Chapter Event Sponsorship
Chapter Program Sponsorship Opportunities
Allied Members have the opportunity to show their support not only for AIA Richmond, but for the entire design community through participation in, and sponsorship of regular AIA Richmond events. Please contact AIA Richmond at info@aiaric.org for more information about Allied Membership and individual event sponsorship opportunities.
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Annual Design Awards Program One (1) program in April—$2000 title sponsorship:
Year in and year out, this is one of our most popular programs. Each year, AIA Richmond recognizes exemplary projects, their architects and their clients for outstanding recent work, as well as those architects who have provided a lifetime of outstanding service to their profession and the community. Allied members will have an opportunity to socialize with many of the chapters most widely known practitioners, and learn what makes a great building in the eyes of the awards jurors. In addition to title sponsorship, opportunities for sponsorship of individual awards will be available as well.
Architecture Week One (1) full week in April, with 4 to 6 programs—$2000 title sponsorship:
This is a unified statewide AIA public outreach effort, undertaken simultaneously by all five Virginia AIA chapters. Events are geared toward making the public aware of the role of architects, and the importance of architecture in today’s world. Programs include building tours, lectures by prominent architects, and exhibits. Allied members will have the opportunity to expose their products to an audience beyond the architecture field. Additionally, our annual Style Magazine Architecture Week insert offers all members an excellent opportunity to reach a target audience of the consumers of the many services offered by our members.
Front Porch One (1) program each October—$2000 title sponsorship:
This is one of our newest public outreach ventures, and one of our best attended, attracting over 300 people in 2005. In an effort to working relationships with our region’s “creative community” we invite artists, advertising professionals, techies, bankers, art patrons, politicians, local government heads, gallery owners, art students, interior designers and craftsmen to a single, unstructured event where they may mingle and make connections that will help advance a collective creative voice for the Richmond area. This is yet another opportunity for Allied members to meet individuals who work in the many fields that are related to the practice of architecture and design. Allied members, in addition to being listed as title sponsors, have the opportunity to sponsor activities within Front Porch, such as food, bar and entertainment.
Golf Tournament One (1) program each September—$2000 title sponsorship:
The AIA Richmond Golf Tournament is a yearly opportunity to sponsor an entire afternoon of golf, lunch, and sponsorship opportunities will be offered within the tournament, only one title sponsorship will be available for this event, which will be promoted to our members throughout the spring and summer months.
Quarterly Intern Development Programs (IDP) Four (4) programs per year—$1000 title sponsorship for 4 programs:
Geared toward intern architects who are currently pursuing licensure, these programs offer allied members an opportunity to meet and support the future of our profession. Programs include speakers and seminars of interest to emerging professionals.
Chapter Holiday Party One (1) program each December—$1000 title sponsorship:
This is an opportunity for all AIA Richmond members to socialize, reflect on another year gone by, and look forward to the future. Allied members, like all members are invited to socialize and enjoy the company of friends. Additional sponsorship opportunities may include sponsorship of bus transportation and venue fees. However; there will be only one title sponsor. This event provides allied members with the opportunity to make the event a memorable one.
Cure By Design Runway Design Competition One (1) program each spring—$1000 sponsorship:
This is an open design competition, the purpose of which is to design a runway to serve in a fashion show presented by Cure By Design, an independent non-profit organization. This show in a major fundraising event for the American Cancer Society’s local cancer survivor’s program. AIA Richmond participates as a supporter by organizing a nationwide competition to design and construct a runway for the model’s use during the Richmond show. Our title sponsor will be recognized in the promotion of the competition, as a supporter of AIA Richmond’s runway design competition. Following the show in Richmond, the winning design is to be re-used in other shows around the country during the following years.
Legal Forum One (1) program each spring—$1000 title sponsorship:
Each spring, AIA Richmond joins with a major provider of design professional’s liability insurance, to bring together many of the areas’ leading construction practice attorneys for discussion of the issues most relevant to the design profession. As an allied member, you, like our architect members, will have an opportunity to participate in this discussion of the latest legal issues facing the industry.
CanStruction One (1) program each fall—$500 sponsorship:
A nationwide effort involving hundreds of architectural design firms throughout the country, CanStruction is an independent program which has grown exponentially in its professional and public appeal. Each fall entrants compete to design large, complex sculptures which are then built in public places such as malls and museums, constructed entirely of cans and boxes of food. At the end of the program, the food is donated to local food banks as an effort to respond to the needs of the Richmond area’s hungry. As event sponsors, allied members will support the promotion of the competition throughout the Chapter’s territory. They will also have the opportunity to sponsor individual competing teams by providing funds to purchase the edible building blocks, as well as providing manpower to build the sculptures.
Monthly General Membership Meetings 6 to 8 programs per year -$500 title sponsorship:
These programs serve all AIA members, both licensed and intern architects. Topics range from technical to design-related issues, and include building tours. As an allied member, sponsorship of these programs will afford you the opportunity to share in these programs with our professional members, and identify your brand with the important design and construction issues of each program.
