B.I.G. Membership
This Web Site is dedicated to two members, 'Kathy (Parrot on the left Shoulder) Jenkins' and our great late founder and digital artist Jonathan Inglis.

You will need to email us initially if you are interested in applying for any one of our B.I.G. Membership categories. Applications are considered twice yearly (Summer and Winter) and we will eventually need to judge your big T.O.O.O. T.O. which is:

  Three examples of your work [Print or Photo (35 mm slide) form only]
  One very short written summary in your own words about your work to date
  One short paragraph about "where you want to go with your stuff"
  One sentence from you as to what drives you forward.
  Two or three words that capture your style
  One word or so that reveals your attitude towards life

We understand different needs and have evolved 'Membership' into two forms:

  a)  Active B.I.G. Members who progress their work alongside B.I.G.

  b)  Friends of  B.I.G. - made up of past active members who are now
     self-supporting champions in their chosen field/s or simply wish to
     retain an interest in all things creative.
     

Can B.I.G. be for you?    ...      maybe
.
In the early 1990's, Jonathan Inglis and others running B.I.G. at that time, realised the impact of new media and the way in which creative disciplines were cross-merging to form new works and new working practices. Since that time, B.I.G. membership has been open to an ever widening group of like-minded individuals, all developing ways to communicate e.g. :

sound experimenters, interior designers,

sculptors, visualists, media mixers,

feature designers, calligraphers,

miniaturists, photographers, muralists,

carnival creators, storytellers, poets, dancers,

musicians, web designers, graphic artists, illustrators

landscape designers, toy makers, animators, visualisers.
 

If you are NOT on this list but feel your skill should be included, then tell us about what you do and we can spread your news further afield (email us)

Membership Update: (2001/ 2002)

Associate BIG Membership:
Ideal for Students, having limited experience of servicing commissioned work briefs, but having demonstrated a clear talent within their chosen medium.
£10 per annum (2000/ 2001/ 2002)

Full Individual BIG Membership:
Experienced practising individuals, servicing commissioned contracts. Join BIG for the essential networking, net linking and group support)
£18 per annum (2001/ 2002)

Corporate BIG Membership:
Companies commissioning Creative Work through our BIG links - (Join - hey, we do a good job and your first £25 discount will get your fee back instantly on your first commission)
£25 per annum (1999/ 2000/ 2001/ 2002)

Managed Associate BIG Membership: (2002/ 2003)
A Member who likes to get on with the creative work with a non silent BIG partner promoting the stuff World-wide - out there to make money in
the market, today.
£57 (first year only) plus Negotiable % on contracts for minimum 2 or 3 year agreements.  (Please read below the article by Emma C. for new details)

Friends of B.I.G. Membership:
Once you have been an active 'full member' of B.I.G. for a full a year you can of course continue and renew if you are still finding B.I.G. useful and relevant to your work. All members who have supported the work and aims of B.I.G. are entitled to be included as 'Friends of  B.I.G.' for life and will always be welcome at B.I.G.
 

The Creatives' Law
by Emma C.

"I was amazed that a group like 'BIG' existed! I went to see them first in a pub and found them instantly likeable. I am not sure who the **** I  spoke to as I was taking notes most of the time! But whatever question I had, somebody there helped me out with the answer, a phone number or some contact. I'd just got through my M.A. and was suddenly mixing it with professionals 'just instant like'. That's gotta be about 5 years ago, but even now in Australia I still keep the notes I took on that day and what's more, I know that if get back to the U.K. at any time, they'll be there. They have this 'Creative's Law' that works :

'The more you communicate, the more you have to say. The more things you have to say, the better you need to communicate and the more people you need to support you'.

I found that as I progressed my career I got involved with a load of new disciplines and ways to explore communication. I am not an 'island' type of person, but I did feel isolated from mainstream at one time in my life - B.I.G did a lot to widen out my views, help my confidence and  helped me to plan out some good routes for my future.

The big things to remember are best left to B.I.G. to explain but it's all about pushing yourself forward and protecting your work. I was an Associate Member for one year when it was just £8 and a full member for two further years ..... but B.I.G. is bigger than any group I have come across since, because for me, it is permanent. I know I can contact other members and I know that when they say 'Friends of B.I.G.' they really mean 'Big Friends' ".

IMPORTANT:
2002 Sign up with BIG for a Bonus:
Recent changes to the UK Copyright Laws now allow your Family to benefit from the sale of your work for 75 years after your death so think long term.

Your earnings are linked with 3 main points: your creative ability, your style and your marketing methods.  Your total earnings during your lifetime must secure your home, your family, health and maybe pension.

Complete your application and email it today to our Membership Secretary

It's your subscription thus it is YOUR MONEY ... let's spent it on YOU.!

FIRSTLY
We're going to send a BIG chunk of it to secure your name and your work in an International Copyright Collection Agency, and believe it, this is a useful and vital one-off  Payment that lasts for 75 years beyond your lifetime, continually feeding your Family -  a marvellously secure feeling;  a great gift for their future AND your present.

THEN
This is just the BIG start.  Then, we'll use £2 towards admin. plus £10 for getting you your own page on the net, fitting into your marketing plan and your folio design – this is truly the unique value of a BIG self-help Group run and supported by fellow creatives.

We do all this for a one-off total of £57.00 which also includes Full Membership for a year and Life Membership of "Friends of B.I.G."

There is no other UK artist-led group doing this for its UK members
...... there should be .... but we've not come across any. Even B.I.G. are
just 'trialing' it for just one year, 2002, at the moment, to see how it goes.

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