The Canada Council for the Arts, commonly called the Canada Council, is an arts council of the Government of Canada created to foster and promote the study and enjoyment of, and the production of works in, the arts. It was introduced by Parliament in 1957. It is a Crown corporation that funds Canadian artists and encourages the production of art in Canada. The current chair of the Canada Council is renowned ballet dancer Karen Kain. It should also be noted that the Canada Art Council is a vast organization that currently uses just 3% of its budget to support individual artists and the rest of the money goes to big lunky, out of touch institutions. The Arts Council of Great Britain was a Quango dedicated to the promotion of the fine arts in Britain. ... The Government of Canada is the federal government of Canada. ... This article is about the philosophical concept of Art. ... Regions Political culture Foreign relations Other countries Atlas  Politics Portal      The Senate Chamber of Parliament Hill in Ottawa. ... Year 1957 (MCMLVII) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar). ... In Commonwealth countries a Crown corporation is a state-controlled company or enterprise (a public corporation). ... Karen Kain, 1970 Karen Kain, CC (born on March 28, 1951) is a Canadian ballet dancer. ...

Organization

The Canada Council is an arms-length agency based in Ottawa, Ontario that reports to Parliament through the Department of Canadian Heritage. Its annual appropriation from Parliament is supplemented by endowment income, donations, and bequests. Its main duty is alloting grants to Canadian artists based on the merits of their applications. The council also funds and administers many of Canada's top arts awards, including the Governor General's Literary Awards. This article is about the capital city of Canada. ... Motto: Ut Incepit Fidelis Sic Permanet (Latin: Loyal she began, loyal she remains) Capital Toronto Largest city Toronto Official languages English (de facto) Government Lieutenant-Governor David C. Onley Premier Dalton McGuinty (Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament House seats 107 Senate seats 24 Confederation July 1, 1867 (1st) Area... The Department of Canadian Heritage, also referred to as Heritage Canada or simply Department of Heritage, is the department of the government of Canada with responsibility for policies regarding the arts, culture, media, communications networks, and sports and multiculturalism. ... The Governor Generals Awards are named in honour of Canadas Governor General, and are presented in a number of fields. ...

The council has six main divisions. Each of these co-ordinates grant-giving to a different area of the arts:

• visual arts
• media arts
• dance
• music
• theatre
• writing & publishing

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• Aboriginal Arts Secretariat, which fosters First Peoples art in all media
• Equity Office, which encourages diversity in arts funding
• Inter-Arts Office, to deal with proposals that combine or transcend traditional artistic disciplines

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Activities

The Canada Council supervises the Art Bank, which has the largest collection of contemporary Canadian art in the world, including some 18,000 artworks, 6,400 of which are currently rented to more than 200 government and corporate clients. The Art Bank is a division of the Canada Council for the Arts that rents works of art to public and private sector offices. ... This article needs additional references or sources to facilitate its verification. ...

The Canadian Commission for UNESCO and the Public Lending Right Commission operate under its aegis. It also operates a Musical Instrument Bank. Established in 1985, the Instrument Bank has acquired many valuable stringed instruments that are loaned mostly to Canadian musicians, often as a result of juried competitions. UNESCO (United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization) is a specialized agency of the United Nations established in 1945. ... A Public Lending Right program is one which pays authors for having works in public libraries. ... A string instrument (also stringed instrument) is a musical instrument that produces sound by means of vibrating strings. ...

The Council promotes public awareness of the arts through its communications, research and arts promotion activities. The Council administers the Killam Program of scholarly awards, the Governor General's Literary Awards and the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts.

Each year the council receives some 16,000 grant requests, which are reviewed by panels of artists set up by each division of the council. In 2006-07, the Council awarded some 6,000 grants to artists and arts organizations and made payments to more than 15,400 authors through the Public Lending Right Commission. Grants and payments totaled more than $152 million.

Funding

The Canada Council for the Arts reports to Parliament through the Minister of Canadian Heritage. Its annual appropriation from Parliament is supplemented by endowment income, donations and bequests. The Canada Council is called from time to time to appear before parliamentary committees, particularly the Canadian House of Commons Standing Committee on Canadian Heritage. Its accounts are audited by the Auditor General of Canada and included in an Annual Report to Parliament. Hon. ... The role of the Auditor General of Canada is to aid accountability by conducting independent audits of federal government operations. ...

Chairs of the Canada Council

• Brooke Claxton 1957–1960
• Claude Bissell 1960–1962
• Douglas B. Weldon 1962–1964
• Jean Martineau 1964–1969
• John G. Prentice 1969–1974
• Brian Flemming (interim) 1974–1975
• Gertrude M. Laing 1975–1978
• Mavor Moore 1979–1983
• Maureen Forrester 1983–1988
• Allan Gotlieb 1989–1994
• Donna Scott 1994–1998
• Jean-Louis Roux 1998–2004
• Karen Kain 2004–present

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See also

• The Killam Trusts

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External link

• Canada Council for the Arts