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A Celebration of Fine Art and Fine Craft
We are delighted you are
considering becoming part of one of the best
fine art and fine craft events
in North America. We believe that the One of
a Kind Show and Sale Chicago® can be one
of your greatest selling opportunities. Our show dates for 2008 are December 4-7, 2008.
Artists Rate the Show
“A wonderful opportunity to meet many artists and see extraordinary diverse work of the highest caliber.”
Martha Collins, Wood
“I’ve been doing shows for 27 years and this show is in a league of its own! My favorite show of the year and my best sales of the year…every year!
Dawn Desanto, Fiber, wearable
“Quality of buyers was amazing.”
Dick Commerford, Fine Artist
“The aisles were full and the energy was amazing.”
Christine Simpson-Forni, Jewelry
“This show gave me the opportunity to shine. It is the smoothest show I’ve ever done.”
John Borrero, Mixed Media
“The people of Chicago are out to buy gifts for the holidays and there is no comparison to this show. It is a very sophisticated market and at a very exciting time of the year.”
Natalie Browne-Gutnik, Jewelry
“Gets better every year.”
Cynthia LaMaide, Fiber, wearable
A Show with Strength
It’s
the impeccable quality, unique character and wide
variety of work shown that makes the One of
a Kind a show like no other. It is the presence
of each artist on site that brings One of a Kind
to an unparalleled level of quality and individuality.
It is the incredibly high volume and quality of
attendees and onsite purchasing that truly demonstrates
the success of the One of a Kind Show and Sale Chicago®.
Premier
Timing and Location
The show is scheduled
during one of the busiest shopping weekends of
the year, in a weather-protected
indoor environment – a venue located at the
heart of the most economically viable and highly
trafficked area of Chicago. The Chicago Merchandise
Mart, the world’s leading design center,
delivers an audience of designers, gallery owners
and trade representatives, as well as affluent
visitors and collectors from across the Chicagoland
region. The sophisticated hard wall booth configuration
showcases work to its best advantage.
Extensive
Advertising and Promotional Campaign
A targeted
and sophisticated advertising, marketing and public
relations program covers the Chicagoland
area in all critical media: newspaper, magazine
and radio advertising, television, direct mail,
One of a Kind banners throughout the city, and
a corporate ticket program.
Influential Sponsors
and Partners
Strong sponsorship and city partnerships
maximize promotion of the show to potential visitors.
Partners
have included Nissan, The Chicago Tribune, ClearChannel
Communications, Gallery 37, The Chicago Department
of Tourism, Guild.com and GenArt. Special Events
held on the show floor, benefiting such groups
as Children's Memorial Hospital, The Chicago Art
Foundation, Pediatric AIDS Chicago, The Frank Lloyd
Wright Preservation Trust and Y-ME National Breast
Cancer Organization introduce the
show to
key buying
and
collecting
audiences.
Artist
Promotional Opportunities
Unique, pre-event and
on-site visibility opportunities, including exposure
in show promotional and advertising
material are offered
to promote the sale of your art and create interest
and excitement among the show’s visitors.
Additionally, we produce a special offer postcard
promoting the show for each artist to personalize
and send to their collectors encouraging them to
visit the One of a Kind Show and Sale Chicago.
We provide a promotional kit for each artist in
order to maximize their participation through public
relations, direct mail, on-site demonstrations,
and other promotional opportunities. We also offer
complimentary entrance tickets
for our artists’ use and an exclusive VIP
program for our artists to target their most important
clients.
Our One of a Kind Promise
Our visitors tell us
they come to our show to discover unique and beautiful
items they don’t find
elsewhere. In order to maintain the high quality
of the show for both visitors and artists, we promise
that the show presents artists’ original
work, not the work of mass production studios.
Your work must be presented in a finished manner
and not be made with kits, purchased molds or purchased
patterns. It must be merchandised in a creative
and artistic booth environment.
Our Artists–Our
Greatest Asset
What makes our show a success is
our artists. The One of a Kind team is committed
to partnering with
you to help you maximize all opportunities to sell
your work. Through our comprehensive marketing
programs and highly attended special events, we
bring you the right audience ready to buy. We also
focus on supporting your needs as exhibitors. In
addition to our personal attention to you throughout
the show, we provide you a pre-show exhibitor seminar with building
and booth tour, an artist appreciation breakfast
during the show, and show floor amenities including
an artist’s lounge.
These features are all intended to ensure a productive
and enjoyable selling experience for you.
Merchandise
Mart Properties, Inc. Your Partners in Success
The
One of a Kind Show and Sale Chicago is
part of a family of shows, produced by Merchandise
Mart Properties, Inc. (MMPI), dedicated to bringing
the very best fine art and fine craft to an art
collecting and shopping public.
The One of a Kind
Canadian Craft Show™ was
founded by Steven Levy in Canada over 30 years
ago and today is one of the largest high quality
consumer craft shows in North America, attracting
more than 150,000 attendees over an 11-day period.
The One of a Kind Show and Sale Chicago is
produced by a dedicated team led by Joan Ulrich,
in conjunction with Steven Levy. The show debuted
in 2001 to a tremendous response from the public
and for six consecutive years has remained ranked
on the Sunshine Artist magazine’s list of “The
Best Fine Art and Design Shows in America.”
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