AAW membership operates on a January 1 – December 31 calendar year. If someone becomes a new member at the mid-year point or later, they will have the option of choosing to receive the current year’s past and future issues of American Woodturner, or elect to have their new membership take effect on January 1 of the next calendar year, and receive that year’s American Woodturner editions.
Benefits for all AAW members and membership types:
- Six issues of American Woodturner annually
- Automatic participation in periodic drawings for prizes - click here for more info
- Access to all past issues of American Woodturner through the Members Only Area
- Access to machine-readable American Woodturner issues for those members who are visually impaired, and use computer screen reading software - contact the webmaster if this applies to you.
- Marketing opportunities on our website for artists, collectors, galleries and museums
- Group rates for health and life insurance (US members only)
- Group rates for commercial business insurance (US members only)
- AAW members receive bodily injury insurance for chapter-affiliated demonstrations or events under the liability insurance that AAW provides to local chapters
- Savings of up to 50% on AAW merchandise, including project books, DVDs, logo apparel and more!
- Merchant discounts available exclusively to AAW members
- Eligibility to apply for AAW Educational Opportunity Grants
- AAW Forum and member-only access to articles and resources on our website
- Eligible to vote in AAW board elections if a member prior to the end of August in that year
- Eligibility to apply for membership in the Professional Outreach Program (POP)
- Access to POP Fellowship grants
- Exhibit opportunities - AAW members may enter work for the annual juried member exhibit featured at the Symposium, the Gallery of Wood Art in St. Paul and other art venues
- Annual International AAW Woodturning Symposium
- Access to apply for demonstration opportunities at AAW Symposiums
- AAW Resource Directory (printed biennially), which contains a complete listing of contact information for members, local chapters, demonstrators, and other woodturning resources. Updated listings are also available to members through the AAW website.
- Over 300 AAW local chapters offer workshops, camaraderie, opportunities to share ideas and techniques, and access to lending libraries, discounts, and volume purchases
Special benefits associated with each membership type:
Member type - "Online":
Member type - General, General Canada/Mexico and General Overseas:
- All of the benefits listed above
- Available to all new members - worldwide
- American Woodturner and Resource Directory will not be mailed to "Online" members. Your access to these resources will be through the AAW website.
- AAW membership cards will be supplied in a self-print format via email.
Member type - Youth:
- All of the benefits listed above, including home delivery of six American Woodturner issues each year, and the Resource Directory every other year.
Member type - Family:
- All of the benefits listed above, at a reduced cost
- For youth age 25 and under
- Free AAW Symposium registration for youth ages 10-17 with accompanying paid adult registration
Member type - Supporting:
- All of the benefits listed above, plus
- Up to three family members living in same household on the membership card
- One copy of the American Woodturner Journal, six issues per year
- One vote at election time
- Listed family members are covered by the chapter liability insurance. Ability to demonstrate at chapter events and shows
Member type - Benefactor:
- All of the benefits listed above, plus
- Supporter acknowledgement in the AAW Resource Directory under “Above and Beyond”
Member type - Patron:
- All of the benefits listed above, plus
- Benefactor acknowledgement in the AAW Resource Directory under “Above and Beyond”
- All of the benefits listed above, plus
- Patron acknowledgement in the Resource Directory under “Above and Beyond”
AAW would like to express our appreciation for your membership at the Patron, Benefactor and Supporting level. These levels of support are essential to help the AAW achieve our mission - “to provide education, information and organization to those interested in turning wood."
Member type - General Business:Member type - Supporting Business:
- All of general AAW membership benefits listed above, plus
- Listing in AAW Resource Directory under “Above and Beyond”
- Listing in AAW Resource Directory under “Member Resources GB”
- Group rates commercial business insurance (US members only)
- Listing on website for all members to search for services and products
- 5% discount on advertising in the American Woodturner and Resource Directory
- Ability to advertise on the AAW website
Member type - Business Benefactor:
- All of general AAW membership benefits listed above, plus
- Listing in AAW Resource Directory under “Above and Beyond”
- Listing on website to search for services and products
- 10% discount on advertising in the American Woodturner and Resource Directory
- Ability to advertise on the AAW website
Member type - Business Patron:
- All of general AAW membership benefits listed above, plus
- Listing in Resource Directory under “Above and Beyond”
- Listing on website to search for services and products
- 15% discount on advertising in the American Woodturner and Resource Directory
- Ability to advertise on the AAW website
- All of general AAW membership benefits listed above, plus
- Listing in Resource Directory under “Above and Beyond”
- Listing on website to search for services and products
- 20% discount on advertising in the American Woodturner and Resource Directory
- Ability to advertise on the AAW website