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Creative Professional Career Webinar Series

Applying The Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines to Your Everyday Business

Thursday, February 23, 2  PM EST (1 CST; 12 MST; 11 PST)
This webinar is FREE for Guild members and
FREE for anyone purchasing the Handbook from Feb. 1 to Feb. 22.
For years, The Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines has been the industry bible for graphic designers and illustrators. Attend this webinar and learn how to most effectively apply the information in the Handbook to your daily business. More info here.

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The Guild Withdraws Support for the Stop Online Piracy Act (SOPA)

December 24, 2011: When SOPA was first introduced, the idea of stopping online piracy was a good one. Piracy affects the livelihood of many of our members, and so we took a proactive stance for it. However, we are no longer positive about where the bill is headed as it works its way through committee meetings, and feel it may have unintended consequences that may do more harm than good. Read our full statement here.

Free Download:
Copyright Basics and Common Misconceptions Debunked

One of our most popular white papers, Copyright Basics and Common Misconceptions Debunked, is available for free download below. You’ll find answers to your questions related to infringement, fair use, public domain, registering a copyright, and usage. Download it here.

Upcoming Events

New York, NY:

How to Control the Money Conversation with Clients
with Ilise Benum

Thursday, February 16, 7:00 – 9:00 PM
Talking to clients about money can be one of the hardest topics for creative professionals to tackle. But the process will go smoothly once you learn to take control of the conversation.  Read more and register to attend.

In Memoriam: Simms Taback, 1932-2011

On December 25th, the Guild lost a dear friend, colleague, and advocate for graphic artists, Simms Taback. An award-winning illustrator, Simms was a co-founder of the Illustrators Guild, which later merged and became the Graphic Artists Guild of New York. He was instrumental in the Guild going National during the early 1970s. For many years, Simms remained active with the Guild as a writer, editor, and production manager of our book, Graphic Artists Guild Handbook: Pricing & Ethical Guidelines. Generations of Guild leaders remember Simms fondly as a warm and kind mentor. We miss him greatly.        

photo © Travis McCormick

Attention, Illustrators & Designers: Do you have money coming to you?
Check with Authors Coalition of America

Authors Coalition of America, LLC  (“ACAâ€), has identified a number of American illustrators and designers who may be due royalty payments from non-U.S. sources. These royalties have been received to compensate authors for the foreign reprographic use of U.S. copyrighted materials. Please visit the ACA website and click on the Individual Author Distributions link to learn more about the program and find if ACA is looking for you. ACA was founded in 1994 and today is a coalition of 22 American Author Member Organizations. ACA is an Associate Member of the International Federation of Reprographic Rights Organizations. The Graphic Artists Guild has been a member of ACA since 2002. 



Guild members: Please note that the Guild has submitted our member roster to the Authors Coalition for them to review and identify artists which money owed. We do encourage members to check for their names on the Authors Coalition website individually as well.

Network on Our Community Forums

Guild members: check out our members-only Community Forums! Log in at the top of this screen with your first initial-last name and membership ID number (i.e., member John Smith would log in as jsmith). If you can’t log in, check that the National office has your correct email address. Click here for more instructions.

Take advantage of all the Guild has to offer:

 

Health insurance for Guild members

Pricing info you can’t (or shouldn’t) live without:
The Handbook of Pricing & Ethical Guidelines

Discounts on professional services, publications, and other resources

Join Now!

Give yourself a well-deserved gift and become a Graphic Artists Guild Member today! Plus – did we mention – if you join, you receive a copy of that great 13th edition of The Graphic Artists Guild Handbook of Pricing and Ethical Guidelines (or PEGs, as we like to call it). This is the “must-have†support system for your business. PEGs contains valuable information on pricing, contracts, business practices and how to run your business profitably. 

Volunteer!

Do you want to hang out with your creative colleagues? Learn new skills? Broaden your network? Sharpen your business expertise? You can do all this AND be part of an essential organization, pooling our resources to improve working conditions for all artists. Just contact your local Guild chapter or contact one of the National Committees.