To be a member of AQM is to be part of a dynamic network of more than 200 puppetry artists, organizations, cultural workers and puppetry enthusiasts!
Discover the benefits offered to our members according to the categories below.
DESS students in Contemporary Puppet Theatre at UQAM? Enjoy a special price of $50,00 on your Professionnal Member / Individual membership! Contact us at communications@aqm.ca for more details.
Baluchon, Théâtre Les Amis de Chiffon
Fabrication of the puppet: Marie-Pierre Fleury
Photo credit : Le photographiste – Patrick Simard
Terms and conditions | 2023-2024 season
VALIDITY
The 2023-2024 membership season begins on September 1, 2023. Your membership is valid upon receipt of your payment until August 31, 2024.
APPLICABLE RATE
- September 1 to November 15: the membership campaign is active. The preferential rate is in effect during this period.
- November 16 to May 31: the regular rate applies.
- June 1 to August 31: any membership made during this period will be for the season beginning the following September 1. The preferential rate applies.
- Preferential rate always applies to new memberships!
VIRTUAL MEMBERSHIP CARD
AQM embraces the digital culture! After completing the transaction, you will receive a virtual membership card by email. Present it to our partners, in the same way as your old physical card, in order to benefit from a wide range of advantages. If you would like to receive a physical card, please request one by contacting us at communications@aqm.ca.
Membership categories
Professional Member / Organization: Any legal entity, non-profit organization, theater company and association, working professionally in puppet theatre in Quebec or giving importance to puppetry arts in their profession.
Benefits of becoming a Professional Member / Organization!
By joining, you:
- Obtain a member profile in the directory of professional companies members on the AQM website with a space for information on your work and a photo;
- You can post your news and events on the AQM website (shows, workshops, calls for projects, announcements, etc.). They will then get published in the AQM newsletter Le fil d’Ariane;
- Be invited to the annual International Casteliers Professional Networking Meeting between artists and theatre programmers and at FIAMS Express Artist Showcase (up to three people can represent the company at those events);
- Have free access to the sessions of the Popular University of Puppetry Arts (UPAM);
- Are one the first to receive the AQM’s continuing education program and you can register, for a limited time only, to our workshops in priority;
- Have a chance to win the annual AQM Artistic Residency program at MIAM;
- Have voting rights at the annual general meeting;
- Get the bilingual magazine Marionnettes 2023-2024 for free;
- Become a UNIMA-Canada member and part of the UNIMA-International community, with all its privileges: access to international workshops; access to scholarships to attend festivals around the world; representation abroad; promotion of your activities in the national and international newsletters;
- Obtain a membership card giving you preferential rates with several of our partners (theatre tickets, services and more!).
♦ ORGANIZATION PLUS – Add $50.00 to one of the 4 rates below to add an Professional Member / Individual membership to your registration. You will have the possibility to add a member profile in the Artists directory on the AQM website. This individual will gain all other benefits of a Professional Member / Individual.
♦ DONATION – Would you like to contribute to the UNIMA International Cooperation Commission? Enter the amount of your donation in the Add a donation for Association québécoise des marionnettistes box and we will relay your donation. Your contribution allows UNIMA to carry out projects to help artists in need all around the globe.
Rates – According to the total level of operating funding granted by the various arts councils: Conseil des arts de Montréal, Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec and Canadian Council for the Arts.
RATE 1: no operating funding
Preferential rate: $140,00 (plus taxes)
Regular: $160,00 (plus taxes)
RATE 3: Operating funding from $50,000 to $100,000
Preferential rate: $175.00 (plus taxes)
Regular: $195.00 (plus taxes)
RATE 2: Operating funding of under $50,000
Preferential rate: $160.00 (plus taxes)
Regular: $180.00 (plus taxes)
RATE 4: Operating funding over $100,000
Preferential rate: $205.00 (plus taxes)
Regular: $225.00 (plus taxes)
Professional Member / Individual : Any person, artist and cultural worker, working professionally in puppet theatre in Quebec or giving importance to puppetry arts in their profession.
Benefits of becoming a Professional Member / Individual!
By joining, you:
- Obtain a member profile in the directory of professional artists members on the AQM website with a space for information on your work and a photo;
- You can post your news and events on the AQM website (shows, workshops, calls for projects, announcements, etc.). They will then get published in the AQM newsletter Le fil d’Ariane;
- Be invited to the annual International Casteliers Professional Networking Meeting (invitation for one person) between artists and theatre programmers and at FIAMS Express Artist Showcase ;
- Have free access to the sessions of the Popular University of Puppetry Arts (UPAM);
- Are one the first to receive the AQM’s continuing education program and you can register, for a limited time only, to our workshops in priority;
- Have a chance to win the annual AQM Artistic Residency program at MIAM;
- Have voting rights at the annual general meeting;
- Get the bilingual magazine Marionnettes 2023-2024 for free;
- Become a UNIMA-Canada member and part of the UNIMA-International community, with all its privileges: access to international workshops; access to scholarships to attend festivals around the world; representation abroad; promotion of your activities in the national and international newsletters;
- Obtain a membership card giving you preferential rates with several of our partners (theatre tickets, services and more!).
♦ DONATION – Would you like to contribute to the UNIMA International Cooperation Commission? Enter the amount of your donation in the Add a donation for Association québécoise des marionnettistes box and we will relay your donation. Your contribution allows UNIMA to carry out projects to help artists in need all around the globe.
INDIVIDUAL RATE
Puppetry Supporter Member: Any individual or an organization interested in the goals and activities of the organization.
Benefits of becoming a Puppetry Supporter Member!
By joining, you:
- Have your name writen in the Supporters and Founders section of the AQM website.
- Have free access to the sessions of the Popular University of Puppetry Arts (UPAM);
- Are one the first to receive the AQM’s continuing education program and you can register, for a limited time only, to our workshops in priority;
- Get the bilingual magazine Marionnettes 2023-2024 for free;
- Become a UNIMA-Canada member and part of the UNIMA-International community, with all its privileges: access to international workshops; access to scholarships to attend festivals around the world; representation abroad; promotion of your activities in the national and international newsletters;
- Obtain a membership card giving you preferential rates with several of our partners (theatre tickets, services and more!).
♦ DONATION – Would you like to contribute to the UNIMA International Cooperation Commission? Enter the amount of your donation in the Add a donation for Association québécoise des marionnettistes box and we will relay your donation. Your contribution allows UNIMA to carry out projects to help artists in need all around the globe.
