Naked craft sponsorship package

Corporate Sponsorship

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Welcome to Naked Craft!

We invite you to become part of an exciting cross-Atlantic collaboration like no other. Naked Craft will not only create a space for discussion and research around Craft, but also by drawing upon the building of powerful partnerships, develop implementable outcomes that will contribute to the future successful marketing of Craft in both countries. Those partnerships begin with you.

As a Naked Craft Sponsor your contribution will aid in every aspect of the project’s production, from speaker fees, exhibition costs, promotional and administrative costs down to the very basics. Through our promotional outreach your organization’s name will reach a wide and eager audience, positioning your organization as a leader in the support and advancement of Craft both in Canada and in Scotland.

Join us as we celebrate the naked truth around craft.

Sincerely,

Emma Quin Denis LongchampsExecutive Director, Ontario Crafts Council (OCC) Director of Programs, Burlington Art Centre (BAC)

Presented in partnership by:

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Craft traditions reach across the Atlantic Ocean to connect Canada and Scotland. Expressions of the interwoven rich and

complex history of these Northern countries are personifi ed through the crafts, with their shared forms and materials.

From the stereotypical expectations of fi ddles and whiskey to surprising new interpretations of the relationship between

Aboriginal and Settler cultures, the Naked Craft Network (NCN) explores all contemporary manifestations of craft.

It is the perfect vehicle for driving regional economies, inspiring creative talent, and tapping into shared Scottish and Canadian

experiences. Craft can embody the stories we share, can challenge history, and shape the future.

From the carefully hand-crafted to craftivist statements on identity to the digital revolution, join us in experiencing how today’s innovative craftspeople

are rethinking Canadian and Scottish craft cultures and economies by stripping things back to the basics. It is time to celebrate the naked truth

around craft.

Naked Craft will be presented through multiple platforms including the MAKE/WORKshops and the Naked Craft Exhibitions, touring Canada and

Scotland. It is here that we are looking for your support. Read on for more details...

Project Timeline: Launched October 2013 running until 2017MAKE/WORKshop Scotland: October 2013

MAKE/WORKshop Canada: October 2014Naked Craft Exhibition - Canadian Tour: 2015

Naked Craft Exhibtion - Scottish Tour: 2016-2017

PROJECT SUMMARY

Laurent Craste - Canada

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MAKE/WORKshopsWhat makes this project such an exciting one is the opportunity to draw on two distinct cultural identities, and the opportunity to examine the commonalities in these cultures around their historical connections and attachments to or rejection of heritage. The Naked Craft Network intends to generate new perspectives on shared and individual responses to Craft’s relationship with the past and its challenges for the future by bringing craftspeople together in two MAKE/WORKshops. These are collaborative projects, with a comparative focus on Scottish and Canadian contemporary craft that has not previously been undertaken by practitioners and theorists from within the discipline.

The fi rst MAKE/WORKshop took place in October 2013 in Lumsden, Scotland at the Scottish Sculpture Workshop. Ten makers (fi ve from Scotland and fi ve from Canada) from a range of materials and approaches spent ten days discussing and making in a creative international incubator, concluding in a one day refl ective Symposium.

The Canadian MAKE/WORKshop will be taking place in October 2014 at the Burlington Art Centre (BAC), where a new group of Scottish and Canadian makers will have the opportunity for creative exchange. The creation of a Scottish/Canadian network will further provide innovative and exciting possibilities for moving the conversation outside academic discourse and encouraging public engagement with thorny issues of tradition and innovation, vernacular and global, hand-made and high tech. All of which are central to the development of craft as a practice and to the wider understanding and embracing of a craft as a discipline within a contemporary, global context. Similarily, this workshop will culminate in an open symposium presenting fi ndings to public academics, and leaders and stakeholders in the community.

MAKE/WORKshop Participants - Scotland, Oct 2013

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MAKE/WORKshops Quick FactsParticipating Canadian Makers: 5

Participating Scottish Makers: 5Anticipated Symposium Audience: 100

NAKED CRAFT ExhibitionBoth Scotland and Canada share a sense of northern resilience, each being situated above a southern political powerhouse. People in both countries have a tendency to identify themselves by what they are not: not English, not American. There is also a shared collective connection to each country’s raw resources which, in turn, informs the identity of Scottish and Canadian contemporary craft.

