Inside the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Savannah: the great rose window glowing above the organ pipes, framed by gold Gothic arches

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Cathedral Heritage Ball

Invitations, a Save the Date, and sponsor print for the black-tie ball that helps preserve Savannah’s Cathedral of St. John the Baptist.

The brief

The ball exists to protect a cathedral. Every piece had to feel like stepping inside one: soft light, old stone, and a little gold.

Client: Cathedral Heritage Endowment Fund, Cathedral of St. John the Baptist
Location: Savannah, Georgia
Years: 2010 and 2011, the tenth and eleventh balls
Scope: Invitations, Save the Dates, sponsor print

2010 · The tenth ball

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

The tenth ball took its theme from the cathedral’s long life. The invitation opens on a pen-and-ink drawing of the twin spires, followed by quiet, centered type that reads like a printed program.

Inside the invitation: You Are Invited To Attend The Tenth Annual Cathedral Heritage Ball, to benefit the Cathedral Heritage Endowment Fund, with the date, the Oglethorpe Ballroom, Uplifter Music, and Black Tie — Inside

Close detail of a stained glass window in the cathedral: a raised hand and folds of red and gold robe lit from behind

The artwork came from the cathedral itself: its windows, its spires, and the way the light falls inside.

The Holy Family stained glass window: Mary in blue, the young Jesus, and Joseph in red, beneath Gothic tracery

2011 · The eleventh ball

A window as the face of the season.

For the eleventh ball, the Holy Family window became the image guests saw first: on the Save the Date and the posters. Deep blues and reds against black and ivory, with nothing added that the glass did not already say.

The 2011 Save the Date: the Holy Family stained glass window beside a flowing script Save the Date and the details of the Eleventh Annual Cathedral Heritage Ball, November 19, 2011 — 2011 · Save the Date

Sponsors & partners

The city showing up.

A poster at the tenth ball thanked every Gold, Silver, and Table sponsor beneath a drawing of the cathedral. Local partners stood behind the ball too, like KeytoSavannah.com, whose ad turns an aerial view of the cathedral into a miniature, tilt-shift scene with spires close enough to touch.

Our Gratitude to the Sponsors of the 2010 Cathedral Heritage Ball: Gold, Silver, and Table sponsors beneath a drawing of the cathedral — 2010 · Sponsor thank-you poster

A partner ad: an aerial tilt-shift photograph of the cathedral and its square, with KeytoSavannah.com and our Partners Proudly Support the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist — Partner ad

A detailed pen-and-ink drawing of the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist, its twin spires, rose window, and the trees of the square

Yesterday, today, and tomorrow.

White Easter lilies massed at the altar of the cathedral, with carved white stone rising behind them

What we made

Invitations

Invitation cover
Invitation inside

Save the Date

2011 card
Posters

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