About Arts and Business Council of Sacramento

Building Partnerships

The Sacramento region is rich with artistic and cultural assets which make a significant economic impact each year. The Arts & Business Council of Sacramento (A&BC) works to ensure the arts remain vibrant by connecting the business and arts communities through a variety of programs designed to capitalize on our clients’ assets, strengthen their areas of challenge, and build management capacity.

The arts and cultural industries provide jobs, attract investments, and stimulate local economies through tourism, consumer purchases, and tax revenue. Perhaps more significantly, they also prepare workers to participate in the contemporary workforce, create communities with high appeal to residents, businesses, and tourists, and contribute to the economic success of other sectors.

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Business Volunteers for the Arts

You can help non-profit arts organizations survive tough times by lending your expertise in the fields of PR, marketing, IT, fund development, accounting, business management, strategic planning and much more.

BVA Volunteers are able to give back to the community, build their resumes and work in a creative environment by consulting on short term probono projects. Artists and arts organizations have strong operational support and expertise at their fingertips, which means more people get to experience the arts – leading our community to be more connected, expressive and engaged.

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CONGRATULATIONS
Prelude to the Season 2011
Award FINALISTS!

ARTIST OF THE YEAR
Felipe Davalos
Gerald Heffernon
William Ishmael

ARTS EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR
Sue Anne Foster, CSUS
Erika Kraft, Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission
Michael Morgan, Sacramento Philharmonic

ARTS EXECUTIVE OF THE YEAR
Richard Lewis, California Musical Theatre
Sonny Alforque, Sinag-tala Filipino Theater and Performing Arts Association
Liv Moe, Verge Center for the Arts

ARTS/BUSINESS PARTNERSHIP
B Street Theater and Sutter Health
Sacramento365.com: Sacramento Convention and Visitor's Bureau and Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission
Sacramento World Music and Dance Festival and Fat's Restaurants

ARTS MANAGEMENT EXCELLENCE (any budget)
Crocker Museum
El Dorado Lake Tahoe Film & Media Office
Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission

ARTS JOURNALISM (NEW!)
Jeffrey Callison, Capital Public Radio
Jeff Hudson, Davis Enterprise
David Watts Barton, formerly of Sacramento Press

BUSINESS SUPPORT OF THE ARTS
Bows and Arrows
Hot Italian
Studio 24

INDIVIDUAL LEADERSHIP
John Crowe, Board Chair of Mondavi Center
Steve Hammond, Sacramento Convention and Visitors Bureau
Garry Maisel, Western Health Advantage

VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR
Susie Cano Guzman, Festival de la Familia
William Simi, CPA Corporation
Carol Van Bruggen, Foord Van Bruggen Ebersole Pajak

LIFETIME ACHIEVEMENT
Ron Cunningham and Carinne Binda
Muriel Johnson
Jose Montoya