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Business to Arts exists to encourage private sector investment in the arts for the benefit of wider society.

Sculpture in the Parklands, Lough Boora Co. Offaly. Winner of the 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Award with Bord na Mona, Offaly County Council and The Crafts Council.

Sculpture in the Parklands, Lough Boora Co. Offaly. Winner of the 2009 Corporate Social Responsibility Award with Bord na Mona, Offaly County Council and The Crafts Council.

We do this in a multitude of ways, working closely with our network to identify right-fit projects and opportunities that connect closely to strategic aims or philanthropic goals.

Art Angels

Our Art Angels are a group of visionary individuals with the means to enable the transformational change of Business to Arts, to help us deliver upon the ambition of our new five-year strategy, and as a result, to increase our positive impact in society.

If you believe in the power of arts and culture, creativity, and innovation, and would like to invest in step-change capability, Louise, our Chief Executive, would love to hear from you.

Arts Funds

We have a track record of developing and delivering large-scale distributed impact Arts Funds, including the Bank of Ireland Begin Together Arts Fund (€1m for 100 community-based arts projects, all-island); ESB Brighter Future Arts Fund (€250k for five sustainability-focused arts projects, all island); and the Docklands Arts Fund, (€300k derived from a range of corporate partners in the Docklands area for in unrestricted grants benefiting 136 events with a focus on placemaking and community development).

We will continue to evolve the Arts Funds model in response to sectoral needs for sustainable and inclusive growth, working closely with corporate partners to ensure a positive societal impact.

If you are a corporate or individual who would like to specifically support a new Arts Fund, please get in touch.

Bursaries

We facilitate transformative artist bursaries enabling professional or practice development at pivotal moments in an artist’s career. We are constantly seeking new opportunities through our network to provide bursaries that serve the arts community with much-needed support to expand and enhance creative practice.

If you are a corporate or individual who would like to support a new bursary, please get in touch.

Investing in Arts and Culture

We offer specialist arts advisory and project management services for business members that would like to extend their investment in the arts to meet a range of business objectives.

Perpetua, winner of the Best Use of Creativity in the Community at the Business to Arts Awards, 2019, was a collaboration between artist James Earley, creative production studio Algorithm, and Rothco (now Droga5).

Case Studies

Check out some highlights of our work with our members, as well as some best practice examples of collaborative arts and business partnerships in Ireland.

KINDRED a dance piece commissioned by ESB for Dublin Dance Festival as part of the ESB Brighter Future Arts Fund, takes place at ESB's headquarters at 27 Fitzwilliam Street. Credit: Fennell Photography

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Sing Ireland Irish Youth Training Choir performing at the 2022 Business to Arts Awards at the National Concert Hall. Sing Ireland are taking part in Round 3 of Business to Arts' Fundraising Fellowship, Ireland programme. Photo: Conor McCabe

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