Sponsorship

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Art Center East (ACE) greatly values our relationships and partnerships with local businesses. Whether you would like to join with an annual Business Membership or become a Business Sponsor of specific ACE event(s) or program(s), we invite you to support our long-running work in bringing arts opportunities and arts education to the entire Eastern Oregon region.

Business Sponsorships help ACE offer free community events and free or reduced-cost registration fees for participants in our community programs.

Sponsorships support a wide variety of ACE events and ACE programs. Your business mission and goals might align with ACE’s goals in offering these events and programs to community members of all ages. Read on to learn about current sponsorship opportunities and ACE’s goals.

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For questions regarding Business Memberships and/or Sponsorships, email [email protected].

Fall is here and we’re organizing our annual Día de los Muertos / Day of the Dead K-12 student art exhibit and free community celebration.

Día de los Muertos is a Mexican national holiday that celebrates the joys of life and offers an opportunity to honor loved ones who have passed away. This celebration is cheerful and playful rather than mournful and sad, and its traditions highlight the importance of family.

ACE will host a free, family-friendly opening reception for the Día de los Muertos art exhibit. Artwork by Union County K-12 students will be on display. Students explore Día de los Muertos folk-art themes and learn about the history, meaning, and importance of the holiday from school curriculum packets prepared by ACE staff.

A community ofrenda (altar) is also part of the exhibit. Community members of all ages are invited to add to the beautiful altar throughout the duration of the exhibit by bringing photographs and/or mementos that honor their departed loved ones. This year there will be quiet, candlelit reflection times to view the ofrenda in the evening hours as well as additional opportunities such as pop-up classes celebrating Latinx/Hispanic traditions, art, and culture.

We invite you to help make this year’s event the best one yet by becoming a Día de los Muertos / Day of the Dead business sponsor.

Submissions for the 2023 Handmade Holidays Makers Market are needed by September 15, 2023.

Handmade Holidays Makers Market (HHMM) is Art Center East’s most popular holiday shopping weekend of the year. The annual two-day event draws over 1,500 visitors interested in purchasing locally-made gift items from more than 25 artists/artisans. ACE selects HHMM vendors for the quality and uniqueness of their work, and curates the lineup to include a balanced and engaging selection. No resale or corporate merchandise is accepted for sale at HHMM. All items for sale are made by the artist selling them.

ACE does not collect a commission on artisans’ sales during this event, but instead collects a small booth fee to cover a portion of the advertising fees involved with offering this community opportunity. Those fees do not offset other necessary expenses associated with HHMM. Our hope is to acquire sponsors to support the other expenses for this event and help support the Gallery Program itself.

Your sponsorship benefits two ACE programs simultaneously: the annual HHMM and the ACE Gallery Program. The ACE Gallery Program includes three exhibition spaces - the Main Gallery, Orlaske Gallery, and Gift Gallery - that occupy the second floor of ACE’s building (an historic 1913 Carnegie Library). The three galleries offer valuable product exposure and revenue streams for local, artist-owned small businesses, helping to incubate a strong arts economy and contribute to the $1.2 million in economic activity generated by the arts and culture sector in Northeast Oregon.

Cruizin Cap sponsorships are accepted year-round and last for the desired length of the sponosorship tier.

ACE staff would like to work with you to design arts-themed Cruzin Caps (small self-adhesive “stickers” that cover the sip hole on drink lids) for your to-go coffee business. This is a way to support local arts opportunities and support Art Center East’s work for the community through a useful marketing product that you may already use for your business’ day-to-day functions.

Submissions for the individual exhibits are needed two months before the exhibit opening date.

The Art Center East (ACE) Galleries include three exhibition spaces - The Main Gallery, The Orlaske Gallery, and The Gift Gallery - that make up the majority of the second floor within the ACE building, located at 1006 Penn Avenue, La Grande, Oregon in a historic Carnegie Library. The three galleries offer valuable product exposure and revenue streams for local, artist-owned small businesses, helping to incubate a strong arts economy and contribute to the $1.2 million in economic activity generated by the arts culture sector in Northeast Oregon. The Main & Orlaske Galleries are the only international fine art exhibit spaces in Union County. They are community-supported galleries funded by Art Center East memberships, private donors, and sponsors.

