Sponsorship opportunity

 

Hello potential supporter!

 

Are you interested in supporting non-traditional and underserved?

I believe you are.

 

Outsiders and Others Art Society is a non profit organization that works with artists who identify as outsider, self-taught, LGBTQ2S+, BIPOC, having experienced homelessness, living with disabilities or having mental health experiences.

 

Every month we present a new exhibition in our main gallery in the Downtown Eastside at 716 East Hastings Street and once every two months in our window gallery in downtown Vancouver at #100-938 Howe Street. We present both solo and group exhibitions, and for many of the artists we work with, this is the first time they are exhibiting their artwork in public or in a gallery setting.

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We create professional opportunities for artists that are typically not available to them. These opportunities include curated exhibitions, public artist discussions, workshops, one-on-one creative consulting, and access to the only "outsider art" book library in Vancouver. Additional support includes framing assistance for an exhibition when a financial barrier exists, we pay all featured artists an exhibition honourarium, and artists receive 75% of all art sales.

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Many of the artists we have worked with have received public recognition in all types of media including the Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Guardian, Georgia Straight, Preview, Galleries West, and CBC Radio.

 

As an emerging organization that opened in June 2020, we are constantly struggling to keep our doors open but have been able to do so because of our dedicated volunteers and people like yourself who care about the work we are doing and see the value it has in our community.

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Your sponsorship help us pay for everything which includes artist honourariums, administrative costs, marketing, and everything else it takes to keep our doors open. Your sponsorship will also enable us to grow and serve more artists which is vital because there is a public who is hungry for affordable non-traditional art.

 

When you partner with Outsiders and Others, you are partnering with your community.

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"Folk Art" Sponsor

You can sponsor one exhibition for $250.

• Name or logo on digital exhibition invitation with notation of Sponsorship, posted on our Instagram and Facebook page.

• Invitations to exhibition openings and events

 

"Intuitive Art" Sponsor

You can sponsor three exhibitions for $700.

• Name or logo on exhibition invitation with notation of Sponsorship, posted on our Instagram and Facebook page.

• Invitations to exhibition openings and events

• Acknowledgement in Press Releases of exhibition

 

"Outsider Art" Sponsor

You can sponsor six exhibitions for $1250.

• Name or logo on exhibition invitation with notation of Sponsorship, posted on our Instagram and Facebook page.

• Invitations to exhibition openings and events

• Customized sponsor Facebook and Instagram posts per exhibition

• Acknowledgement & logo in each newsletter with Sponsor notation

• Acknowledgement & logo on each Exhibition Poster

• Acknowledgement in Press Releases of each exhibition

 

"Visionary Art" Sponsor

You can sponsor an entire year of exhibitions for $2500.

• Name or logo on exhibition invitation with notation of Sponsorship, posted on our Instagram and Facebook page.

• Invitations to exhibition openings and events

• Customized sponsor Facebook and Instagram posts per exhibition

• Acknowledgement & logo in each newsletter with Sponsor notation

• Acknowledgement & logo on each Exhibition Poster

• Acknowledgement in Press Releases of each exhibition

• Preview opportunity for each exhibition

• Verbal acknowledgment at all public events

 

I'd love the opportunity to tell you more about the work we are doing to support non-traditional artists. Outsiders and Others would love to have you involved.

 

Thank you for your time and consideration.

Sincerely,

 

Yuri Arajs, Director 604-499-5025

outsidersandothers@gmail.com