Business to Arts

Business to Arts is an Irish organisation with the stated goal to develop "creative partnerships between the worlds of business and arts and culture".[1] It was established in 1988 under the name Cothu. Charitable contributions by business form the primary source of funding for Business to Arts, together with some funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Department funding is directed towards facilitation of a skills training programme for arts professionals.

Allianz Business to Arts Awards

Each year the organisation arranges the "Allianz Business to Arts Awards" which celebrate a range of relationships between the business and arts communities.[2]

Advocacy

Business to Arts seeks to increase private investment in arts and culture. As part of this objective, in 2008, the group's chief executive published a number of policy initiatives for consideration in partnership with government.[3]

In 2016 Business to Arts helped commission four paintings of women admitted to the Royal Irish Academy. The paintings were the first portraits of women to be displayed in the Royal Irish Academy.[4] The same year the organisation announced it would manage an open call for artists to submit works for the Dublin Port as part of Port Perspectives project. Winners were to be announced in 2017.[5]

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References
  1. "Fifth anniversary: Fund It investors show wisdom of crowd". Irish Times. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  2. "An Post and RTÉ among bodies given Business to Arts awards". The Irish Times. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  3. "Minister, Business is Playing its Part". Irish Times. April 4, 2008.
  4. Burke, Elaine. "For the first time in 230 years, there are Women on Walls of the RIA". Silicone Republic. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
  5. "Dublin Port Call to Artists Launched". Afloat. Retrieved 30 December 2016.
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