Regional arts board

The regional arts boards were arts organisations in the regions of England.

The regional arts boards were formed in 1990. Richard Wilding, a senior civil servant, was asked by his former minister to review the structure of regional arts support in England. Wilding’s report recommended setting up twelve English regional arts associations with ten regional arts boards.

This changed the nature and structure of regional arts. These were independent non-profit limited by guarantee companies with some local authority representation on their management boards, but the democratic role and the link between subscription and governance was broken. Payment of a subscription did not guarantee a seat or a vote.

  • Eastern Arts
  • East Midlands Arts
  • London Arts Board
  • Northern Arts
  • North West Arts Board
  • South East Arts Board
  • Southern Arts
  • South West Arts
  • West Midlands Arts
  • Yorkshire and Humberside Arts

The ten new Regional Arts Boards lasted until 2002, when following an unexpected announcement in 2001, the Arts Council of England absorbed them into a single new body named Arts Council England, thus reverting to the policy of regional offices it had abandoned in the 1950s. The ten regions were also reduced to nine, bringing them into line with the then regional development agency areas.

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