It is what most people think of when you mention these two countries; the rugged openness of the landscape, and the natural environment. Furthermore, traditions and heritage – from complicated colonial legacies to celebrated founding principles - are placeholders that contribute to the defi ning of identity and cultures manifest in much craft production. We believe that these commonalities have much to tell us in terms of making processes and associated cultural identities. The makers in the Naked Craft Exhibition off er a combination of traditional and innovative craft practices.

This exhibition will strip ideas of craft back down to themes that bridge the past and the present, Old Scotland and New Scotland, traditional and changing ideas. These areas of examination are intended to form a creative, open-minded focus on exploring disciplinary, theoretical, conceptual and methodological approaches to the discipline. This project provides a novel and timely approach to issues of production and consumption of craft from a range of historical and contemporary perspectives.

Lois Walpole - Scotland

Exhibition Quick FactsParticipating Canadian Makers: 20Participating Scottish Makers: 20Number of Canadian Tour Venues: 5Number of Scottish Tour Venues: 5Anticipated audience: 100,000

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SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIESThere are many opportunities to support the Naked Craft Network through fi nancial and in-kind donations.

Here we present fi ve levels of sponsorship, customized to off er a range of support abilities. Throughout this process, we want to work with you to ensure that your organization’s expectations and promotional goals are realized, so please don’t hesitate to contact us with suggestions for additional public engagement opportunities or promotional vehicles.

Levels of Support

PRESENTING SPONSOR OF NAKED CRAFT PROJECT: CANADA – $50,000

MAKE/WORKshop Lead Sponsor - $25,000

NAKED CRAFT EXHIBITION Lead Sponsor - $25,000

GOLD SPONSOR OF NAKED CRAFT - $15,000

SILVER SPONSOR OF NAKED CRAFT - $10,000

BRONZE SPONSOR OF NAKED CRAFT - $5,000

Beth Legg - Scotland

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PRESENTING SPONSOR OF NAKED CRAFT PROJECT: CANADA

Exclusive Sponsor of the Canadian components of the Naked Craft Project including the MAKE/WORKshop and the tour of the Naked Craft Exhibition at all venues, in Canada and Scotland. In return for your sponsorship, your company will receive highest priority recognition throughout the duration of the project.

Level of Support: $50,000Number of Presenting Sponsors: One

Benefi ts include:NAKED CRAFT PROJECT: CANADA

• Exclusivity

• Dedicated Press Release

• Dedicated Social Media Announcements

• Company named as the Presenting Sponsor

• Company featured as Presenting Sponsor on the ‘About’ section of the Naked Craft website http://nakedcraft.weebly.com/ (including name of company, large logo and link to website)

• Company representative given opportunity to write a 100 word statement of support for the project, printed in the exhibition catalogue; company name, logo and website included

• Company representative given opportunity to write a 500 word statement of support for the event, featured online in the ‘About ‘section of Naked Craft website

• Small company logo displayed at bottom right of each page of the Naked C raft Website

• Small company Logo displayed on MAKE/WORKshop Event Guide and exhibition catalogue

NAKED CRAFT MAKE/WORKshop


• Large company logo prominently displayed at the BAC

• VIP Meet the Artist event at the reception

• Invite to the Symposium, potential to participate

NAKED CRAFT EXHIBITION

• Large Company logo displayed on exhibition didactic material


• Company can hold a private client/staff event at the BAC during exhibition

• VIP Meet the Artist event at exhibition openings

• Invitations to exhibition openings

• Logo placement, website link and 50 word company bio online (NCN website, BAC site, Ontario Crafts Council (OCC) site), on exhibition catalogue, exhibition didactic material, exhibition guide

• Listings in e-blasts: logo and website link

• Listings in social media announcements: logo and website link

• Listings in all Press Releases: logo and website link

Teresa Burrows - Canada6

MAKEWORKshop Lead SponsorExclusive Sponsor of the Canadian MAKE/WORKshop to be held at the Burlington Art Centre in October 2014.

