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SHARE OUR PASSION. SHAPE YOUR LEGACY. SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES APRIL 18, 2020 AUSTIN, TEXAS



A CAUSE FOR CELEBRATION. A CELEBRATION FOR A CAUSE. APRIL 18, 2020 AUSTIN, TEXAS Texas State University invites you to support The Wittliff Collections Festival, a one-day event celebrating the unbridled imagination of Texas and the Southwest. Enjoy four panel discussions with acclaimed artists, then attend a star-studded gala featuring legendary musical entertainers. All proceeds will be used to acquire important collections that preserve our region’s creative culture. When you become a sponsor of the 2020 inaugural Wittliff Collections Festival, you’re not simply supporting an event. You’re guarding a cultural treasure that John Spong of Texas Monthly called “the world’s finest repository of Southwestern writing, photography, and culture.” Cover photo: Storm from Dugout Wells, 1992 © James H. Evans | Left: Chisos Sunrise and Cactus, Big Bend National Park, 2007 © Bill Wright 3

THE PANELS IT'S YOUR CULTURE. COME BINGE ON IT. Talented and distinctive voices in literature, photography, music, and film whose work captures the Southwest’s unique “Spirit of Place” will take the stage for a full day of panel discussions at the W Austin Hotel. Beginning October 1, read more about the panelists on the festival website, WittliffCollectionsFestival.com. W AUSTIN HOTEL SAT U R DAY, A P R I L 1 8 , 2 02 0 200 Lavaca Street 8:45 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. Austin, TX 78701 4

THE FILMMAKER'S VOICE THE PHOTOGRAPHER'S VOICE David Coleman, moderator (BEHIND THE SCENES WITH THE MAKERS OF LONESOME DOVE) Barbara Morgan, moderator VA N B R O U G H T O N R A M S E Y BARRY TUBB KATE BREAKEY KEITH CARTER CARY WHITE ERIC WILLIAMS GRACIELA ITURBIDE CONNIE TODD THE WRITER'S VOICE THE SINGER/SONGWRITER'S VOICE John Spong, moderator Joe Nick Patoski, moderator SARAH BIRD ELIZABETH CROOK TERRI HENDRIX FLACO JIMENEZ STEPHEN HARRIGAN L AW R E N C E W R I G H T BARBARA LYNN ADRIAN QUE SADA 5

THE GALA BIG NAMES. GOOD TIMES. GREAT CAUSE. At The Wittliff Collections Festival Gala, you’ll enjoy intimate accoustic performances by two musical legends – Robert Earl Keen and Ray Benson. You’ll also have the opportunity to participate in live and silent auctions with rare treasures from the Lonesome Dove miniseries. The Gala will be held at Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater (ACL Live), the city’s premier destination for live performances and seated-dinner fundraising galas. 6

HONORARY CHAIR LOUISE O’CONNOR HOST COMMITTEE Kathy O’Neil & S AT U R DAY, A P R I L 1 8 , 2 0 2 0 J. Phil Ferguson 6:00 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Susan Crews Bailey Austin City Limits Live at The Moody Theater Mary Lockwood Crouch Tracy LaQuey Parker & 310 Willie Nelson Boulevard Kris Cummings & Patrick Parker Austin, TX 78701 Joe Nick Patoski Rebecca & Sam Pfiester R AY B E N S O N Cina Forgason Hilary Rabuse Rhonda & Michael Hall Heather Wagner Reed Charlotte Herzele Becky Duval Reese Felicia & Craig Hester Liz Rogers Michelle & Forrest Higdon Julie & John Spong Meagan McCoy Jones & Cathy Supple Andrae L. Turner Richard Jones Sally Wittliff Susan Longley Susan & Reid Wittliff Barbara Morgan Elyse Yates Kelley & Joe Newberry Leslie & Mark Newberry ROBERT EARL KEEN Robert Earl Keen photo: Nick Doll | Ray Benson photo: Mike Shore 7

