Become a member of IMAAMembership Application Form for 2020-2021 A full member of the IMAA must support the creation, distribution or presentation of media arts and adhere to the membership criteria based on the IMAA’s founding principles: • Be a non-profit organization, a member-driven co-op or an artist collective • Be artist initiated and controlled • Pay fees to artists • Support sexual and gender equality • Support cultural equity • Support the aims and objectives of the IMAA Benefits of becoming a Member: • Members can have representatives join the IMAA board and are able to sit on, and chair committees and attend regional meetings. • Members have full voting privileges at member meetings and the Annual General Meetings. • Members can apply to the IMAA for travel subsidies to attend the biennial national conference. • Members receive newsletters, memos sent out by their region or by IMAA staff and other communications. • IMAA will advocate for issues that support IMAA’s mandate brought forth by members. Examples of organizations that can apply for a Membership: • A media arts production, exhibition or distribution organization • A not-for-profit media arts collective |
Become an ally of IMAA
Allied Status Application Form for 2020-2021 Allied Status is available to all Canadian organizations dedicated to furthering the media arts. This category is an opportunity for cultural organizations that do not meet the above-listed membership criteria but who wish to demonstrate support of the IMAA mandate. The criteria that applies to Allied Status: • Support sexual and gender equality • Support cultural equity • Support the aims and objectives of the IMAA Benefits of becoming an Ally: • The annual allied status fee is only $25.00. • Allies may receive newsletters, memos sent out by their region or by IMAA staff and other communications. • Representatives of an allied status organization are able to sit on committees, and attend regional meetings. • IMAA will advocate for issues that support IMAA’s mandate brought forth by allies Examples of organizations that can apply for an Allied Membership: • A media arts festival that does not yet pay artist fees. • An artist run centre, gallery or collective that is involved primarily in the visual or performing arts as opposed to the media arts. • An educational or training institution that does not operate as a non-profit organization. |