AIGA is a great resource for graphic designers. But the annual membership fee is $315. Ouch. $315 a year. I recently wrote a letter to the AIGA asking if they have considered lowering their annual fee. This isn’t an exciting email (as I will often spice up my inquiry emails). I just wanted to post this online for the public to see.
With these harder economic times, I wonder if it has been discussed at AIGA to lower membership costs. I was a member from 2000-2005 as my workplace paid for the membership. As budgets got cut, our membership was eliminated from the budget. AIGA truly is a great resource. But I personally have a hard time justifying the $315 annual fee. Just as a comparison, I am a member of the Chicago Artists Coalition as their membership fees are more reasonable: http://caconline.org/register.asp?destination=membership
Thank you, Matt Maldre
what do you get with your membership? For 315 smackers I’d expect a donut on my front step every morning.
What does AIGA stand for?
American Institute of Graphic Artists
Or American Institute of Graphic Arts
A couple years ago they declared that AIGA doesn’t stand for anything. They want to get away from being called “graphic arts” which is an old term. So technically, AIGA means nothing. It is simply AIGA.