The Arts & Business Council of Chicago (A&BC) is a nonprofit arts service organization focused on supporting Chicago’s art makers, cultural workers, and creative enterprises through consulting, programming, and professional development to ensure community vitality and an equitable creative economy. A&BC envisions a city where creativity is valued as a resource with limitless potential for social and economic impact.
A&BC fulfills its mission by building meaningful cross-sector partnerships and capacity-building through four programs: 1) Learning Labs, 2) On BOARD®, 3) Business Volunteers for the Arts®, and 4) 77 Communities Initiative-Annexes.
A&BC is an affiliate of Americans for the Arts and the fiscal agent of ArtCore, a non-merging collaborative partnership between A&BC, See Chicago Dance, and Chicago Cultural Alliance. For more information, visit artsbiz-chicago.org.