{"id":353,"date":"2011-11-28T22:29:37","date_gmt":"2011-11-28T22:29:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/localhost\/clay-alliance\/?page_id=353"},"modified":"2023-10-04T18:01:17","modified_gmt":"2023-10-04T22:01:17","slug":"join","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/clayalliance.org\/?page_id=353","title":{"rendered":"Membership"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><span style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #676c6c;\"><strong>CURRENT MEMBERS<\/strong>: Please do not pay for your membership at the link below. You will automatically be invoiced for membership on November 2nd for the following year.\u00a0 <\/span>If you need to make changes to your membership info (phone, email, etc), send an email to\u00a0<a class=\"bluelink\" href=\"mailto:updatemyinfo@clayalliance.org\">updatemyinfo@clayalliance.org<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: none; color: #000000;\">Membership is open to anyone with an interest in clay (i.e. teacher, professional, amateur, collector, gallery owner and supplier). New members can <a href=\"https:\/\/clay-alliance-member-services.square.site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">pay for their annual membership<\/a> to join today!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>New membership prices for 2024:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>$30 &#8211; Yearly Membership<br \/>\n$20 &#8211; Yearly Student Membership (with valid student enrollment info)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Membership benefits:<\/strong><\/p>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Community with a large group of ceramic artists<\/span> to tap for advice, information and support.<\/li>\n<li>Four <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">General Meetings<\/span> a year, providing an avenue for networking with others.<\/li>\n<li>A <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">quarterly newsletter<\/span>: <em>The Clay Chatter<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Monthly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Board Meetings<\/span> to follow what&#8217;s going on across the organization.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Opportunities to participate with others in:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>The annual <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Spring Pottery Fair<\/span> traditionally held on the first Saturday of May. The <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Holiday Pottery Fair<\/span> in December.<\/li>\n<li>Monthly <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">gallery sales opportunities<\/span> at the Pendleton Art Center&#8217;s Final Friday events within the Clay Alliance Gallery<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Group Shows\/Exhibitions:<\/span>\n<ul>\n<li>Themed Member Gallery Shows<\/li>\n<li>Juried Group Exhibitions<\/li>\n<li>Non-juried Group Exhibitions<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Empty Bowls<\/span>, an international project to raise money for hungry children, held on the first Sunday in November. To date, we\u2019ve raised over $375,000 for Kid\u2019s Cafe, a division of the Freestore Foodbank.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Creating new events<\/span> pertaining to clay.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Workshops:<\/span> Exploration workshops with visiting artists, member-led workshops, and notices regarding workshop opportunities offered by other organizations.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Mentoring<\/span>: Access to members who are willing to advise you in areas of their expertise, with subjects as diverse as clay, glazes, firing, kilns and promoting your craft.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Committees<\/span>: Join a committee! Be part of a team of people working toward a common goal, such as Empty Bowls, the Clay Alliance Gallery, or one of our annual sales like the Spring Pottery Fair or Holiday Pottery Fair.<\/li>\n<li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">CA Website:<\/span> Information on events, exhibits, interactive calendar, member gallery, communication with entire active membership, access to archived minutes and reports, and interesting articles.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p><strong>Join today by paying for your annual membership <a href=\"https:\/\/clay-alliance-member-services.square.site\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">here<\/a>!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CURRENT MEMBERS: Please do not pay for your membership at the link below. You will automatically be invoiced for membership on November 2nd for the following year.\u00a0 If you need to make changes to your membership info (phone, email, etc), send an email to\u00a0updatemyinfo@clayalliance.org\u00a0 Membership is open to anyone with &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":893,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-353","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","column","threecol"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/clayalliance.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/353","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/clayalliance.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/clayalliance.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clayalliance.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/893"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/clayalliance.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/clayalliance.org\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/clayalliance.org\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}