David Rockefeller Lecture 2016: David M. Rubenstein

Americans for the Arts presents the 1st Annual David Rockefeller Lecture on Arts and Business on Wednesday, May 4, 2016 at 6:30 p.m. at The TimesCenter in New York City. This year's lecture was delivered by Co-Founder and Co-CEO of The Carlyle Group, David M. Rubenstein.

The David Rockefeller Lecture on arts and business is an annual lecture in New York City featuring prominent business leaders addressing the vital connection between the arts and business. The Lecture is named for David Rockefeller, founder of the Business Committee for the Arts for the Americans for the Arts program and former Chairman and CEO of Chase Manhattan Corporation. This ongoing lecture series was created to advance Rockefeller’s belief that the arts are essential to free enterprise and human achievement, and to encourage businesses to form alliances with the arts as an expression of their broader responsibility to their communities.

Americans for the Arts has a core belief that when the arts and businesses partner, everyone profits, and this belief is carried through our programs including the Business Committee for the Arts, pARTnership Movement campaign, and professional development and communications strategies reaching arts and business leaders alike.