Ort Gallery

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Membership

Ort Gallery’s Membership Programme

For only £50 per year (£40 discount) you can enjoy a range of exclusive benefits – including taking part in our Members Show, professional development, opportunities and discounts from us and our partners.

Membership provides vital support to the organisation and our commitment to artistic excellence and social impact in Birmingham. In a changing political landscape where the arts are less and less supported it is only with the support of our members that we are able to exhibit contemporary work representing underrepresented voices and increase the engagement of local residents in the arts.

Membership costs just £50 for twelve months and the easiest way to purchase is online here. Students and people with limited funds can purchase a discounted membership for just £40. We are committed to widening access and opportunity regardless of income. If you cannot afford a membership please contact us for a free space.

Make sure friends and family don’t miss out by buying them a Gift Membership too. Just select this option when purchasing!

Member Benefits

As an Ort Gallery Member you are entitled to:

  • Submit your work to our annual Members Show

  • Artist Members Pack full of practical information on working in the arts sector

  • Free Professional Development sessions (1-1 mentoring, peer to peer sessions)

  • Discounted events

  • Warmth Training

  • Resources

  • Monthly Reading list curated by our Artistic Lead Aaisha

  • Opportunities, offers and invites from our Partner Organisations

Any questions? Do feel free to contact us.

Members Show

Members can take part in our annual Members Show. This year we are showing at Stryx JQ. Find out more here.

Every year we exhibit the art work of our members in a group show celebrating the best new local talent! Find pictures from previous years here

Professional Development Sessions & Videos

We run regular professional development sessions which are free to members. Most commonly these are one to one mentoring sessions with a member of our team to support you with your visual language, topics of your work, fundraising or other career development.

We also run peer to peer sessions to encourage more exchange and support amongst local artists as well as Meet the Artist events during our exhibitions giving you the chance to practice public speaking and meet your audience.

We have five Professional Development Videos offering insight into how to break into the arts industry, how to find and take up opportunities, working with organisations and how to become and work with curators. These are free for anyone to access here

Bernd Reichert

In our search for novelty in making artwork, we often lose touch with beauty, sensitivity and harmony. These three pa...

Crow Dillon-Parkin

I work across a range of disciplines, and my work is always to some extent rooted in embodied experience, from a femi... 

Helen Garbett

Arising from very different art practices, Bill Laybourne's deep listening and chance based approach, combined with H...

Jason Clarke

Jason used art therapy to manage his mental health. He also enjoyed talking to others about his work because it start...

Maggie Leaver

Birmingham Artist using contemporary painting approaches and experimental methods in watercolour and oils. Colour and...

Uzmah Naz

Hi everyone my name is Uzmah Naz, I have studied a BA Degree in printed textiles in surface design. My work is based...