These galleries provide local artists the opportunity to share their work in live and virtual settings. Artists can sell all their work through the galleries and often gain more popularity for their work. Each exhibition has a festive opening and closing reception with complimentary hors d'oeuvres and beverages, and is on display for approximately 1-2 months. Exhibits are free and open to the public. Exhibits can also be viewed online thanks to a partnership with John J. Howard Real Estate. Shop current exhibition art here. Finally, our exhibiting gallery artists now have the opportunity to give live artist talks that are funded, in part, by Oregon Humanities. These artist talks are vital to the sharing of an artist’s medium and talents. These live events bring the community together to learn about the intertwined workings of creating visual art.

Your sponsorship helps us to continue to offer all the above gallery opportunities to the wider community for free, while ensuring that working artists earn a living wage from the sale of their creative work.

Upcoming exhibits to sponsor:

Feb. 3 - March 25, 2023 | 7th Annual Fiber Arts & Jewelry Exhibit

Youth Arts Learning Fund sponsorships are accepted year-round and last for one year from the point of payment.

ACE's Youth Arts Learning Fund provides youth up to age 18 with free or reduced-cost arts experiences such as ACE classes, take-home arts learning kits, music lessons, and more. Art Center East passionately supports children and teens exploring the arts, and we believe that fostering a love of the arts helps give young people creative joy and the confidence and skills to invest back into their communities in the future. You can learn more about this program here https://artcentereast.org/ace-youth-scholarship/

We have always valued partnering with businesses, and we invite your business to become a sponsor of this vital community program!

By becoming a sponsor, help us raise $10,000 - 10% of the Youth Arts Learning Fund's annual budget.

If you would like more information about the Youth Arts Learning Fund and our Youth Programming before making a decision, email [email protected].

Submissions for the 2023 Spring Classes are needed by February 25, 2023.

We at ACE are excited to reach out to local businesses regarding sponsorship for the Wild Preschool, Wild School, and Discover After School programs. These nature-based programs are completely free and for youth 0 to 14. These classes take place at Pete’s Pond in the Blue Mountain Conservancy. Students connect with nature and friends, engage in hands-on earth science projects, and create nature-based art. In our technology-driven society, it is becoming more and more critical for young children to spend time developing a connection with nature early in their lives. Students create different nature-based art projects in each class while using a variety of mediums, including mud painting, leaf mandalas, nature weavings, and more. These programs are essential to the continued education of nature preservation and conservation.

Your sponsorship would go towards Winter 2023 - Spring 2024 program expenses. These expenses include $1,300 worth of arts learning supplies, $450 for on-site porta potties, and teacher compensation averaging $2,200. In order to continue to offer these programs for free to youth, your help would be greatly appreciated!

Community Music Program sponsorships are accepted year-round and last for one year at the point of payment.

We’re reaching out to you about becoming a sponsor of our Community Music Program. This long-standing program includes community music ensembles (such as Community African Drumming), and private music lessons for children, teens, and adults.

ACE offers these music opportunities at affordable rates, and one way we can continue to do this is through the support of businesses like yours.

Sponsors of the Community Music Program help ACE provide youth and adults with 50% - 100% scholarships for community music ensemble participation fees and the cost of private music lessons. ACE ensembles and private music lessons are led by professional musicians who are also excellent, experienced educators.

We have always valued partnering with local and regional businesses and we invite you to become a sponsor of this vital community program! If you would like more information about the Community Music Program, please visit https://artcentereast.org/music/community-music.

By becoming a sponsor, help us raise $10,000 - 10% of the Youth Arts Learning Fund's annual budget.

If you would like more information about the Youth Arts Learning Fund and our Youth Programming before making a decision, email [email protected].

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