Welcome to the Union of Maine Visual Artists.

Your membership in this collegial, nonprofit association of over 400 artists and art lovers provides you with these benefits:

• Meet-&-greet demos, artist talks, helpful critiques, discussion salons & studio visits to admired peers
• Quality exhibit and sales opportunities around the State
• Your own artist page on the UMVA website, where you can upload artwork, an artist statement and contact information.
• A link to your website from the UMVA website.
• An interactive calendar of UMVA and member activities, announcements and useful tips
• Showcase opportunities in and a free subscription to the online Maine Arts Journal
• Free access to Maine Masters films online
• A chance to speak truth to power by making Artists’ Rapid Response Team! (ARRT!) banners, placards and posters, and LumenARRT! messages projected onto buildings
• Fiscal Sponsorship for personal grant applications
• Free membership to full-time art students who help with gallery sitting and hanging member exhibits.

On behalf of the UMVA, we encourage you to take advantage of the many opportunities for interconnectivity and camaraderie. We hope you will get involved and contribute to the success and growth of our organization with your volunteer efforts throughout the year. After all, we are “artists helping artists” and we’re all in this together.