As the third-largest metropolitan region in the nation, Chicago-Naperville-Evanston, IL continues its legacy as one of the top 10 communities on the 2022 Arts Vibrancy Index Report. With high scores across all three measures of art providers, [...]
Four individuals joined our Business Volunteers for the Arts® (BVA) corps in January 2023. They bring skills and business disciplines representing nonprofit management, program development & evaluation, fundraising, marketing, public relations, accounting, and strategic [...]
In 2022 A&BC supported 16 Arts Partner organizations’ capacity building through 12 Business Volunteers for the Arts® (BVA) Projects and fulfilling 5 BVA On-Demand requests, all equaling 2,389 hours valued at $358,365* (a 16% increase [...]
Our newly expanded Board will be focused on executing upon A&BC's strategic plan, with specific emphasis on ensuring programs continue to be relevant to the diverse communities and creatives we serve. Post-pandemic, there is [...]
We’re excited to share that in September A&BC launched 5 new projects through our Business Volunteers for the Arts® (BVA) program. We look forward to learning with these Arts Partners over the next 4-6 months, [...]
Four individuals joined our Business Volunteers for the Arts® (BVA) corps in September 2022. They bring skills and business disciplines representing systems thinking, data analysis, organizational and change management, market research & competitive analysis, [...]
In 2015 A&BC began working with Forward Momentum Chicago (FMC). FMC is a BIPoC led and serving not for profit, with the commitment to serve schools located in the city’s south and southwest [...]
Welcome Constanza Mendoza – Director of Programs Constanza will focus on aspects of A&BC’s Arts Partners portfolio and its Learning Labs and On BOARD® programs. Constanza has over seven years of experience supporting both [...]
We’re excited to share that in February and March, A&BC launched 10 new projects through our Business Volunteers for the Arts® (BVA) program. The organizations vary in discipline, size, and budget. In addition, they range [...]
By The Board of Directors of the Arts & Business Council of Chicago Rise as One by Max Sansing and Kayla Mahaffey, 1842 East 79th St., Chicago. “South Side artists … remind their neighbors the [...]
