Helps build communities by developing creative partnerships between business and the arts.
An organization which strengthens the economic viability of Chicago's nonprofit arts community by connecting emerging and under-served cultural groups with arts management expertise and a professional business environment. A research-based company that works with organizations, foundations, regional, state and local arts agencies, and state and local governments to build audiences and public involvement in the arts. An international nonprofit organization dedicated to assisting low-income artisans by linking them to the global market. FAWC is a nonprofit organization which provides emerging writers and artists with time and space to work, and it also offers summer and fall courses for any and all to attend. The Institute understands itself as link between artists, cultural institutions and companies.