AWARDS CEREMONY + FUNDRAISER

Our signature event, BADG of HONOR, returns in 2025! This one-of-a-kind experience celebrates visionaries who elevate Black creativity and culture. It’s an evening filled with powerful connections, inspiring programs, and a vibrant community of creatives and professionals across art, design, and beyond.

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highlights from bADG OF HONOR 2023

BECOME A SPONSOR

Join BADG and create a more significant impact. Become a sponsor of BADG OF HONOR, an event that amplifies your brand and supports BADG’s mission and education initiatives. Select your sponsor level and email media@badguild.info

  • Brand Recognition
    Inclusion on BADG collateral materials, including, but not limited to, onsite signage, badguild.info website, select email newsletters, and social media posts.

    Media
    • Legacy sponsor designation in promotional media and all official communication
    • Dedicated Legacy sponsor press release
    • Inclusion in a general event press release with a brand quote

    Ceremony
    • Opportunity to make sponsor remark live on the main stage - OR - share a 60-second video during the ceremony
    • Dedicated Legacy sponsor recognition live from the main stage

    Experience
    • Opportunity to share a personalized message with a logo on a dedicated graphic to be displayed on the main stage screen and/or an event video screen

    Social Media
    • Instagram Feed two dedicated promotional posts with approved photos
    • Instagram Story three dedicated promotional story slides with approved photos

    Tickets
    10 Legacy Patron Tickets
    Reserved Main Stage Ceremony Seating & 5th Anniversary Gift
    10 Ceremony Tickets

    *Your brand may receive additional press coverage from our media partners; however, BADG does not control the editorial content of partner publications.

  • Brand Recognition
    Inclusion on BADG collateral materials, including, but not limited to, onsite signage, badguild.info website, select email newsletters, and social media posts.

    Media
    • Generation sponsor designation in promotional media and all official communication
    • Inclusion in a general event press release

    Ceremony
    • Opportunity to share a 30-second video during the ceremony
    • Dedicated Generation sponsor recognition live from the main stage

    Experience
    • Opportunity to share a personalized message with a logo on a dedicated graphic to be displayed on the main stage screen and/or an event video screen

    Social Media
    • Instagram Feed one dedicated promotional post with approved photos
    • Instagram Story two dedicated promotional story slides with approved photos

    Tickets
    5 Legacy Patron Tickets
    Reserved Main Stage Ceremony Seating & 5th Anniversary Gift
    5 Ceremony Tickets

    *Your brand may receive additional press coverage from our media partners; however, BADG does not control the editorial content of partner publications.

  • Brand Recognition
    Inclusion on BADG collateral materials, including, but not limited to, onsite signage, badguild.info website, select email newsletters, and social media posts.

    Media
    • Blueprint sponsor designation in promotional media and all official communication
    • Inclusion in a general event press release

    Ceremony
    • Blueprint sponsor recognition live from the main stage

    Experience
    • Opportunity to share a personalized message with a logo on a dedicated graphic to be displayed on the main stage screen and/or an event video screen

    Social Media
    • Instagram Story two dedicated promotional story slides with approved photos

    Tickets
    3 Legacy Patron Tickets
    Reserved Main Stage Ceremony Seating & 5th Anniversary Gift
    5 Ceremony Tickets

    *Your brand may receive additional press coverage from our media partners; however, BADG does not control the editorial content of partner publications.

  • Brand Recognition
    Inclusion on BADG collateral materials, including, but not limited to, onsite signage, badguild.info website, select email newsletters, and social media posts.

    Media
    • Diamond Visionary sponsor designation in promotional media and all official communication
    • Inclusion in a general event press release

    Ceremony
    • Diamond Visionary sponsor recognition live from the main stage

    Social Media
    • Instagram Story one dedicated promotional story with approved photos

    Tickets
    2 Legacy Patron Tickets
    Reserved Main Stage Ceremony Seating & 5th Anniversary Gift
    3 Ceremony Tickets

    *Your brand may receive additional press coverage from our media partners; however, BADG does not control the editorial content of partner publications.

  • Brand Recognition
    Inclusion on BADG collateral materials, including, but not limited to, onsite signage, badguild.info website, select email newsletters, and social media posts.

    Media
    • Gold Creator sponsor designation in promotional media and all official communication
    • Inclusion in a general event press release

    Ceremony
    • Gold Creator sponsor recognition live from the main stage

    Tickets
    3 Ceremony Tickets

    *Your brand may receive additional press coverage from our media partners; however, BADG does not control the editorial content of partner publications.

  • Brand Recognition
    Inclusion on BADG collateral materials, including, but not limited to, onsite signage, badguild.info website, select email newsletters, and social media posts.

    Media
    • Silver Collaborator sponsor designation in promotional media and all official communication
    • Inclusion in a general event press release

    Ceremony
    • Silver Collaborator sponsor recognition live from the main stage

    Tickets
    2 Ceremony Tickets

    *Your brand may receive additional press coverage from our media partners; however, BADG does not control the editorial content of partner publications.

The Black Artists + Designers Guild is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization; all donations are 100% deductible and support our mission and education fund.

PAST Honorees

  • Black Reconstruction Collective

    COLLECTIVE CIRCLE AWARD 2023

  • Dr. Sarah Elizabeth Lewis

    EDUCATION AWARD 2023

  • Photographer: Lazaro Llanes

    Michelle Wilkinson Ph.D

    LEGACY AWARD 2023

  • Cheryl R. Riley

    BADG MAKER AWARD 2023

  • Leyden Lewis

    FOUNDER AWARD 2023

  • Mashonda Tifrere

    Founder, ArtLeadher
    COLLECTIVE CIRCLE AWARD

  • Walter Hood

    Creative Director + Founder
    Hood Design Studio
    FOUNDER AWARD

  • Photographer: Lazaro Llanes

    Franklin Sirmans

    Director, Perez Art Museum Miami
    LEGACY AWARD

  • Dr. Dori Tunstall

    Dean of Design, OCAD University
    EDUCATION AWARD

  • Jomo Tariku

    Jomo Design Furniture
    BADG MAKER AWARD