Sponsors

Last year's phenomenal success was due to significant donations and gifts from around our community and on campus. If you're interested in donating, please contact Todd Bruns at tabruns@eiu.edu.

Our Sponsorship Levels are:

• Platinum Sponsor: Gifts of $750+
  • Full page ad (5" x 8") in event program
  • Swag Bag insertion - provide your coupon or flier for inclusion in Swag Bags distributed to the first 350 attendees
  • Priority listing in sponsor list on event poster
  • Complimentary copy of event poster
  • Complimentary limited-edition logo t-shirt
• Gold Sponsor: Gifts of $500+
  • Half page ad (4" x 5") in event program
  • Swag Bag insertion - provide your coupon or flier for inclusion in Swag Bags distributed to the first 350 attendees
  • Inclusion in sponsor list on event poster
  • Complimentary copy of event poster
• Silver Sponsor: Gifts of $250+
  • Stamp ad (2" x 2") in event program
  • Inclusion in sponsor list on event poster
  • Complimentary copy of event poster
• Gifts under $250
  • Inclusion in sponsor list on event poster
  • Complimentary copy of event poster

THANK YOU to the generous donations of the 2026 sponsors! These donations made it possible to offer fantastic complimentary tote bags to the first 350 attendees and to have logo t-shirts for this event. We could not have done this event without you!

PLATINUM SPONSORS: Gifts of $750+

Dr. Bernie Ranchero/Ranchero Clinic

Dr. Ranchero is a well-respected pillar of the Charleston community, a member of the EIU Board of Trustees, and recently launched his own private practice clinic on 18th Street in Charleston, IL.

Tarble Arts Center

The Tarble Arts Center is on a mission to "bring the arts to the people." Tarble is the teaching museum on the campus of Eastern Illinois University in Charleston, Illinois. With an artist-centered approach, the Tarble presents an annual program of rotating exhibitions that provide experiential encounters with art of international significance and local relevance. An onsite Collection Lab, Design Lab, and Education Lab are hubs for transdisciplinary activity, positioning art as a primary tool for research, advancing knowledge, and interpreting the world we live in. The outcomes of this experimentation produce projects, publications, and opportunities that reach EIU students, community members, regional partners, and international collaborators both in museum and wherever they are. The Tarble’s ongoing stewardship of a permanent collection of contemporary art, American Regionalism, and folk art provides opportunities for study and reflection to students of all ages.

Gifts Under $250

Blue Crow Lavender

Kaylee Kirkland's Blue Crow Lavender, is a locally-owned business out of Champaign, IL, specializing in watercolor prints, lazier cut prints, and mini-comic series.