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Join the Fine Art Trade Guild
Why will your business benefit from Guild membership?
Joining the Fine Art Trade Guild makes a powerful statement about your drive to succeed and demonstrates to others in the art and framing world that you are aiming for the highest level of achievement in your profession. Most importantly, it tells your existing and potential customers that you care about their interests - enough to invest in best practice, knowledge improvement and skills development. The Fine Art Trade Guild is the trade association for the sector, working to promote, develop and inform the whole Art & Framing industry. By becoming a Fine Art Trade Guild member, you will have access to a wealth of intelligence and be able to call upon a vast resource of information and support services to enhance your business.
Your membership includes a range of cost saving commercial benefits
Visit our Guild Membership Benefits page to see a selection of our current benefits range.
In addition to these great benefits you and your business could gain from
- Export assistance
- Eligibility to serve on the Guild Board of Directors and committees, or to lead your local Branch, contributing towards the industry's policy making, strategy, and activities for development and growth.
The Guild office offers a range of services to assist members, including the Guild information hotline - fielding over 1200 enquiries per annum on a diverse range of topics related to the art & framing industry.
The Fine Art Trade Guild exhibits at many trade shows, both to recruit new members and to provide a convenient source of support and information for existing members.
Who should join?
Membership of the Fine Art Trade Guild enables publishers, printers, galleries and artists (including art photographers and artist-illustrators), as well as framers and suppliers of framing equipment and materials, to devise strategies for the growth of the whole industry. Over 1200 individuals and businesses in the art and framing industry are convinced of the benefits of Fine Art Trade Guild membership, which can amount to as LITTLE AS £5 A WEEK, and is FULLY TAX DEDUCTIBLE.
What are you waiting for? Join Now!
TO JOIN NOW: Please click the link below that reflects the main business you operate to download an application form. Print this off and return to the Guild office.
- Artist/Artists' Agent
- Contract Framer
- Picture/Frame Restorer
- Distributor/Publisher
- Printer
- Trade Supplier
- Retailer/Framer/Gallery
UK members may also choose to pay by annual or quarterly direct debit. Please download the Direct Debit mandate and return to the Guild office for processing.
The Guild welcomes International members and is able to offer a significant package of its benefits to overseas art and framing professionals
JOIN the Fine Art Trade Guild to receive the information you need to run your art & framing business.
JOIN the Fine Art Trade Guild to add your voice to the growing number of companies who are shaping the future of the art & framing industry. JOIN the Fine Art Trade Guild to show your support for the only trade association exclusively dedicated to art & framing industry. You should be a Member? Join Now
What members say about the Fine Art Trade Guild
'Every credit and debit card sale costs me LESS thanks to the Guild' - Guild member David Wilkie GCF, Eagle Gallery
'Membership of the Guild has enabled me to reach our target audience by providing instant access to relevant industry contacts. Canon is delighted to be associated with the Guild and I heartily recommend membership to every business within the field' - Guild member Shane Burchett, Canon (UK) Ltd
'The Guild gives artists a sense of belonging and helps us develop awareness of the business world. You can turn to the Guild for support and advice' - Gordon King, Artist Member
Related Documents
Join the Guild - Membership brochure (Guild-membership-brochure-2010.pdf)Details of the benefits of membership for companies and individuals based in the UK (including application form)
Join the Guild - membership brochure: international (Guild-membership-brochure-2010-INTERNATIONAL.pdf)Details of the benefits of membership for companies and individuals based outside the UK (including application form)
