Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville Inc.
Programs
Budget
$5,800.00
Description
The Arts & Business Council offers monthly seminars and intensive professional development training opportunities to educate individual artists, creative professionals, and arts nonprofits on the business side of art. These drop-in workshops and panel discussions are provided in partnership with various Nashville businesses and organizations. Ranging from an hour to a half-day, they cover topics of broad interest to the creative and business communities. We successfully engaged more than 8,800 individuals through our programs and events in our most recent fiscal year.
Program Areas Served
Greater Nashville
$5,800.00
Description
The Arts & Business Council offers monthly seminars and intensive professional development training opportunities to educate individual artists, creative professionals, and arts nonprofits on the business side of art. These drop-in workshops and panel discussions are provided in partnership with various Nashville businesses and organizations. Ranging from an hour to a half-day, they cover topics of broad interest to the creative and business communities. We successfully engaged more than 8,800 individuals through our programs and events in our most recent fiscal year.
Program Areas Served
Greater Nashville
Budget
$92,395.00
Description
Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts (VLPA) provides pro bono legal and business assistance to low-income artists, creative entrepreneurs, and emerging nonprofit art organizations. Our eligibility criteria require the client to be based in Tennessee and have an arts-related challenge. Primary legal services include drafting and reviewing contracts, protecting intellectual property with copyright and trademark, resolving arts-related disputes, and nonprofit formation. Business volunteers with expertise in accounting, finance, information technology, and human resources provide consultation on best practices in those content areas. Legal case genres are 30% music, 28% visual arts, 20% arts administration, 8% film/television, 6% literature, 5% drama/theatre, and 3% other (culinary art, fashion, etc.). Professional cases are primarily completed on behalf of arts nonprofit organizations.
Beneficiaries
Economically disadvantaged people
Other Economic Level
Long-term Success
Since 2006, the Arts & Business Council has provided nearly $4 million in free legal and professional services to over 4,000 artists and 420 arts organizations.
Program Areas Served
Tennessee
$92,395.00
Description
Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts (VLPA) provides pro bono legal and business assistance to low-income artists, creative entrepreneurs, and emerging nonprofit art organizations. Our eligibility criteria require the client to be based in Tennessee and have an arts-related challenge. Primary legal services include drafting and reviewing contracts, protecting intellectual property with copyright and trademark, resolving arts-related disputes, and nonprofit formation. Business volunteers with expertise in accounting, finance, information technology, and human resources provide consultation on best practices in those content areas. Legal case genres are 30% music, 28% visual arts, 20% arts administration, 8% film/television, 6% literature, 5% drama/theatre, and 3% other (culinary art, fashion, etc.). Professional cases are primarily completed on behalf of arts nonprofit organizations.
Beneficiaries
Economically disadvantaged people
Other Economic Level
Long-term Success
Since 2006, the Arts & Business Council has provided nearly $4 million in free legal and professional services to over 4,000 artists and 420 arts organizations.
Program Areas Served
Tennessee
Budget
$64,150.00
Description
Periscope: Artist Entrepreneur Training is a year-long business development that empowers pre-professional and professional artists to see their creative practice through an entrepreneurial lens. Through an intensive business development curriculum, small group work with peers, and one-on-one mentoring with a business expert, participants prepare to take their careers to the next level. At the culminating event, Periscope Pitch, participants have the opportunity to present their business plans to the public and to win funding for their project.
In fiscal year 2023, we hosted our largest audience ever for the 10th Anniversary Periscope Pitch + Artist Entrepreneur Showcase. Among two Periscope cohorts- one serving Greater Nashville artists and one serving rural Tennessee artists- 37% lived in rural Tennessee counties, 27% of artists served identified as people of color, and 17% were 65 years of age or older.
Program Areas Served
Greater Nashville
$64,150.00
Description
Periscope: Artist Entrepreneur Training is a year-long business development that empowers pre-professional and professional artists to see their creative practice through an entrepreneurial lens. Through an intensive business development curriculum, small group work with peers, and one-on-one mentoring with a business expert, participants prepare to take their careers to the next level. At the culminating event, Periscope Pitch, participants have the opportunity to present their business plans to the public and to win funding for their project.
In fiscal year 2023, we hosted our largest audience ever for the 10th Anniversary Periscope Pitch + Artist Entrepreneur Showcase. Among two Periscope cohorts- one serving Greater Nashville artists and one serving rural Tennessee artists- 37% lived in rural Tennessee counties, 27% of artists served identified as people of color, and 17% were 65 years of age or older.
