Training
Arts innovation and income generation programmes to support the longer-term sustainability of the arts sector in Ireland.
In 2009, Business to Arts launched a capacity-building programme called New Stream, which was initially supported with a €400k investment from Bank of America Merrill Lynch to develop fundraising skills in Irish arts organisations.
In 2024, Business to Arts launched ArtWorks, a blended learning programme designed to strengthen fundraising capability, income diversification, digital and data confidence, and private investment readiness across the arts sector.
The ArtWorks programme is designed to equip you with capabilities that can be used immediately within your arts organisation to build fundraising expertise.
This programme is suitable for anyone who is:
- responsible for growing audiences and diversifying revenue streams
- looking to develop or refresh their knowledge of arts fundraising
The Fundraising Fellowship offers two regional or national cultural organisations match-funded salary support towards a new fundraising role from the Department of Tourism, Culture, Arts, Gaeltacht, Sport, and Media.
The Fellows, along with representatives from their organisation, take part in this two year immersive structured programme to enhance their proposal-writing and pitching skills, develop fundraising and communication strategies, and leverage the expertise of their boards to broaden network.
Current Fellows from Sample-Studios in Cork and Galway Community Circus in Galway will graduate in 2026.
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