Florida CraftArt Exhibition Calendar and Sponsorship Opportunities for 2021
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Why become a sponsor?
Florida CraftArt is free and open to the public. In conjunction with each exhibit, programming includes workshops for children and adults, artist talks, panels with experts, and live performances that are culturally enriching and educate the public.
When you help to fund an exhibition you are creating goodwill and helping artists to make a living as small business people.
Sponsorship Opportunities
Florida CraftArt Exhibition Sponsorships
“We provide opportunities for the makers and those who desire the connection to handmade to come together as communities.” -Kathryn B. Howd, FCA Past Board President
Founded in 1951, Florida CraftArt is a state-wide nonprofit organization headquartered at 5th Street and Central Avenue in downtown St. Petersburg. We are a member-supported organization. Your tax-deductible membership and donations help support Florida artists!
220 of Florida’s fine craft artists’ work is presented in the 2,500-square-foot retail gallery. Seven curated shows are presented during the year in the exhibition gallery.
53,000 people benefit annually from educational programming, collectors’ lectures, docent tours, and workshops.
CraftArt Festival, a two-day outdoor festival the weekend before Thanksgiving, showcases 100s of artists from around the world. 1,000s of children and adults enjoy our educational mural tours annually.
SPONSORSHIP LEVELS AND OPPORTUNITIES
Annual sponsor: $50,000
All of the privileges for the Presenting Sponsor for all the exhibitions in the year
Presenting Sponsor: $10,000
- Top billing in all print and web publications: Name and logo on web header, E-news 5,000 member list
- Logo on postcard sent to 5,000 households
- Social Media promotions
- Link on FCA website
- Releases to media and web listings
- Signage in event gallery in a large font, on the wall and/or exterior window
- Opportunity to speak at the opening reception.
- Acknowledged at receptions and events
- Opportunity to have a complimentary private after-hours event during or at another time
- Opportunity to participate in special events and programming during exhibition
Visionary Exhibition Sponsor: $7,500
- Listing in all print and web publications: E-news 5,000 member list. Link on FCA website
- Logo on postcard sent to 5,000 households
- Social Media promotions
- Releases to media and web listing
- Signage in event gallery in a medium font, on the wall and/or exterior window
- Acknowledged at receptions
- Opportunity to participate in special events and programming during exhibition
Inspirational Exhibition Sponsor: $5,000
- Listing in print, web, gallery sign and E-news
- Your logo is associated with an item in the exhibition.
- Social media promotion
- Releases to media and reception recognition
Signature Exhibition Sponsor: $2,500
- Listing on the web, gallery sign and E-news
- News releases to media and web listings
Handcrafted Sponsorship Sponsor: $1,000
- Listed on website and mentioned in e-news.
Contributions are tax-deductible to the extent of the law.
Contact
Katie Deits, Executive Director
(727) 821-7391 or [email protected]
501 Central Avenue, St. Petersburg, FL 33701
Exhibition Schedule 2022
January 14 – February 26, 2022
“Members’ Show – Contemporary Craft at its Finest,” Call to artists
A juried exhibition of original art showcasing the best of handcrafted work by Florida CraftArt members. Thirty-seven artists created 81 pieces from intricate jewelry to glass sculptures.”
Sponsor: Tyler Jones, Premier Sotheby’s International Realty
March 4 -April 19, 2022
“Art of the Garden” a call-to-artists exhibition that demonstrates how art can be displayed inside and outside the home. Artists will create imaginative fine craft works to enliven people’s lives, interpreting gardens, plants, flowers, and expressing their love of nature.
Sponsored by Mark Anderson and Keith Bucklew
April 25 – May 14, 2022
SAQA Quilt show: “The Artist’s Question … Answered in Fiber”
Creating a work of art begins with a question. The artist might ask: What idea is important for me to communicate? Answers will unfold differently as artists create compositions which address their unique queries.
Sponsor: Jeannine Hascall
May 20 – May 31, 2022
“Artists of ArtLofts”
Florida CraftArt will present The Artists of ArtLofts in its Exhibition Gallery from May 20 – May 31, 2022. The award-winning and emerging artists will present recent artwork which includes drawings, encaustic, glass, jewelry, mixed media, painting, photography, and sculpture.
June 10 – July 30
“Beyond Words: Celebrating Books as Art”
Florida CraftArt invites, new, mid-career, and established artists residing in Florida, Georgia, Alabama, Mississippi, South Carolina, North Carolina, and Tennessee to submit recent handmade artists’ books that represent a broad interpretation of the concept of “book” in new and unexpected ways.
Curator Cindy Bartosek (Partner with Jaffe Center for Books at FAU)
Sponsor: Elizabeth Reilinger
August 12 – October 15, 2022
Artists’ Workbench, demos, exhibit of fine craft
Fifteen Tampa Bay region artists will set up their workbench and studios in the Exhibition Gallery and demonstrate how they create fine craft. Each week visitors can watch artists working in their chosen medium, such as ceramics, glass, fiber, jewelry, metal, mixed-media, and wood. The artists’ work will be on display and for sale in the gallery.
Sponsored by Perry and Lisa Everett, along with Kathryn Howd and Edward Rucks, and Duncan McClellan.
October 29 – December 30, 2022
“Holiday Boutique,” Call to Artists
The exhibition gallery presents handcrafted art and holiday-themed pieces from artists throughout Florida.
November 20-21, 2022
“Florida CraftArt Festival”
Thousands of people look forward to this signature event and coming to see the nation’s top contemporary fine craft artists, displaying and selling their creations during the outdoor festival.
See CraftArt Festival brochure for sponsorship levels and opportunities.
Exhibition Schedule 2023
January 6-15, 2023
“Artists of ArtLofts”
January 9-15, 2023
Tibetan Monks Create Mandala in Gallery
January 27 – March 11, 2023
“Clearly Collaborative”
March 17-April 29, 2023
“Members’ Show – Contemporary Craft at its Finest,” Call to artists
Visit FloridaCraftArt.org for information on interesting lectures, our collecting fine craft art series, workshops and mural tours.
Thank you for your support of Florida CraftArt and artists who are vital to our community.
