Three years ago, Denver's Bonfils-Stanton Foundation, a long-time supporter of a variety of charitable causes, shifted their giving strategy to focus entirely on the arts. According to an article in the Denver Post, “Culture needed the money, the thinking went, and by targeting one area, the foundation could set itself apart from its peers and become a real player in the community.” The organization is now one of the most important voices in Denver’s arts scene, providing customized—and often critical—support to arts institutions, new art projects, and local startups to help build Denver’s arts profile.
Author(s): Parkinson, Alex; Kahn, Graciela; Peck, Emily, and Cohen, Randy
Date of Publication: Jan 01, 2017
Americans for the Arts partnered with The Conference Board to conduct this survey which examines trends in business support and employee engagement for the arts. The survey draws on 125 responses from companies of all sizes that participate in corporate philanthropy, employee engagement, volunteer programs, or sponsorships.
Author(s): America's Charities
Date of Publication: Dec 01, 2013
Every year, millions of people across America are invited to participate in an activity that has become a Fall tradition for generations of employees working at many of the nation’s largest employers: the Employee Charitable Giving Campaign.
Author(s): The Conference Board
Date of Publication: Jan 01, 2016
The landscape for business is fraught with challenges from economic instability to talent shortages, a squeeze on profits, regulatory revisions, income inequality, new trade agreements, and political change—to name a few. Business leaders need to forge ahead with strategies and tactics to maximize their organizations’ growth, and this report provides a detailed analysis of those strategies CEOs from around the world are employing to do just that. Six key business issues were presented to respondents, who ranked not only their strategies to deal with each but the hot button
The Hall of Fame Award, selected by the BCA Executive Board, recognizes companies for their exceptional leadership, vision and long-term commitment to supporting the arts.
Every year, Americans for the Arts, through its Business Committee for the Arts program, recognizes 10 businesses of all sizes for their exceptional involvement with the arts that enriches the workplace and the community.
The Leadership Award was established by the Business Committee for the Arts to recognize individuals whose vision, commitment and leadership champion the arts.
For more than 150 years, U.S. Bank has provided funds to help organizations throughout the United States build audiences for the arts, particularly among underserved communities.
The Leadership Award was established by the Business Committee for the Arts to recognize individuals whose vision, commitment and leadership champion the arts.
In this webinar you will learn how businesses are partnering with arts programs to fuel community development and determine the best tools, talking points, and approaches for starting conversations with businesses in your community.
Business sector support for the arts is integral to the success and longevity of the arts and essential in building communities with a thriving business sector. Though many local arts agencies play multiple roles in their communities as conveners, programmers, and supporters, it's important to make time to foster these important relationships with the business communities.
About the Lecture
The David Rockefeller Lecture on arts and business is an annual lecture in New York City featuring prominent business leaders addressing the vital connection between the arts and business. The Lecture is named for David Rockefeller, founder of the Business Committee for the Arts for the Americans for the Arts program and former Chairman and CEO of Chase Manhattan Corporation. This ongoing lecture series was created to advance Rockefeller’s belief that the arts are essential to free enterprise and human achievement, and to encourage businesses to form alliances with the arts as an expression of their broader responsibility to their communities.
Americans for the Arts has a core belief that when the arts and businesses partner, everyone profits, and this belief is carried through our programs including the Business Committee for the Arts, pARTnership Movement campaign, and professional development and communications strategies reaching arts and business leaders alike.
For questions contact [email protected] or call 212.223.2787 x1116. Information about previous Rockefeller Lectures can be found on our archive page.
2018 David Rockefeller Lecture featuring artist Jeff Koons
Artist Jeff Koons presented the 2018 David Rockefeller Lecture on June 5 at the New York Auditorium on Broadway. He was introduced by Laurent Gaveau, Head of Google Arts & Culture Lab. The two participated in a discussion, moderated by Julie C. Muraco, Founder and Managing Partner, Praeditis Group LLC and Chair of the Board of Directors, Americans for the Arts. The evening opened with a musical performance by Yancy Garcia.
Thank you to The Conference Board for providing video services for the event.
Photos
See all of the photos from the 2018 David Rockefeller Lecture on the Americans for the Arts Flickr.
The David Rockefeller Lecture on Arts and Business
“In our increasingly mechanized and computerized world, the arts afford a measure of consolation and reassurance to our individuality, a measure of beauty and human emotion that can reach and move most men. They are indispensable to the achievement of our great underlying concern for the individual, for the fullest development of the potential hidden in every human being.” –David Rockefeller, Founding Address, Business Committee for the Arts, 1966
Jessica Gaines
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Nov 03, 2016
Jessica Gaines
Now in its 12th year, this black-tie gala presented by Americans for the Arts’ Business Committee for the Arts brought an evening of stories and musical performances that showcased the great gain in the business and arts communities coming together. The companies recognized this year join an illustrious list of honorees who are transforming their businesses and their communities by partnering with the arts to foster innovation, engage employees, and contribute to the health and quality of local life.
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Elizabeth Thys
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Oct 06, 2016
Elizabeth Thys
The mission was to use the insertion of art and beauty to transform a community and change public narrative. By moving this practice into a corporate setting, limeSHIFT was testing a new idea, using public art methodologies in a private community.
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Ms. Jordan Shue
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Aug 25, 2016
Ms. Jordan Shue
GOLDEN goes beyond supporting the arts, believing in the arts, or even investing in the arts. To them, they wouldn’t exist without the arts, without the artists who use their products, and without the innovators who challenge them to create new products that test traditional methods of painting and artmaking.
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Ms. Flora Maria Garcia
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Jun 02, 2016
Ms. Flora Maria Garcia
Flora Maria Garcia is an Americans for the Arts member and recipient of the 2016 Michael Newton Award. Find out more about the Americans for the Arts Annual Leadership Arts Awards.
Given the distinct disconnect between Central Florida cultural groups’ programs, audiences and boards regarding diversity, United Arts of Central Florida for the past year has focused its efforts supported by a generous grant from Duke Energy, to engage the groups in an intensive education on demographics, spending power, education levels, and target marketing tactics to diverse populations.
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