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Top 10 ways/ Reasons business support the Art

1. 1. Purchase Gifts for colleagues and clients at the museum shops


2. 2. Buy tickets to art performances and events. Take your clients or give as gifts.


3. 3. Feature arts in your corporate newsletters


4. 4. Place your executives on the boards of arts organizations through Arts Board Miami


5. 5. Encourage employees to volunteer in the arts with the Arts Connection Newsletter


6. 6. Share your skills with the arts executives and boards with the Business Volunteer for the Arts


7. 7. Attend art performances, festivals, galas and events with your colleagues


8. 8. Use cultural facilities (museum, theaters, galleries, etc.) for your corporate events, receptions and parties.


9. 9. Hire artists to perform to enhance your corporate events


10. 10. Make corporate donations of money, services or products to the arts

A BILLION DOLLAR INDUSTRY

Now more than ever, the arts play an essential role in benefiting business and the economy in Greater Miami. The economic impact of the arts can be felt throughout the economy. Annually, Miami-Dade's arts industry generates nearly $1 billion in local economic impact, employs roughly 23,000 people full-time, and, in addition, receives the contributed skills and time of 19,000 arts volunteers. The Miami-Dade County's economic impact of the arts study, released last year by the Department of Cultural Affairs, demonstrates that every $1 dollar of County arts funding invested leverages $27 of other private and public funds. The arts foster stronger local economies, generate corporate good will, provide employment, help kids get better grades and test scores, and - yes - help make our lives more fulfilling. But it is now increasingly clear that the arts remain a key element in making American business competitive. The arts develop the kinds of minds, the kind of thinkers, and the kind of managers that businesses must have more of if they are to remain competitive in the global marketplace. Successful arts in education programs also strengthen the entire educational process and produce better educated and more motivated young people, ultimately strengthening society and by extension business. The arts play a vital role in building community—bringing together diverse people in shared experiences that transcend boundaries and foster understanding.