JOIN THE INTERNATIONAL ENCAUSTIC ARTISTS

International Encaustic Artists (IEA) is a 501(c) non-profit professional artists’ organization that seeks to raise the level of excellence in encaustic fine art by providing global exchange and raising interest about encaustics in the art world and with the general public.

Some of the benefits you will enjoy as an IEA artist member are sharing new information on techniques and exhibit opportunities and exchange information on the development of careers as individuals and as a group. Membership will also provide access to online forums, listing on a IEA website (beginning January 1, 2007 signature members will have the additional option to have an individual profile Artist page with images on the website, standard members will be listed on the membership page), jpg registry, invitations to display work in members-only shows, and the opportunity to achieve Signature Member status after being juried into three IEA sponsored shows. IEA also holds retreats and other art and encaustic-related events and trainings that will be available to IEA members only.

All IEA membership applications are subject to approval by the IEA Board of Directors. The fee for associate artist membership is $75 for one year beginning the month that you enroll (please always check first to see if membership fees have been updated). In addition, each member is asked to contribute volunteer time by serving on one or more committees each year. You will receive a help needed list to make first, second, and third choices from. A member of the Board of Directors will then contact you and put you in touch with the appropriate team director. Active participation by each member is fundamental to growing the group as a whole and you will be part of a team that will support your individual endeavors at every opportunity. If you are unable to serve actively on a committee, you may contribute an additional $75 per year in lieu of volunteer time. If at the end of the year the Board determines that a member has not met this commitment the additional $75 fee will be assessed and payable before the next membership year begins.

Every effort will be made to address the needs of individual IEA members in order to further their professional careers and to meet the mission goals of the group as a whole. We welcome your membership and look forward to many fruitful years ahead!

If you want to write us with any IEA membership questions and/or comments, please send us an e*mail.

You can download a new member IEA application form in MS Word format or unformatted text-only version.

You can now elect to pay via your PayPal account (and send your MS Word application form filled out as an email attachment). Send your completed application to: this email address. And let us know in that email that you have already paid online via PayPal so we know to go check (there may be some delay in responding to you after you have paid because we are all volunteers and not online 24 hours a day, but we'll get to you...we promise!)

You can also always, if you prefer, send a regular check and mail your application to the address included in the application.

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IEA Membership: In Lieu Volunteer Commitment (for those who do not want or are unable to meet their volunteer commitment for the year. This is in addition to the base membership fee.)



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Member Profile Page on Website

Each active and valid IEA member can have a profile webpage on the IEA website during their membership which includes:
  • A brief introduction (about the artist, written in third-person) - no more than 2-3 sentences. [optional]
  • An artist's statement - no more than 2-3 sentences (written in first-person).
  • (2) two sample images of your encaustic work (each image submitted: 500 pixels wide, 72 dpi, jpg, title of work)
    Note: number of images shown may be changed by the Board in the future depending upon our bandwidth allotment across all our members
  • Link to external website leading users to see more of your encaustic work [optional]
Please send your profile page information to the IEA Webmaster. Send introduction and artist statement as text and images as non-compressed attachments. Each member is allowed to update their content and images once a year. We are all volunteers, so allow time for updates to be made.

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International Encaustic Artists (IEA) is a 501(c) non-profit professional artists’ organization that
seeks to raise the level of excellence in encaustic fine art by providing global information
exchange and raising interest about encaustics in the art world and with the general public.