About Sponsorship
The Taranaki Arts Trail attracts visitors from across Aotearoa and the Southern Hemisphere.
Become a partner to promote your brand and establishment by sharing links to your website via our marketing channels which includes - TAT Brochure, Website, Facebook, Instagram, eNews including invitations to private events to network.
Host Private Visits & Corporate Events
The Taranaki Arts Trail has extensive flexibility to support organisations with private visits to artists, corporate art events or via corporate branding of events.
Business Development: Art to entertain Prospects and Clients at your Business.
Art Events are a powerful mechanism to attract customers to your business. Host a “Connections Event” at your business with guest artists and their art on display.
Key Statistics
- Collaboration and alignment with the TAFT Garden Festival brings more visitors to the region, who have the opportunity to visit both our impressive gardens and talented local artists
- 81 Artists for 2024 event
- Taranaki Arts Trail Brochure – 20,000 distributed locally and regionally
Marketing and Promotions
- 20 roadside signs around the region
- Growing Facebook following of 8,927
- Website, month directly preceding the trail had 1,938 visits and 48,265 page views.
- Advertising in numerous national print magazine
- Advertising in digital media including national airports, local and national digital boards
- Stuff digital for 2.5 million impressions.
- Print advertising in Live Magazine, Community Papers, Metro Art Showcase, The New Zealand Artists Magazine, Art News NZ
- Radio promotions on Access Radio and More FM
- Opening night attendees
Unique Opportunities for Sponsors and Patrons
During the year sponsored events that showcase both leading and emerging artists will be hosted by our partners. This is a great way for patrons and sponsors to keep in touch with up and coming artists, see their work and hear about their creative processes first hand. Exhibitions and events will be held at:
- Lysaght-Watt Gallery, Hawera
- Percy Thomson Gallery, Stratford
- Taranaki National Art Awards, Opunake Gallery
The artist's studios are officially open from 9.30am to 4.30pm on 31 October - 09 November. Some studio's will be open for the weekends only, and others for the full 10 days.
The TAT website and brochure details information on the artists' studio opening hours, facilities available and wheelchair accessible.
The Taranaki Arts Trail brochure detailing our sponsors and patrons with accompanying fold out map showing the locations of the Taranaki Arts Trail artists, will be available from late August at Information Centres, libraries, galleries, and local hotels, motels, cafes. This year we have partnered with the the TAFT Garden Festival who will also provide details of our artists studios in their fold out map.
This information will be replicated through our online platforms on Facebook, Instagram and website pages.