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The Canada Council for the Arts, commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown Corporation established in 1957 to act as 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.〔(History ) The Canadian Encyclopedia〕 It funds Canadian artists and encourages the production of art in Canada. The current board chair of the Canada Council is Pierre Lassonde. ==Organization== The Canada Council is an arms-length agency based in Ottawa, Ontario, that reports to the Crown through the Minister of Canadian Heritage. Its endowment income is supplemented by annual appropriations from parliament, donations, and bequests. Its main duty is allotting 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. 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 and publishing These are complemented by three groups that work with all the sections: *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 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Canada Council」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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