St Patrick’s Festival and TikTok among winners at Business to Arts awards

Other winners included Zurich and National Gallery of Ireland with Crawford Art Gallery, Poetry Ireland and The Adrian Brinkerhoff Foundation, and Emmet Kane and John Sisk & Son

Digital artist Nadia J Armstrong, photographer Barialai Khoshal, Louise O'Reilly, chief executive of Business to Arts, Etain Seymour of Accenture, Lar Joye of Dublin Port Company, Anna McGowan of the St Patrick’s Festival and and Ben Barclay from the Press Up Hospitality Group at the 30th annual Business to Arts Awards. Photograph: Conor McCabe

The St Patrick’s Festival and TikTok were among the award winners at the 30th Business to Arts Awards in Dublin on Tuesday.

Others to secure awards included Sample-Studios & Gurranabraher Credit Union, Zurich and National Gallery of Ireland with Crawford Art Gallery, Poetry Ireland and The Adrian Brinkerhoff Foundation, and Emmet Kane and John Sisk & Son.

The judges said this year’s shortlisted groups and winners featured commissioners and creatives “who are pushing the boundaries of what a creative partnership can look like”.

The Best Large Sponsorship Award, supported by law firm Arthur Cox, went to the St Patrick’s Festival for its partnership with TikTok. Digital artist Nadia J Armstrong won the inaugural Accenture €10,000 Digital Innovation in Art Bursary for her work exploring the interplay between human and machine.

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Louise O’Reilly, chief executive of Business to Arts, said the winners demonstrated the “power in partnership across sectors and disciplines, and through challenging times”.

The Irish Times is a media partner with the awards.