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Your membership in Arts Kentucky gives you quick access to resources and tools that will assist you in your growth and development, and help you to influence public policy so that is favorable to arts and culture in Kentucky. We collect, compile, sort and simplify enormous amounts of information and share it with our members EVERY WEEK.
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Member Benefits:
- ARTS QUICKIE, a weekly email newsletter which includes timely information about grants, foundations, workshops, conferences, calls to artists, member news and much, much more! Click here to see a sample of "The Quickie."
- BRINGING ARTS ADVOCACY TO FRANKFORT -- You are probably aware of the difficulties that the arts face in getting consistent funding in the state budgets, along with favorable treatment in legislation and special projects. Your dues make our professional advocacy possible, and your participation makes our voices together more powerful than separately.
- ARTS KENTUCKY ADVOCACY UPDATES, a newsletter sent every month to our members with current news about arts issues at the state and national level, as well as tips and suggestions for advocacy activities you can participate in! Click here to see the latest Advocacy Update.
- DISCOUNTS on fees for workshops, conferences and regional arts meetings sponsored by Arts Kentucky! We have presented workshops all across the state on such topics as Grantwriting, Long Range Planning, Marketing & Promotion and Advocacy. Click here to learn more about our upcoming workshops.
- INCLUSION IN A POWERFUL ARTS NETWORK! We work to bring people together in collaborative networks that share resources toward common goals, rather than competing for ever-smaller portions of the pie. Join us!
Membership Levels
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Individual Memberships
For individual artists, participants in arts organizations, or for friends of the arts
- Basic Individual Memberships $25
- Individual "Friend" Membership $50 or more!
Organizational Memberships
- Organizations with annual budgets up to $50,000 -- $50
- With annual budgets $50,000 to $150,000 -- $100
- Above $150,000 -- $150 the first year, going up $100 each year until hitting 0.1% of your annual budget ($1 for every $1,000 in your budget).
Art Educators
- Individuals may join at the Basic or Friend rates above ($25 or more)
- K-12 teachers should ask their school to join for ALL arts teachers at that location for $50
- College or University departments or divisions -- join to include ALL faculty and staff for $100