SUPPORT


The following government agencies and corporations have generously supported Mercer Union's programming and capital campaign this past year through grants and in-kind support.

Governments
The Canada Council for the Arts, Operating
The Ontario Arts Council, Operating
The Toronto Arts Council, Operating
The Ontario Trillium Foundation
The City of Toronto, Culture Builds Program
The Department of Canadian Heritage
The Canada Council for the Arts, Music in Alternative Spaces

Corporations
The Amazing Food Service
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BULLDOG Gin
Dufflet Pastries
Heineken
Higgins Event Rentals
Hidden Lounge
MADE Design
Sonic Print
Wild Horse Canyon

BECOME A SPONSOR
We invite you to enjoy the benefits of becoming a sponsor of Mercer Union. Corporate sponsorship at Mercer Union offers your company a wide variety of opportunities, including:

Access to Toronto's contemporary art and cultural scene:

  • Artists, designers, architects, musicians, urban professionals, art collectors, promoters and their supporters and colleagues, typically between 25-55 years of age

    • Access to Mercer Union's long history of outstanding print, television and radio media coverage:

  • Featured in Toronto Life, Where Toronto, City TV, CBC (radio and television), Bravo!, the Globe and Mail, the Toronto Star, the National Post, NOW Magazine, eye weekly, Xtra!, AZURE, Design Lines, and many others

    • Widespread name recognition through our intensive marketing program, including gallery brochures (1200 distributed for each exhibition), website, advertisements, flyers and posters.

    Mercer Union can work with you to ensure that your company's expectations and promotional goals are met through a dynamic and flexible working relationship. In return for your sponsorship, your company receives special recognition, unique benefits, and personalized attention that includes:

  • Recognition as a sponsor through logo visibility on gallery brochures, website, flyers, posters, sponsor wall at events
  • Increased awareness about your organization through our promotional materials
  • Media coverage in local and national press
  • A direct link from our website to your website
  • Recognition as a good corporate citizen

    • Your organization can sponsor Mercer Union through financial contributions and/or in-kind goods or services. Sponsorships can be for exhibitions, special events, or throughout the programming year. Mercer Union offers a 30 year history of successful events, including:

  • Exhibition openings that generally attract 200+ people and receive significant local and national media coverage
  • Regular music and fundraising events, lectures, film screenings, member exhibitions and other programming throughout the year
  • New Wave, The Mercer Reopening Inaugural Gala (October 2008); in-depth article in The Star profiling the gallery and discussing Mercer's bold move to Bloor and Lansdowne
    Bloordale Gentrified; West Queen West's art moves north
  • Lisgar Last Call (July 2008); received a full-page colour spread in The Globe and Mail
  • Stellar Living (2006), Better Living (2004) and Mercer Living (2002); all three off-site fundraising events received extensive local and national press coverage with over 500 guests each year
  • Annual New Year's Eve party with over 800 guests each year
  • The most recent New Year's Eve event (2005), was featured in articles in both The Globe and Mail and the Toronto Star, with close to 1,000 guests
  • Party Mercer Party (2005) at the Venice Biennale to launch a Sound Art CD and support Canadian artist Rebecca Belmore, attended by over 1,500 guests

    • We would be happy to custom tailor a sponsorship package to suit your needs. Should an organization wish to make a cash or in-kind donation, Mercer Union is a Registered Canadian Charitable Organization and can provide a charitable tax receipt.

    For more information concerning sponsorship opportunities or to receive a sponsorship package, please contact the gallery by email or phone 416.535.1519