RED BUTTE GARDEN PRESENTS
NATURE CONNECTS ART WITH LEGO® BRICKS
Featuring the art of Sean Kenney
June 2 - Sept. 16, 2018
CONNECTING HAS NEVER BEEN MORE IMPORTANT Please join us in presenting a garden exhibition that has thrilled audiences around the world. Nature Connects®: Art with LEGO® Bricks is an award-winning exhibition by world-renowned artist Sean Kenney. Inspired by nature and built from more than 450,000 LEGO® pieces, this exhibition features 14 displays with sculptures that represent the incredible connections that sustain life on Earth. As every child knows, LEGO® bricks connect together to grow intricate, creative, and colorful constructions. Just as LEGO® bricks connect, so too is everything in nature interconnected to create a complex and amazing network with each piece relying on the others to grow and thrive. We welcome your help telling this story in an “edutaining” way. Red Butte Garden seeks sponsors to support an extraordinary exhibition for the young and young-at-heart of Wasatch Front. With an array of incredible LEGO®-themed events, programs, and activities scheduled from June 2 to September 16, 2018 there will be something new to keep garden guests coming back all summer long. Through this exhibition and its accompanying interpretive messaging, Garden guests will learn how they are personally connected to plants, how ecosystems rely on diversity, how plants rely on pollinators and how humans rely on the wonders of the natural world. Be involved with this unique exhibition! Records from other gardens that hosted Nature Connects report a minimum increase of 33% more guests over the previous year without the exhibition. This is a great opportunity to be associated with something positive for families and tourists throughout the summer. I look forward to discussing a potential partnership with you soon! Sincerely,
Wendy Loyning Development Director, Red Butte Garden 801-585-5658 2
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Situated on 100 acres in the foothills on the eastern edge of the University of Utah, Red Butte Garden is part of the State Arboretum of Utah and the largest botanical garden in the Intermountain West. The Garden has welcomed guests since 1985, offering 21 acres of developed gardens, four miles of hiking trails that wind through an extensive Natural Area, and extraordinary views of the Salt Lake Valley. Associated with the University of Utah, Red Butte Garden is, community funded. It is renowned for its numerous themed gardens, plant collections, nationally recognized collections of daffodils and conifers, a world-class outdoor concert series, and award-winning horticulture-based educational programs.
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SPONSORSHIP Becoming a Nature Connects® sponsor helps make possible the Garden’s ongoing work of providing a place for education, entertainment, family activities, exercise, relaxation, and beauty for residents of our community and tourists. Sponsorship includes the following benefits:
PRESENTING SPONSORSHIP: $50,000 • As the exclusive Presenting Sponsor, your logo will be printed on exhibition advertising and marketing materials. Current advertisement budget is $35,000 • Significant logo presence at the opening event • Logo on general Visitor Center exhibition and opening event signage • Logo on website exhibition pages – presently 378,000 unique annual visitors view the Garden’s website per year. We expect site visits for the exhibition to increase • Logo in exhibition marketing in Garden newsletter and eblasts * Newletter reaches 11,000 Garden Members * Select eblasts recieved by 60,000 people who subscribe to our emails • Logo on exhibition maps • Additional elements: * An annual Corporate Membership which includes: ∙∙ Free admission for you and your employees for one year ∙∙ $5 discount for your employees to purchase their own Garden Membership ∙∙ Complimentary “Garden After Dark” tickets ∙∙ Discount on the rental fee for one corporate event or meeting (date based on availability) ∙∙ Valued at: $500 (25 or less employees), $1,000 (25-100 employees), $2,500 (100+ employees) * Garden admission passes (up to 40) (value $15 each) Sponsorship of a sculpture is additional.
