The Arts & Business Council of Americans for the Arts

The Arts & Business Council of Americans for the Arts supports national programs that build stronger private sector support for the arts. In addition to working to stimulate more financial support for the arts, efforts are also made to stimulate and support voluntarism, services the arts can offer to business, the transfer of management expertise from business to the arts, and sharing of knowledge and best practices. Local Arts & Business Council chapters also pursue this mission at a local level. The Arts & Business Council of Americans for the Arts serves as their “national headquarters."

The Arts & Business Council of Americans for the Arts maintains these programs:

• Business Volunteers for the Arts
• Creativity Connection
• MetLife Foundational National Arts Forum Series
• National Arts Marketing Project

The Arts & Business Council of New York

The Arts & Business Council of New York is devoted to building partnerships between the arts and business in the New York City community. The first Arts & Business Council was founded in New York City in 1965 by a group of business leaders as a program of the New York Board of Trade. Over the years, a national affiliate/chapter network was built. In early 2005, the Boards of Directors of the Arts & Business Council, Inc. and Americans for the Arts voted to merge the operations of the two organizations.

Arts & Business Council of New York is now the flagship chapter of the national network of Arts & Business Councils, devoted exclusively to serving the New York City community.