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.
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.
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.
Membership benefits.
Explore everything an ACC membership offers.
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Four issues of American Craft
American Craft will be mailed quarterly to your home.
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Access to digital stories from American Craft
Receive full access to stories and content through our website.
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Exclusive event benefits
Receive exclusive access, including discounted or complimentary tickets, to virtual and in-person events throughout the country.
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Tickets to American Craft Made in Baltimore
Receive two complimentary tickets to the largest juried craft show on the East Coast.
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Discounted travel
Access discount flights, hotels, cars, and cruises, through our travel portal.
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Discounts on craft books
Receive exclusive rates on select craft books from Schiffer Publishing.
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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.
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.
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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
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Advocate
$250 / year
All Supporter benefits, plus:
- Invitations to conversations with ACC’s executive director and artists, makers, and craft leaders.
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Patron
$500 / year
All Advocate benefits plus:
- Recognition in the fall issue of American Craft magazine
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Craft Champions Circle
$1000 / year
All Patron benefits, plus:
- Recognition each issue of American Craft
- Invitations to Craft Champions’ Circle gatherings and events throughout the year, such as tours of private collections and studios
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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
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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.
Frequently asked questions
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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