Records of the Arts Council England

ACE

2004-2019

Records of the Arts Council England.

The records mainly comprise the Arts Council England's work on the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games with regard to the 'Cultural Olympiad'; latterly known as the 'London 2012 Festival'. The work covered the London and regional cultural events and artisitic installations for the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. The records refer to policy and planning for the London 2012 Cultural Olympiad through the Arts Council England's role as the principal funder of these activities. Some records reference the London Organising Committee for the Olympic and Paralympic Games (LOCOG) which had primary responsibility for the conceptual planning of the Cultural Olympiad.

Arts Council England: Vision 2012 Team, Cultural Olympiad national funding for the London 2012 Olympics: digital records file plan: ACE 1.

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The records are presented in original order.

Not Public Record(s)

English

3 series

Open unless otherwise stated

Arts Council England

Topics

Art, architecture and design

Events and exhibitions

Sports

Records were held by the Arts Council England until transfer to The National Archives in 2013.

The Arts Council England was originally created in 1994 as the Arts Council of England when it replaced the Arts Council of Great Britain; along with the Arts Council Wales and the Arts Council Scotland which were to be adminstered separately from that date.

The Arts Council of England was responsible for co-ordinating the funding and implementation of the arts in England from an annual grant-in-aid provided by the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

In 2002, the Arts Council of England merged with ten regional arts boards of England. These were:

Head Office. East. East Midlands. London. North East. North West. South East. South West. West Midlands. Yorkshire.

In 2003 the new organisation was named Arts Council England.

The Arts Council England 'Vision 2012' Team was the national co-ordination body for investment in the national 'Cultural Olympiad'.

In 2010 the Arts Council England published its ten-year strategic framework for the arts entitled 'Achieving great art for everyone'. Arts Council England had a significant role in the co-ordination, funding and commissioniong of works for the 2012 London Olympic and Paralympic Games.