Sponsorship

Performa is delighted to work with our partners to develop creative customized marketing opportunities, special events, limited-editions or media programs.

• Access to a highly sophisticated local, national, and international audience who are early adapters and trendsetters.
• Invitations to all VIP events and receptions during Performa 09
• Complimentary tickets to Opening Night and Opportunity to invite VIPs to exclusive events, dinners and programs.
• Artist meet & greet, whenever possible
• Acknowledgement in the Performa 09 biennial publication
• Access to special limited-editions by Performa artists
• Acknowledgment on all digital marketing materials and Performa’s new video serving website with extensive social networking integration.
• Logo/ID on print promotional materials including but not limited to advertising, press releases, invitations and 40,000+ Performa 09 programs distributed at locations around the city and by direct mail to over 20,000 people.
• Special on-site signage at events.
• Opportunity to display products or services

Please call 212-366-5700 for more information or email Ashley Prymas (ashley AT performa-arts.org)

PERFORMA 09 BIENNIAL HIGHLIGHTS

• 100+ international contemporary artists
• 40+ cultural partners
• 30,000+ attendees from the tri-state area and internationally
• 5+ performances and events per day average
• 10+ VIP/Preview and premiere events
• 20+ gallery openings and receptions
• A spectacular opening night dinner and performance world premiere attended by art, fashion, and music VIPs from around the world that will garner extensive media coverage and be the highlight of the fall 2009 season cultural in New York City.
• 10 Performa commissions by art superstars such as Mike Kelley, Omar Fast, Dominique Gonzalez-Foerster, Yang Fudong, and Ryan Trecartin.
• Performa Hot Spots – an electrifying late night get-togethers attended by over 100 sophisticated, culturally-active professionals per evening.
• Performa Hub – a central location where visitors and attendees to the biennial can meet, mingle and get information, tickets and publications.
• Radio broadcast coverage of the biennial
• On-line live TV broadcasts and daily blogs as well as continuous Twitter and Facebook activity
• Daily newspapers and posters produced by artist distributed throughout the city.

AUDIENCE PROFILE

The Performa 09 audience is an extremely sought-after one. Anticipated guest include cultural enthusiasts and major patrons and opinion leaders in the art, fashion, design and music worlds.
General Demographics: urban professional adults aged 23-50
• 40% under 35 years old
• 85% college educated
• 45% with annual incomes of $50,000 or more and
• 20% with annual incomes of $100,000 or more
• 55% single
• 50% employed in the arts, arts related or media professions
• 40% Manhattan residents, 30% from the outer boroughs and tri-state area and 30% international.

INTERNATIONAL MEDIA PARTICIPATION

AM New York
Art + Auction
Art Asia Pacific
Art In America
Artforum
ARTnews
Art Review
Artkrush
Artnet.com
Bomb
Culture and Travel
Daily News
Domus (Italy)
Flash Art
Flavorpill
Freize (UK)
Elle
Modern Painters
New York Magazine
New York Daily News
New York Post
Paper
Tokion
The Guardian (UK)
The Art Newspaper
The New York Times
The New Yorker
Time Out New York
Useless
Vanity Fair
Vogue
Wire