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ACV Craft Conference & Business Institute

SPONSOR/DISPLAY/ADVERTISE

 

We enthusiastically invite your participation in ACV’s first annual Craft Conference and Business Institute and Artisan Craft Fair because you offer a high-quality product or service that quality craft artisans need.

 

WHY YOU SHOULD PARTICIPATE

The Artisans Center of Virginia is a highly selective, unique organization reaching well-educated, focused, artisans who take their businesses serious utilizing a diverse range of craft materials, business technologies and marketing materials and who look for opportunities to network with each other via referrals and word-of-mouth.

 

ACV’s first annual conference will host 150-200 from Virginia and surrounding states.  Each in attendance will return home and pass along resource information to their own support groups, guilds and networks, often having hundreds artisans as members. Your representation at this annual conference is an ideal way to reach these artisans.

 

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WAYS IN WHICH YOU CAN PARTICIPATE

IN THIS CONFERENCE

 

Download Sponsor/Advertiser/Vendor Agreement

This form is required for all levels of

sponsor/advertisor/display participants.

 

1. Place an Ad in Our Conference Program or Workshop Syllabus  - We offer a variety of ad sizes to meet everyone's budget. The program and syllabus are kept as references and passed along to others when the conference is over.

 

Download Advertiser Application


2. Provide a Promotional Item in Our Welcome Bag - We will distribute a Welcome Bag to each attendee upon check-in. Each Welcome Bag will contain brochures, catalogs, small samples, etc. from participating craft and business providers like yourself.

 

Download Welcome Bag Application

 

3. Be a Display Vendor - Be hands-on and show Virginia artisans how you can help them be more productive, efficient and prosperous by using your products or services. Space is limited so only as small number of vendors will be invited to participate.

 

Download Display Vendor Application


Download Display Vendor & Artisan Booth Terms & Conditions

 

4. Donate to Our Silent Auction- We will hold silent auction where hundreds of resources, materials and services will be viewed and bid on by artisans. This is a perfect way for you to showcase a sample of your offerings, which most artisans will have never seen and will never have another way of seeing. All donations must be valued at $30 or more.

 

Download Donation Form


BONUS for all our Sponsors, Vendors and Advertisers!

 

As an added bonus to all of our advertisers and donors, ACV will add a link from our conference website to your website for a full year. In addition, you will be listed with contact information in our conference program.

 

ACV reserves the right to refuse applications from participants deemed inappropriate for their audience.