A&BC publishes IMPACT REPORT
Since our founding in 1985, Arts & Business Council of Chicago (A&BC) has engaged with over 1,100 unique arts organizations and entrepreneur artmakers across our city’s 77 culturally diverse communities to [...]
Meet our newest Business Volunteers for the Arts
Seven individuals joined our Business Volunteers for the Arts® (BVA) corps in September 2023. They bring skills and business disciplines representing program development & evaluation, marketing, research & analysis, finance & accounting, and strategic [...]
Old National Bank supports BVA with $15,000 grant
On Thursday May 18, 2023, Paul Lopez Vice President Community Development Manager at Old National Bank (second from right), presented A&BC with a check for $15,000 in support of its Business Volunteers for the Arts® [...]
Chicago Continues its Legacy as a Robust Arts Community
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, [...]
Meet our newest Business Volunteers for the Arts
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 [...]
2022 BVA WRAP UP
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 [...]
A&BC Welcomes 5 new Board members
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 [...]
BVA LAUNCHES 5 NEW PROJECTS
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, [...]
Meet our newest Business Volunteers for the Arts
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, [...]
A&BC Creates Lasting Impact with Forward Momentum Chicago
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 [...]