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SPONSORSHIP SUPPORTING SPONSORSHIP: $25,000 • Your company logo, along with that of the presenting sponsor on general Visitor Center exhibition and opening event signage • Logo recognition on website exhibition pages – presently 378,000 unique annual visitors view the Garden’s website per year. We expect site visits for the exhibition to increase • Sponsorship recognition in exhibition maps • Logo in exhibition marketing in Garden newsletter and eblasts. * Newsletter reaches 11,000 Garden Members * Select eblasts recieved by 60,000 people who subscribe to our emails • Additional elements of sponsorship: * An annual Corporate Membership which includes: ∙∙ Free admission for you and your employees for one year ∙∙ $5 discount for your employees to purchase their own Garden Memebership ∙∙ Complimentary “Garden After Dark” tickets ∙∙ Discount on the rental fee for one corporate event or meeting (date based on availability) ∙∙ Valued at: $500 (25 or less employees), $1,000 (25-100 employees), $2,500 (100+ employees) * Garden admission passes (up to 30) (value $15 each) Sponsorship of a sculpture is additional.
MEDIA SPONSORSHIPS We seek one primary media partner to generate awareness and production and placement of key media for the exhibition. Media partner will receive 24 Garden passes and logo on appropriate marketing, such as the exhibition signage in the Visitor Center and the program and website pages. Advertising media currently includes the following and can change based on media partnership. * TV
* Radio
* Out of Home: Billboards, Trax and Bus panels
* Digital Media
* Movie Theatre Advertising
* Collateral Printing
* Street Pole Banners
* Sign Manufacturing
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$15,000 SCULPTURE SPONSORSHIPS • Your company logo or name on signage of a sculpture of your choice • Logo or name recognition on website exhibition pages – presently 378,000 unique annual visitors view the Garden’s website per year. We expect site visits for the exhibition to increase • Sponsor recognition in exhibition maps • Company or your name in exhibition marketing in Garden newsletter and e-blasts. Currently our newsletter mailing list consists of approximately 11,000 Garden Member addresses. Select eblasts recieved by 60,000 people who subscribe to our emails
Hummingbird and Flower. This piece is 73”x 20.25”x 41” and is made from 13,704 LEGO® bricks
Female Monarch Butterfly on Milkweed. This piece is 72”x 60”x 30” and is made from 60,549 LEGO® bricks
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The Bald Eagle is 30” x 27” x 60” and is made from 42,198 LEGO® bricks www.redbuttegarden.org
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$10,000 SCULPTURE SPONSORSHIPS • Your company logo or name on signage of a sculpture of your choice within the $10,000 section • Logo or name recognition on website exhibition pages – presently 378,000 unique annual visitors view the Garden’s website per year. We expect site visits for the exhibition to increase • Sponsor recognition in exhibition maps • Company or your name in exhibition marketing in Garden newsletter and e-blasts. Currently our newsletter mailing list consists of approximately 11,000 Garden Member addresses. Select eblasts recieved by 60,000 people who subscribe our emails
The Sundial is 48” x 48” x 18” and is made from 27,869 LEGO® bricks e he ng th he t i o t s t or of nk ons or ers a n p l th r s ho nte cia ly fo r in olu e V e i p A s Fam rden rden t a es g G e Ga er t Ev eelin But n d K Re
The Kneeling Gardener is 36’’ x 36” x 36” and is comprised of 34,340 LEGO® bricks
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The Praying Mantis is 24’’ x 59” x 60” and is comprised of 42,164 LEGO® bricks www.redbuttegarden.org
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$10,000 SCULPTURE SPONSORSHIPS
The Life-size Roto-tiller is 12” x 25” x 48” and is comprised of 20,903 LEGO® bricks
The Giant White Trumpeter Lilly is 24” x 24” x 72” and is comprised of 32,514 LEGO® bricks
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Your Face Here
The Face Cutout Photo Op is 40” x 60” and is comprised of 24,330 LEGO® bricks
The Bird vs. Squirrels at Bird Feeder is 54” x 33” x 64” and is comprised of 8,586 LEGO® bricks
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$10,000 BUILD TABLE SPONSORSHIP Visitors can let their imagination run wild as they build their own creations on this interactive LEGO® Build Table. • Your company logo or name on signage for the Build Table • Logo or name recognition on website exhibition pages – presently 378,000 unique annual visitors view the Garden’s website per year. We expect site visits for the exhibition to increase • Sponsor recognition in exhibition maps • Company or your name in exhibition marketing in Garden newsletter and e-blasts. Currently our newsletter mailing list consists of approximately 11,000 Garden Member addresses. Select eblasts recieved by 60,000 people who subscribe to our emails
The Build Table location in the Visitor Center with 30,000 bricks.
