Calls for Nominations Launched for Allianz Business to Arts Awards 2010
February 10th, 2010
L – R. Stuart McLaughlin – Business to Arts and Brendan Murphy – Allianz at the Royal Hibernian Academy
The Call for Nominations has gone out for this year’s Allianz Business to Arts Awards, the annual programme which recognises businesses, artists and arts organisations that bring the arts and artists into the workplace to respond to real business challenges, as well as important sponsorship relationships. Now in its ninth year, Allianz is proud to continue its support of Business to Arts in 2010.
With the closing date set for Wednesday 24 March, arts organisations and companies have just 6 weeks to prepare nominations on their collaborations and partnerships.
Last year, the value of the nominations represented €6.3 million in investment from the Private Sector in the Arts with half of the nominations bringing the arts into the workplace or addressing organisations’ CSR initiatives.
Stuart McLaughlin, Chief Executive of Business to Arts said “We look forward to 2010 with great optimism having seen a number of significant new sponsorship relationships emerge in 2009, together with some exciting projects between business and the arts. With this year’s Allianz Business to Arts Awards we hope to create a sense of the potential of these partnerships and how they will contribute to our recovery.”
“After a challenging 2009, it is great to see our potential to innovate and be creative still remains undimmed,” said Brendan Murphy, Chief Executive, Allianz. “Business to Arts plays a crucial role in unlocking creative and innovative potential that will not only encourage talent but will show us how we can regain our cultural and economic prowess.”