JOIN
Interested in becoming a member of the Barryville Area Arts Association? We welcome your participation!

CRITERIA FOR JOINING
1. Members must be an adult 18 years or older living in one of the following hamlets either full
or part time:
Barryville • Greeley • Minisink Ford • Yulan
Eldred • Highland Lake • Pond Eddy
Glen Spey • Lackawaxen • Shohola

2. Members must be engaged in an arts-related endeavor. We can’t list them all, but they
include:
• Visual Arts: sculptor, painter, mixed media, digital media, drawing, photography, fine art
printmaker…
• Crafts: ceramics, furniture, quilter, knitter, fiber artist, wood worker, jewelry designer…
• Music: musician, composer, lyricist, singer…
• Literary Arts: writer, novelist, playwright, poet…
• Film/Theater/Dance: producer, director, performer, dancer, choreographer, costume or set
designer…
• Commercial Art: illustrator, graphic designer, art director, creative director, package design...
• Architect or landscape designer….
• Arts educator, art historian…
• Gallery owner….
• Arts supporter

3. Members should support BAAA’s organizational goals:
• network and share ideas about our art with fellow members;
• help establish our region’s reputation as an “arts community”;
• create opportunities to promote, show, and sell our art;
• influence the future direction of our community by sharing our artistic vision;
• educate the public about the importance of art and supporting local artists;
• be a community resource and integrate art into our region’s public spaces.

BENEFITS OF MEMBERSHIP

• be part of a regional communal arts organization, and growing arts community;
• communicate, network, and interact more with other artists;
• create and participate in member events and activities throughout our region;
• shape the future of your town, and be informed about important arts-related matters;
• generate additional interest and/or sales in your creative work.

HOW BAAA WORKS

• There are no annual membership dues, and new members are always welcome.
• BAAA has no legal status, and has no financial accountability to its members.
Our organizational structure is decentralized; we are a network of member artists. All projects
and activities are member driven. Member projects are not approved of or endorsed by BAAA.
• Our mode of communication is email, so members need to be email-equipped.
• Members must be contact-friendly, and are encouraged to pass along information they feel will
be of general interest or importance to other members, like a community bulletinboard.
• New members will immediately receive our member contact list, so they may communicate with
fellow members. The contact list will be updated regularly and sent to members.
• We respect the privacy rights of our members. All BAAA members must keep this membership
list confidential.
• Content on mass emails to members must be restricted to arts related matters only.
• Participation in any projects or activities is always voluntary, since not everything will be of
interest to all members. It is up to individual members to initiate projects that are of interest to
them, identify and communicate with other interested members, and execute the project based
on the skills, time, and resources of the “team”. Members may also opt to initiate projects
independently from other members. If funding is required, it is the responsibility of the
individual or the team to fund the project.

MEMBERSHIP FORM

We hope you see the tremendous value in joining the Barryville Area Arts Association, and that
you will consider becoming a member. If you have any questions, please email Sally Rowe at
BAAA@frontiernet.net. If you would like to become a member, download the Membership Form,
fill it out and mail it to:

Sally Rowe
P.O. Box 62
Barryville, NY 12719