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The NAPPAP was established in 1991 when the idea of creating
a foundation of plein air painters whose combined efforts and established communications
throughout the US would provide a foundation for the professional, open up opportunities
for the artist and educate the public about this movement. Five years later the
idea became a reality and the National Academy of Professional Plein Air Painters
was founded. The membership was formed from a coalition of professional artists
who wanted to have a means of networking and pooling their knowledge in order to
support and collectively grow both artistically and professionally. Since that time
the NAPPAP has been the leading group in setting the highest standards for plein
air work and professional ethics. You can see their works at
http://nappap.org
PROGRAMS IN EXISTENCE
- In 1991 we created the first online plein air
painting news network that covers workshops, events, call for artists, exhibition
announcements, gallery showings, and posting them weekly to plein air painters,
workshop promoter and galleries and now provide a collectors newsletter.
- We created the First National PROFESSIONAL artist
resource for learning web skills, networking different part of the country, problem
solving with fellow professionals and creating opportunities in the brick and mortar
world using the internet.
- We are the first plein consortium linking our
members with the membership of 200+ groups, already connecting a network of not
just individuals but virtual art communities, brick and mortar universities and
clubs.
- We hosted our first member exhibition at the National
Arts Club Gregg Galleries in 2005. We did our second at the Elkhorn Gallery in Winter
Park CO. This year we are exhibiting at the Texas Art Gallery with an event
of 33+ artists and over 130 works of art exhibiting.
- We are seeking funding for the expansion of our
website with the hiring of a professional developer to expand our click exhibitions
and publication of a project we started called the AAW Catalogs Project for which
we need considerable funding to launch* Other advertising and promotional opportunities
for sponsors include providing funding for our invitations, this year our invitation
is a poster invitation and our advertising campaigns which we would also like to
expand. Our objective is to further open up the opportunities not only in
the plein air painting but linking nature art to plein air painting.
You can support our efforts by joining our consortium
of plein air and nature artists, galleries, workshop promoters etc. Through becoming
a Bronze, Gold or Platinum Partner. See the features for different levels of partnership
following.
PROGRAMS WE ARE SEEKING TO FUND:
We are instituting an upgraded programmed news service
to connect artists on a broader market, promoters and businesses involved in related
markets and hire a developer consultant to achieve the upgrade.
http://NAPPAP.org
We have already developed a professional workstation
to create our news, workshop listing and online click shows. We will continue developing
Brick and Mortar Shows for our membership, and producing the AAW catalogs as well
as doing an annual calendar and perhaps other publications linking plein air painting
and nature art to the institutional collector. Opportunities abound for sponsorship
of click and brick shows, the website workstations, newsletters and online exhibitions,
and funding publications. The following levels of sponsorship are available. Gold
Patrons and above all receive a guided tour by phone (upon request) through
the inside workings of the workstation to comprehend the needs of the group and
how the operation works.
THE PURPOSE
The purpose of the organization is to educate the public
and to provide the services and support the professionals need in the field of plein
air painting and landscape artists and to develop programs for the betterment of
nature art in general.
*The Artists at Work (AAW) Catalog project
is an extension of the ideals of the NAPPAP into the real world. The expansion
of the scope of the exchange to include all artists painting nature subjects today.
National/International Artists, painting en plein air and/or nature subjects are
joining together to expose their work to institutional collectors: museum staff,
top galleries and corporate collectors. It is designed to present a high quality
catalog forming a permanent record of what is transpiring in this field today. Complete
proposals are provided for companies who wish to become Master Sponsors.
PARTNERSHIP LEVELS
Bronze Patrons
$500 Sponsor the Online programs (click shows and newsletter) - each partner receives
acknowledgement with promotions related to the online-exhibition.
Silver
Patrons $1000 Sponsor the Online and Brick Exhibitions (click and brick
shows and e-newsletter byline) - each partner receives acknowledgement with
promotions related to the online-exhibition and brick exhbitions and logo or other
acknowledgement in the e-newsletter.
14K
Gold Patron $1500 Sponsor the Online and Brick Exhibitions (click and brick,
e-newsletter and calendar) - each partner receives acknowledgement with promotions
related to the online-exhibition, the brick exhibition ads and logo in e-newsletter
as well as the calendar.
Platinum
Patron $2500 Sponsor the Brick and Mortar Exhibitions, (all of the above
and receives acknowledgement in invitations and ads as well).
Platinum
Plus Patron $5000 Sponsor the Brick and Mortar Exhibitions. (all of the
above and receives a
Master
Sponsor - All of the above acknowledgements and Title Page acknowledgement
in catalog and on front page of website for one year,
contact us for a proposal (one Master Sponsor per catalog)
PRINT OUT THIS FORM send Check or money order
to:
NAPPAP Partners, 7034 Woodstream Terrace Seabrook, MD 20706
E-Mail: ppap@nappap.org
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