b'In MotionImage: Hulki Okan TabakBASA SNAPSHOT MEMBERSHIPof arts-business partnerships and to createjob creation and diversity in the artsand BASA has diverse members, ranging fromopportunitiesunderlining BASAs value tobroader society itself. The event is attended large corporates to small businesses, and artsgovernment, business and the arts sector.by captains of industry, BASA members, organisations. To support our members inand representatives of government and the leveraging valuable partnerships between PROGRAMMESinternational community.business and the arts, we provide variousBASA is committed to ensuring the relevance benefits, such as research, resources,and sustainability of the arts in society, by SUPPORTING GRANTS support, information, arts-based initiativesoffering innovative programmes providingFunded by an allocation from DSAC, the and networking opportunities. A range ofand supporting knowledge transfer, skillsBASA Supporting Grants programme membership packages are available to suitdevelopment, and training within thecontinues to serve as a mechanism through specific strategic needs. cultural and creative sectors. In this way,which business and the arts can engage BASA provides agency and access for theand achieve mutual benefit. Through these arts sector to support its engagement withgrants, BASA equips artists/arts organisationsRESEARCHthe business sector, helping to make artswith the tools to support an approach to BASA has a raft of research documentsorganisations opportunity ready. a potential sponsor, and to provide such a primarily drawn from our biennial ArtsTracksponsor with the wherewithal to leverage Research, the BASA Supporting Grants AWARDSthe proposed partnership, and its marketing, programme, the BASA Awards, our other arts- The prestigious annual BASA Awards areeffectively. The grants encompass a wide based initiatives, and ad-hoc research projects.South Africas only awards honouringrange of activity, attracting corporate sector This data provides crucial insights into bestbusiness-arts partnerships. Thesesupport and, where possible, BASA leverages practice and shifts and trendsall of whichpartnerships, sponsorships, initiatives andthe arts or culture project further through its are being used to inform the next generationsupport programmes are critical to growth,own media partnerships.SQUARE34'