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Hi everyone,

Are there any museums or other member-institutions out there that offer discounted memberships for artists? We are beginning to look into creating one and I'd love to be able to pick people's brains about it. If anyone on here has had any experience being part of an art museum - either as staff or as a member - that has had a similar offering, I would love to talk. I have a lot of questions: what were the requirements to join at this level? was there a verification process? did it abide by the honor system? what was the impetus for offering this level? was it successful? etc.

Thanks in advance - this forum is a great resource and I've learned so much from it over the years!

Best,
Patrick

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Patrick McIntyre
Membership and Visitor Services Manager
Noguchi Museum
Long Island City NY
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I believe the Museum of Contemporary Art in Denver has a membership level for artists. 

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Amber Parham
Museum Educator/Performer
Denver Museum of Nature & Science
Denver CO
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Hi Patrick,

You may want to reach out to the Philadelphia Art Museum.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art was in the news last year for their Artist Level memberships. Here's a link to one of the news stories about it: http://www.phillyvoice.com/pma-introduces-cheaper-memberships-working-artists/

Hope this is helpful,
Rusty

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Rusty Baker
Executive Director
PA Museums
Harrisburg PA
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Thank you Rusty and Amber - this is very helpful.

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Patrick McIntyre
Membership and Visitor Services Manager
Noguchi Museum
Long Island City NY
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Original Message:
Sent: 03-10-2017 09:44 AM
From: Rusty Baker
Subject: Artist Level Memberships

Hi Patrick,

You may want to reach out to the Philadelphia Art Museum.

The Philadelphia Museum of Art was in the news last year for their Artist Level memberships. Here's a link to one of the news stories about it: http://www.phillyvoice.com/pma-introduces-cheaper-memberships-working-artists/

Hope this is helpful,
Rusty

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Rusty Baker
Executive Director
PA Museums
Harrisburg PA
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Hi Patrick,

We have two artist level memberships at the RISD Museum in Providence. We have a discounted individual artist membership, and we have an RI Artist membership which is free.

Both memberships use the honor system to determine whether or not the potential member is an artist, but for the free Rhode Island artist memberships, a Rhode Island mailing address is required. A vast majority of all artist members are Free RI Artist members. This program has been a major success, and has allowed us to build a substantial audience for our artist development programs.

Happy to answer any other questions you may have about the program! 

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Matt Berry
Marketing and PR
RISD Museum
Providence RI
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------Original Message------

Hi Patrick,

We have two artist level memberships at the RISD Museum in Providence. We have a discounted individual artist membership, and we have an RI Artist membership which is free.

Both memberships use the honor system to determine whether or not the potential member is an artist, but for the free Rhode Island artist memberships, a Rhode Island mailing address is required. A vast majority of all artist members are Free RI Artist members. This program has been a major success, and has allowed us to build a substantial audience for our artist development programs.

Happy to answer any other questions you may have about the program! 

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Matt Berry
Marketing and PR
RISD Museum
Providence RI
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