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Become a member.

Support makers, celebrate the handcrafted, and get American Craft delivered to your home with a membership to the American Craft Council. Your membership makes an impact by supporting professional development for artists, amplifying the voices of makers around the country, and helping to build an appreciation of the handmade.

Join today! Give as a gift!

New membership offerings.

We’ve re-launched our membership program with Subscribing and Contributing Membership options. Explore the improved benefits and new ways to support craft and its makers nationwide.

Explore the new memberships now.

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Get American Craft delivered to your home.

ACC members receive a subscription to American Craft magazine, as well as access to all digital stories on our website. 

Learn about American Craft
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Membership benefits.

Explore everything an ACC membership offers.

  • ACC memberships include a subscription to American Craft magazine

    Four issues of American Craft

    American Craft will be mailed quarterly to your home. 

  • Access to digital stories from American Craft

    Receive full access to stories and content through our website.

  • ACC members receive great access benefits to events throughout the country.

    Exclusive event benefits

    Receive exclusive access, including discounted or complimentary tickets, to virtual and in-person events throughout the country. 

  • Visit the largest juried craft show on the East Coast

    Tickets to American Craft Made in Baltimore

    Receive two complimentary tickets to the largest juried craft show on the East Coast.

  • ACC members receive discounts on travel and hotel.

    Discounted travel

    Access discount flights, hotels, cars, and cruises, through our travel portal. 

  • Discounts on craft books

    Receive exclusive rates on select craft books from Schiffer Publishing.

  • Resources for artists

    Receive a 50% discount on application fees for ACC marketplace events and educational resources for craft-based entrepreneurs. 

Subscribing Memberships

The essential ACC experience.

Subscribing memberships connect you with the essential features of the ACC experience, including a subscription to American Craft. International memberships are also available.

  • General

    $48 / year

    Receive four issues of American Craft and all of the above-listed benefits.

  • Artist

    $40 / year

    The core ACC experience, including all the above benefits, discounted for artists. 

  • Student

    $30 / year

    The core ACC experience, including all the above benefits, discounted for student.

Contributing Memberships

Make an impact and receive great benefits for as little as $9/month.

Contributing Memberships include all the benefits of a Subscribing Membership and provide vital financial support for ACC’s programs. Depending on the level, Contributing Memberships are partially or fully tax-deductible as allowed by law.

  • Supporter

    $100 / year

    All the benefits of a Subscribing Membership, plus:

    • A philanthropic contribution to support ACC 
    • Recognition in ACC’s Year in Review report

  • Advocate

    $250 / year

    All Supporter benefits, plus:

    • Invitations to conversations with ACC’s executive director and artists, makers, and craft leaders.

  • Patron

    $500 / year

    All Advocate benefits plus:

    • Recognition in the fall issue of American Craft magazine

  • Craft Champions Circle

    $1000 / year

    All Patron benefits, plus:

    • Recognition in each issue of American Craft
    • Invitations to Craft Champions’ Circle gatherings and events throughout the year, such as tours of private collections and studios 

  • Craft Horizons Circle

    $2500 / year

    All Craft Champion benefits, plus:

    • Exclusive invitations to editorial “sneak peek” previews with the editors of American Craft 
    • This membership level is fully tax-deductible

  • Visionary Circle

    $5000 / year

    All Craft Horizons benefits, plus:

    • Recognition of your generous support at events and programs throughout the year
    • This membership level is fully tax-deductible

Gift Memberships

Celebrate the holiday season with a special rate on gift memberships.

Gift your friends and family memberships to the American Craft Council — receive 50% off every membership after the first. That’s just $48 for your first gift and $24 for each gift after that.

Give a gift membership
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Frequently asked questions

  • Become a member of the American Craft Council to get American Craft sent to you in the mail. Membership includes a subscription to the magazine. ACC offers the opportunity to renew your membership automatically.

  • Your membership has a major impact on the American Craft Council’s ability to offer programs, events, and activities for audiences throughout the United States.
    Your membership is also critical to ACC as we publish and present storytelling through American Craft magazine.

  • Yes, you will first be notified by email, then by renewal notices in the mail.

  • Yes! Follow the link above to purchase a gift membership.  You will purchase the membership and provide some additional information about who the gift is for and where membership materials should be sent.

  • A portion of each Contributing Membership is tax-deductible as allowed by law. The tax-deductible portion of any membership is calculated by subtracting the fair market value of the tangible benefits from the overall membership price. In other words, the tax-deductible portion is the portion of a membership that can be considered a charitable contribution.

    Subscribing Memberships: not tax deductible.

    Supporting: $52 tax-deductible

    Advocate: $202 tax-deductible

    Patron: $452 tax-deductible

    Craft Champions: $952 tax-deductible

    Craft Horizons: Fully tax-deductible

    Visionary: Fully tax-deductible

    ACC will update these amounts as needed from time to time. 

     

    If you would like to make a fully tax-deductible contribution to ACC, please visit our donate page. 

    If you would like to make a fully tax-deductible contribution to ACC and also receive the magazine, please consider donating and also becoming a member at any level. You can also consider joining at the Luminary or Visionary membership levels.

  • Yes! If you purchase an ACC Subscribing Membership using a credit or debit card, you can sign up for automatic renewals. To sign up, check “Automatic Renewal” when you purchase a membership. As of now, we cannot offer automatic renewal on any Contributing Membership levels, on Student Memberships, Artist Memberships,  or on International Memberships. 

     

    Your membership will be automatically renewed at the end of your term unless you tell us to stop. Annual memberships will be renewed at the beginning of every month. Before each annual renewal, we will send a reminder with the term and rate then in effect. If you do nothing, we will charge the payment method you selected. You may cancel at any time by calling (844) 653-3989 and custsvc_craft@fulcoinc.com.

  • To update your membership information, log in using the member portal on the website. If you have trouble, please contact membership@craftcouncil.org or call (612) 206-3100.

  • For questions regarding your American Craft Council membership, please call (612) 206-3100 or email membership@craftcouncil.org.

    For questions regarding the delivery of American Craft, including gift memberships, and address changes, please call (844) 653-3989 or email custsvc_craft@fulcoinc.com