11th Annual
2025 Illuminate Art Gala
Sponsorship Levels
Thank you for your consideration in sponsoring our 11th annual 2025 Illuminate Art Gala on Saturday, March 22, 2025 at Events at 1900. Gala sponsors are critical partners in supporting our mission to help artists experiencing housing insecurity leverage their creative talent to earn income and gain economic mobility.
At our last gala in March 2024, over 300 people attended our in-person gala fundraising event which allowed us to raise over $40,000, sell over $10,000 of original artwork, and distribute over $7,000 to 20+ artists impacted by homelessness in Nashville, TN.
With your help, we hope to raise over $45,000 at our 2025 Illuminate Art Gala to support Daybreak artists in the coming year as we seek to grow our Artist Collective, improve access to entrepreneurship and education courses, and expand earned income opportunities for artists impacted by homelessness in Nashville. All proceeds from our 2025 Illuminate Art Gala will support our artists through program expansion.
Legacy Sponsor Recognition
(Available for all sponsorship levels)
The Legacy Sponsor Recognition honors Daybreak Arts’ partners who have helped us build a Legacy of impact. We want to give special thanks to sponsors who choose to sponsor the Illuminate Arts Gala year after year at the same or higher level of engagement.
All Legacy Sponsors will receive:
Benefits identified with sponsorship level
Special recognition as a Legacy Sponsor
Recognition during Meet & Greet with Daybreak Artists
VIP Ticket Benefits
(Included with all sponsorship levels)
Value $125/each
Early access to view and buy art an hour before General Admission
VIP Hour from 6:30pm-7:30pm, GA Doors at 7:30pm
Meet & Greet with Daybreak artists during VIP hour
Open bar entire night
First Light Sponsorship - $5,000 (Presenting Sponsor)
The First Light sponsorship level has the highest level of impact and support for our programs, providing artists experiencing housing insecurity with the foundational artistic resources they need first in order to grow and thrive. *Only one available.
Sponsors Receive:
Recognition prior to event
Company name listed on annual event registration page as presenting sponsor
Name Included in All Event Media Releases
Logo displayed on annual event website page
Logo displayed on the “Sponsors” section of (2) annual event email newsletter
(2) social media shout outs leading up to the event
Recognition at event
Opportunity to Address Event Attendees from the Stage (Five Minute Max)
Logo displayed on slideshow presentation
Logo displayed on event program distributed to over 350 people
Logo displayed on signs at the event
Sponsorship announcement - Company thanked during the presentation
Event Presence
(14) VIP tickets ($1,750 value)
Legacy Sponsor Recognition: If you were a sponsor for the 2024 Illuminate Arts Gala and choose to sponsor the 2025 Illuminate Arts Gala at the First Light sponsorship level, you will receive recognition as a Legacy sponsor, highlighting your continued support in helping us to create a Legacy of artistic and economic opportunities for people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity.
Jean-Michel Basquiat
Sponsorship - $3,800 (Platinum Level)
The Jean-Michel Basquiat Sponsorship honors Daybreak Arts’ diverse artists with experiences of homelessness balanced by intellectual artistic expression that explore power and systems of racism. Basquiat also brings to light that drug dependency does not negate innate artistic talent. Basquiat’s work highlights themes found within Daybreak Arts’ mission and vision, including the use of art to explore dichotomies such as wealth versus poverty, integration versus segregation, and inner versus outer experience.
Sponsors receive:
Recognition prior to event
Logo displayed on annual event website page
Logo displayed on the “Sponsors” section of (2) annual event email newsletter
(2) social media shout outs leading up to the event
Recognition at event
Logo displayed on slideshow presentation
Logo displayed on event program distributed to over 350 people
Logo displayed on signs at the event
Sponsorship announcement - Company thanked during the presentation
Event Presence
(10) VIP tickets ($1,250 value)
Legacy Sponsor Recognition: If you were a Jean-Michel Basquiat level sponsor for the 2024 Illuminate Arts Gala and choose to sponsor the 2025 Illuminate Arts Gala at the Jean-Michel Basquiat or First Light sponsorship levels, you will receive recognition as a Legacy sponsor, highlighting your continued support in helping us to create a Legacy of artistic and economic opportunities for people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity.
Georgia O'Keeffe
Sponsorship - $2,800 (Gold Level)
The Georgia O’Keeffe Sponsorship honors Daybreak Artists who persist in their artistic endeavors despite physical and mental illness. With much of standard art history highlighting cis-male artists, it is also imperative for Daybreak Arts to amplify the voices and works of female, trans, and non-binary artists. O’Keeffe was one of few artists of her time exploring abstraction and represents Daybreak Artists who have the audacity to exhibit their unique art.
Sponsors receive:
Recognition prior to event
Logo displayed on annual event website page
Logo displayed on the “Sponsors” section of (2) annual email newsletter
(2) social media shout outs leading up to the event
Recognition at event
Logo displayed on slideshow presentation
Logo displayed on event program distributed to over 350 people
Event Presence
(8) VIP tickets ($1,000 value)
Legacy Sponsor Recognition: If you were a Georgia O’Keeffe level sponsor for the 2024 Illuminate Arts Gala and choose to sponsor the 2025 Illuminate Arts Gala at the Georgia O’Keeffe, Jean-Michel Basquiat, or First Light sponsorship levels, you will receive recognition as a Legacy sponsor, highlighting your continued support in helping us to create a Legacy of artistic and economic opportunities for people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity.
Frida Kahlo
Sponsorship - $1,800 (Silver Level)
The Frida Kahlo Sponsorship honors Daybreak Arts’ artists who bravely continue to share their creativity after experiences of abuse and while living with physical disabilities. Kahlo personifies our artists’ strength as survivors, fighters, and those who use art as a coping mechanism.
Sponsors receive:
Recognition prior to event
Logo displayed on annual event website page
Acknowledgment of sponsorship on (1) annual event email newsletter
(2) social media shout outs leading up to the event
Recognition at event
Logo displayed on slideshow presentation
Logo displayed on event program distributed to over 350 people
Event Presence
(6) VIP tickets ($750 value)
Legacy Sponsor Recognition: If you were a Frida Kahlo level sponsor for the 2024 Illuminate Arts Gala and choose to sponsor the 2025 Illuminate Arts Gala at the Frida Kahlo, Georgia O’Keeffe, Jean-Michel Basquiat, or First Light sponsorship levels, you will receive recognition as a Legacy sponsor, highlighting your continued support in helping us to create a Legacy of artistic and economic opportunities for people experiencing homelessness and housing insecurity.
Andy Warhol
Sponsorship - $500 (Bronze Level)
The Andy Warhol Sponsorship honors Daybreak Arts’ LGBTQIA+ artists and those who define their own roles and artistic expression. Warhol regularly volunteered at homeless shelters, so we honor his legacy of volunteerism through this sponsorship level. Warhol exemplified conceptual art through his exploration of celebrity culture and creation of pop art, encompassing Daybreak Arts’ encouragement to our artists to take risks for the sake of authentic expression.
Sponsors receive:
Recognition prior to event
Name listed on annual event website page
One (1) social media shoutout leading up to the Event
Recognition at event
Name listed on slideshow presentation
Event Presence
(2) VIP tickets ($250 value)
Perfect for couples, families, and small businesses!
To become a sponsor, please email our Executive Director, Nicole, at nicole@daybreakarts.org