Become A Member
Membership Requirements
Applications are due by February 28.
Download the Membership Application PDF. Fill Out the form and send in an email to Local Clay with a subject line: Membership Application.
Principal Membership Level Requirements
To apply for principal membership please submit the following with your application.
Associate Membership Level
Applications are due by February 28.
Download the Membership Application PDF. Fill Out the form and send in an email to Local Clay with a subject line: Membership Application.
Principal Membership Level Requirements
- Members must reside and work within a 75-mile radius of Bloomington, IN city center.
- Members have been working in clay for a minimum of the past 5 years.
- Members fire their work on their own or in a cooperative studio.
- Members are selling their work to the public directly, through at least two of the following: a gallery, retail shop, juried art fairs, online sales or through exhibitions for a minimum of the immediate past three years.
- Principal members agree to attend a minimum of three meetings annually. If a principal member is unable to attend a Local Clay meeting the member should contact a Board Member before the meeting. Attending less than two meetings a year may change the level of membership to the Associate level. Meetings are usually 1 in the spring, 2 in the fall, and 1 meeting after the fall show.
- Members must agree to work on at least one committee annually.
- Principal members vote at regular meetings. Members must be present to vote.
- Members must agree to participate in at least two Local Clay events annually. (Soup Bowl Benefit, Workshop, Exhibitions, Fall Sale etc.) ---
- First year principal membership dues are $75.00; dues each year thereafter are $50.00 for regular Principal membership and $25.00 for Local Clay Board members. Members agree to pay the annually assessed Local Clay dues at our Spring meeting in March or before to maintain Principal membership level. Dues are subject to change at the request of the Local Clay Board.
- Principal members who resign from Local Clay or who remain at the Associate member level for two or more consecutive years must reapply for Principal membership in Local Clay. Principal members may switch to Associate member status at any time and may return to Principal member status after a period of one year. Principal members choosing this option may participate in Local Clay exhibitions during that year as space allows.
- Principal Membership level qualifies members for participation in the Local Clay sales (Fall Show).
To apply for principal membership please submit the following with your application.
- Digital images sent in an email with at least 10 color jpeg images of your original work that has been produced in the past 2 years. Show the variety of your work. You may include detailed views. List the medium and size for all of your digital images.
- Work should be handmade and reflect excellence and the unique vision of its maker. It should be well conceived and skillfully executed, without technical faults. All work must be the design of the applicant. Current Principal members will jury images and applications.
- Send your application to: Marcy Neiditz – Membership Chair: mneiditz@comcast.net
Associate Membership Level
- Associate membership in Local Clay is open to anyone interested in the Local Clay organization living within a 75-mile radius of Bloomington, Indiana’s city center.
- Exception: A Principal Member who moves out of the 75-mile radius may continue membership as an Associate Member.
- Associate Members agree to pay the annually assessed Local Clay dues at our Spring meeting in March, or before. Associate membership dues are $35.00 each year. Dues are subject to change at the request of the Local Clay Board.
- Associate Members will receive notification of all Local Clay events, Associates receive member rates to Local Clay sponsored workshops, and are encouraged to attend Local Clay social and educational events. Associate members have access to networking and resources of principal members.
- Associate Members may attend Local Clay general meetings but will be non-voting members.