The pARTnership Movement There's a movement afoot across the country. Businesses are using the arts to inspire employees, stimulate innovation, and foster creative collaboration. Check out the New pARTnership Movement Essays Series In 2012, Americans for the Arts created The pARTnership Movement to help businesses understand the strategic value of partnering with the arts and build their own successful partnerships. Releasing throughout 2015 and 2015, the newly launched pARTnership Movement essay series provides an insider look at how some of America’s top businesses partner with the arts to successfully meet strategic goals. Read the first essay, Recruit and Retain Talent, today! Do you have a great story about how your company partnered with the arts to recruit and retain talent? Share it with us at [email protected] or on Twitter with #ArtsandBiz. Listen in: Talking #ArtsandBiz in Chicago At the 2015 Americans for the Arts Annual Convention in Chicago earlier this month, Andrew Micheli from Arts & Business Council of Chicago, Raaja Nemani from BucketFeet, and Christine Hoisington from Booz Allen Hamilton spoke about what businesses want from partnerships with the arts. Read a recap. Meet Patricia Hanna, Miami's Real Estate Curator On October 6, Americans for the Arts will honor Jorge M. Pérez, Chairman of The Related Group, with our 2015 BCA Leadership Award for his extraordinary vision, leadership, and commitment to supporting the arts. Read how former art museum curator Patricia Hanna joined forces with Pérez to contribute to Miami’s cultural growth. Learn more. Learn How PECO Empowers Philadelphia Through the Arts How can an energy company empower the whole community? Learn how PECO, a 2014 BCA 10 honoree company, brings customers together by supporting art festivals and exhibits that celebrate Philadelphia’s diverse culture. Read more. Venture Forth with NYC's Love Mob Fourth Arts Block (FAB), a nonprofit arts organization that seeks to enhance the arts and culture of New York City's East 4th Street Cultural District, recently hosted an artist-led walking tour during which artists presented art projects inspired by four local businesses. Read more. In the Spotlight: Saint-Gobain Celebrates 350 Years of Innovation To celebrate their 350th anniversary and educate the public about how Saint-Gobain has “changed the world through innovation and the daring of its employees,” the world’s largest building materials company created Future Sensations, an international traveling exhibition that takes visitors on an extraordinary sensory journey. Read more.
Americans for the Arts News Read About BCA 10 in the News This year’s BCA 10: Best Businesses Partnering with the Arts in America are making headlines! AutoZone in Memphis Daily News Corning, Inc. in The Star-Gazette Duke Energy (BCA Hall of Fame Award) in Charlotte Business Journal GE’s FirstBuild in the IDEAS newsletter Prospective, Inc. on WTOP The Trust Company of Kansas in the Wichita Eagle U.S. Bank in the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts newsletter Learn How VANS Is Inspiring the Next Generation of Artists, Designers, and Innovators Americans for the Arts is proud to partner with VANS on its Custom Culture shoe design competition, which was developed to encourage high school students to embrace their creativity and inspire a new generation of youth culture. The final event of the competition, where the winning shoe design was picked, took place last month. Read the remarks that our Arts Education Program Manager made during the event. Explore Our 2015 Annual Convention Highlights Last month, Americans for the Arts held our 2015 Annual Convention in the Windy City. If you missed out this year or just want to keep reliving the Convention weekend, check out the highlights and resources for you and your organization on our Convention wrap-up page. Participate in our Summer Reading Club & Blog Salon Read about how art helps transform communities in Americans for the Arts’ new book Arts & America, a compilation of 10 essays exploring the ways arts can enrich other aspects of society, such as the workforce, education, and community health. Download the essays or purchase a print copy of the book. We invite you to submit your thoughts and feedback—on the book as a whole or individual essays—in the form of an ARTSblog post. Contact Communications & Content Manager Caitlin Holland at [email protected] to participate. Join Us at the 2015 National Arts Marketing Project Conference Members of Americans for the Arts are invited to apply for scholarships to attend this year’s National Arts Marketing Project (NAMP) Conference in Salt Lake City, UT, November 6–9, 2015. Attendees gain access to innovative marketing research and audience engagement strategies through a series of panel discussions and workshops. Visit the National Arts Marketing Project for details.
From the Private Sector Network Learn How Business Leaders in Dallas Partner with the Arts In a new post on Americans for the Arts' ARTSblog, Katherine Wagner of The North Texas Business Council for the Arts discusses the council's On My Own Time arts program for business employees, using Pricewaterhouse Cooper as an example.
“We strive for innovation and creativity in delivering professional services. Our participation in the Business Council for the Arts’ On My Own Time program helps us reinforce this objective by enabling our employees to share their creativity with colleagues.” --Phil Samson, Principal at PricewaterhouseCooper. Read more about this program.
Engage Businesses By Engaging Employees Wednesday, July 15, 2015 - 3:00 p.m.–4:00 p.m. In this live webinar, Beth Flowers, the founder of Arts Incubator of the Rockies (AIR), and Kate Marquez, Executive Director of the Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance, discuss the various ways arts organizations can enhance the experience of business employees through the arts and build better partnerships between the arts and business sectors as a result. Register now.
Facts & Figures Americans Donated an Estimated $358.38 Billion in 2014; Highest Total in 60 Years The latest data about charitable giving in the United States is now available in the Giving USA 2015 report. With the exception of International Affairs, giving in 2014 rose across all sectors, with Arts, Culture, and the Humanities seeing the highest percentage growth. Corporate giving also grew by 13.7 percent in 2014. Download the survey highlights for free. Does Your Company Offer an Employee Match Program? New Survey Says 90 Percent of Businesses Do! CECP, in association with The Conference Board, has released a brief of the 2015 Giving in Numbers, the most complete annual survey of corporate societal engagement. The full results will be released in autumn 2015 and will reflect responses from 271 multi-billion dollar companies with aggregate revenues of US $8.3 trillion. Read the brief.
How has your employee match program helped your company? Share your story with us at [email protected] or on Twitter with #ArtsandBiz.
Speaking from Experience
“We support art and cultural institutions as part of our effort to make our communities better places to live and work. We believe it enhances the quality of life for our employees and neighbors, increases the vitality of the communities, and often strengthens the economic health as well. As a company dedicated to life-changing innovation, we also know that creativity is a synergistic process. We all benefit from organizations that stimulate our senses, inspire our minds, and encourage our curiosity.”
--Wendell P. Weeks, Chief Executive Officer of Corning Incorporated. Americans for the Arts is proud to honor Corning Incorporated, one of this year’s BCA 10: Best Businesses Partnering with the Arts in America.
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