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$5,000 SCULPTURE SPONSORSHIPS • Your company logo or name on signage of a sculpture of your choice within the $5,000 section • Logo or name recognition on website exhibition pages – presently 378,000 unique annual visitors view the Garden’s website per year. We expect site visits for the exhibition to increase • Sponsor recognition in exhibition maps • Company or your name in exhibition marketing in Garden newsletter and e-blasts. Currently our newsletter mailing list consists of approximately 11,000 Garden Member addresses. Select eblasts recieved by 60,000 people who subscribe to our emails
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The Milk Snake and Field Mouse is 36” x 36” x 8” and is comprised of 12,069 LEGO® bricks
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The Mallard with Ducklings is 12” x 12” x 6” and is comprised of 6,927 LEGO® bricks www.redbuttegarden.org
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$5,000 SCULPTURE SPONSORSHIPS to ng ks sori er n ha on ck l t sp dpe a r i ec fo oo Sp har d W A ha te a n S ile Be e P th
The Moth Orchid is 19” x 19” x 38” and is comprised of 2,300 LEGO® bricks
The Pileated Woodpecker is 10” x 8” x 20” and is comprised of 4,424 LEGO® bricks
$5,000 TALE BLAZER GAME SPONSORSHIP Tale Blazer games are location-based games that provide unique interactions with plants and spaces in the Garden. A new game will incorporate LEGO® exhibition pieces and relate them to their surroundings in a fun, informative, and plant-themed adventure. Current Red Butte Garden Tale Blazer games can to be found at www.redbuttegarden.org/taleblazer/. Garden visitors will be able ks n or a r th fo laz to download the Tale Blazer app and go for a virtual adventure in the Garden, l ia on B ec issi Tale guided by their GPS-enabled smart phone. p S A XM ing Sponsorship includes: or ns o • Logo on the game’s introduction screen sp • Website exhibition pages • Logo recognition in Garden Newsletter • 10 Garden passes
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SPONSORSHIP OPTIONS Presenting Sponsor $50,000
Supporting Sponsor $25,000
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PROGRAMMING AND COMMUNITY PARTNERS For this exhibition, Red Butte Garden brings unique programming, such as: • LEGO®- themed Summer Camps • LEGO®-themed Garden Adventure Classes • Learning Lab drop-in classes • Community partner special events (possible partners include: Natural History Museum of Utah, Tracy Aviary, University of Utah, Spy Hop, Utah’s Hogle Zoo, and various LEGO® Leagues of Utah) • Nature Connects® scavenger hunt • LEGO® competitions and challenges • LEGO®-themed adult date nights
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BEHIND THE BLOCKS
Sean Kenney is an artist who loves to build, especially with LEGO®. Kenney is a renowned, award-winning artist and “professional kid” who uses LEGO® pieces to design and create contemporary sculpture for highprofile clients, major corporations, and venues around the globe for over 10 years. He authored eight best-selling inspirational children’s books about building creations with bricks and his awardwinning Nature Connects®, which we are proud to present. This exhibition has been breaking attendance records around the world since 2012. Kenney and his work have been prominently featured in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, PBS Arts, BBC Arts, NHK Japan, ABC World News, HGTV, ELLE, Wired, and countless more. He lives with his wife and two young children in Brooklyn, New York. His studio builds and ships the pieces to the Garden where we have worked for a year in advance to designate the best locations for the sculptures, preparing marketing materials and planning programming. Once the pieces are in place, our staff will maintain the plantings and place secure fencing and signage for each piece.