Invitations

In preparation for the exhibition opening, we require an invitation design based on your signature image, formatted by your chosen graphic designer, and approved by Club staff.

Design & Production

Select and submit an image in digital form that is suitable for use on the invitation and exhibition poster, usually derived from one of the items on view. We will be happy to work with you on an appropriate design. The image you submit to us should be saved at 600 dpi at reproduction size as a TIFF or JPEG.

The Grolier Club staff and adjunct designers will be responsible for the production, printing, and mailing of invitations for the exhibition opening. The Grolier Club assumes the design and productions costs of the invitation; all final designs and texts are subject to approval in writing by the Grolier Club’s Director, Exhibitions Manager, and Public Exhibitions Chairperson. The final invitation file should be a PDF, to be sent to the Exhibitions Manager for production by the Club's vendors.

Text

The invitation should include information about the opening reception as well as any related programs offered during the run of the exhibition. The Club’s usual press run for invitations is 1000, of which we will provide you with up to 50 invitations for personal use. Beyond this amount we can provide additional invitations for a fee.

The invitation is designed in a bi-fold format. See the attachments below for examples of the components of a standard invitation. Invitations must be ready for printing no later than ten weeks before the exhibition opening.

Sample text for the invitation follows:

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The Committee on Public Exhibitions [and other Grolier Committee/non-Grolier Club organization, if applicable] invites you and your guest to the opening reception of

Full Exhibition Title
from the Collection of XXXXXXXX  [if applicable]

Day and date of Grolier Club Members’ private opening, year
6:00-8:00 pm

The Grolier Club
47 East 60th Street
New York, NY 

Business attire

The exhibition runs through CLOSING DATE

[Caption for invitation image including any copyright or other notices]

Any required acknowledgments of funding sources as required by donors

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Related Events:

[Other events to be arranged through Grolier Club Director and Business Office]

Examples