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Artists are invited to respond to an open call to win a commission to complete either an individual or a group portrait of trailblazing women connected to the Munster region who have contributed to the betterment of society.

The open call will run from Tuesday, 26th November until 5pm on Thursday, 16th January 2025.

Inclusion, wellbeing and sustainability-focused partnerships honoured at this year’s ceremony.

Winners at the Business to Arts Awards 2024 show a strong focus on societal impact, with €25,000 in bursaries awarded on the night.

Business to Arts is proud to announce that following our open recruitment earlier this summer for new Board Trustees, the Board of Business to Arts has overseen the appointment of five fantastic new additions to our Board. We are excited to welcome Aisling, Conor, Garry, Joanne and Maura and look forward to working with them over the next few years. They bring a wealth of experience and a broad network to Business to Arts including sustainability, fundraising, operations, governance, finance and legal expertise.

Shortlisted partnerships highlight mental health, inclusion, and sustainability as key arts and business focus, while this year's Awards Sculpture speaks to the promise of collaboration.

Accenture’s Women on Walls at UCC will recognise the pioneering achievements of outstanding women and enhance the visibility of women leaders from, or with links to, the Munster region.

Members of the public are invited to submit their suggestions on the female subjects of the artworks. When completed, the new artworks will join the UCC Art Collection and be permanently exhibited on the UCC campus.

Are you deeply engaged in the arts sector in Ireland and do you have a passion for developing people and organisational resilience?

Could you drive a dynamic arts capacity and capability-building programme to play a critical role in the sustainability of our Arts members?

Join the team at Business to Arts as the Arts Portfolio Manager.

The deadline for applications is 5.00 pm on Tues 25th June 2024.

On May 15th, fellows Cecelia Molumby and Al Dalton, graduate from Fundraising Fellowship, Ireland programme with Business to Arts in partnership with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport and Media

Applications are open from 21st March to April 30th. The Business to Arts 2024 Awards will take place on Monday, 9th September at the National Concert Hall

Business to Arts in partnership with the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media has announced that Sample-Studios Cork and Galway Community Circus have been selected to participate in the Fundraising Fellowship, Ireland programme, following an open call for applications in November 2023.

A number of arts organisations across the island of Ireland are beginning 2024 with a funding boost from Bank of Ireland’s Begin Together Arts Fund, delivered in partnership with Business to Arts.

Exciting times this week as we welcome fabulous new team members who are pulsing with energy and enthusiasm to help us connect the corporate and cultural sectors through purposeful partnerships.

As Business to Arts looks to the future with Catalyst, our new five-year strategy, we believe we have assembled a wonderful team full of the expertise to add value to your memberships and to drive an even greater impact across the arts sector and for wider society.

This website won an Institute of Designers Ireland Award 2023 for the thinking around information design/architecture, content design, and interaction design to facilitate a clear, focused, and pleasing website. Judges were also impressed by the efforts to design a more sustainable website, taking into account the carbon footprint of the website in design decisions.

Strong leadership aligned behind a clear purpose was cited as one of the key enablers of successful transformation in business at the recent Business to Arts Leadership Forum, in association with PwC yesterday. The event featured an all-star leadership panel on the theme ‘Innovation Meets Creativity: Driving Change Together'. Clarity of purpose, communication, diversity, and sustainability emerged as key factors for transformation success.

Social inclusion and climate-focused partnerships honoured at this year’s Business to Arts Awards