2010 membership renewal are due now.
Renew today! You are the engine that runs the machine that is contemporary art jewelry and in turn the Art Jewelry Forum. As someone who is always interested in learning about what you are seeing, you are in a unique position to support and help fund all we do. By renewing at the highest affordable level of membership you are saying that you think the artists and thinkers who work professionally in this field deserve your big vote of confidence. You have the satisfying feeling of being supportive, and you get to belong to a community of like-minded individuals.
If you can contribute more, please do – the money you give enables us to increase the amounts we award to our Emerging Artist, to lecturers we invite to speak at SOFA, and to offer grants at a higher level. Please note that your membership fees and any contributions you make to AJF are fully tax-deductible.
Renew your membership today. The Supporter membership is our general membership designed for a person who wants to contribute to the AJF mission as an advocate for contemporary art jewelry. As a Supporter you are invited to travel with us to visit private collections, go behind-the-scenes at art museums, and visit top universities with metals programs. Supporter members learn about contemporary art jewelry through our monthly e-mail newsletters, the AJF website, and AJF-sponsored lectures.
As a Sponsor you enable AJF to do more! As a Sponsor member you receive all the benefits of the Supporter membership -- an invitation to travel with to visit private collections, go behind-the-scenes at art museums and university metals program and learn about contemporary art jewelry through our monthly e-mail newsletters, the AJF website, and AJF-sponsored lectures.
Additionally,your generosity provides funds we need to expand our Emerging Artist Award, Education and Grant programs.
Benefactor membership is by far the most significant demonstration of support for the goals of AJF you can make. Our Benefactor members are committed partners in our efforts to broaden our focus beyond America and connect with the very best of contemporary jewelry from around the world. Your Benefactor contribution will enable us to increase our web presence with a more active blog, keeping up to date with events, information, gossip and informed commentary about what’s going on in the field. we will be working more strategically with our grant schemes for emerging jewelers and institutions, as well as introducing a new grant for critical writing about contemporary jewelry, making sure these important activities of AJF reach a wide audience. At $5000 each, these grants are not large amounts of money, but they are immensely encouraging to all who apply for them, and they do make a difference to the contemporary jewelry scene.
As a Benefactor you receive all the benefits of both the Supporter and Sponsor memberships. Plus, you receive an additional membership for your spouse or partner and you are offered the opportunity to give the gift of an AJF membership to the Curator of your choice.
If you renew at as a Benefactor we will contact you to arrange for your gift memberships.
The AJF Gallery Membership is designed to serve the needs of our commercial members. If you are a dealer or gallery owner this is the membership for you. As a Gallery member you receive all the all the benefits of the Sponsor membership, plus you can contact AJF members with information about your gallery, receive a 10% discount on advertising in Metalsmith magazine, can partner with AJF to sponsor special events during AJF trips, at SOFA, COLLECT and at SNAG conferences, your website will be included as a link from the AJF website and blog, and you will have special reviews of your programs and exhibitions on our blog. At the Gallery membership level you are entitled to memberships for two individuals. New Gallery members will be contacted shortly after your membership donation is received to arrange the many associated benefits.
The Arts Professional Membership is special membership category for those with a professional interest in art jewelry. If you are a maker, curator, art educator, or writer this is the category for you. As a member of AJF you will enjoy all the existing membership benefits of our organization, as well as be able to take part in all the exciting new developments. As arts professional member, you receive a special reduced fee of $100 for an annual membership, and it is all tax-deductible. You merit this reduced fee because we value your participation in our organization, and we know what an important role you play in supporting and maintaining contemporary jewelry.