Program Areas Served
Greater Nashville
Budget
$20,000.00
Description
Arts Board Matching aims to foster dynamic leadership in the arts by providing business professionals with the necessary skills to become engaged and efficient board members. This initiative also matches business professionals seeking board membership with arts organizations in need of capable board members. Participants in this program benefit from extensive and diverse exposure to the arts industry, networking opportunities with arts organizations and professionals from various industries, and the chance to work alongside other community leaders. Starting in 2024, this initiative is revamping our impact by increasing racial diversity within arts nonprofit boards across Nashville by recruiting at least 40% professionals of color for each class. By our most recent fiscal year, the Arts & Business Council will have placed over 160 trained board members on the boards of 40+ nonprofit arts organizations in Greater Nashville.
Program Areas Served
Greater Nashville
$20,000.00
Description
Arts Board Matching aims to foster dynamic leadership in the arts by providing business professionals with the necessary skills to become engaged and efficient board members. This initiative also matches business professionals seeking board membership with arts organizations in need of capable board members. Participants in this program benefit from extensive and diverse exposure to the arts industry, networking opportunities with arts organizations and professionals from various industries, and the chance to work alongside other community leaders. Starting in 2024, this initiative is revamping our impact by increasing racial diversity within arts nonprofit boards across Nashville by recruiting at least 40% professionals of color for each class. By our most recent fiscal year, the Arts & Business Council will have placed over 160 trained board members on the boards of 40+ nonprofit arts organizations in Greater Nashville.
Program Areas Served
Greater Nashville
Budget
$7,050.00
Description
Fiscal Sponsorship is an incubator for the creative community that provides structure to qualified art projects & organizations, independent films, and documentary media projects that are not interested or not yet ready to become tax-exempt nonprofit organizations. Through the Arts & Business Council, Tennessee-based arts groups can receive tax-deductible grants and donations and also benefit from additional management, administrative, and marketing support as their projects evolve. Thanks to fiscal sponsorship, over twenty-eight projects have received more than $822,000 in charitable funding since its inception, which would have otherwise been inaccessible. This initiative has been instrumental in launching several fascinating Nashville-based projects, including Creatives' Day, Locate Arts/Tri-Star Arts, Nashville Design Week, Off The Wall (murals on Charlotte Avenue), and many more.
Program Areas Served
Tennessee
$7,050.00
Description
Fiscal Sponsorship is an incubator for the creative community that provides structure to qualified art projects & organizations, independent films, and documentary media projects that are not interested or not yet ready to become tax-exempt nonprofit organizations. Through the Arts & Business Council, Tennessee-based arts groups can receive tax-deductible grants and donations and also benefit from additional management, administrative, and marketing support as their projects evolve. Thanks to fiscal sponsorship, over twenty-eight projects have received more than $822,000 in charitable funding since its inception, which would have otherwise been inaccessible. This initiative has been instrumental in launching several fascinating Nashville-based projects, including Creatives' Day, Locate Arts/Tri-Star Arts, Nashville Design Week, Off The Wall (murals on Charlotte Avenue), and many more.
Program Areas Served
Tennessee
Budget
$15,000.00
Description
Formerly known as WorkCreative, Creative Advantage is a development opportunity for businesses to gain a competitive edge by offering artistic workshops that foster a more engaged, innovative, and productive workforce. Our workshops combine art and business by providing hands-on, creative experiences in music, visual arts, and performing arts that teach valuable leadership skills for effective business growth. Attendees learn how to collaborate with others, solve complex problems, and improve communication throughout the workplace. Utilizing skills gained through improvisation, songwriting, visual arts, and more, Creative Advantage workshops address important business challenges such as Innovation and Creative Problem Solving; Creative Communication and storytelling; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access to cultural Competency; and Motivation, Inspiration, and Corporate Culture.
Program Areas Served
Greater Nashville
$15,000.00
Description
Formerly known as WorkCreative, Creative Advantage is a development opportunity for businesses to gain a competitive edge by offering artistic workshops that foster a more engaged, innovative, and productive workforce. Our workshops combine art and business by providing hands-on, creative experiences in music, visual arts, and performing arts that teach valuable leadership skills for effective business growth. Attendees learn how to collaborate with others, solve complex problems, and improve communication throughout the workplace. Utilizing skills gained through improvisation, songwriting, visual arts, and more, Creative Advantage workshops address important business challenges such as Innovation and Creative Problem Solving; Creative Communication and storytelling; Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access to cultural Competency; and Motivation, Inspiration, and Corporate Culture.
Program Areas Served
Greater Nashville
CEO/Executive Director/Board Comments
| Over the past three years, the Arts & Business Council has increased our focus on programs with strong tangible results on the overall success and sustainability of Nashville's creative community. This can be seen with the expansion of our Education program to include additional levels of training opportunities for artists and administrators at all stages in their careers, a second annual cohort of Arts Board Matching, and the introduction of the Fiscal Sponsorship program. With the success of these programs, and the current landscape of opportunity in Nashville, going forward, the Arts & Business Council is exploring ways to better serve and engage artists throughout their career lifecycles. |
