Become a member
Your membership makes a difference!
Join the AVA to ensure your voice is heard – and ours made louder.
AVA Membership
The Association for Visual Arts is the oldest non-profit gallery in Cape Town with the mission to advance and support contemporary art and artists. From the annual open call, we curate up to 28 exhibitions per year at our gallery space at 35 Church Street.
Our members support makes it all possible.
We invite you to become a member, get involved and connect with South Africa's contemporary art world.
What we offer:
General Membership
Our most popular membership at an accessible annual fee, directly fueling our mission while expanding our community. Stay in the loop with our members newsletter and have a voice in the Association for just R150 a year.
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General membership tiers include:
Single / 1 year: R150
Single / 2 years: R280
Single / 5 years: R550
Pensioners & Students / 1 year: R75
Couple / 1 year: R280
Organisation / 1 year: R300
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Monthly newsletter
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 Membership
An opportunity for collectors and patrons to connect over the shared love of art and to support the work of the AVA in the face of absence of regular government funding. The cost of the Circle Membership is a donation of R25,000 per year.
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Priority access to:
Exclusive catalogue of Annual Artist Donations
All AVA exhibition catalogues
Private exhibition previews
Special artist events
Periodic Board Meetings
Special benefits:
10% discount on any artwork purchased
Opportunity to exhibit works from your private collections
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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.
The cost of the Circle Membership is a donation of R25,000 per year.
Learn more here
If you are interested in supporting the AVA by becoming a Circle Member please do not hestitate to get in contact with:
Olga Speakes (AVA Director) olga@ava.co.za
View photos from our 2019 rooftop launch here