Business to Arts
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Business to Arts is an Irish membership-based, charitable organisation established in 1988.{{Cite web|title=About Us « Business to Arts|url=https://www.businesstoarts.ie/about-us/ |access-date=25 August 2021 |website=businesstoarts.ie}} It brokers, enables and supports creative partnerships between businesses and individuals. Membership subscriptions by businesses and individuals form the primary source of funding for the organisation,{{fact|date=February 2022}} together with funding from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media.
History and activities
Business to Arts was incorporated on 24 August 1988 under the name "Cothú.{{Cite web|title=Business to Arts Strategic Plan 2018-2023|url=https://www.businesstoarts.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/BtoA-Strategic-Plan-2018-2023-Low-Res.pdf|url-status=live| website = businesstoarts.ie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519142429/https://www.businesstoarts.ie/wp-content/uploads/2018/09/BtoA-Strategic-Plan-2018-2023-Low-Res.pdf |archive-date=2021-05-19 }}
The organisation runs the annual "Business to Arts Awards" which, as of 2021, was operated in partnership with the DAA (formerly Dublin Airport Authority) who commissioned original sculptures to award to the winning companies .{{Cite web|title=Business to Arts Awards|url=https://www.businesstoarts.ie/awards/daa/|url-status=live |website = businesstoarts.ie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519142424/https://www.businesstoarts.ie/awards/daa/ |archive-date=2021-05-19 }}
Business to Arts has also developed a series of arts funds.{{Cite web|title=Business to Arts Arts Funds|url=https://www.businesstoarts.ie/artsfund/|url-status=live | website = businesstoarts.ie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150910035450/http://www.businesstoarts.ie/artsfund/ |archive-date=2015-09-10 }} Some of these funds have involved the likes of Accenture for the Women on Walls Campaign,{{Cite web|title=Women on Walls Celebrates Inspirational Female Trailblazers|url=https://www.rte.ie/culture/2021/0305/1201240-women-on-walls-celebrates-inspirational-female-trailblazers/|url-status=live|website=RTE|date=8 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210308120723/https://www.rte.ie/culture/2021/0305/1201240-women-on-walls-celebrates-inspirational-female-trailblazers/ |archive-date=2021-03-08 }} Bank of Ireland for the Begin Together Arts Fund,{{Cite web|title=Bank of Ireland Launches €1 Million Begin Together Arts Fund in Partnership with Business to Arts|url=https://www.bankofireland.com/about-bank-of-ireland/press-releases/2020/bank-of-ireland-launches-e1-million-begin-together-arts-fund-in-partnership-with-business-to-arts/|url-status=live|website=Bank of Ireland|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201203052127/https://www.bankofireland.com/about-bank-of-ireland/press-releases/2020/bank-of-ireland-launches-e1-million-begin-together-arts-fund-in-partnership-with-business-to-arts/ |archive-date=2020-12-03 }} Dublin Port Company for the Port Perspectives - Community Arts Programme,{{Cite web|title=Artists Bring New Perspective to Port and City|url=https://www.dublinport.ie/artists-bring-new-perspective-port-city/|url-status=live|website=Dublin Port Company|date=14 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210416131353/https://www.dublinport.ie/artists-bring-new-perspective-port-city/ |archive-date=2021-04-16 }} and Dublin City Council for The Docklands Arts Fund.{{Cite web|title=Business to Arts Docklands Arts Fund|url=https://www.businesstoarts.ie/artsfund/docklands-arts-fund/|url-status=live | website = businesstoarts.ie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201001075547/https://www.businesstoarts.ie/artsfund/docklands-arts-fund/ |archive-date=2020-10-01 }}
New Stream,{{Cite web|title=About New Stream|url=https://www.businesstoarts.ie/newstream/about/|url-status=live|website = businesstoarts.ie|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130306093402/http://www.businesstoarts.ie:80/newstream/about/ |archive-date=2013-03-06 }} a project operated by Business to Arts, was established in 2009 to "strengthen the skills of the Irish cultural sector to generate new funding streams from non-public sources more effectively", and was funded by Bank of America Merrill Lynch and the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media. As part of the programme, a 24-month "Arts' Fellowship programme", was initiated in partnership with Dublin City Council Culture Company.{{tone-inline|date=June 2021}}{{Cite web|title=Temple Bar Gallery and Studios New Stream Case Study|url=https://www.dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie/content/files/Temple-Bar-Gallery-BtoA-Case-Study.pdf|url-status=live|website=Dublin City Council Culture Company|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519142424/https://www.dublincitycouncilculturecompany.ie/content/files/Temple-Bar-Gallery-BtoA-Case-Study.pdf |archive-date=2021-05-19 }}
"Fund it" is a crowdfunding website, run by Business to Arts, for creative projects in Ireland. As of 2021, "Fund it" had reportedly helped raise over €5.2 million and supported over 1,200 creative projects.{{Cite news|title=Fund it 10th Anniversary|url=https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/online-fundraising-first-time-i-didn-t-leave-the-room-it-s-all-consuming-1.4512850 |url-status=live|newspaper=The Irish Times | date = 27 March 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210327090043/https://www.irishtimes.com/culture/online-fundraising-first-time-i-didn-t-leave-the-room-it-s-all-consuming-1.4512850 |archive-date=2021-03-27 }}
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External links
- [http://www.businesstoarts.ie Official homepage]
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Category:Non-profit organisations based in the Republic of Ireland