AVA Membership
The AVA Gallery plays a vibrant and leading role in creating a dynamic focus through the promotion of art and cultural interaction, exciting exhibitions, walkabouts and a variety of other art activities.
We invite you to get involved, become a member, and to be part of South Africa’s contemporary art history. Join the AVA not only to get a front row seat to the country and continent’s contemporary visual art scene, but also to ensure that your voice is heard – and ours made louder.
Association
Single: R150
Couple: R280
Single / 2 years: R280
Single / 5 years: R550
Pensioners & Students / 1 year: R75
Organisation: R300
Circle
AVA 50 Collectors: R25 000
Limited to 50 members
Become a Member
Association Members enjoy the following benefits:
A right to vote at annual general meetings.
An opportunity to nominate board members.
Invitations to all private viewings, exhibition openings, and artist /curator walkabouts.
Opportunity to show work in AVA curated exhibitions.
5% discount on all artwork at the AVA gallery.
10% discount at The Deckle Edge
A negotiated discount on venue rental for functions, events, and exhibitions.
A complimentary glass of wine from Spier at openings and special events.
Circle Members
Limited to just 50 members, to commemorate 50 years since the AVA Gallery moved into its premises on Church Street, Circle provides art collectors with an opportunity to connect over their shared love of art while participating in a handful of exclusive art events per year.
Circle membership fees go towards an endowment fund, launched in 2019, that will ensure the AVA’s ongoing sustainability in the rapidly growing and commercialising Cape Town visual arts ecosystem.
Circle membership benefits also include:
Discount of 15 % on all artwork at AVA Gallery.
Free copy of Corrigall & Co’s report Patterns & Pricing: South Africa's Primary Art Market.
20% discount on previous reports by Mary Corrigall, i.e. 50 Top Artists and the Top 20 Curators who Validated them, Snap Report: Joburg Art Fairs 2019, and 2018 Contemporary African Art Ecology: A Decade of Curating.
Studio visits to AVA member artists on (individual) request.
Exhibitions preview events and catalogues.
View photos from our 2019 rooftop launch here
Registration form
Payment Options
CASH: Your membership fee can be paid at the gallery (cash and cards)
SNAPSCAN: Click to pay via Snapscan
CARD: To do a card payment, click here
EFT: Please make payment using one of these methods, and fill in the below form to complete your registration.
Banking Details
Account Name: Association for Visual Arts
Bank: First National Bank
Branch Code: 250 655
Current Account: 628 3313 6733
Please email proof of payment to admin@ava.co.za. Thereafter your membership card may be collected from the AVA.