The Mission

To support local artists and accelerate entrepreneurship.

Art directly impacts the local economy. It adds culture to the community brand inspiring people to visit and shop there. However, only 10% of artists are supporting themselves with their talent.

Together we will empower artists and connect them to their community and the world online.

The Unique Community Art Magazine

Show Me Artists produces a quarterly direct mailed 28 page magazine featuring local and Missouri based artist spotlights with QR codes to purchase their art online. We are launching in one Missouri community at a time as we establish a foundation of sponsors and fundraising efforts. The magazine is designed to be mailed to your entire community and surrounding rural area, including every household and business in the local postal routes.

Why this is important:

• Only 1 in 10 artists are working in their trade and are challenged with getting quality exposure both locally and online.
• We are connecting local artists with their community and creating a movement by using art as a catalyst to boost economic development in local communities.
• We are dedicated to amplifying local art to make it easy for the public to view and purchase from local artists.
• When the community is infused with art and creativity, it fosters connection and growth.
• Art brings us back to the present moment. It allows us to center our hearts and to create a richer connection within our community.

What we need:

• Help us offset costs for publishing and distributing the new local art magazine.
• We are capable of launching in any Missouri city that has enough sponsors and artists to publish a complete magazine.
• We welcome collaboration with local art collectives and chambers of commerce. Let’s work together!

What you get:

• A custom professionally designed ad graphic and traceable QR code in the magazine and an online landing page or direct link to your website..
• Upgrade your sponsorship with video to get a custom media library of content.

Why Direct Mail?

• Direct mail is a natural publishing and distribution platform for our business that’s built on graphic design service.
• A printed direct mailed art magazine makes it extremely easy to view and purchase local art online.
• Splitting the cost of a tangible magazine is an efficient way to engage the community as a whole and create unique memorable exposure.
• The USPS Every Door Direct Mail program guarantees delivery to your entire community and surrounding area, including every household, P.O. box, and local businesses on the postal routes.
• Not being a traditional “junk mail ad” dramatically improves interaction. Digital ads, social posts and emails are easily overlooked. Because this is fresh, positive and interesting, the physical magazine is highly unlikely to be discarded without looking through it.
• The magazine is a quarterly publication and will grow into a monthly program with additional special editions distributed through other platforms like newspaper inserts, expanded galleries, and in opt-in special editions.
• This combined-sponsor-artist exposure is a fraction of the cost for each party than to distribute an ad individually to that audience size.

Why a print magazine?

Because nothing cool comes in the mail anymore!

Magazines are viewed page by page and not scrolled past like on a screen. This super-sensory reading experience improves memory and brand name retention. Magazines are often shared with others or left in places for other readers to see.

Magazine ads should be a crucial part of your marketing campaign.

It’s worth remembering that book sales are increasing as people have missed the feeling of reading through print rather than on a digital screen.

The power of design.

Magazines have an established design aesthetic that people connect with more than websites. When someone sees your ad in a magazine they are more likely to remember it simply because printed literature is psychologically more memorable than digital. This is also hyper local, relevant, positive, and actionable.

Longevity.

Online ads are dismissed in a fraction of a second before scrolling on. People keep their favorite magazines until the next edition comes out or longer, picking it up many times. Magazines are passed between people more often than thrown away.

Attention.

The majority of people view online content on their phones, often while doing something else. They will never be as engaged with the content as they are when they sit down to flip through a magazine. Your ad is far more likely to be noticed and remembered than it is online.

Trust.

It’s hard to trust what’s on social media. For years now, research has proven that what people read in print has more credibility than what they read online.