Blumenthal Performing Arts

  • Client:

    Pro Bono

Blumenthal Performing Arts


Community/EmpoWWer

Building awareness and support for a proactive, nonprofit organization focused on promoting culturally diverse art, science and history.

Project Overview

What We Did

Many of Blumenthal Performing Arts’ target audiences are literally audiences — thousands who are widely entertained in its six theaters in center city Charlotte. Others are those who benefit from and donate to the organization’s educational, community-building and economic contributions to the region. As the area’s leading performance arts organization, Blumenthal Performing Arts infuses more than $50 million annually into the local economy and inspires residents and visitors in priceless ways. We were honored to colorfully refresh the Blumenthal brand for its 25th anniversary. By updating the organization’s logo, architecture and visual identity in a way that would engage audiences, we garnered interest from the community for both the breadth of their offerings and the organization as a whole.

Results

The new branding readily translated into diverse communications both inside and outside the Blumenthal Performing Arts Center. It was easily adopted across all marketing materials and more effectively communicated the brand’s contemporary relevance to all audiences.

Brand Remodeling

Segmented seven distinct audiences, from season ticket holders to donors and civic partners, to build a strong strategic foundation and establish the following unifying messaging platform: Blumenthal Performing Arts has played a leading role in transforming Charlotte for 25 years.

Identity & Brand Architecture

Bold, contemporary and colorful design elements were utilized to refresh the brand. A new master Blumenthal Performing Arts logo was created along with a family of five complementary theater logos. The sub-logos all tie back to the master logo and visually demonstrate the connection between all of them.

Video

A brightly animated video celebrating the organization’s 25th anniversary also introduced the brand’s updated look and feel.

Advertising

Cohesive advertising elements provide a recognizable look and feel for every Blumenthal experience.

Out of Home

Unique and eye-catching, but clearly connecting the entire organization as a whole, colorful branding facilitated a helpful wayfinding system across tactics to promote Blumenthal Performing Arts experiences throughout the local community.