Membership

Only professional visual artists residing in Pirkanmaa area may apply for the membership of Tampere Artists’ Association (TAA). The applicant must either have a finished artistic education or a membership in a trade union or must be otherwise merited in the field of art. Professional artistry is defined by active artistic work considered professionally significant by the board of the association, along with the applicant’s CV and artwork images. New members are admitted to the association through a simple majority vote by the board.

Decisions on membership applications are made once a year. The annual application deadline is 25.3.

Please apply for membership by sending all the information listed below in ONE pdf-file electronically to: sannamaria.paananen (at) tampereen-taiteilijaseura.fi with the title “Application for Membership”.

The file must include the following documents:

  • MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION / JÄSENHAKEMUS (Fill in the form and include it in your application. See the translation of the form below. )
  • CV
  • PICTURES of 5-10 artworks. The artworks must be from within the last 5 years. Please also include full information on artworks: name, year, technique and size. We also encourage applicants to include photos of their exhibition installations.
  • If you are not a member of any trade union under the Artists’ Association of Finland, please enclose a copy of your graduation certificate. When submitting a copy of your diploma, please ensure that all personal information—except your name—is covered.
  • If you graduated from a foreign art institution, include documentation confirming that your education is equivalent to a comparable Finnish degree.

NOTE: The maximum size of the PDF is 15 Mb. Please check that the file includes all necessary documents. If we must ask you to renew the application, the procedure might be delayed.

If it is impossible for you to send material electronically, please contact: sannamaria.paananen (at) tampereen-taiteilijaseura.fi.

MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION / JÄSENHAKEMUS

  1. APPLICANT’S INFORMATION
    • Last name
    • First names
    • Professional name (if different from your real name)
  2. DATE OF BIRTH
  3. ADDRESS AND OFFICIAL RESIDENCE
    • Postal address
    • Official residence
    • Phone number
    • Email address
    • Webpage address
  4. PROFESSION
  5. FIELD / FIELDS OF ART
    • Painter
    • Printer
    • Sculptor
    • Media artist
    • Photographer
    • Performance artist
    • Other, what?
  6. PROFESSIONAL TRAINING IN ART
    • Art institution
    • Date of graduation
  7. MEMBERSHIPS IN TRADE UNIONS (full member/aspirant member)
    • The Finnish Painters’ Union
    • Association of Finnish Printmakers
    • Association of Finnish Sculptors
    • Photographic Artists’ Association
    • Muu Artists’ Association
  8. MEMBERSHIPS IN OTHER ARTISTS’ ASSOCIATIONS
  9. ARTISTIC ACTIVITIES
    • e.g. upcoming exhibitions, projects and other plans
  10. WHAT DO YOU EXPECT FROM TAMPERE ARTISTS’ ASSOCIATION?

INSTRUCTIONS FOR MAKING YOUR CV

CV is a detailed description of your professional activity, and it should include the following information:

  • Name and contact information
  • Webpage address and links to professionally used social media
  • Artistic education
  • Private exhibitions
  • Group exhibitions
  • Performances and other public artistic appearances
  • Commissions
  • Works in collections
  • Grants, visits in residences, awards
  • Publications
  • Gallery representations

NOTE: Exhibitions should contain only those held in galleries or similar art venues (not those held in cafes etc.). Sales events are not exhibitions, therefore they are not to be included in CV. If you have numerous exhibitions, please write down only the most important ones and add to the headline: (selected). List the exhibitions in chronological order, the latest always on top.