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The winners of the 2024 Business to Arts Awards with category sponsors, Catherine Martin, TD, Minister for Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media and Louise O'Reilly, Chief Executive, Business to Arts. Credit Andres Poveda.

2024 Business to Arts Award Winners Announced!

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.

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Meet our new Board Trustees and Arts Portfolio Manager

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.

Woodturner/Sculptor Emmet Kane, Louise O'Reilly, Chief Executive, Business to Arts & Sarah Ryan, Director of Communications, daaPhoto by: Andres Poveda

Introducing our 2024 Business to Arts Awards Shortlist and Awards Sculpture

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.

Louise O'Reilly, Chief Executive, Business to Arts, Dr Avril Hutch, Director of Equality, Diversity & Inclusion, UCC, Dr Michelle Cullen, Managing Director and Head of Inclusion & Diversity, Accenture in Ireland and Professor John O’Halloran, President of UCC. Photo by: Clare Keogh

Nominate outstanding women for Accenture's Women on Walls at University College Cork

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.

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Recruiting a new Arts Portfolio Manager now - could it be you?

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.

Pictured left to right:Letitia Stepenske, Assistant Principal Officer, Dept of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport & Media, Cecelia Molumby, Development Officer, Sing Ireland, Niall Cleary, CEO & Creative Director, Graffiti Theatre, Louise O'Reilly, Chief Exec, Business to Arts

Fellows raise nearly half a million through Fundraising Fellowship Ireland Programme

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

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Business to Arts Awards 2024 opens nominations for outstanding creative partnerships

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

Galway Community Circus Life Line Photo by Emilija Jefremova

Sample-Studios Cork & Galway Community Circus selected to take part in the Fundraising Fellowship Ireland

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.

Pictured as the Begin Together Arts Fund announces the latest round of funding are artists Alan Tarpey, Jenny Stafford and Clement Yang along with Deirdre Kennelly Connections Arts Centre Collective Manager, Louise O’Reilly, CEO Business to Arts, Paula Murphy, Group Director of Brand & Sponsorship Bank of Ireland and Miriam Spollen CEO & Founder Connections Arts Centre. Photo credit: Conor McCabe

Arts Organisations begin new year with boost from Bank of Ireland

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.

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Welcoming new team members to 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.

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