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Dear Friends of “America’s Next Great Global City” (yup, Forbes called it!),
We are ramping up for the Sixth Annual COHouston event in Austin this March, and we warmly invite you to help us celebrate our creative community in the weeks leading up to, during, and after SXSW!
Started in 2009 by the Co-Founder of C2 Create to showcase Houston’s creative community, COHouston has evolved into the go-to event for festival-goers from around the world to join Houstonians in celebrating boundary-breaking innovation and cross-disciplinary collaboration. Featured performers/speakers and media collaborators have included: DJ Spooky, former Texas gubernatorial candidate and Houston Mayor Bill White,Mayor Pro-Tem/Council Member Ed Gonzalez, Origin Magazine, Houston Business Journal, Houston Film Commission, Houston Public Media, CultureMap, Free Press Houston, Fat Tony, Runaway Sun, Cornbreadd, Folk Family Revival, Cuture Pilot, Gonzo247 of Aerosol Warfare, Ray Hill, and Michelle Mower.
All of us at C2 Create hope you will join us in supporting this festive celebration. (All donations to C2 Create (501c3) are also tax-deductible to the full extent that the law provides!) In exchange for your participation, we’d be happy to display and distribute any of your literature and banners at the events and on our online properties, as appropriate.
Sponsorship levels:
– $6000: Presenting (Title) Sponsor
– $2000: Co-Host
– $500-$250: Community Sponsor (generally for startups and Houston-based businesses)
– $500 In-Kind: Community Partner (generally for nonprofits)
To discuss how we can meaningfully integrate your brand with the event and maximize your return on support, please contact Grace Rodriguez at me@gracerodriguez.com. We’d love to chat with you and explore any opportunities to help you stand out from all the noise. Thanks!
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COHO Seis: RELAX! Can you believe it’s our SIXTH year celebrating Houston’s kickass creative community during that little Interactive+Film+Music thingie in Austin every March?! (For real: See COHO 5.0, C2xSW2012,HoustonTXSW2011, HoustonSXSW2010 and Houston@SXSW2009!!)
In 2013, we invited you to Roll In: COHO 5.0 and enjoy:
- Generous libations courtesy of the Houston Business Journal
- LIVE performances by DJ SPOOKY (Artist in Residence at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in NYC, Author of “The Book of Ice“) on Music Mixer
- CULTURE PILOT “Paint with Sound+Light” Interactive Art Intervention
- LIVE PLEXI-GRAFF performance by Houston graffiti artist GONZO247 of Aerosol Warfare
- (Houston) Music that you can dance to, via Cactus Music
- Art Conscious Talk with Origin Magazine
- Hysterical memories from Smilebooth (for a night you won’t forget!)
- Crazy Art Cars
- Tasty treats from GoodPop
- Appearances by Houston Technology Center HATCH Pitch winners
- …and much, MUCH more!
#COHO is a public event — no badge necessary! — driven by the manic minds behind awesomenesses(es) like Visualized and TEDx Houston … so expect spectacular surprises! (Try saying THAT five times fast.)
If you RSVP below, bites and bevs are on us — come early to RELAX and fuel up for the rest of your evening’s activities! (And if you don’t RSVP, you’re still welcome to join in the fun. Cash bar is available all night!)
