Sports & The Arts offers a broad group of services, each focused around developing a creative vision.
ART DIRECTION
Sports & The Arts works with clients to determine the scope of a project, and guides each artist in developing the subject matter and expression of each piece of art. Sports & The Arts commissions artists who excel in distinctive and diverse mediums, among them, oil on canvas paintings, mixed media, original works on paper, photography, sculpture, and large-form murals. We also seek artists possessing non traditional styles of expression in order to provoke from the fan a wide range of emotional reaction. Sports & The Arts offers non-traditional art mediums such as photo printing on canvas, and utilizing surfaces such as plexiglass, metal and tile.
CURATION
The curation process includes selecting each installation location based upon research to create overall symmetry throughout the collection. We evaluate factors including environment, fan accessibility, natural and artificial lighting and reserved wall spaces for each individual piece. Sports & The Arts works with project contractors, architects and interior designers to select the most appropriate location for each piece, eliminating costly delays and facilitating ease of installation and preventing duplication of efforts.
ARTIST SELECTION
Sports & The Arts identifies both local and countrywide talent as well as luminaries in the art world to customize a truly cutting edge collection. Whether the project includes fine art portraits, sculpture, photography or murals, Sports & The Arts will identify and present the finest, award-winning artists in their field. Sports & The Arts selects the art and the artists who will best complement each location, creating distinctive moods in specific areas within the space. We actively seeks out local artists to enhance the community appeal of all project when possible.
FRAMING
Sports & The Arts offers a large number of framing designs, each chosen to enhance the interiors of the space. These designs offer selective pricing preferences for different locations in the Arena, and will include several choices for framing, mounting and matting. Sports & The Arts works with your interior designers to ensure that all selections complement the furniture design, wall coverings, flooring, lighting and other aesthetics.
HISTORIC RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT
Sports & The Arts spends considerable time researching team and city histories. We work with various Hall of Fame institutions, local historians and libraries enabling us to create an installation that both the art critic and fan will enjoy.
CHARITABLE & FUNDRAISING
Over the years the Sports & The Arts team is proud to have helped generate over $1,500,000 for charitable causes. Beginning with a 1993 Los Angeles Kings auction of a commissioned painting for their charity, Sports & The Arts enjoys charitable affiliations with a variety of sport franchises, athletes, universities, and corporations, furnishing their fundraising events with original paintings, limited edition lithographs, and signed prints.
INSTALLATION
Sports & The Arts’ team of installation experts oversee all logistics required for each custom installation. Large scale projects on average will consist of 500–1,500 individual custom pieces of art and photography. Both union and nonunion projects require a dedicated, seamless installation effort. We manage the relationships and needs between building management, ownership, team representatives, architects, interior designers and the FFE efforts. We provide all necessary personnel, equipment and timetables which give our clients assurance that their installation will be completed professionally, on-time, and with exceptional results.