Art In Wilder Park 2025 - Sponsorship

ART IN WILDER PARK

May 3 & 4, 2025   10 am-5 pm

In partnership with the Elmhurst Park District

Application deadline for sponsorship is January 31, 2025

Each year, the region's premiere outdoor art festival season kicks off with Art in Wilder Park, the highly anticipated Spring event in the western suburbs. In 2024, the event was featured in numerous press outlets including the Chicago Tribune and WGN News, and attracted over half of its 11,500 visitors from outside of Elmhurst. Post-festival evaluations over the past several years have shown a high percentage of the attendees also visited and supported local restaurants, coffee shops, and other businesses in the downtown Elmhurst area.

Festival programming features nearly 130 booths of one-of-a-kind art, food vendors, and hands-on kid’s activities, in addition to a newly commissioned public art installation by a recognized contemporary artist held in conjunction with the Elmhurst Art Museum's summer exhibition. Partnerships with dozens of businesses and organizations expands the festival's family-friendly offerings while inviting festival goers to experience what makes this community so vibrant, creative, and welcoming to all. 

New Public Art Installation in 2025: "Terrific Transit", large-scale vehicle sculptures by contemporary artist, Bernard Williams. 

By the numbers:

• 11,000+ visitors over 2 days
• 50+ local businesses and sponsors on exhibit at the festival
• The museum’s PR team Silverman and Associates will promote the event with a campaign
• Major preview coverage last year by WGN TV, the Chicago Tribune, Daily Herald, Suburban Life, Elmhurst Independent and more
• 10,000 postcards distributed through local businesses, mailings, and our front desk
• Direct email campaigns to over 14,000 members, donors and EAM’s general list
• The Museum's extensive social media (Instagram, Facebook, Twitter) will be leveraged for maximum exposure and interaction, with template posts provided to all exhibitors

Festival sponsorships offer an opportunity to deepen interaction with existing and new patrons through event booths, logo placement on event materials prior to and during the weekend, featured logo placement at special events and programs during the festival, and more.

Presenting Sponsor ($3,500)

• Booth space to promote your business at the festival.
• Presenting sponsor and logo recognition on festival materials, including 10,000 postcards distributed through local businesses, mailings, and our front desk; 200 posters displayed at local businesses; and eBlasts to over 14,000
• Presenting sponsor and logo recognition on all materials associated with the festival. This includes posters and postcards, eBlasts, museum newsletters, museum webpages, an outdoor banner outside the museum, and any special invites and special events.
• Presenting sponsor recognition on the museum’s social media
• Logo and presenting sponsor recognition on festival signage and materials during the weekend
• A private docent-led tour of the current Museum exhibit for your business associates and guests
• Name recognition on the Museum's donor wall for one year

Festival Sponsor ($2,000)

• Booth space to promote your business at the festival
• Logo placement on festival materials, including 10,000 postcards distributed through local businesses, mailings, and our front desk; 200 posters displayed at local businesses; and eBlasts to over 14,000
• Name recognition on all materials associated with the festival, with logo placement whenever possible in print size. In addition to the above, this includes museum newsletters, museum webpages, an outdoor banner outside the museum, and any special invites and special events.
• Logo placement on festival signage and materials during the weekend.
• Name recognition on the Museum's donor wall for one year

Kid’s Court Sponsor ($2,000)

• Booth space to promote your business at the festival or Kid’s Court
• Logo placement on Kid’s Court signage and materials during the weekend.
• Logo placement on festival materials, including 10,000 postcards distributed through local businesses, mailings, and our front desk; 200 posters displayed at local businesses; and eBlasts to over 14,000
• Name recognition on all materials associated with the festival, with logo placement whenever possible in print size. In addition to the above, this includes museum newsletters, museum webpages, an outdoor banner outside the museum, and any special invites and special events.
• Name recognition on the Museum's donor wall for one year

"Terrific Transit" Outdoor Public Art Sculpture Sponsor ($2,000)

New Public Art Installation in 2025: "Terrific Transit", large scale vehicle sculptures by contemporary artist, Bernard Williams. 

• Name recognition as supporting sponsor of the installation.
• Logo placement on special event signage and materials during Art in Wilder Park
• Logo placement on signage for the public art pieces visible to more than 20,000 park attendees throughout the May – July display
• Logo placement on festival materials, including 10,000 postcards distributed through local businesses, mailings, and our front desk; 200 posters displayed at local businesses; and eBlasts to over 14,000
• Name recognition on all materials associated with the installation, including Art in Wilder Park and the museum’s public art promotional materials through July 2025.
• Name recognition on the Museum’s donor wall for one year

Special Event Sponsor ($1,500)

• Name recognition as main sponsor of a designated special event, such as the D205 School District exhibit, Opening Receptions, etc.
• Logo placement on special event signage and materials.
• Logo placement on festival materials, including 10,000 postcards distributed through local businesses, mailings, and our front desk; 200 posters displayed at local businesses; and eBlasts to over 14,000
• Name recognition on all materials associated with the festival, with logo placement whenever possible. In addition to the above, this includes museum newsletters, museum webpages, an outdoor banner outside the museum, and any special invites and special events.
• Name recognition on the Museum's donor wall for one year

Logo Sponsor ($750)

• Logo placement on festival materials, including 10,000 postcards distributed through local businesses, mailings, and our front desk and 200 posters displayed at local businesses
• Name recognition on festival eBlasts to over 14,000, museum webpages, and museum newsletters 

Friend Sponsor ($300)

• Name recognition on festival materials, including 10,000 postcards distributed through local businesses, mailings, and our front desk and 200 posters displayed at local businesses

Limited sponsorship opportunities are available for each level.  All applications are subject to approval by the Elmhurst Art Museum.

Visit www.elmhurstartmuseum.org/events for further details.