Join NAVA

NAVA Members are united in the belief that artists and arts workers deserve pay and conditions that reflect their value. YOUR Membership directly supports NAVA's advocacy work.

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Illustration by Judy Kuo, 2024.

NAVA brings together the many voices of the contemporary arts sector to improve fundamental conditions of work and practice. We do this through advocacy, education and the Code of Practice for Visual Arts, Craft and Design.

NAVA Membership offers a range of professional services, resources, programs and benefits designed to help organisations sustain good practice and help artists build successful careers.

We offer three affordable Membership packages:

  • NAVA Premium Plus: comes with 6 types of insurance including Public Liability and Products Liability
  • NAVA Premium (pay annually or monthly): perfect for artists, arts workers, art educators and art supporters
  • NAVA Organisation: three logins for your staff

This Membership comes with 6 types of heavily discounted insurance including Public Liability and Products Liability. It is exclusively available for professional visual artists, craftspeople, designers, curators, installers, registrars, conservators and arts administrators.

Other benefits

  • Industry advice, dispute assistance and support over the phone 1800 046 282 and via email nava@visualarts.net.au 
  • Guides on tax, writing grants, pricing work and much more.
  • Access to grants and funding and job opportunity listings.
  • Discounts to professional development programs for artists, arts workers, and art educators, plus learning programs for school educators.
  • Access to Educator and Classroom Guides, with content and learning outcomes linked to curriculums and syllabuses for all Australian states and territories.
  • Discounts with a range of organisations across the sector including entry to museums and galleries, art magazine subscriptions, and at Eckersley’s stores.
  • Regular updates on industry news, best practice standards and the Code of Practice.
  • A national voice advocating to improve the fundamental conditions of work and practice.
  • Voting rights at NAVA’s Annual General Meeting.
  • Right to nominate and elect Directors of the Board.

Premium Membership is perfectly suitable for artists, arts workers, arts educators and anyone interested in keeping up-to-date with NAVA’s community, programs, resources and industry best practice updates.

For $96 a year or $8 a month, NAVA Premium Members get:

  • Industry advice, dispute assistance and support over the phone 1800 046 282 and via email nava@visualarts.net.au 
  • Guides on tax, writing grants, pricing work and much more.
  • Access to grants and funding and job opportunity listings.
  • Discounts to professional development programs for artists, arts workers, and art educators, plus learning programs for school educators.
  • Access to Educator and Classroom Guides, with content and learning outcomes linked to curriculums and syllabuses for all Australian states and territories.
  • Discounts with a range of organisations across the sector including entry to museums and galleries, art magazine subscriptions, and at Eckersley’s stores.
  • Regular updates on industry news, best practice standards and the Code of Practice.
  • A national voice advocating to improve the fundamental conditions of work and practice.
  • Voting rights at NAVA’s Annual General Meeting.
  • Right to nominate and elect Directors of the Board.

This Membership is for organisations and includes three logins for your staff to access our encyclopaedia of online resources, best practice advice, discounted professional development, and loads more.

We encourage all arts organisations, faculties and departments to commit to good practice in the workplace and help artists sustain thriving careers and practices by joining NAVA.

NAVA Organisation Members pay only $400 a year. Membership provides:

  • Three staff logins to access online guides, grants, funding and job opportunity listings, and professional development.
  • Guides and templates to help organisations sustain best practice and help artists build successful careers.
  • A national voice advocating to improve the fundamental conditions of work and practice.
  • Discounts to professional development programs and education programs for school groups.
  • Access to Educator and Classroom Guides, with content and learning outcomes linked to curriculums and syllabuses for all Australian states and territories.
  • Regular updates on industry news, best practice standards and the Code of Practice.
  • Industry advice and support over the phone 1800 046 282 and via email nava@visualarts.net.au

If you just want to keep in touch with what’s happening, you can register for free to receive regular industry news including our monthly NAVA news.