer and National Lottery Funding for the arts in Northern Ireland.[2] Organisationally it is a non-departmental public body of the Department for Communities and maintains an organisational base at Metropolitan Arts Centre, Belfast. [3]

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References

  1. ^ Irish and Scots from the Arts Council of Northern Ireland, Accessed December 2008
  2. ^ Lottery Funding - Arts Council NI Archived August 28, 2008, at the Wayback Machine - Lottery Funding website. Accessed December 2008
  3. ^ https://artscouncil-ni.org/about-us
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