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The pARTnership Movement
8 Times the Arts Saved the Day at Work
Taken from the
pARTnership Movement essays, these examples showcase how today’s most innovative businesses are using the arts to help meet some of their most difficult and vital objectives.
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Talent: Boost appeal with young professionals
To help generate an environment that people want to stay in or move to, especially between the ages of 25 and 35, employ the arts! Zachary Mannheimer created
Des Moines Social Club (DMSC) to serve as an artistic hub for the community, developing and hosting artistic events while also undertaking a community-building mission. DMSC produces between 700 and 800 events per year and reaches an annual audience of more than 240,000 people.
Read the full post here.
Modeled after pARTnership Movement, ArtWORKS PHX Spotlights Phoenix as a Creative City
ArtWORKS PHX, modeled after the national
pARTnership Movement campaign, came to life after community leaders at the Phoenix Community Alliance, a 30-year-old business advocacy organization focused on the urban vitality of downtown, saw an existing interest and commitment to arts and business partnerships in Phoenix, AZ. With the decision to take it a step further,
ArtWORKS PHX was developed.
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Private Sector Network
“All About Impact: Behind a Community Arts Agency's Startling Fundraising Success”
ArtsWave President and CEO Alecia Kintner talks about their impact-based approach to grantmaking and their success at raising money. Americans for the Arts President and CEO Robert L. Lynch highlights figures that show nearly a fifth of arts-related economic activity is generated by the nation’s 100,000 arts and culture nonprofits, as are millions of jobs.
Read the full article.
Change the World, through the Arts, in St. Louis
Through their pilot
stARTup Competition, PNC Foundation and Arts and Education Council of Greater St. Louis are challenging individuals and organizations identify robust, innovative, fresh approaches to addressing challenges or needs in the St. Louis region through the arts. The stARTup Competition’s mission is to foster great ideas for emerging arts programs that address or meet a community challenge or need. Cumulatively, PNC and A&E have earmarked $20,000 for the pilot program, as well as incubation services.
CBCA Welcomes New Executive Director
Colorado Business Committee for the Arts recently announced the appointment of a
new executive director, Christin Crampton Day, who will take the place of Deborah Jordy, current Americans for the Arts board member and former member of the Private Sector Council of Americans for the Arts. Crampton Day is a life-long advocate for the arts and brings a strong background in communications, fundraising, management, and strategic planning, having been co-owner at Schenkein and, most recently, Senior Director of Public Relations at Barnhart.
Facts and Figures
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Gallup released the latest
State of the American Workplace report in February 2017. Gallup developed the report using data collected from more than 195,600 U.S. employees via the Gallup Panel and Gallup Daily tracking in 2015 and 2016, and more than 31 million respondents through Gallup’s Database. First launched in 2010, this is the third iteration of the report.
.jpg) 2017 Giving in Numbers Survey Launches
CECP, in association with The Conference Board, announced the launch of the 16th annual Giving in Numbers survey. The largest and most robust of its kind, the survey is open now through March 31, 2017 to companies with revenue of US $2 billion or more, including companies not yet affiliated with CECP or The Conference Board. The survey data used by CSR professionals to make data-driven decisions in shaping societal engagement programs.
Learn about taking the 2017 survey.
Americans for the Arts News and Events
Americans for the Arts Mobilization Center
Americans for the Arts recently launched its new
Arts Mobilization Center, the central location for messages from President and CEO Robert L. Lynch and recent statements on timely political activity, action items, and news articles of interest. Americans for the Arts also invites you to
share any specific actions impacting the arts in your community as a result of the President's policies and executive orders.
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Advocate for the Arts in DC This March
On March 20–21, 2017, join leaders and individuals from the private and public sector in Washington, DC to underscore the importance of developing strong public policies and appropriating public funding for the arts. Arts Advocacy Day is the largest conference of its kind and is the time to make your voice heard on Capitol Hill.
Click here to register and learn more.
30th Annual Nancy Hanks Lecture on Arts and Public Policy
Michael Newton Award
Americans for the Arts is seeking nominees for its annual awards, handed out during the annual convention in San Francisco. Currently seeking nominees for the Michael Newton Awards, which recognizes an individual, staff member, or volunteer for his or her innovation in developing private sector partnerships for the arts and/or long-term achievement in effective and creative fundraising techniques.
Nominate someone today.
President and CEO Robert L. Lynch awarded JFK Commonwealth Award
In February, Robert L. Lynch was awarded the first
JFK Commonwealth Award at the 2017 Commonwealth Awards by the
Massachusetts Cultural Council and the John F. Kennedy Library Foundation. The Award is part of a year-long commemoration of President Kennedy’s contribution to the arts and humanities and his vision for the cultural life of our nation.
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