Overview
Ann Arbor will serve as an official “Super City” during Super Bowl XL (February 5, 2006) and will be hosting a number of festive activities. Among these will be an eye-catching program entitled Pigskins on Parade that combines public art with fundraising and testosterone with culture. The program is an initiative of the Ann Arbor Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (A3CVB) and is being managed for the A3CVB by the Arts Alliance of the Ann Arbor Area, a division of the Ann Arbor Area Chamber of Commerce.
Beginning in November 2005, fiberglass football sculptures will be produced and distributed to selected artists for painting/decorating. In January 2006, completed sculptures will be placed at throughout the main retail areas of downtown Ann Arbor, where they will remain on display through mid-July. In June 2006, the Pigskins will be auctioned off at a charity event with proceeds going to support the arts endowment of the Ann Arbor Area Community Foundation. The arts endowment provides funding to support arts and cultural organizations and programs throughout Washtenaw County.
Join the Pigskin Team!
For a contribution of $3,000, you can sponsor a Pigskin! A stipend of $750 will go to each participating artist to cover his or her expenses in decorating the sculptures. The remainder will be used to cover the initial design, manufacturing, and transportation of the Pigskin sculptures along with related costs such as insurance and maintenance. Sponsors can advance to Patron level and can purchase their Pigskin (so that it doesn’t go into auction after being displayed) for a contribution of $5,000.
Download Sponsorship Application (pdf)
Sponsorship benefits include:
- Opportunity to select a pigskin design created by a participating artist OR opportunity to commission an artist to create a pigskin design (commissioned designs must conform to project guidelines and must be approved by the Pigskins on Parade Coordinating Team in advance. See Call for Artists for details)
- Recognition on a plaque at the base of the pigskin
- Acknowledgement alongside a picture of the sponsored pigskin on the “Pigskins on Parade” website
- Recognition in the Ann Arbor Super City Celebration guide, to be published by the Ann Arbor News on January 29, 2006 – circulation 60,000
- Invitation to special Pigskins Preview Party in January at the warehouse where the artists will be creating their designs
Patron benefits include:
- All the above benefits, plus the right to own the Pigskin you sponsor and place it at the location of your choice.
Pigskins on Parade Details: The Rules of the Game
Placement: The Ann Arbor Area Convention & Visitors Bureau will determine the placement locations of the Pigskins for the public display from January to July 2006. Patrons may place a request regarding the location of their Pigskin.
Liability, Care, and Maintenance: The Ann Arbor Area Convention & Visitors Bureau will assume responsibility for theft or damage to the Pigskins while they are on public display. After auction, these responsibilities will be assumed by the winning Pigskin bidders.
Copyright and Usage: Artists whose designs are chosen will, as a condition of receiving the fiberglass form, enter into an agreement with the Ann Arbor Area Convention & Visitors Bureau (A3CVB) that will, in part, transfer and assign all rights, title to and interests in the design to the A3CVB. The A3CVB will, in turn, grant the artist and the sponsor a fully paid, nontransferable right and license to reproduce, distribute, publicly display and create derivative works based on the artist’s design or to use images of the design as a sample of their work or philanthropic commitment or other similar noncommercial purposes.