Membership has its privileges. Here are some of ours…

Exclusive Advantages of Membership

1. You may submit* announcements to the public, World-Wide** FMVA mailing list (ML) and website.- Eligible announcements include -
   • a. Gallery showings of your visual artwork
   • b. Awards/accolades you’ve received for your visual artwork/art career
   • c. Publications relating to your visual artwork/art career
   • d. Press Releases or Articles written about your visual artwork/art career
   • e. Open studios/art shows or sales venues that your artwork will be appearing in/you will be participating in as a visual artist***
   • f. Visual Art Competition information, Teaching/Mentoring opportunities and any other Visual Arts Opportunities that may be of interest to FMVA members
   • g. Sales of or free/donations of Art Supplies that may be of interest to FMVA members
2. You may submit your name and website address to be listed on the FMVA website.*
3. You may apply for participation in the FMVA’s annual Studio Crawl (Studio Crawl rules and regulations are governed by the Studio Crawl committee)
4. You may participate free of charge in the FMVA’s group art shows
5. You may present at the FMVA’s Artist Den
6. You have voting privileges and may serve on a committee and become an elected board member

* Submissions will be reviewed and moderated for accuracy and adherence to FMVA code of conduct/regulations, and are publicly posted at the discretion of the FMVA President and/or appointed Website Admin
** These announcements are public and World Wide – therefore the World Wide Web or www – so please word and proofread your announcement accordingly.
*** If several FMVA members are participating in the same gallery show/sales venue, your announcement may be consolidated at the discretion of the FMVA President or appointed Website Admin to avoid repetition/redundancy.

What your membership dues pay for

1. Hosting fees, domain name fees, and software and hardware fees associated with the development and upkeep of the FMVA website.
2. Association dues related to the publicity of the FMVA as a group (i.e. – membership in the Arts Partnership, which allows the FMVA to publish it’s group events in the local Fargo Moorhead Arts Calendar and on the Culture Pulse website)
3. Fees associated with the FMVA’s group art shows (renting space, catering, administrative support, public advertising)
4. Fees associated with Administrative support

Everyone is welcome to become a member of the FMVA

Annual Membership Dues are $20 and are payable online via the Fargostuff.com FMVA membership registration page.

The majority of communication between FMVA members and the Board and Committees is online via e-mail (Note: you will NOT get automatic updates, you must subscribe – see this post for more information) and this website. If you do not use a computer please ask someone to be your cyber-buddy. We will try to accommodate you as much as possible, but have limited resources beyond what we provide to our members already.
Thank You,
The FMVA Board

The FMVA Membership Guide PDF can be downloaded HERE.