Plymouth Arts Centre
Established in 1948, Plymouth Arts Centre is a nationally-renowned centre for contemporary art,
independent cinema and creative learning. We want to share in making Plymouth a vibrant cultural
city, engaging and stimulating our visitors and local community with our dynamic arts programme and
the warmth of our welcome. We played host to the British Art Show in 2011, the Jerwood Drawing
Prize, along with internationally-recognized artists such as Bob and Roberta Smith, Turner Prizenominated Luke Fowler and award-winning photography in 2014 and more recently, award-winning
photographer, Gideon Mendel.
We have ambitions to expand our programme to reach out and excite, challenge and inspire and
engage as many people, including families, as possible, including those who would not normally
participate in cultural activities and the visual arts.
Why get involved with us?
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We are a unique ‘hidden gem’ in a contemporary and stylish setting
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We work in partnership with our sponsors to offer sponsorships and events that meet a
sponsor’s needs, reach their markets and raise their profile with inclusion of their name and logo
on all the publicity produced for an exhibition
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We can offer spaces for receptions and invitations to private views
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We can organise catering (at an extra cost - from drinks and canapés, cocktails and cakes,
catering for functions, tasting menus, lunch and dinner)
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We have a wide reach and a loyal audience:
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134,000 visitors per year to our premises and events
A mailing list of 3,600 loyal AB supporters
An email list of 3,000 addresses
6,140 likes on Facebook
6,300 followers on Twitter
We were behind Artory, the What’s On App for culture in Plymouth and share audiences
with other cultural venues including the Theatre Royal, the Barbican Theatre, Plymouth City
Museum and Art Gallery and others
 As recipients of Arts Council England Catalyst funding we can claim 50% match-funding for
each donation we receive, extending our impact until June 2015
"Midas are extremely proud to be linked with Plymouth Arts Centre. It provides a unique, local venue
with a welcoming atmosphere for entertaining guests. The team behind the scenes have also made
sure that we are getting the most exposure possible. We will be delighted to continue to support them".
To discuss sponsorship or donations, please contact Kate Foster 01752 206114 or
kate.foster@plymouthartscentre.org
Plymouth Arts Centre
38 Looe Street
Plymouth
PL4 0EB
www.plymouthartscentre.org
@PlymArtsCentre Facebook/Plymouth.artscentre
Registered Charity No 800664
Forthcoming Sponsorship Opportunities 2015
Emma Critchley 20 February – 10 May 2015
Presentation work and sketches for an ambitious
project to be completed in 2017 – a series of
installations which will be spread across three locations
in the Bristol Channel, inspired by the 1607 tsunami
which resulted in the drowning of 2000 people – the
largest and most destructive flood in British history.
Cost of Exhibition Sponsorship
£350 (exc VAT)
Ellard and Johnstone 28 March – 10 May 2015
Everything Made Bronze, a film installation with an architectural
theme, makes compelling use of one of Carlo Scarpa's buildings,
the Gipsoteca gallery in Northern Italy.
Shot using a static camera, the film follows the play of light in
the Gipsoteca over a number of days which is in constant flux as
the sun is either veiled in cloud or appears suddenly from behind
the nearby Dolomite Mountains to bathe the space in a warm
gilded luminescence.
Cost of Exhibition Sponsorship
Ridout and Masterson
£500 (exc VAT)
1 May to 14 June (part of Plymouth History Festival)
Tanks and Tablecloths is a new work which features artefacts
from the Devonport Naval Heritage Centre, not generally seen by
the public. The exhibition looks at the links between military and
domestic life using tableware, rations and photographs. The
artists will make new work to interpret these artefacts.
Cost of Exhibition Sponsorship
£500 (exc VAT)
Matthew Houlding 22 May – 2 August
Inspired by architectural forms and models, modernism and a
childhood spent in East Africa, Houlding's sculptures investigate the
relationships between intersecting materials and planes with
contrasting geometry framed by bold, primary coloured Perspex
Cost of Exhibition Sponsorship
£500 (exc VAT)
Creative Activities for Children
We work with children from 0 to 16 through our Bringing in Baby screenings, Creative Play, Making
Space and schools programmes, unleashing their creative potential and enabling disadvantaged
families to bond and have confidence to play together – this summer visited Barne Barton, Stonehouse
and Efford, thanks to a fundraising campaign.
There is clear evidence that cultural learning produces positive
educational and social outcomes, helping children learn more
effectively, developing cognitive skills and inspiring new ways of
learning – helping people aspire to and achieve more.
We need to raise money to run more of these types of activities and
to buy the supplies we need for these, for example, £20 pays for the
acrylic paint for a screen-painting workshop, or £125 pays for an artist
to lead a Schools Workshop.
Children’s activities cost £225 each to run and can take up
to 10 children
PAC Home
PAC Home is our professional development network for artists, cited by a-n artists’ newsletter as one of
the best examples in the country. Launched in 2012, we now work with over 40 young artists
supporting them at a critical stage, post-University, to further their careers. We offer critical review,
residencies and exchanges and advice on subjects such as writing funding applications and where to
find exhibition opportunities.
We need to raise money so that emerging artists can continue to work in the South West and
contribute to creating a vibrant cultural economy here.
Artists in Plymouth consistently tell us that they feel professionally isolated and would like more
opportunity to interact with and learn from other artists nationally, but cannot afford to do this. We
would like to offer a limited number of Bursaries to our PAC Home members to enable our talented
artists the opportunity to expand their knowledge and enhance their practice. We will also run
feedback sessions for them to share their knowledge with the wider group and build confidence in
public speaking.
The cost of each Bursary is £225 which will pay for travel and accommodation and entry into
arts events such as Frieze in London in May 2015.
Film Season Sponsor
£500 (ex VAT)
The Plymouth Arts Centre Film Season runs for a month and is a popular Plymouth institution.
We can offer:
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Your name and logo on our monthly Cinema Guide (2,000 circulation)
Acknowledgement on all our digital communications including the Art pages of our website and
on eflyers sent out to promote the exhibition
Press release sent out to announce the sponsorship and exhibition
Your name and logo in Film promotional box outside Plymouth Arts Centre
Invitations for your VIP guests to a special Film Preview to mark the opening of the Film Season
(max 60) or tickets to selected films
Use of Plymouth Art Centre exhibition space and cinema for Corporate Events or training (Mon
evening only)
Insertion of your literature into our mailings
Annual Corporate Membership
Corporate Membership is for companies who want to be able to offer benefits for their staff, or to
entertain clients, or who simply enjoy film and art and want to be involved with an iconic Plymouth
institution.
1) Bronze
£250 (ex VAT)
18 free cinema tickets
Use of gallery space 2 x year for corporate events
2) Silver
£500 (ex VAT)
40 free cinema tickets
Talks by experts on films / arts for staff or clients
And as above
3) Gold
70 free cinema tickets
And as above
£800 (ex VAT)