Join

A package of benefits for professional artists

• NEW Personal Accident Insurance (from 1 April 2025)
  This insurance provides a fixed benefit to the member in the event that they are unable to work due to an accident – £20,000 for death or permanent disablement, £200 per week (max. 52 weeks) for temporary disablement. More on insurance
• PPL and PI Insurance
  Membership includes £10m Public and Products Liability (PPL) insurance and £5m Professional Indemnity (PI) insurance and the opportunity to take advantage of specialist insurance packages for artists. More on insurance
• Legal and tax helpline
  Obtain legal and tax advice 24 hours a day, 365 days a year on a variety of issues including contract disputes, debt recovery and self-assessment. More on the helpline
  
• Advocacy
  Become part of the UK’s largest artists’ membership organisation and lend your voice and weight to our advocacy work, including Paying Artists.
• Your network
  Grow your network and share by posting on Blogs, Reviews and Events.
• Resources
  Inform your practice with insights and strategies from guides, profiles and toolkits, alongside research and archives.
• Regular updates
  New and useful content by email keeps you up to date.
• Jobs and opps
  Find and share paid work and professional development opportunities.
• Bursaries
  Member-only access to our annual programme supporting self-devised professional development.
• Professional development
  Take part in workshops, talks and networking events or access specific programmes for skill development.

Join as an Artist

A package of benefits for arts organisers

• NEW Personal Accident Insurance (from 1 April 2025)
  This insurance provides a fixed benefit to the member in the event that they are unable to work due to an accident – £20,000 for death or permanent disablement, £200 per week (max. 52 weeks) for temporary disablement. More on insurance
• PPL and PI Insurance
  Membership includes £10m Public and Products Liability (PPL) insurance and £5m Professional Indemnity (PI) insurance and the opportunity to take advantage of specialist insurance packages for artists. More on insurance
• Legal and tax helpline
  Obtain legal and tax advice 24 hours a day, 365 days a year on a variety of issues including contract disputes, debt recovery and self-assessment. More on the helpline
• Online community
  Grow your networks, with tools for blogging, collecting, conversing.
• Research
  All the latest sectoral research, advocacy and policy documents.
• Professional development
  Inform your practice with resources including guides, toolkits, contracts, research and archives. Plus member events and networking.
• Jobs and opps
  Find and share paid work and professional development opportunities.

Join as an Arts Organiser

For undergraduate students

• Online community
  Connect with other students, artists and arts organisers, with tools for blogging, collecting, conversing.
• Resources
  Plentiful early career advice and professional guides, profiles, contracts, research, toolkits, plus archives.
• Jobs and opps
  Full access to listings to learn about the environment for work and find opportunities.
• Events
  Invites to artists’ events for networking and professional development.

Membership is free to undergraduate students at universities with a JISC license agreement. Check here for a full list of current JISC university licence holders.

Join as a Student

For groups of professional artists this package offers all the benefits of individual Artist membership with a discount for buying 10 or more. Ideal for studio groups and artists’ collectives.

• NEW Personal Accident Insurance (from 1 April 2025)
  This insurance provides a fixed benefit to the member in the event that they are unable to work due to an accident – £20,000 for death or permanent disablement, £200 per week (max. 52 weeks) for temporary disablement. More on insurance
• PPL and PI Insurance
  Membership includes £10m Public and Products Liability (PPL) insurance and £5m Professional Indemnity (PI) insurance and the opportunity to take advantage of specialist insurance packages for artists. More on insurance
• Legal and tax helpline
  Obtain legal and tax advice 24 hours a day, 365 days a year on a variety of issues including contract disputes, debt recovery and self-assessment. More on the helpline
• Advocacy
  Become part of the UK’s largest artists’ membership organisation and lend your voice and weight to our advocacy work including Paying Artists.
• Your network
  Grow your network and share by posting on Blogs, Reviews and Events.
• Resources
  Inform your practice with insights and strategies from guides, profiles and toolkits, alongside research and archives.
• Regular updates
  New and useful content by email keeps you up to date.
• Jobs and opps
  Find and share paid work and professional development opportunities.
• Bursaries
  Member-only access to our annual programme supporting self-devised professional development.
• Professional development
  Take part in workshops, talks and networking events or access specific programmes for skill development.

Prices from £35 per member per year for groups of 10 or more, with larger discounts for bigger groups. Further details [email protected]

Supporting the work of your organisation, this package enables you to stay connected to the UK’s largest artist membership, offering individual named access for staff to member only areas.

• Online community
  Promote your events and paid work opportunities to a wide network of visual arts professionals (subject to our guidelines). Engage with the online community through blogging, collecting, conversing.
• Special rate
  Take advantage of 20% discount off opportunities listings and online advertising.
• Research
  All the latest sectoral research, advocacy and policy documents.
• Best practice
  Make use of resources including guides, toolkits, contracts, research and archives. Plus member events and networking.

Prices from £180 per year, which includes access for 5 users. Further details [email protected]

Higher Education and Further Education membership offers students and staff access to a-n through a JISC license using your institution’s IP range or Shibboleth. The benefits of being a HE and FE member include:

• Free a-n Student membership for all students
• Unlimited access to sectoral resources and research, employability resources, advocacy and policy documents
• Invitations to member events 
• A recorded talk for students, offering practical advice about being an artist and working in the arts
• 20% off advertisements in a-n Degree Shows Guide
• Discounted memberships for graduating students 

Prices for a Higher Education and Further Education membership range from £293 to £451 per year and are booked directly through JISC. For further information and to purchase your a-n membership visit: JISC Collections

Please note:  Members can access all member content on the a-n website with the exception of Jobs and Opps listings. Access to Jobs and Opps listings requires an additional £100 upgrade. For more information on upgrading, contact [email protected]

Try out a-n for a day

• 24 hour access
  For short-term research or allowing you to sample content
• Dip into the online community
  See how you can connect with artists, arts organisers and students, with tools for blogging, collecting, conversing
• Resources
  Use guides, contracts, toolkits plus archives, access the latest sectoral research, advocacy and policy documents
• Take a membership
  Within 30 days of accessing a Day Pass you can redeem the cost off annual membership

Day pass users can view all member areas but can’t post content.

Join for a day