ArtCore

ArtCore is a collaborative program designed by three Chicago arts service organizations: Arts and Business Council of Chicago, which builds the relationship between the arts and business sectors in Chicago; Audience Architects, which promotes and supports the development of Chicago’s nonprofit dance companies; and the Chicago Cultural Alliance, a membership organization for Chicago’s cultural nonprofits that offers workshops, programs, and city-level advocacy on behalf of the sector. The organizations share office space, and ArtCore manages the financial and certain administrative functions of the three participating organizations. This structure reduces overhead expenses for the partners and creates efficiencies by assigning its non-programmatic functions to shared staff. ArtCore facilitates program development by fostering relationships between the three entities, enhancing opportunities for innovation and joint programming.