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25-520: National Touring Exhibitions is a programme managed and funded by Arts Council England that aims to provide access to high-quality contemporary and historical travelling exhibitions throughout the UK. The programme organises two to three major art exhibitions a year and has a further dozen that require minimal technical support. It is also responsible for the British Art Show . It is a direct descendant of

50-442: A motivational role in addition to office-based work. Executive directors motivate and mentor members, volunteers, and staff, and may chair meetings. The executive director leads the organization and develops its organizational culture . In the UK, an executive director is a member of a board who is also an employee with a senior role. It is common for boards to have several executive directors, e.g. for different departments. There

75-535: A distinct body. At the same time, the National Lottery was established and the Arts Council of England became one of the distribution bodies. This increased responsibility saw the Arts Council of England grow back in size to the point where it was larger than before the 1987 restructuring. In 2001 Chairman Gerry Robinson announced a further restructuring in which the Arts Council of England would be merged with

100-530: A limited number of museums as Major Partnership Museums: 16 single museums or consortia were supported 2012–2015, and a further five were added for 2015–2018, bringing the total to 21. Arts Council England also supports other museums via "Strategic Funds." The council also runs the Designation Scheme for collections in libraries or museums of national or international importance, and is the English partner in

125-549: Is made up of representatives of the arts community with five of the members also representing the area councils. Each area council has a board of 15 members made up of representatives of their arts community and local government. There are five area councils: The chief executive of the Arts Council England is appointed by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. Alan Davey was chief executive from 2008 to 2014. He

150-559: Is much national and cultural variation in the exact definition of an executive director. The title is used for the chief executive officer of several UN agencies, such as UN Women . In the US, an executive director is a chief executive officer (CEO) or managing director of an organization , company , or corporation . The title is widely used in North American not-for-profit organizations , though many United States nonprofits have adopted

175-403: Is to design, develop and implement strategic plans for the organization in a manner that is both cost and time-efficient. The executive director is also responsible for the day-to-day operation of the organization, which includes managing committees and staff as well as developing business plans in collaboration with the board. In essence, the board grants the executive director the authority to run

200-406: Is valued and given the chance to flourish, and where every one of us has access to a remarkable range of high-quality cultural experiences." The Strategy is structured around three outcomes: Arts Council England has also set out 4 'investment principles': Arts Council England has a national council of 15 members, including the chair. The national council meets ten times a year and

225-511: The Arts Council of Great Britain was divided into three separate bodies for England , Scotland and Wales . The arts funding system in England underwent considerable reorganisation in 2002 when all of the regional arts boards were subsumed into Arts Council England and became regional offices of the national organisation. Arts Council England is a government-funded body dedicated to promoting

250-711: The Culture Recovery Fund to arts venues and organisations in England affected by the COVID-19 pandemic From 1994 it oversaw a national capital fund with grants for new buildings, public art and the renovation of existing arts buildings. The story of the Capital programme is told by Prue Skene who chaired the Lottery Panel, in Capital Gains: how the national lottery transformed England's arts . Arts Council England supports

275-444: The Arts Council had broken its own procedures. In 2005 it was announced that the Arts Council England's budget was capped resulting in an effective £30m reduction in its budget. In March 2006, the Arts Council announced a review of its National Office that would "enhance efficiency and delivery while continuing to provide respected and focused arts leadership and drive", while proposing to lose 42 posts, mainly arts specialists, so that

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300-527: The Hamas troops were killed by Israeli snipers, before the remaining forces surrendered. The English Touring Opera attributed its firing of white musicians in 2021 to "firm guidance" from the Arts Council. Executive director The title is widely used in North American and European not-for-profit organizations, though in the United States many have adopted the title ' president ' or CEO. It generally has

325-573: The National Lottery. Grants awarded vary can be from £1,000 to £100,000. Project Grants is always open for new submissions. Funding to support individuals who are cultural and creative practitioners and want to take time to focus on their creative development. Grants are awarded in rounds. Several hundred National Portfolio Organisations (NPO) and Investment Principles Support Organisations (IPSO) are allocated funding in multi-year tranches to support their on-going programmes. In 2020 it administered