Level of Support: $25,000Number of Lead Sponsors: One

Benefi ts include:NAKED CRAFT MAKE/WORKshop

• Company named as the Lead Sponsor


• Medium company logo prominently displayed at the BAC

• Company featured as Lead Sponsor on the acknowledgements page at the front of the Event Program Guide

• Company featured as Lead Sponsor on the ‘About’ page of the Naked Craft Website http://nakedcraft.weebly.com/ (including name of company, medium-sized logo and link to website)

• VIP Meet the Artist event at the reception

• Invite to the Symposium, potential to participate

NAKED CRAFT EXHIBITION

• Company can hold a private client/staff event at the BAC during exhibition

• VIP Meet the Artist event at exhibition openings

• Invitations to exhibition openings

• Logo placement, website link and 50 word company bio online (NCN website, BAC site, OCC site), on exhibition catalogue, exhibition didactic material, exhibition guide

• Listings in e-blasts: logo and website link

• Listings in social media announcements: logo and website link

• Listings in all Press Releases: logo and website link

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Martin Campbell - Scotland

NAKED CRAFT EXHIBITION Lead SponsorExclusive Sponsor for the Canadian leg of the travelling Naked Craft Exhibition.

Level of Support: $25,000Number of Lead Sponsors: One


• Invite to the Symposium

NAKED CRAFT EXHIBITION• Company named as the Lead Sponsor• Medium-sized company logo displayed on exhibition didactic material• Dedicated Press Release• Company featured as Lead Sponsor on the ‘About’ page of the Naked Craft Website including name of

company, medium-sized logo and link to website• Company can hold a private client/staff event at the BAC during exhibition• VIP Meet the Artist event at exhibition openings• Invitations to exhibition openings• Listings online (NCN website, BAC site, OCC site), on exhibition catalogue, exhibition didactic

material, exhibition guide• Logo placement, website link and 50 word company bio online (NCN website, BAC site, OCC site),

on exhibition catalogue, exhibition didactic material, exhibition guide• Listings in e-blasts: logo and website link

• Listings in social media announcements: logo and website link• Listings in all Press Releases: logo and website link

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Aaron Nelson - Canada

GOLD SPONSOR OF NAKED CRAFTLevel of Support: $15,000Number of Sponsors at this level: One


• Invite to the SymposiumNAKED CRAFT EXHIBITION

• Company can hold a private client/staff event at the BAC during exhibition• VIP Meet the Artist event at exhibition openings• Invitations to exhibition openings• Logo placement, website link and 25 word company bio online (NCN website, BAC site, OCC site), on

exhibition catalogue, exhibition didactic material, exhibition guide• Listings in e-blasts: logo and website link• Listings in social media announcements: logo and website link• Listings in all Press Releases: logo and website link

SILVER SPONSOR OF NAKED CRAFTLevel of Support: $10,000 Number of Sponsors at this level: Two



• Invitations to exhibition openings• Logo placement, website link and corporate tagline online (NCN website, BAC site,

OCC site), on exhibition catalogue, exhibition didactic material, exhibition guide• Listings in e-blasts: logo only• Listings in social media announcements: logo only• Listings in all Press Releases: logo only

BRONZE SPONSOR OF NAKED CRAFTLevel of Support: $5,000Number of Sponsors at this level: TenBenefi ts include:NAKED CRAFT MAKE/WORKshop


• Invitations to exhibition openings• Listings online (NCN website, BAC site, OCC site), on exhibition

catalogue, exhibition didactic material, exhibition guide• Listings in e-blasts• Listings in social media announcements• Listings in all Press Releases

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Laurent Craste - Canada

10 Cover images by: Aaron Nelson, Teresa Burrows, Jennifer Cantwell, Meghan Price, Lois Walpole

Denis LongchampsDirector of ProgramsBurlington Art Centre1333 Lakeshore RoadBurlington, Ontario, L7S 1A9 Phone (905) 632-7796 Ext.: 303Fax (905) 632-0278www.thebac.ca

Emma QuinExecutive DirectorOntario Crafts Council990 Queen St WToronto, ON M6H 1H1t: 416-925-4222 x223f: 416-925-4223www.craft.on.ca

For more information please contact:

Meghan Price - Canada

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