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 [...]
Holiday Cheer at Winter Wonder
Allow us to share our favorite holiday recipe… Take three organizations and a generous museum host, combine with salsa dancing, a nonstop DJ, and a tasty feast. Add a dash [...]
Save the Date! Our Annual Benefit Luncheon is March 12, 2019
“There is no more time for social, civic, or economic silos. Integrating institutional social responsibility, inclusion, urban and demographic planning, and equitable economic models must form the basis for 21st [...]
Meet our Fall 2018 On BOARD Cohort!
We’re excited to announce our Fall class of On BOARD candidates. The On BOARD candidates are in the early stages of their exploration to find an arts & cultural organization that best aligns with [...]
Client Spotlight: The House Theatre of Chicago
For 17 years, The House Theatre of Chicago has been home to intimate and original works of epic story. They present timeless productions and innovative new plays and musicals in pursuit of “a [...]
Chicago’s declining arts vibrancy – what’s next?
Pictured: ShooBooty, captured by Eric Shropshire. This update is fourth (and last) in a series of blog posts we are curating in response to Chicago’s declining arts vibrancy as reported by SMU DataArts. Check out posts one, two, and [...]