Membership Categories
Members of The Artists' Guild are divided into two groups: Associate & Signature Members. To join The Artists’ Guild, you must pay for a Museum membership, plus the $25.00 Guild membership. To join the Museum and the Guild, please click on the page for "How to Join". When you join the Guild, you automatically become an Associate Member.
After you join the Guild, you will receive a "Welcome Package" with detailed information about the Guild, how you can become involved and how to become a Signature Member. This package is e-mailed to those who provide an e-mail address and is snail-mailed to those without. It is strongly advised that you provide an e-mail address (we use your e-mail only for Guild related purposes) as we rely upon e-mail communications and our website to keep our members informed.
Associate Members are artists and lovers of the arts who are members in good standing of the Museum and the Guild. Associate Members may enter open juried Guild shows. All art entered into a Guild show must be original fine art and must be for sale. A portion of all sales proceeds benefits the Boca Raton Museum of Art.
After 90 days of Guild membership, Associate Members may apply for Signature Level Status. Please go to "Becoming a Signature Member" under "About the Guild" for the details of this process.
Associate Members who have been oriented and trained to staff the Images Gallery may work shifts at the gallery. This is an excellent way to meet other Guild members and to make friends. There are many other jobs in the guild that are available for the volunteer who wants to help the Guild. These include committee chairpersons and election to the Board of Directors.
Signature Members are working and professional fine artists whose artwork is of a high caliber and have been juried into the Guild as Signature Members. Only Signature Members may enter shows at the Images Gallery at Mizner Park, enter the Guild's Biennial juried exhibition at the Boca Raton Museum of Art, participate in the Small Venues program, or display their art on the Guild's website.
To become a Signature Member, your work must meet certain criteria and you must submit your work to be juried by an independent juror hired by the Guild. Please see the detailed description under the heading "Becoming a Signature Member".
After attaining Signature Level Status, you may wish to exhibit in our Images Gallery. Participation in the Images Gallery requires a one time $100 participation fee plus an annual gallery rental fee (which changes each year as our rent changes) in addition to staffing the Images Gallery if you enter a show. This year, the rental fee is $300, payable in two $150 payments. The first payment for the 2008-2009 rental year is due by May 31, 2008 (for current members). Artists who become Signature Members during the rental year who want to join the Images Gallery will be able to pay the $300 rental fee without a late fee penalty. The rental fee for the new year is $300, regardless of when a member joins. Current Signature Members will be assessed a $50 late fee for joining after May 31st.
Membership Renewal:
Members are expected to maintain continuous current membership status to enjoy membership priviledges. The museum mails out a renewal notice well in advance of the renewal date. In addition, to those members who do not respond to the museum's communication, the Guild sends a reminder e-mail.
Each member is responsible for renewing on time. Any member who does not renew their membership PRIOR to their renewal date (which is clearly indicated on each membership card) will be dropped from the Guild's roster. If that member subsequently rejoins the Museum and the Guild, they will start the membership process as an Associate Member. This means that former Signature Members will need to again submit their work for the Signature Member jurying program and Associate Members will have to restart the 90 day time clock prior to jurying. Do NOT let this happen to you. Please renew on time!
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