Membership
Design Your Future
Isn’t it about time you got into the driver’s seat of your future? AIGA Baltimore has the keys and the manual to get you there. AIGA, the professional association for design, now represents more than 22,000 designers through national activities and local programs developed by 60 chapters and 240 student groups. AIGA has been advancing the value of design since 1914, acting as the collective voice of the profession and providing numerous resources to members.
As an AIGA member, your dues support the National organization in New York, while also providing resources for the local Baltimore Chapter. Those resources are used to leverage private and corporate sponsorships for events, programs and scholarships.
Community Building
- Meet and learn from professionals from across the design community
- Take advantage of the variety of opportunities to meet, exchange ideas, and build community with the Greater Bay Area and nationally.
- Persons from related industries such as Printing, Software, Hardware, and Images are welcome to join our community as well.
- Strengthen the voice of the industry by participating in the largest association for design professionals.
- Shape the local agenda through Chapter leadership. Support one of our many initiatives or chair a program. Visit the Initiatives section for descriptions.
Exclusive to AIGA Members
- Ability to add a portfolio to and view complete job listings at AIGA Design Jobs
- Access to Creative Business articles
- Listing in AIGA Designer Directory
- Periodic e-newsletter AIGA Design:Business
- Information on operating your business in the AIGA Center for Practice Management
- By-appointment-only access to the AIGA National Design Center library in New York City
- Ability to submit posters for Get Out the Vote
- Regular emails and notices on AIGA activities, events and news. See the full mailing schedule
- AIGA Baltimore organizes member-only events, such as Studio Tours and special workshops with our design partners.
- Chapter members receive discounts to local Chapter sponsored events.
Special Access to Publications, News & Services
- Printed copy 365: AIGA Year in Design
- Printed copy of the “AIGA Design Business and Ethics” series in a binder
- Printed copy of AIGA|Aquent Survey of Design Salaries
- Monthly e-newsletter AIGA Communique
- Access to CarbonCool, AIGA’s carbon offset program
- Semi-Monthly AIGA San Francisco e-newsletter
Your Investment
- One of the questions we are frequently asked is “How are my membership dues spent?”
- KINETIK Inc., in Washington, D.C., has developed this Flash movie to help answer the question.
So many reasons to join...
