Artists membership

Application requirements: All genres, mediums and styles are welcome as well as both professional and amateur artists. With an egalitarian selection policy, consumer demand and membership fees play an important role in up holding the quality and integrity of the VAT artist community. 

VAT SERVICES AND BENEFITS FOR ARTISTS	STANDARD MEMBERSHIP	PRO MEMBERSHIP
INDIVIDUAL WEBSITE Personal independent website	Yes	Yes
PERSONAL WEB PAGE AND PROFILE Personal webpage and profile, on VAT website.	Yes	Yes
PERSONAL ADMIN AREA Manage your portfolio and profile in your personal admin area.	Yes	Yes
PORTFOLIO SIZE Maximum number of images in your portfolio at any one time.	100	500
ONLINE GALLERIES The number of galleries you can create on your profile at any one time.	10	50
MANAGE YOUR OWN SALES Manage your own sales directly, as it suits you, with no commission on sales!	Yes	Yes
MESSAGE CENTRE Negotiate exhibition deals, reply to purchase offers and enquiries. Keep a record and build your mailing list.	Yes	Yes
ACCESS TO KNOWLEDGEBASE Look up advice and help others on the Knowledgebase.	Yes	Yes
BECOME A REVIEWER Rate and review artists, Artworks, Exhibitions, Venues and other reviews. Answer other users' questions and queries on the knowledgebase. Top contributors will be put forward to the prize draw.	Yes	Yes
NEW EXHIBITION VENUES Opportunity to approach and exhibit at new venues on the VAT website.	Yes	Yes
LIVE EMAIL UPDATES (RSS) Collectors automatically informed by live email updates (RSS) about all your new artworks, exhibitions, news and events. *	Yes	Yes
LINK TO YOUR WEBSITE Include a direct clickable link to your own website.	Yes	Yes
ACCOUNT STATISTICS View all statistics related to your account and detailed break downs of how your art has been rated. Also view statistics on most popular searches, saved searches.	Yes	Yes
VAT'S PICK OF THE MONTHS ARTWORKS The chance to have your artwork selected as one of VAT's artworks of the month, and displayed on our home page.	Yes	Yes
ARTIST OF THE MONTH SELECTION The chance to be selected as our Artist of the Month	Yes	Yes
MAIN SITE BANNER FEATURE At the top right of the site randomly selected artworks are shown 24/7 or any browsing users to see.	Yes	Yes
YEARLY SUBSCRIPTION	£100	£145

NB: All members get one months free standard membership trial. If artists fail to take up, renew or cancel their membership their portfolio of artworks will still be visible on the VAT website but they will be unable to read any messages received until they have renewed their membership.