Yorkshire Arts Association

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The Yorkshire Arts Association (YAA) was a registered charity founded in 1970, with the goal of fostering the arts in the English county of Yorkshire. [1] It was merged into Yorkshire and Humberside Arts in 1991. [2] The association was known for funding film and video productions, [2] funding 48 films from 1970 to 1986. [3] Its headquarters was in Bradford, West Yorkshire. [4]

The performance art group COUM Transmissions, a precursor of the band Throbbing Gristle, were granted a small Experimental Arts Grant by the YAA. [5]

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References

  1. "Charity Details". beta.charitycommission.gov.uk. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Pretend You'll Survive… Yorkshire Arts Association Film and Video (1970-1991) – Alex Glen Wilson" . Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  3. "Yorkshire Arts Association". BFI. Archived from the original on 18 May 2021. Retrieved 16 March 2020.
  4. Limited, Palgrave Macmillan. (2015). The Macmillan Guide to the United Kingdom 1978-79. London: Palgrave Macmillan Limited. p. 761. ISBN   978-1-349-81511-1. OCLC   1085179551.
  5. Ford, Simon, 1965- (1999). Wreckers of civilisation : the story of COUM Transmissions & Throbbing Gristle. London: Black Dog. p. 2.9. ISBN   1-901033-60-0. OCLC   41159199.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)