350-640: The Parliamentary select committee responsible for its oversight for supporting a lottery-funded programme to subsidise UK film production that resulted in a series of films that failed to find distribution. There was also a series of costly capital projects such as the Royal Opera House and the Lowry Centre that required additional funding. In the case of the Royal Opera House the select committee found

375-699: The UK Museum Accreditation Scheme . In 2023, a gender critical woman, Denise Fahmy, won a harassment claim against the Council at an employment tribunal , which ruled that hostile comments about her beliefs at an internal meeting (which followed the Arts Council funded organisation London Community Foundation granting and then suspending a grant to LGB Alliance ), and other activity afterward, constituted "an intimidating, hostile, degrading, humiliating or offensive environment" for employees with such protected beliefs. The Council attracted criticism from

400-802: The organisation will no longer have dedicated national leads for areas including contemporary music, interdisciplinary art, moving image, architecture, broadcasting, opera, social inclusion, and disability. Arts Council England's music policy was controversial within the jazz world. Chris Hodgkins, in his 1998 paper Jazz in the UK , pointed out that more than 90% of its music budget went on opera while jazz, with an equivalent audience size, received less than 1%. The funding landscape has improved since with funding for NWJazzworks and Manchester Jazz Festival 2012. Among other areas funding has diversified into youth music such as National Youth Choirs of Great Britain , National Youth Jazz Collective and South Asian Music Youth Orchestra (SAMYO) etc. On 11 May 2006 it

425-425: The organization. The executive director is accountable to the board of directors and reports to the board on a regular basis as defined by the organization's bylaws. The board sets the vision through a high-level strategic plan, but it is the role of the executive director to create implementation plans that support the strategic plan. The executive director is a leadership role for an organization and often fulfills

450-567: The original Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) programme. This article about an art or artists' organization is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Arts Council England Arts Council England is an arm's length non-departmental public body of the Department for Culture, Media and Sport . It is also a registered charity. It was formed in 1994 when

475-510: The performing, visual and literary arts in England . Since 1994, Arts Council England has been responsible for distributing lottery funding. This investment has helped to transform the building stock of arts organisations and to create many additional high-quality arts activities. On 1 October 2011 the Museums, Libraries and Archives Council was subsumed into the Arts Council in England and they assumed

500-486: The responsibilities of the council. 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

525-422: The same meaning as CEO or managing director . The title may also be used by a member of a board of directors for a corporation , such as a company , cooperative or nongovernmental organization , who usually holds a managerial position with the corporation. In this context the role is usually contrasted with a non-executive director who usually holds no executive, managerial role with the corporation. There

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550-402: The ten regional arts boards to form a single organisation: Arts Council England. In 2020, Arts Council England published 'Let's Create', a new 10-year Strategy for the sectors within its remit. 'Let's Create' includes a new vision statement, designed to inform Arts Council England's work and priorities to 2030: "By 2030, we want England to be a country in which the creativity of each of us

575-413: The title president or CEO. Confusion can arise because the words executive and director occur both in this title and in titles of various members of some organizations' boards of directors. In the US nonprofit sector, the executive director role is the highest ranking position within the organization. It corresponds to a CEO position in a for-profit corporation. The role of the executive director

600-726: Was raised in the House of Lords by Lord Colwyn , as documented in the Lords Hansard Columns (1058 to 1060). In May 2015 the Board of Deputies of British Jews released a statement objecting to Arts Council England's funding of The Siege . The Palestinian play depicts a 2002 incident where armed Hamas fighters sought refuge in Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem. A 39-day siege ensued, and eight of

625-547: Was succeeded by Darren Henley . Each area council has an executive director and each art form has a specialist advisor. The Arts Council England divides its funding into the following headings: Arts Council England is a distributor of a core funding programme, complemented by National Lottery funding. National Lottery Project Grants is an open access programme for arts, libraries and museums projects. The fund supports thousands of individual practitioners, community and cultural organisations, distributing funds from

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