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Putting the Spotlight on Arts and Business Partnerships
This summer, Zions Bank customers were treated to a dazzling display. Bank branches throughout Utah’s Wasatch Front were transformed into galleries showcasing costumes from Ballet West to help promote the local dance company’s 52nd season. Though the bank has helped support the ballet company for years, this clever new partnership brought their affiliation into the spotlight, helping both partners receive widespread media coverage and reach potential new customers.
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Funding The Arts With Creative Partners
Across the country, arts organizations are constantly seeking ways to do more with less and fundraise creatively and collaboratively. For artist led organizations, this need is only amplified by lack available funds that can be dedicated to operational support, and the need to create an artistic product.
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The Political Process… What hope is there for the arts and arts education?
Narric Rome, Vice President of Government Affairs and Arts Education at Americans for the Arts, has been keeping us apprised on the reauthorization of ESEA, the Elementary and Secondary Education Act, and how the arts and arts education are being seen within the context of this legislation. Next week, Americans for the Arts will host a blog salon here during National Arts in Education Week, and continue the conversation around the ESEA.
This is the first time in more than a decade that there has been debate and discussion about this bill on the House and Senate floors. That’s a good sign! We have an opportunity to raise the profile of arts education and why standards and testing need to have a significant arts component.
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Shake Shack serves up Public Art in Philadelphia (& around the world!)
Last year, the City of Philadelphia Mural Arts Program and Shake Shack joined forces for Summer Rendezvous, a breezy, bright mural on the wall behind Shake Shack’s first Philadelphia location. Edwin Bragg, Vice President of Marketing & Communications at Shake Shack, took a few minutes to talk to me about the partnership.
CRS: What drives Shake Shack’s giving philosophy, both historically and currently?
EB: Shake Shack’s mission is to Stand for Something Good, which means taking care of each other and our communities. Giving back is an essential to connecting to every community that Shake Shack is in. We have a program called Shack Gives Back, a company-wide community program that recognizes Shake Shack employees for volunteering. We also donate with funds, meals at Shake Shack, and more.
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The Artist at the Center
This year’s Americans for the Arts (AFTA) conference, held in Chicago, proved to be a great success with almost 1,500 people in attendance. For me, the conference began when Theaster Gates took the stage and spoke about empowering the voices inside communities through art. I have so many thoughts from this lecture, but what stays with me now is the role of Theaster as a mentor, as a leader. I was awe-struck by his dedication to serving his community and his presence and availability to us, his audience.
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Top Ten Moments from the ABC/NY Summer 2015 Diversity in Arts Leadership Internship
The Arts & Business Council of New York recently graduated its most recent class of Diversity in Arts Leadership interns. The program brings college students of diverse and underrepresented backgrounds to New York City for the summer where they are placed in local arts organizations and paired with mentors from the business community. Take a look at some of the top moments of the summer as the group participated in site visits to local arts organizations, cultural outings, arts and volunteer projects, and professional development workshops!
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On Vacation? Rise and Shine -- Explore the Arts All Around You!
It's almost Labor Day and in my family, growing up, that meant vacation. It was always the time for travel and discovering new places, which of course is now an activity we call tourism. It is still the time I choose for getting away and as I write this, I am on my way to Morocco. I'm looking forward to many new arts, music, culture, craft, architecture and people discoveries.
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Public Art Spurs Economic Development
From a purely business perspective, the arts in general and public art in particular are demonstrated spurs of economic development. This happy reality has proven true in my work as the Principal and sole employee of Prospective Inc., which is the exclusive leasing agent for the 4-million-square-foot office component of Reston Town Center, an internationally-recognized urban mixed-use development located in Reston, Virginia.
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The Hills (and Country) are Alive with Arts Education!
I returned home from the Americans for the Arts 2015 Annual Convention in June with information and ideas swimming in my head, and hope rising in my heart for the optimistic future of arts education. There are numerous areas of the country where great things are happening to provide access to quality arts education for all children in a district, city, or county, depending on the location and size of the program.
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Drab Tunnel Transformed into Bikeable Kaleidoscope in King County, Washington
On an October afternoon in King County, Washington, a crowd of about fifty threw on their roller skates and attended a roller disco party, complete with bright lights and psychedelic colors. The party wasn’t at a skating rink, however—they had all joined together in a tunnel on one of King County’s biking trails, and were celebrating Ebb & Flow, the new public mural by local artist Kristen Ramirez that covered the tunnel walls and enveloped the disco-goers.
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Happy Anniversary to the Arts & Business Council of Miami and the Arts & Business Council
The Private Sector Network of Americans for the Arts, which includes organizations like Arts & Business Councils and Business Committees for the Arts, works to promote the message that business sector support for the arts is integral to the success and longevity of the arts, and essential in building communities in which the business sector can thrive. This post is one of two that highlights five such organizations that are celebrating monumental anniversaries in 2015 and have spent decades building these vital partnerships.
Two weeks ago we featured the Arts & Business Council of New York, the Colorado Business Committee for the Arts, and the New Hampshire Business Committee for the Arts as they celebrate major anniversaries this year. Now, we turn to the Arts & Business Council of Miami and the Arts & Business Council of Chicago to learn more about their work over the past 30 years.
