Subscriptions and Membership Categories
Entry Fees and Subscription Rates 2023-2024 (including VAT at 20%) |
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Membership Category |
Subscription |
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Annual |
or |
Monthly |
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| Town Artist | £420.00 | £35.00 | |||||
| Country Artist | £240.00 | £20.00 | |||||
| Young Artist (under 35) | £240.00 | £20.00 | |||||
| Graduate Artist | £120.00 | £10.00 | |||||
| Town Member | £420.00 | £35.00 | |||||
| Country Member | £240.00 | £20.00 | |||||
| Young Member (under 35) | £240.00 | £20.00 | |||||
| Associate | £240.00 | £20.00 | |||||
| Student | £120.00 | £10.00 | |||||
| Corporate Lay Membership | |||||||
| First Member | £600.00 | £50.00 | |||||
| Each Additional Member | £240.00 | £20.00 | |||||
- Town membership (Town Member and Exhibiting Town Artist) applies when the postcode of the member’s primary residence is:
- any Glasgow postcode commencing with G other than G83 and G84; or
- a Motherwell postcode commencing ML1 through to ML10; or
- a Paisley postcode commencing PA1 through to
- Country membership (Country Member and Exhibiting Country Artist) applies when the postcode of the member’s primary residence is outwith the above defined town area.
- Associate membership applies if the member either:
- resides at the same primary residential address as a Town Member or Exhibiting Town Artist; or
- an employee, member or otherwise associated with a business or organisation that has taken out 1st Corporate membership.
- Young membership (Young Member and Young Exhibiting Artist) applies if the member is aged under 35 as of the commencement of the Club’s membership year commencing each 1st November.
- Student membership applies if the member is under the age of 35 as of the commencement of the Club’s membership year and they are undertaking a course of full time study at a University, Further Education Institution or College. Following receipt of membership, this rate then applies for three full subscription years (1st November to 31st October).
- Exhibiting Graduate Artist membership applies if, at the time of application, the member is either completing their year of graduation from a fulltime course of study in applied fine or visual arts or has done so not more than two years previously. They may then remain as an Exhibiting Graduate Artist member for a period of three full subscription years (1st November to 31st October).
- Exhibiting Artist membership status is subject to either:
- the election of an artist by a selection panel of nominated current Exhibiting Artist members who have considered a small portfolio of an applying artist’s work; Or
- the selection of an artist’s work appearing in an exhibition that the Glasgow Art Club have been asked to award a prize at, the selection being made by one or more nominated current Exhibiting Artist members.
These terms apply to the designations of Exhibiting Town Artist, Exhibiting Country Artist, Young Exhibiting Artist and Exhibiting Graduate Artist.
Membership Categories:
Link to Application Forms to use:
Non-Practising Artists:
Non-Practising Artists are Artist Members who do not qualify as Practising Artists and will be unable to submit examples of their artwork in the Club’s Exhibitions.
Lay Members:
Lay members shall be persons interested in or having a connection with the Arts.
Practising Artists:
Practising Artists are Artist Members practising in the fine and applied Arts and other visual Arts (painting, drawing, graphic and illustrative arts, photography, sculpture and three-dimensional arts). Practising Artists are able to submit artwork to the Club's Exhibitions. Practising Artists candidates should be proposed and seconded by Practising Artist Members of the Club and will also need to submit at least two specimens of original work which can be uploaded from the Club’s website (a username and password and instructions will be advised to the candidate). Such works will be privately viewable on the Club’s website only by the candidate and Members of the Club.
Graduate / Student Members:
Graduate / Student Members shall be Young Members under the age of 35 who are attending Or graduated within the last 3 years a University or a Further Education Institution or College on a degree course.
Practising Graduate / Student Artists are Artist Members who are attending or graduated, as a student, a full time course in the fine and applied Arts and other visual Arts (painting, drawing, graphic and illustrative arts, photography, sculpture and three-dimensional arts) or have graduated within the last 3 years.
Practising Graduates / Student Artist membership is not subject to election, applicants do not therefore need to submit their work for prior consideration.
Town Members:
Town members shall include all members resident for more than one month in each year or having a place of business within a radius of 40 miles of the Clubhouse.
Country Members:
Members not so resident or not having a place of business within said radius may elect to be country members.
Retired Members:
Retired Members are aged 60 or over and have retired from business.
Young Artist or Members:
Young Artist members shall be Artist members, and Young Lay members shall be Lay members, who are on the date of their election and who remain on the date of the commencement of each subscription year under the age of 35 years.
Associate Members:
The partner of any existing Artist member or Lay member shall be eligible for election as an Associate member.
Corporate Lay Members:
A company, firm or other organisation may apply and nominate not less than two of its directors, partners, office-bearers or other senior persons for election as Corporate Lay Members of the Club. The online application form has the facility to submit up to 5 Corporate Lay Members.