Art In Wilder Park 2025 - Community Partner Fee
$250
ART IN WILDER PARK
May 3 & 4, 2025 10 am-5 pm
In partnership with the Elmhurst Park District
Application deadline for community partners is Wednesday, March 5, 2025
Each year, the region's premiere outdoor 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 showed a high percentage of the attendees also visited and supported local restaurants, coffee shops, and other businesses.
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 that corresponds to 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.
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
New Public Art Installation in 2025: "Terrific Transit", large-scale vehicle sculptures by contemporary artist, Bernard Williams.
Limited space is available for community partners. All community partner applications are subject to approval by the Elmhurst Art Museum.
Please note: In order to participate as a Community Partner, organizations must be classified as a non-profit 501C3 status.
