ASMA Signature Membership and Fellowship Application

This is an application for ASMA Signature Membership and Fellowship status. Applicants must submit original artwork created within the past 10 years. Signature Membership applicants must submit 12 images representing their current body of work, while Fellowship applicants must submit 20 images. Applicants will be asked to provide biographical information including education, awards, gallery representation, and art group affiliations.

Accepted fine art mediums include oil, acrylic, watercolor, pastel, colored pencil, pen and ink, graphite, sculpture, and scrimshaw. Photography, models, glass, fiber, ceramics, cold cast bronze, digital art, and other miscellaneous categories are not accepted. Sculptors must submit 2 views for each artwork. Images must be submitted as high-quality JPEG files, at least 1500 pixels on the longest edge, with a maximum file size of 30 MB. Images should show only the artwork itself without matting, frames, or background distractions.

Non-members accepted for Signature Membership will be required to pay annual dues of $100. Regular members upgrading to Signature Membership will be charged an additional $35. Signature Members may sign their works with the letters ASMA and have the option of a Signature Gallery page on the ASMA website ($15 per year for three images) and a link to their personal website ($10 per year). Signature Members are required to submit at least one work for jury consideration to every ASMA National Exhibition, which take place approximately every four years. Failure to submit will result in loss of Signature Membership status.

Fellows accepted from Signature Membership will be billed an additional $25, with total Fellow dues of $125 annually. Fellows are asked to actively engage in Fellowship activities, including the annual jury session held in the spring, and may be called upon to submit articles about their artistic techniques for publication in ASMA News and Journal. New Fellows must serve a three-year term on the Fellows Management Committee, progressing from Deputy Managing Fellow to Managing Fellow to Post Managing Fellow. Fellows are required to exhibit one painting or sculpture in National Exhibitions, which are mounted roughly every four years. Entry fees are not refundable and must be submitted by the deadline. Entries cannot be accepted or changed after the deadline, and incomplete entries will be disqualified.