Arts & Business Council of Greater Nashville

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1900 Belmont Blvd, Nashville, TN 37212, USA

EIN Number: 20-3255129

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Phone: (615) 460 – 8274

Hours: No Set Business Hours - Call to Inquire

Website: http://abcnashville.org

Email: info@ABCnashville.org

NTEE Code: A26: Arts & Humanities Councils & Agencies

MISSION - WHAT WE DO

The Arts & Business Council leverages and unites the unique resources of the arts and business communities to create a thriving, sustainable creative culture in Nashville.

SERVICES - HOW WE DO IT

We create mutually beneficial partnerships between arts and business. We provide direct services, key opportunities, and education to the creative community to help them master the business of art. We inspire workplace creativity in businesses to demonstrate the impact of the arts through tangible benefits and develop life-long arts participants and supporters. Volunteer Lawyers & Professionals for the Arts (VLPA) VLPA provides pro bono legal and business assistance and instruction to income-qualified artists of all disciplines and emerging nonprofit arts organizations in Tennessee. The program connects skilled professionals with arts and cultural organizations in need of business and legal services. This program is an expansion of the Tennessee Volunteer Lawyers for the Arts (TNVLA), which merged with the Arts & Business Council in February 2009. Arts Board Matching Arts Board Matching promotes dynamic leadership in the Nashville arts community connecting talented professionals with arts nonprofits in need of their board service. The program trains and places “rising star” professionals from key companies including Baker Donelson, Bank of Nashville, Bridgestone, and ESA on the boards of nonprofit arts organizations to increase the Nashville business community’s engagement in the arts. Creative Advantage (formerly WorkCreative) The purpose of Creative Advantage is to enhance a business' competitive advantage in the marketplace through outcomes-focused, arts-based training that unlocks the creativity of its employees. Formerly known as WorkCreative, the revised and expanded Creative Advantage program will launch in early 2020, and will provide public workshops as well as private, in-office trainings and projects. Workshops and projects will bring music, visual and performing arts into the workplace and immerse employees in hands-on creativity to stimulate communication, build teamwork, and spark innovation for effective business growth. Education The Arts & Business Council educates individual artists, creative professionals and arts nonprofits to help them master the business of art through a monthly seminars and intensive professional development training opportunities. Monthly seminar topics include: legal basis for artists, funding your creative project, marketing and audience development, and negotiation. The expanded education program now includes multiple intensive training opportunities for artists and arts administrators of all levels including the half-day Arts Nonprofit Nuts and Bolts and Be the CEO of Your Creative Career workshops, the full-day Creative Exchange conference, and the year-long Periscope: Artist Entrepreneur Training program. Fiscal Sponsorship Fiscal sponsorship through the Arts & Business Council provides structure for arts groups and individual artist-led projects that do not want (or are not ready) to become tax-exempt nonprofit organizations. We make it possible for groups to receive tax-deductible grants and donations as they grow. Sponsored projects must be arts-related, fit with the mission of the Arts & Business Council, and be based in or producing work in Tennessee.

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