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How To Become a PBAL Member
- Pay annual fee of $30 per individual membership, per
calendar year by January 31st. Memberships run
from January to December each year. (Example,
if you join in June of 2008, your membership will
carry you to December of 2008, with membership
fees being due again in January of 2009.).
Student membership are available for $15 per
individual per calendar year. Students (15-17)
must have a written referral by an Adult Member or
an art teacher.
- Print and fill out our application form from
this site, pick up our PBAL application at our studio, request an
application via e-mail, mail, or telephone.
- Mail or drop off your application to: The Pine Bluff Art League, Donald W. Reynolds Community Services Center, 211 W. 3rd Street, Suite 108, Pine Bluff, AR 71601.
Benefits of Becoming a PBAL Member
- Monthly meetings with special guest speakers demonstrating timely art topics
- Free art classes and discounted workshops conducted by art league members or local well-known artists
- Opportunity to Chair or Sit on committees to share/express your ideas, suggestions, and knowledge
- Use of PBAL Gallery to display and/or view members' artworks
- Use of PBAL Studio, limited to members, to paint, sketch, etc.
- Dedicated web site page with display of artwork and/or biography, ($20 annual fee)
- Monthly newsletter
- Juried Annual Exhibition at the Arts and Science Center of Southeastern Arkansas
- Monthly Business Exhibitions, entering your artwork into our monthly meeting contests, awarded artists exhibit artwork at local businesses
- Other exhibition opportunities held throughout the year such as fundraising events
- Calendar of misc. events, such as our weekly Lunch Bunch group, field trips, out-of-town workshop groups/car pooling
- Publicity via our PBAL website, newsletter, and local newspapers
- Studio library consisting of art books and magazines
- The acquaintance of our talented artists and learning from one another
- Ongoing encouragement to create and exhibit new artworks each year
Membership Application
You may download our PDF application form here. (Brochure Page 1) (Brochure Page 2) (please be patient, large files).
All applications should be filled out and mailed to:
Pine Bluff Art League
Donald Reynolds Community Services Center
211 W. 3rd Street, Suite 108
Pine Bluff, AR 71601
League Bylaws:
PBAL BY Laws are available here in pdf format.
Dedicated Artist Pages
For members wanting to have a dedicated artist page, the following information is provided:
The page will consist of the members name, a brief bio/artist inspiration statement, information on how to contact the artist, and a nine image gallery of works. The artist will pay an annual dedicated artist page fee of $20 (in addition to the annual membership fee) to the PBAL to qualify for a Dedicated Artist web page. If members would like to donate an additional amount for the PBAL web site, the amount can be added to the $20 fee. The member should provide the following information to Shirley Dawson (870-692-6938 cell):
Member Name:
Verbiage for Artist Bio/Inspiration statement: 3-5 paragraphs.
Nine images of their art work with the following information for each work:
- Image Title
- Type Work
- Framed/unframed
- Dimensions of work
- Sale Price of work
If a member sells their artwork as a result of the member's dedicated page, then the League requests a 20% commission for that sale.
When one of the works in the 9-image gallery is sold, the member can email Annette or Shirley so they can mark "sold" on the member's page. If the member would like to replace that image with a new image, then an additional fee of $5 is requested for each work replaced during the year.
The web address for the member page when it is completed will be:
www.pinebluffartleague.org/membername/ (i.e., www.pinebluffartleague.org/patsheffield/ )
The page will also be linked from the member directory and the site map page.
Members needing photos of their art work for the dedicated member page can contact Shirley Dawson (870-692-6938 cell) about the next date she will be taking photos at the Reynolds Building.
The dedicated page must be renewed each year.