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 [...]
Welcome Constanza Mendoza – Director of Programs
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 [...]
BVA LAUNCHES 10 NEW PROJECTS
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 [...]
The Arts & Business Council of Chicago Goes All in to Drive Post-Pandemic Economic Recovery by Supporting Creatives on the South and West Sides
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 [...]
Meet our newest Business Volunteers for the Arts
Eight individuals joined our Business Volunteers for the Arts® (BVA) corps in May 2021 & January 2022. They bring skills and business disciplines representing accounting, finance, communications, data analytics, strategic planning, business planning, and [...]
Arts & Business Council of Chicago to Receive $10,000 Grant from the National Endowment for the Arts
Arts & Business Council of Chicago has been approved for an additional $10,000 Grants for Arts Projects award to support our 77 COMMUNITIES INITIATIVE (77CI): REALIGNING RESOURCES TO BENEFIT ART MAKING IN UNDER INVESTED COMMUNITIES. [...]
Client Spotlight: Chicago Filmmakers
Based in Edgewater, Chicago Filmmakers (CF) is a nonprofit organization that supports independent filmmakers and film enthusiasts. Part of CF’s programing is its focus on arts education, as they offer film classes to people of [...]
Arts & Business Council Statement on the murder of George Floyd, Police Brutality, and Systemic Racism.
(A mural in Minneapolis by Xena Goldman, Cadex Herrera, Greta McLain, Niko Alexander, and Pablo Hernandez) In the name of George Floyd, and the many others named and unnamed, the Arts & Business Council of Chicago acknowledges the [...]