VANS membership gives you access to various VANS programs, information, opportunities, a subscription to Visual Arts News magazine, other member benefits, a large provincial community of colleagues and peer networks. Membership also supports the advocacy work of the organization which works for the advancement and rights of visual artists and the visual arts in Nova Scotia. Learn more about membership benefits here.
VANS memberships run from January 1st to December 31st of every year. We welcome new member applications throughout the year; benefits will be retroactive depending on the date of payment. Between July 1st and September 30th, VANS annual memberships are pro-rated to half of the annual member fee with benefits being for the 6-month remainder of the year. From October 1st to December 31st, VANS annual memberships are paid in full and expire the following December 31st.
You can become a member online and pay with your credit card or bank account via PayPal. You can also download and print the membership application/renewal form, and mail it with an enclosed cheque to our office at 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax, NS, B3H 4P7.
With our auto-renewing membership, you will be charged the initial fee for the full year ahead, and then your membership will be automatically renewed each year, on December 1. You may opt out of automatic membership renewals at any time. If you prefer not to have your membership renew automatically please select the One-Time Membership option.
For more information on your membership contact Carri MacKay, Programming Coordinator at communicate@visualarts.ns.ca.
Membership types
Individual – $50
Household (two or more artists living in the same home sharing one subscription to Visual Arts News) – $65
Senior (age 60+) – $45
Student (valid for 1 year after graduation) – $35
Gallery/ Group (arts councils, collectives, arts organizations, etc.) – $70
Corporate (businesses, institutions) – $85
International (outside Canada) – $60
VANS also has Membership Bursaries which provide artists in need of financial support with a VANS membership. There is no deadline to apply for a Membership Bursary. Applications are confidential and are reviewed by the Membership and Engagement Committee. Recipients of the bursary will receive a .pdf of Visual Arts News magazine instead of the print-mailed version. Want to support a Membership Bursary? You can make a Membership Bursary donation.
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