Business to Arts Awards Categories
Apply to the 2023 Business to Arts Awards
There are twelve categories that are seeking nominations in 2023. They are:
1. Best Large Sponsorship (> €25,000)
For a business or organisation that has worked with a not-for-profit or commercial arts organisation, venue or artist(s) in a sponsorship relationship with a value of €25,000 or over, whether made up of cash, in-kind support, or both.
2. Best Small Sponsorship (< €25,000) supported by Kmend
For a business or organisation that has worked with a not-for-profit or commercial arts organisation, venue or artist(s) in a sponsorship relationship with a value under €25,000, whether made up of cash, in-kind support, or both.
3. Best Long Term Partnership (3 years or more) supported by The Irish Times
For a business or organisation that has partnered with a not-for-profit or commercial arts organisation, venue or artist(s) for three years or more, creating an event or programme that makes an impact or has consistently enhanced its activation or engagement strategies.
4. Best Creativity in the Community supported by Irish Life
This Award recognises socially responsible cultural projects that engage a community in creativity (including the arts, craft & design, heritage etc.). Projects can centre around education, using technology in innovative ways, bringing new perspectives to creativity, or just bring joy to those who participate.
5. Best Creativity in the Workplace supported by ESB
For a business or organisation that has worked with an arts organisation or artist(s) in an innovative and mutually beneficial way, bringing creativity into the workplace or engaging staff in the arts or a creative process.
6. Jim McNaughton Perpetual Award for Best Commissioning Practice
This perpetual award rewards excellence and best practice in the commissioning of artists and creatives by companies. The award recognises commissioning across all art forms. Nominations in this category must provide a comprehensive overview of the commissioning process involved.
7. Jim McNaughton / TileStyle €10,000 Bursary for Artists
A €10,000 Bursary will be awarded towards the evolution of a work / body of work or project by an emerging artist(s) in any art form. The bursary is designed to develop an artist’s creative practice and help take an idea to realisation, whether that be in writing, composing, performing, or creating in a visual or other medium. Nominations must be made by a partnering business, arts or other organisation, and should include information on the artist(s), the partnership, and how the TileStyle bursary will be used.
8. Best Philanthropic Support to the Arts supported by the Arts Council
Artists, arts organisations and other non-profit organisations with established arts programmes/activities are invited to nominate an individual, corporate foundation, trust or other philanthropic organisation, that has shown a strong commitment to arts philanthropy and are deserving of winning this award.
9. Creative Access Award supported by Community Foundation Ireland
This award will recognise corporate-cultural partnerships that offer the opportunity for marginalised and underrepresented groups to participate in the arts. This may take the form of an education programme, the provision of equipment, or a programme specially designed to include these kinds of groups.
10. Judges’ Special Recognition Award supported by Accenture
This category cannot be applied for specifically – all nominations are eligible to be shortlisted by the Judging Panel. The Judging Panel will be looking for a business or an arts organisation that have a diverse portfolio of partnerships which address a range of strategic objectives or demonstrate an outstanding to commitment to private sector investment in the arts through their scale of activity.
11. Accenture Digital Innovation in Art Bursary
The ‘Accenture Digital Innovation in Art’ Bursary will offer €10,000 to an artist whose work is created digitally and showcases how harnessing the combination of technology and human ingenuity can produce new perspectives and approaches to art. The bursary was created to recognise artists that use technology to innovate within the art industry.
12. daa €5,000 Arts Award
The daa €5,000 Arts Award seeks to recognise great relationship management, imagination and creativity in working with the corporate community.
