Redmoon’s mission of transforming our urban landscape through art in public spaces is only possible because of generous donors like you.
Through large-scale Spectacle events like Sink, Sank, Sunk., free public performance series's like Urban Interventions, and large-scale community Spectacle events like All Hallows Eve Ritual Celebration, Redmoon delivers free to low-cost programming throughout Chicago.
There many benefits to becoming a supporter of Redmoon's mission. For more information, please contact Communications Director, Emily Reusswig, 312.850.8440 x100.
With your donation, you make culture accessible, you build community, and you transform your city.
Corporate Sponsorship
For the past 23 years Redmoon has provided the City of Chicago with public celebration and community building initiatives, all while building an international reputation for artistic excellence. Sponsorships enable businesses to expand their consumer base to our large, diverse audience through our distinct brand of programming- our large-scale spectacle, free public performance events, and community outreach through Redmoon’s national recognized Neighborhood Arts Programming.
Redmoon is a recognized brand in Chicago that has become synonymous with excellence in innovation and civic well-being. By supporting Redmoon initiatives, Sponsors demonstrate their commitment to civic leadership and gain access to the theater’s unique opportunities for logo exposure, client entertainment, and artistic engagement.
Redmoon has many opportunities for partnerships that are exclusively available to corporations. Sponsorships are individually tailored to suit your company’s needs and can include sponsoring spectacle productions and guerrilla events seen by over 16,000 Chicagoans each year, funding valuable Neighborhood Arts Programs that serve more than 750 students in Chicago’s low-income neighborhoods, or supporting Redmoon’s fantastic annual gala, Spectacle Lunatique, that last year had an attendance of 1,000 of Chicago’s cultural elite.
Redmoon creates artistic events for community engagement, but we cannot do it without your support. Last year, ticket sales made up less than 5% of Redmoon’s income. Generous individual support through gifts to our annual fund, or major giving help us to deliver public spectacle, urban interventions, and Neighborhood Arts Programming throughout Chicago each year. With your donation, you provide the necessary materials, artistic resources, and community outreach that make Redmoon's free public events happen.
There are many benefits to becoming a donor to Redmoon. For more information, please contact Communications Director, Emily Reusswig at ereusswig@redmoon.org, 312.850.8440 x100.
Redmoon does not charge for many of its public performances in keeping with its belief that art should be a part of people's everyday lives. To make Spectacle available to all audiences, Redmoon depends on the support of generous financial contributions from its network of foundations and government agencies, which in addition to corporate sponsorships and individual contributions make up more than half of Redmoon's annual operating budget. These relationships are essential to the continued sustainability of Redmoon's public arts events, collaborations with cultural and civic organizations, and community building and engagement through the arts.
Redmoon's work is made possible with the following Foundational and Government support:
Alphawood Foundation, Blowitz-Ridgeway Foundation, Butz Foundation, Chicago Drama League, Chicago Community Trust, Richard H. Driehaus Foundation, Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Special Programming, Efroymson Family Fund, Marshall Frankel Foundation, The Jim Henson Foundation, Halligan Charitable Fund, Harris Foundation, Irving B., Mardi Gras Fund, McMaster Carr, People's Gas, Polk Bros. Foundation, Prince Charitable Trust, Sahara Enterprises, The Thanksgiving Fund, City of Chicago City Arts III Grant, Illinois Humanities Council, the National Endowment for the Arts, Illinois Arts Council
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To learn more about how foundations support Redmoon's work, contact Development Associate Britney Stubbs at bstubbs@redmoon.org, 312.850.8440 x122
Benefit Events
Redmoon is proud to announce that Spectacle Lunatique was a wild success! Redmoon exceeded all goals and raised a gross income of $400,000. We had are largest group of supporters ever, with over 1,000 guests in attendance, many ‘first timers’ who, by all reports, caught the fever.
The evening was filled with Spectacle art, ephemeral performance, and culinary offerings from Chicago’s hottest chefs and restaurants, including: Jason Vincent of Nightwood, Christine Cikowski and Josh Kulp of Sunday Dinner, Giuseppe Scurato of Ceres' Table, Thai Dang of Embeya, John Anderes of Telegraph, Mark Mendez of Vera, Aram Reed of Roam: A Secret Dining Society, Rob Levitt of The Butcher & Larder, Katie Wyer of Reno, Jessie Oloroso of Black Dog Gelato, and Scott Green of the French Pastry School.
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Interested in being a part of the Spectacle Lunatique Planning Committee in 2014?
Contact Communications Director, Emily Reusswig for more information at ereusswig@redmoon.org, or at 312.850.8440 x100.
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“Redmoon’s mission, community involvement, and imaginative performances for all Chicago- I need no other reasons.” Jim Blair, Professor at Northeastern Illinois University
“When someone wants an example of community parntership in arts education, I always tell them Redmoon is it.”Frank Biacchi, The Polk Foundation
“Redmoon programs are a model for the way we believe that community should be impacted” Willard Evans Jr., President, People’s Gas
“The joy, wonder and intellectual engagement of a Redmoon show is why I was initially drawn into the organization. The passion and humanity of the people at Redmoon and their commitment to bringing art to public realm have kept me involved over the long haul.” Chip von Weise, President at von Weise Associates
“Here is the picture of us with Santiago, our housemate that we were thinking of including with our words. Having fulfilled his dream of being the lead in RM's 1999 production of Salao: The Worst kind of Unlucky he came to know us as a result of an adoption (auction) at a great RM gala benefit and has been a part of our life ever since.” Chris and Sara Julsrud
