Recap: Summer Bash 2019
The Chicago Cuatro Orchestra Project, Summer Bash, 2019, Bridgeport Art Center. Photo: Pierre Clark The Arts & Business Council of Chicago (A&BC) ushered in another year of service [...]
Meet The BVA Class of Spring 2019
Eight new consultants joined Business Volunteers for the Arts® (BVA) this Spring at Teamwork Englewood - a community development organization working to facilitate economic, education, and social opportunities for Englewood residents. Their training session, [...]
Client Spotlight: A.B.L.E.
Artists Breaking Limits and Expectations (A.B.L.E.) believes that everyone is able to connect, to contribute, and to create. A.B.L.E. provides artistic experiences through which individuals with Down syndrome and other developmental differences feel accepted [...]
Harvard Business School Club of Chicago Community Impact Scholars Program
The Arts & Business Council of Chicago (A&BC) is excited to assist the Harvard Business School Club of Chicago (HBSCC) in recommending passionate arts and cultural leaders to HBSCC’s Community [...]
Exemplifying Cultural Equity: What You Can Do Today
Friends & Colleagues: Last week I had the honor of being with you and sharing a question that’s been at the center of the Arts & Business Council’s most recent work: what we, [...]
Recap: Arts & Business and Capacity
Arts & Business and Capacity: Exemplifying Cultural Equity, 2019, Blue Cross-Blue Shield Tower. Photo: Eric Shopshire More than 200 guests from Chicago’s arts, business, and cultural communities gathered [...]
Meet The BVA Class of Winter 2019
The Arts & Business Council of Chicago (A&BC) is delighted to introduce you to its Business Volunteers for the Arts® (BVA) Class of Winter 2019! Five new consultants joined our skills-based volunteer program earlier [...]
Meet Our Winter 2019 On BOARD cohort!
We’re excited to announce our Winter class of On BOARD candidates. The On BOARD candidates are in the early stages of their exploration phase to find an arts & cultural organization that best aligns [...]
Client Spotlight: Spudnik Press Cooperative
There’s a place for everyone at Spudnik Press Cooperative. The community-centered print studio is dedicated to printmaking in all its forms, and to the traditions surrounding it. Spudnik offers affordable & accessible [...]
New Faces at the Arts & Business Council
We are pleased to announce Kenneth Franco as A&BC’s new Director of Business Volunteers for the Arts. Prior to joining A&BC, Kenneth (he / him / his) served as Advancement Manager for Houston Arts Alliance, the designated local arts agency [...]