Americans for the Arts Announces the Business Committee for the Arts' 2012 BCA 10 Honorees The Boeing Company to be Inducted into BCA Hall of Fame, and all Award recipients to be Honored in October 2012 Evening Gala in New York City

Americans for the Arts, one of the nation's leading nonprofit organizations for advancing the arts and arts education, recently announced a list of the companies selected by the Business Committee for the Arts (BCA), a division of Americans for the Arts, as The BCA 10: Best Companies Supporting the Arts in America for 2012, as well as their pick for the BCA Hall of Fame for 2012.


The annual awards recognize ten U.S. companies for their exceptional commitment to the arts through grants, local partnerships, volunteer programs, matching gifts, sponsorships and board membership.

The 2012 BCA 10 honorees are:

• Alltech, Inc., Nicholasville, KY
• Bank of America, Charlotte, NC
• Chaves Consulting, Inc., Baker City, OR
• Chesapeake Energy Corporation, Oklahoma City, OK
• Earl Swensson Associates, Inc., Nashville, TN
• First Community Bank, Corpus Christi, TX
• Golden Artist Colors, Inc., New Berlin, NY
• Jackson and Company, Houston, TX
• Masco Corporation, Taylor, MI
• Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, FL

At the same ceremony, to take place in October 2012, The Boeing Company will also be inducted into the BCA Hall of Fame, which honors companies that demonstrate exceptional long-term support of the arts. The BCA 10 Awards and BCA Hall of Fame Award will be presented by Americans for the Arts on October 4. 2012 at a black-tie gala at the Central Park Boathouse in New York City.
BCA Hall of Fame Inductee: The Boeing Company

As a two-time BCA 10 award winner (2006 and 2007), Boeing invests in the arts because they fuel a community's economic engine, help to produce a creative workforce and nurture the imagination and self-reflection required to solve complex personal and community issues.

2012 BCA 10 Honorees

Alltech, Inc., Nicholasville, KY

In conjunction with the 2010 Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games, Alltech developed the Alltech Fortnight Festival, which brought musical entertainment to 14 cities across Kentucky as a means of building excitement throughout the state for the Alltech FEI World Equestrian Games 2010 while investing in the development of the arts in local communities. Additionally, Alltech has partnered with the University of Kentucky's Opera Theatre department to create the annual Alltech Vocal Scholarship Competition, which awards more than $500,000 in prizes, and also created the Haitian Harmony Children's Choir as a means to inspire children in the earthquake-ravaged country.
Bank of America, Charlotte, NC

Named Americans for the Arts' Corporate Citizen in the Arts in 2010, Bank of America is devoted to supporting programs that engage individuals, organizations, communities and cultures in building mutual respect and understanding, as well as projects which strengthen institutions that contribute to the vitality of local economies. Bank of America extends support across the globe to all art forms through grants, sponsorships, matching gifts, volunteerism and programs such as Art in our Communities®, Museums on Us® and the Art Conservation Project.
Chaves Consulting, Inc., Baker City, OR

For more than eight years, Chaves Consulting has been deeply involved in the Crossroads Carnegie Art Center Project. The creation of the art center parallels Chaves Consulting's interest in improving the lives of children and adults in their small, rural community by creating artistic opportunities though classes, workshops, exhibitions, partnerships and mentorships. Fostering community support, Chaves Consulting helped raise more than $1.6 million over the span of five years for the center. Chaves Consulting has also donated supplies, offered its employees paid volunteer time, incorporated employee involvement in art events and provided in-kind grant-writing services, clerical services and marketing assistance for the center.