Sponsor Shisha

Have you ever considered Art Sponsorship?  Why not consider sponsoring Shisha? We can offer you an association with a high quality, dynamic and ambitious organisation that reaches a varied and vibrant community base and enjoys extensive international acclaim.

Your support could make a real difference to our work and have a genuine impact on emerging Asian artists and curators.  Your support would ensure a high profile for your company amongst our gallery and civic partners and will help us engage with audiences across the North West and the UK.

Shisha is a registered Charity (no: 1088702) and it is our mission to support artists’ development, build audiences and strengthen the infrastructure for disseminating this work, through partnerships, project management, professional development, advocacy and securing resources.  One of the best vehicles for sponsorship is the ATM – Asia Triennial Manchester. The inaugural festival took place in 2008 and was heralded as a great success, locally, nationally and internationally, and attracted over 20 artists from 7 Asian countries including Mainland China, Hong Kong, India, Pakistan, Taiwan, Korea and Singapore.  We are currently working on the ATM11 which is scheduled to take place in Autumn 2011.  With the theme of Time and Generation we are already engaging with a number of significant artists from across Asia including artists from as far West as Turkey and as far East as Japan and Australasia.

Sponsorship Benefits

A sponsor of the ATM (or other Shisha projects) could expect a combination of the following benefits;

Logo accreditation on:

• ATM brochures and flyers
• ATM posters
• ATM Catalogue
• VIP invitations to the Private View
• Opportunity to create a separate Private View for sponsors’ guests only
• Opportunity to involve employees and their families in workshop and education events with artists and curators
• Access to ATM artists and assistance from Shisha to negotiate a commission
• Logo credits and Hyper-link on www.shisha.net
• Shisha Annual Report

A Final Thought:  We believe an increase in understanding of a community’s culture, history and art helps to unite disparate groups and reduces the sense of isolation amongst many minority communities.  With support from the private sector our aim is to help to promote and integrate the cultures of separate communities to improve tolerance and harmony whilst helping to transport Asian artists into a new and enhanced global career.

If you are interested, please feel free to contact Shisha’s Director, Alnoor Mitha to discuss how best to take this opportunity forward or discuss other sponsorship ideas for Shisha’s exciting arts programme.

Tel: 0161 838 5250  email: alnoor@shisha.net

Image credit: Spring (detail), Zarah Hussain, 2004