European League of Institutes of the Arts The European League of Institutes of the Arts, ELIA, is an independent network of Arts Education Institutes covering all the disciplines of the Arts: Dance, Design, Theatre, Fine Art, Music, Media Arts and Architecture. ELIA was founded in 1990 and now has approximately 350 members in 47 countries. in Fine Artwith artartseliaeuropeanindependentinstitutesleague