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Recent sponsors, funders, patrons and individuals

Join us as a sponsor: overview

Sponsor an exhibition

Sponsor exhibition catalogues

Become a benefactor

Donations

Many thanks to our workshop funders:

  • We are delighted to have received funding from the Capital Community Foundation and Grassroots Grants for workshops, enabling us to offer free workshops accompanying exhibitions until March 2011.
    See the events page for details of upcoming events.

Many thanks to our recent exhibition sponsors:

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Many thanks to those who have contributed support in kind:

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Many thanks to our first patron:

  • Grant Mackie, who is generously supporting our outreach workshop programme.

Many thanks to individuals who have generously contributed to specific campaigns:

  • Workshop Hotshots campaign, funding an exhibition of photographs by workshop participants: this was generously supported by Anonymous, Souraya Ali, Jamie Downham, Catherine Forrester, Gianleo Frisari, Anna Hillman, Nico Hines, Bill Jackson, Carol Leather, Grant Mackie, Tony Othen, John Pitsakis, Nigel Rumsey, Hayley Slipman, John Westgrove and Barry White.

  • Black-out blinds campaign, funding the purchase of blinds for use in creative and outreach workshops: this was generously supported by the following Viewfinder members: Diego Campos, Neil Clasper, Jamie Downham, Keith Ellis, Jan Flavell, Martyn Forrester, Roger and Vicky Fry, Anne-Marie Glasheen, Anna Hillman, Scott Keir, John Levett, Derek Linney, Stella Long, Grant Mackie, Roger Mead, Tony Othen, Alan Phinbow, Nigel Rumsey, Graeme Webb and Barry White.

  • The Family Photographs: Reworked exhibition was generously supported by Alec and Kaye Pettifer, Susan and Silvino Ferreira da Silva (canallondres.tv), Suzanne Reed, Joyce Pettifer, Kate Glasheen, Gladys Poncelet, Jacqui Poncelet (poncelet.me.uk), Helen Goulding, Daniel Glasheen (amberbow.com), Lucy Williams (fitzrovianoir.wordpress.com), James and Hannah Glasheen, Annabel McLaren and Barry Milton (myriadbooks.com), and two anonymous donors.
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Join us as a sponsor

The Viewfinder Photography Gallery is an exempted charity and run primarily by volunteers – we are currently registering with the Charity Commission now that we meet their income threshold.

Sponsorship enables us to continue our programme of promoting the work of emerging and established art photographers.

Sponsorship packages can be tailored to meet your company’s requirements. Please contact louise@viewfinder.org.uk for further information on upcoming exhibitions.

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Exhibition sponsors

"Openvizor has built a successful collaborative relationship with the Viewfinder Photography Gallery. The sponsorship process is straightforward and a pleasure from the start. We sponsor exhibitions at the gallery on a regular basis, working closely with curator and manager, Louise Forrester and her engaging programme to connect with Openvizor's strategy of supporting practice development across arts disciplines."
Abbas Nokhasteh, Openvizor

"Sponsoring an exhibition proved to be a very positive activity for us. Not only did we feel that it gave us the opportunity to assist a young photographer but also that it “put something back” into the photographic community. Attending the opening evening of the exhibition introduced the Viewfinder Photography Gallery to me and encouraged an on-going involvement as a member. I also established new contacts with like minded individuals. Overall, it was very well worthwhile."
Derek Linney, Take Better Pictures

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Sponsor an exhibition

Sponsors can choose either to sponsor an exhibition (£300 per week), or individual photographers (their share of the £300 per week).

For sole sponsors, benefits can include:

  • Exclusivity: only one sponsor per exhibition
  • Exclusive preview sponsor evening, with up to 80 guests
  • Accreditation on the permanent exhibition page, with logo (www.viewfinder.org.uk/exhibitions/previous.html) and in the list of sponsors (www.viewfinder.org.uk/support/sponsorship.html)
  • Accreditation (with logo and 50 word company profile) on the opening page of the sponsored exhibition catalogue
  • Invitation to the private view of the sponsored exhibition
  • Out of hours access to the gallery, by appointment (max. 2 visits)
  • Discounted (50%), priority booking on hire of the gallery space (worth £75)

Details of upcoming exhibitions seeking sponsors can be downloaded by clicking on the exhibition's title:

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Sponsor exhibition catalogues

Viewfinder exhibition catalogues include essays and interviews, poems, artist statements and sample images from the exhibition (and sometimes images that weren't exhibited).

£2,200 for a year (approx 15 exhibition catalogues) would support the designer, editor and writers' involvement in producing the catalogues, which are currently produced by volunteers.

For catalogue sponsors, benefits can include:

  • Exclusivity: only one catalogue sponsor at a time
  • Exclusive preview sponsor evening, with up to 80 guests
  • Discounted (50%), priority booking on hire of the gallery space (worth £75)
  • A complete set of catalogues for a year (each worth £2.50), posted to your office
  • Accreditation (with logo) on the shop page and in the list of sponsors
  • Accreditation (with logo and 50 word company profile) on the opening page of exhibition catalogues
  • Invitations to all private views
  • Out of hours access to the gallery, by appointment (max. 2 visits)

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Become a benefactor

Benefactors' support of £3,000 plays a crucial role in supporting our exhibition programme.

£15,000 would support our exhibition programme for a year, with an average of fifteen exhibitions.

Benefits for benefactors are as with exhibition sponsors (for each exhibition), plus:

  • Accreditation on every page of www.viewfinder.org.uk
  • Accreditation on the opening page of exhibition catalogues ( see sample catalogues at www.viewfinder.org.uk/shop.html)
  • Four x complimentary gallery hire (normally £150 per evening)
  • Discounted (50%), priority booking on future gallery hire
  • Out of hours access to the gallery, by appointment
  • Opportunity to entertain up to ten guests for breakfast at the gallery, with an introduction to the current exhibition by the curator
  • Priority booking on all talks and events
  • Lunchtime or early evening presentations on one exhibition, at your office
  • Invitations to all private views
  • Exclusivity: limited to five new benefactors per year

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Donations

To make a donation, please click here (please note that PayPal allows debit and credit cards as well as PayPal payments):

If you are a UK tax payer, please click here to download the Gift Aid form – email the completed form to gallery[at]viewfinder.org.uk. This increases the value of your donation by up to 25%.