GALA SPONSORSHIPS VIP CORP ORATE SPONSORSHIP OPPORTUNITIES For the benefits associated with each level, please visit www.WittliffCollectionsFestival.com beginning on Corporate sponsors will receive a table for 10 guests October 1, 2019. Individual tickets are not available. at the gala, as well as co-branding. Choose to support one of these exclusive sponsorships at designated MUSTANG SP ONSOR areas within the event, creating unique branding and marketing opportunities, customized to meet the goals $100,000 of your corporation, business, or organization. • Three tables with VIP seating for 30 guests at • Bar Sponsor – $50,000 (cash or in-kind) the gala and many other exciting benefits! • Dinner Sponsor – $50,000 • Photo Booth and Festival T-Shirt Sponsor – $30,000 M AV E R I C K S P O N S O R • Panel Discussions Sponsor – $25,000 (SOLD!) • VIP Pre-Gala Reception – $25,000 (SOLD!) $75,000 • Two tables with VIP seating for 20 guests at P R I VAT E V I P PA R T N E R S U I T E ON THE MEZZANINE LEVEL the gala and many other exciting benefits! $50,000 RANGE BOSS SPONSOR The VIP Partner Suite is an ultra-private suite for up $50,000 to 50 guests. Entertain VIP clients and prospects in • One table with premier seating for 10 guests this very special space that includes cozy lounge-type seating, 50 corresponding seats overlooking the stage at the gala and other exciting benefits! and gala floor, a private in-suite bar and restroom, a private in-suite buffet dinner, and customized branding TRAILBLAZER SPONSOR opportunities (information and customized branding pricing available upon request). $25,000 • One table with seating for 10 guests at P R I VAT E PA R T Y S U I T E S ON THE MEZZANINE LEVEL the gala and other exciting benefits! ( O N LY F I V E AVA I L A B L E ! ) WRANGLER SPONSOR $15,000 $10,000 The Private Party suites on ACL’s mezzanine level are • One table for 10 guests at the gala a great place to entertain your employees, clients, and new business prospects. These private suites and other exciting benefits! accommodate up to 20 guests and feature lounge-type seating, 20 corresponding mezzanine seats overlooking the stage and gala floor, a buffet dinner and full bar on the mezzanine level, and customized branding opportunities. 8

IN MEMORIAM BILL WITTLIFF 1940-2019 The Wittliff Collections lost a treasure when Bill Wittliff passed away on June 9, 2019. Thirty-three years ago, in 1986, Bill and his wife, Sally, founded The Wittliff Collections at Texas State University and started us on a path that has no end. We are privileged to continue collecting, preserving, and sharing the rich cultural heritage of the unbridled Southwest through photography, literature, music, and film. The Wittliff Collections Festival will be a celebration of Bill’s vision and a time to honor his legacy. Photo by Ted Albracht, 2000 9

1 0 On the Mesa, by Bill Wittliff © 1988

THE WITTLIFF COLLECTIONS WittliffCollections.com The Wittliff Collections comprise a research Schenck, and Edward S. Curtis. The Texas Music archive, exhibition gallery, and special collections Collection is anchored by names known around the library established in 1986 as a partnership between world, including Willie Nelson, Ray Benson, and Jerry Texas State University, the Albert B. Alkek Library, Jeff Walker. The Wittliff’s most beloved collection by and founding donors Sally and Bill Wittliff. From the far is the Lonesome Dove Production Archive, featuring beginning, our mission has been to collect, preserve, costumes, props, sketches, artifacts, and photographs and share the creative legacy of the Southwest and to from the award-winning Lonesome Dove television foster the region’s inimitable “Spirit of Place” in the miniseries. wider world. The Wittliff presents major exhibitions year-round; What began thirty-three years ago with the hosts readings, artist talks, lectures, and other events; personal papers of author and folklorist J. Frank Dobie publishes significant books from its holdings; and has grown to include more than 500 prized collections makes its collections available to researchers from all in Southwestern literature, Southwestern & Mexican over the world. The Wittliff welcomes visitors, classes, photography, and Texas music. Plans are underway to and tours. Admission is always free. launch a fourth collecting pillar, the film and television collection. Your support of The Wittliff Collections Festival will help us continue to collect, preserve, share, Among our many treasures are the papers of and steward the voices, visions, and unbridled literary luminaries such as Cormac McCarthy, Sam imaginations of our region. Generations from now, Shepard, John Graves, Sandra Cisneros, Naomi Shihab students, researchers from around the world, and Nye, and Mary Karr, as well as the entire Texas Monthly other visitors will rely on The Wittliff Collections archive and the King of the Hill collection. The Wittliff’s to gain a better understanding of our region’s rich photography collection boasts acclaimed artists such cultural history. Thank you for your support. as Graciela Iturbide, Keith Carter, Kate Breakey, Rocky 11

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