Membership Benefits

Joining CARFAC BC means you also have automatic membership with CARFAC National. Your membership fees allow CARFAC to advocate for artists’ rights and fair compensation. In addition, members also receive a number of growing benefits:

CARFAC BC Membership Benefits

  • Advocacy and advisory consultations with CARFAC BC and CARFAC National.

  • Professional development workshops, panel discussions and seminars.

  • Free access to CARFAC Advisory Notes & Gallery Surveys.

  • Access to personal health insurance through the Arts & Entertainment Plan®.

  • Discounts on CARFAC publications.

  • Optional Listing on CARFAC BC’s online Member Directory.

  • Promotion in CARFAC BC’s monthly e-newsletter, which also includes income-generating opportunities

  • Promotion through our Instagram channel for Featured Member Artist

  • Invitation to our Annual General Meeting including learning and networking sessions.

  • Certificates of Canadian Origin at a reduced rate (to avoid paying GST on art returning from shows outside of Canada).

  • Exclusive eligibility to purchase an International Association of Art card, which grants free or reduced admissions to many museums outside of Canada.

  • Free admission to the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa.

  • Membership in CARCC with no fee for license negotiation.

  • A unified voice and a say in shaping cultural policy.

Show your CARFAC BC Membership Card for:

  • Student admission rate at the Vancouver Art Gallery.

  • A $50 discount on the first year of a new Modo membership.

  • A 15% discount on studio insurance from ASSURART.

  • 10% discount off art supplies in-store at Iron Oxide Art Supplies in Nanaimo.

  • 15% off all in-house production services (with the exception of the purchase of film and out-of-house finishing services) at The Lab in Vancouver.

  • 15% off custom framing materials from Picture Perfect in Kelowna.

  • Vancouver Island artists can signup to be a Think Monk Savingsmember for free at any Monk Office, Monk Office & Art, or Island Blue Art & Framing store to receive 10% off artist paints, canvases & cradle panels everyday.

  • A $20 annual subscription to GEIST.

Join CARFAC BC today