The Arts League

The Arts League refers to the Arts League of Service was one of the many associations, societies, leagues and institutions devoted to the arts, which emerged after the First World War. They were conceived of as part of a larger project of reconstruction and motivated by post-war desire to make art accessible. They had a conference in Nottingham in March 1921 where they invited many of these groups and trade unions representations and pledged to exert efforts to bring the creative work of artists in touch with the nation. In the early 1920s the Arts League of Service set up a company of plays to tour towns and villages performing amateur plays.