Lock in your opportunity to be seen during Art-A-Whirl and beyond! Learn more about the Business and Dining/Beverage Sponsorship options and benefits here!
Questions? Ready to sign up? Email anna@nemaa.org and/or lory@nemaa.org!
Sponsorship Opportunities for Businesses
Align with ART-A-WHIRL®️ in 2025 and grow your business!
2025 marks the 30th year of Art-A-Whirl. Tens of thousands of art-lovers will flow into Northeast Minneapolis for the three-day festival of art, music, dining, and hospitality, all putting neighborhood businesses at the forefront of the Twin Cities’ cultural map. Presented by NEMAA, Art-A-Whirl is the largest open studio tour of its kind in the USA, and this year is the perfect opportunity to align your business with Twin Cities art lovers!
When you promote your business to the Art-A-Whirl audience you reach:
- Up to 120,000 Art-A-Whirl visitors to North East Minneapolis May 16–18, 2025.
- 1,600+ NEMAA member artists greeting visitors at their NE galleries, studios and pop-ups.
- 300,000+ annual visitors to our website, plus more than 80,000 visitors during Art-A-Whirl alone to see our Art-A-Whirl map, directory, and activities.
- 25,000+ social media followers with a 240,000 Art-A-Whirl reach, and 10,000+ email subscribers.
20,000+ readers of the 88-page annual Art-A-Whirl Directory and Guide, available year-round.
Sponsorship PACKAGES:
Advocate – $1,500+
- NEMAA membership benefits
- Rotating Featured Business spot in NEMAA’s online Directory
- One (1) digital banner ad in a weekly NEMAA audience newsletter
- Art-A-Whirl Digital Sponsorship (Inclusion in Art-A-Whirl webpages & emails)
ALLY – $2,500+
- NEMAA membership benefits
- Rotating Featured Business spot in NEMAA’s online Directory
- One (1) digital banner ad in a weekly NEMAA audience newsletter
- Art-A-Whirl Digital Sponsorship (Inclusion in Art-A-Whirl webpages & emails)
- 1/8 page ad in the Art-A-Whirl Directory & Guide
PATRON – $5,000+
- NEMAA membership benefits
- Rotating Featured Business spot in NEMAA’s online Directory
- One (1) digital banner ad in a weekly NEMAA audience newsletter
- Art-A-Whirl Digital Sponsorship (Inclusion in Art-A-Whirl webpages & emails)
- Art-A-Whirl Print Sponsorship (logo in Art-A-Whirl Directory & Guide)
- 1/4 page ad in the Art-A-Whirl Directory & Guide
PARTNER – $10,000+
- NEMAA membership benefits
- Rotating Featured Business spot in NEMAA’s online Directory
- One (1) digital banner ad in a weekly NEMAA audience newsletter
- Art-A-Whirl Digital Sponsorship (Inclusion in Art-A-Whirl webpages & emails)
- Art-A-Whirl Print Sponsorship (logo in Art-A-Whirl Directory & Guide)
- Top-tier sponsor recognition on all Art-A-Whirl print and digital materials
- 1/2 page ad in the Art-A-Whirl Directory & Guide
- Second-tier sponsor recognition of NEMAA’s Forward Fund
SUSTAINER – $15,000+
- NEMAA membership benefits
- Rotating Featured Business spot in NEMAA’s online Directory
- One (1) digital banner ad in a weekly NEMAA audience newsletter
- Art-A-Whirl Digital Sponsorship (Inclusion in Art-A-Whirl webpages & emails)
- Art-A-Whirl Print Sponsorship (logo in Art-A-Whirl Directory & Guide)
- Top-tier sponsor recognition on all Art-A-Whirl print and digital materials
- Full page ad in the Art-A-Whirl Directory & Guide
- Top-tier sponsor recognition of NEMAA’s Forward Fund
PRESENTER ($20,000+) and CHAMPION ($30,000+) packages available upon request.
To learn more about supporting the Forward Fund, please visit: nemaa.org/forward-fund
To lock in your place at Art-A-Whirl 2025, please confirm sponsorship by March 1, 2025.
Advertising Opportunities
PRINT ADVERTISING: MEMBER DIRECTORY & ART-A-WHIRL GUIDE
NEMAA’s printed Member Directory & Art-A-Whirl Guide is a useful tool for navigating Art-A-Whirl with sought-after maps, artist & business listings, dining & craft brew guides, information on transportation, accessibility, “I Bought Art” special offers, & much more!
Artists, shoppers, and community members use the guide all year long, and it’s a great opportunity for you to communicate to a much wider audience beyond the borders of the Northeast neighborhoods.
NEMAA prints 20,000 copies ahead of Art-A-Whirl in May, and the publication is displayed via the MSP Airport brochure program, in addition to visitors’ centers through the state.
2025 PRINT AD RATES*
- Dining & Brew Guide Listing — $150
- 1/8 page ad — $525
- 1/4 page ad — $1,000
- 1/2 page ad — $1,900
- full page ad — $3,600
- special placement — $5,000
* 10% discount for NEMAA members
PRINT SPECS & GUIDELINES
- Submit ads in PDF format
- Embed fonts
- Format ads using RGB
- 350dpi resolution
- Deadline for all print artwork is March 1, 2025
DIGITAL ADVERTISING: NEMAA NEWSLETTERS
NEMAA regularly publishes two newsletters!
- Our public audience newsletter with 10,000+ subscribers, which goes out every Monday (open rate average: 43% / click rate average 3.3%)
- Our private member newsletter with 1,500+ recipients, which goes out mid-month (open rate average: 72% / click rate average 18%)
A banner ad in a single newsletter is $150.
Specs & guidelines: 1000px (w) X 300px (h); RGB color; PNG or JPG format; include URL; deadline one week before chosen newsletter publication date
THE FINE PRINT FOR ALL NEMAA ADVERTISING
- Design help available starting at $80/hr
- NEMAA holds the right to refuse any ad
