The Society of American Mosaic Artists is a 501(c)(3) organization dedicated to educating, inspiring, and promoting excellence in mosaic arts. Your support enables us to bring our mission to life through our annual conference, educational programs and publications, exhibitions, and scholarship opportunities.
If you have been a Sponsor in the past, THANK YOU! SAMA looks forward to your continued support and if possible, please consider increasing your support.
Major gifts play a critical role in helping SAMA provide programming that has an impact on the mosaic community, both in the USA and abroad. As a member of one of our leadership societies, your support will have an impact on SAMA’s ability to continue fulfilling our mission to educate, inspire, and promote excellence in the mosaic arts. Higher levels of sponsorship also provide the opportunity of naming an event or key conference component in your honor.
Please select a level that represents your willingness to support the mosaic arts and provides the benefits most compelling to you.
If you have questions contact our Sponsorship team
Fall 2021 Sponsorship Giving Levels
$100 Supporter
This entry level sponsorship is open to individuals and companies with a desire to ensure the longevity of SAMA’s digital programming.
Supporter Benefits:
- Recognitions throughout 2021: Groutline quarterly e-journal, SAMA’s Sponsor webpage and social media
- Virtual Conference Platform digital acknowledgement – Listing with Website Link and Logo
$250 Virtual Event Sponsor
Virtual Sponsor Booth: In our virtual conference portal, there will be special placement for all Sponsors. The Virtual Sponsor Booths will be comprised of links, logos, coupon codes, and special promo text that will be accessible only to our virtual participants.
Sponsor Benefits:
- Recognitions throughout 2021: Groutline quarterly e-journal, SAMA’s Sponsor webpage, and social media.
- Virtual Conference Platform digital acknowledgment includes Listing logo, website, business description and video or additional image media (coupon or promo flyer .pdf) and Meet Now access for 1:1 video engagement with attendees
- LIVE Event Registration for all Sunday Sessions.
$500+ Rock Star Contributor
All Rock Stars will also be featured with a Virtual Sponsor Booth and the ability to create 5 live featured product links for participants directly from their Sponsor Booth page and MORE! In our virtual conference portal, there will be special placement for all Sponsors. The Virtual Sponsor Booths will be comprised of links, logos, coupon codes, and special promo text that will be accessible only to our virtual participants.
Rock Star Sponsor Benefits:
- Recognitions throughout 2021: Groutline quarterly e-journal, SAMA’s Sponsor webpage, and social media.
- Virtual Conference Platform digital acknowledgment includes Listing logo, website, business description and video or additional image media (coupon or promo flyer .pdf) and Meet Now access for 1:1 video engagement with attendees
- LIVE Event Registration for all Sunday Sessions.
- (5)Five Featured live product links to sponsors’ website for exclusive items or discounted products.
- Featured as Sponsor of one of the Educational Sessions
- (3)Sponsors Posts to virtual platform live discussion area.
What is a Virtual Sponsor Booth?
In our virtual conference portal, there will be a special placement for all Sponsors. The virtual sponsor booths will be comprised of links, logos, coupon codes, and special promo text that will be accessible only to our virtual participants($250 donors and above). Virtual Booths will include placement of a 5-minute video that you create featuring your shop, materials, specials, tool demo, a bit about you… whatever you want to help engage our participants with your business since they can’t come to meet you in person!
To Reserve your Spot in the Virtual Vendor Marketplace, Select the $250 Virtual Event Sponsor or higher on the form below.
THERE IS AN EXCITING NEW FEATURE where Vendors can receive one-on-one Video Calls from Attendees to answer questions! Almost as good as meeting people individually in your booth at the in-person conference!
There will not be set Sponsor Booth times… at any point while the portal is open and your booth listing has been created, you may engage with Participants.
WHAT WE NEED to BUILD YOUR BOOTH
Please send ONE email to Dawnmarie Zimmerman with ALL of the Following by September 20, 2021!
Company Name (Name as you would have us print on booth sign):
Product or Service Type: Materials, Artist Support Service, Tools, Artist(selling your work), other?
Logo: you may have sent it when registering for your sponsorship/vendor booth, if not, please send it as an attachment in the same email
Team Members: Individual(s) that will engage with attendees through the virtual conference portal. (We need name and separate email address for each so that they can be granted access to your booth in the virtual portal)
Digital Coupons/Flyers: if you haven’t already sent as part of your sponsorship, if you have a .jpg, .pdf of your promotion or coupon for attendees
Business Description: up to 2-3 paragraphs or 1,000 words max, describing your business, services, and the product you offer, your history with Mosaic Art or SAMA, further details on promotions or show specials.
OPTIONAL 5 Minute Video: 5-Minute video recording: (.mp4 .wmv .mov formats please) OR YOUTUBE OR VIMEO LINK. Videos may include a tour of your showroom, product demonstrations, new collection premieres, special content for virtual participants, and overviews of your products and services. Give participants an exclusive view of your business and be as creative as you want and HAVE FUN! If you have a YouTube or Vimeo channel where your video is already uploaded, all we need is a link. If you don’t, we will upload your video to our channel and link in your Virtual Conference Booth. We are picking up where we left off in February with presenting personalized engagement to our attendees. If you need example ideas, let us know!
Website: main website URL or if you have set a tracking or affiliate URL for this event to count traffic we drive to your site(check with your own webmaster).
Email: main contact email for business, can be different than the Team Members’ email addresses.
Phone: business line
LinkedIn Profile link:
Facebook Profile link:
Twitter Profile Link:
For our $500 Rock Star Contributors: Please also provide up to 5 special links to featured products or discounts directly on your website to add to your listing.
WHAT YOU WILL NEED to ACCESS YOUR BOOTH
A desktop or laptop computer with Google Chrome, Edge, Safari, or Firefox browser:
You will be sent an access link that will tie your Sponsor Profile directly to the email you have provided during registration. That email will be your UserID and you will be prompted to create a password for the event. Once you verify that email address, you will be entered into the website based Virtual Conference Portal.
Optional Webcam and microphone or headset – for those that would like to engage in one-on-one Video Calls with Attendees:
You will need a good web camera and microphone or headset. Many laptops have these built-in and will be sufficient. You will just need to make sure when prompted to grant access to the microphone and webcam when getting set after logging in.
That’s IT!
All Sponsor Booth Content and Videos are due by September 20, 2021.
Fall 2021 Virtual Artist Gathering SAMA Sponsorship Policies
SAMA is a 501(c)(3) organization. Donations are tax-deductible to the amount allowed by law.
Sponsorships and benefits cover a 3-month period: September 25 to December 31, 2021.
A page on SAMA’s website is dedicated to Sponsors, and a hotlink from this page to websites connects them to 1,200+ active mosaicists around the world who visit SAMA’s website regularly.
Sponsorships become active when payment in full has been received.
Benefits of Sponsorship are only valid for the Fall 2021 Virtual Artist Gathering. These are separate from 2021 Virtual American Mosaic Summit Sponsorships and future Virtual Artist Gatherings.
Sponsorships will be invoiced by SAMA and can be paid online by credit card or by mail with check to SAMA, P.O. Box 624, Ligonier, PA 15658. (“In-kind” donations must be approved by SAMA’s Executive Committee).
Sponsorships payment due date: September 24, 2021!
Sponsorships do not include annual membership dues. Be sure to join/renew your SAMA membership now.