Business to Arts is an Irish organization dedicated to developing creative partnerships between the arts and business communities. It was established in 1988 under the name Cothu. Charitable contributions by business form the primary source of funding for Business to Arts together with some funding from the Department of Arts, Heritage and the Gaeltacht. Department funding is directed specifically towards facilitation of a skills training programme for arts professionals.
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The Allianz Business to Arts Awards
Each the year the organisation arranges the "Allianz Business to Arts Awards" which celebrate a range of relationships between the two communities.
Advocacy
Business to Arts is committed to increasing private investment in arts and culture and, as part of this objective, has publicly stated a number of policy initiatives for consideration in partnership with Government.
In 2016 Business to Arts helped commission four paintings of women admitted to the Royal Irish Academy. The paintings were the first portraits of women to be displayed in the Royal Irish Academy. The same year the organzation announced it would manage an open call for artists to submit works for the Dublin Port as part of Port Perspectives project. Winners were to be announced in 2017.