Joining the Fine Art Trade Guild

Joining

Fees

You can join by filling the online form below. Joining online will only take around 10 minutes. On completion of your application, you will receive an email confirmation.                         OR Download an application form by clicking the appropriate link for your business: | Artist | Artists' Agent | Art materials' retailer | Bespoke Framer | Contract Framer | Corporate art dealer | | Fine Art Printer | Online Gallery | Picture manufacturer | Picture/Frame Restorer | | Picture wholesaler/distributor | Print Publisher | Retailer/Gallery | Trade Supplier | Training provider |                         OR Our membership team is always happy to help you. Please contact the membership team at +44 (0) 20 7381 6616 or email the Membership Manager with any questions.

Thank you for your interest in joining the Fine Art Trade Guild. We look forward to having you as a member.

Print Publisher

Framing Materials/Equipment/Artist Materials' Supplier

Fine Art Printer

Contract Framer/Picture Manufacturer

Joining Fee (non refundable): £129.80

Annual Subscription : £394.30

Total: £524.10

VAT*: £78.68

New Member Total: £602.78

If you are already a MEMBER & wish to JOIN a subsdiary outlet of your business
[No references required, but complete form]

Annual Subscription : £99.30 + VAT*: £4.34

Amount to pay: £103.64

VAT is not charged on £74.50 of the membership fee as this relates to the supply of non-VAT items. VAT is charged to UK and EU businesses and individuals. EU businesses showing proof of their local VAT registration are not charged UK VAT.

Payment (cheque or credit card details) must accompany the membership application. This will be processed as soon as the applicant is elected into Guild Membership.

If you wish to pay by credit card could you please either phone us on: (+44 (0) 20 7381 6616 or fax details to: +44 (0) 20 7381 2596

Individuals or companies which are engaged in the trade of original pictures, artists' prints or reproductions, picture framing, restoration, artists' materials and related services are eligible for full membership. Suppliers of goods and services to the art and framing industries are eligible for membership.

Subscriptions are renewable annually from the date of election.

Applications and references are presented to the Court (the Guild's Board of Directors) for consideration and election. This procedure takes approximately four weeks to complete.

Fine art printers are required, at their own expense, to submit a print for testing to a UKAS accredited laboratory for a pH and lighfastness test, minimum weight of paper 250gsm to prove that they can print to Guild standards, and annually thereafter.

Framer members must commit to take the GCF test within the first year of membership.

Companies elected into membership will be provided with a New Members' Pack which will include information on Guild services, publications and Guild insignia for promotional purposes.

Details of members' businesses appear in Guild publications and are supplied for information to other members upon request. The membership details are not for sale to third parties. Please notify the Membership Manager if you do not want your company details being made available to third parties.

Members are required to abide by the Guild's Memorandum and Articles of Association and Code of Ethics. The Guild is company limited by guarantee. Members are guarantors, whose liability is limited to £1.

I hereby apply for membership for the Fine Art Trade Guild.