September Newsletter
What's New With The AMA?
01. Fall Release of New Educational Resources
The AMA website has been updated! Check out the fall release of new resources.
The AMA is hard at work providing resources that will create a strong foundation for our industry and serve as a guide to those managing artists. The following resources have been updated and are live on our site!
Bidding Resources
Two new templates for Terms and Conditions - Whether you are working with an outside producer or managing production yourself, we've got you covered with this shared legal resourceProduction Resources
Explore the National Guidelines for Photo Production and share with clients the AMA recommendations on subjects such as Advance Payment Terms and Transparency throughout the bidding processForms and Agreements
More shared legal resources that include NDA's, Crew Confidentiality and Rep/Producer Agreements you can customize for your productionsJob Description Checklist
The AMA has created a comprehensive checklist of information that could be included with a bid in order to provide clarity around the details of a project.
Need access to the resources? Become a member or partner today!
02. Join Us For A Community Townhall
Friday October 8, 2 PM EST / 11 AM PST
What does it mean to be a member of the AMA? Open to Current and Future AMA Members & Partners. We encourage you to submit questions to be addressed during the townhall. Along with questions from our community, we will be covering the following topics:
Learn about the new shared legal resources
Review the National Guidelines for Photo Production
Explore the upcoming Universal Bid Form
Have your voice heard for future AMA initiatives
03. Save the Date for Our Upcoming Webinars
Learn more about our resources with our upcoming webinars:
Production Consultant Webinar
Wednesday October 20th
5 PM EST / 2 PM PST
The role of the production consultant has evolved. Join us in a conversation with three leading production consultants and learn what it means to have a production consultant work on your project, what it means when they have questions and how to best work with them and their agency partners.
A Guide to Insurances with Taylor & Taylor Wednesday November 17
2 PM EST / 11 AM PST
Navigating insurance to make sure your business and productions are complicated matters. Join us for a conversation with Ross Taylor where he guides us through the various types of coverages with a Q&A period at the end to answer all your questions.
04. The AMA Is Hiring!
The AMA is hiring a part-time Associate Director
The AMA is hiring a part-time Associate Director position to oversee and facilitate the management of the association. This is a new association and new position that will require an innate ability to lead and organize a diverse community of individuals and companies in realizing a common purpose.
This position will report to a board of directors and be responsible for coordinating committee and board meetings. Candidates best suited for this role have experience in project management and administration as well as familiarity with the commercial arts industry and culture.
05. Partner News
APA Call for Submission
APA photographer members can use the power of print and the APA brand to connect with Art Buyers, Art Producers, and Photo Editors. The APA Sourcebook provides an additional opportunity to be seen by the people who hire photographers. A full page is free to APA photographer members at the Leader or Professional level. AMA agents can provide a discount for their photographers to join. Connect with Juliette Wolf-Robin.
APA San Diego's Untitled 2021 photo competition and annual exhibition, call for entry is going on now. A portion of the entry frees will support "Outside the Lens". Just $10 an entry to APA members.
BlinkBid Updates
BlinkBid's obsessive quest to make production easier just took a leap ahead:
1. Get your money quickly with their NEW Online Payment feature
2. Apply markup to specific categories for maximum flexibility in client negotiation.
3. Create Freelancer Accounts and work with outside producers while keeping your internal operations private.
Did you know that AMA members get a discount on BlinkBid?
Now is a perfect time to sign up in anticipation of the AMA Universal Bid form. Discounts include: $50 off of the yearly plan or $4 off the monthly plan.
Join the AMA to unlock the discount
Invitation to Producer Partners
06. The AMA Welcomes Production Partners
The Artist Management Association is excited to invite producers to join at the Partnership level. Your input and partnership is vital to our success in helping to establish better business practices and champion change across our industry.
07. Follow the AMA On Social Media
The AMA is now On Instagram, Twitter and LinkedIn.
Please follow us so we can follow you back and share any relevant industry news and happenings.
08. Get Involved by Joining a Committee
Looking to get involved? Join a Committee!
We aim to create committees representing the full AMA membership. In particular, our Membership and Partnership Committees need more advocates. The more members and partners we have, the stronger our collective voice will be. Let us know which committees interest you; you can select more than one.
Diversity Equity and Inclusion Committee
The Artist Management Association’s DEI Committee is actively committed to supporting diversity, equity and inclusion in the art and commerce industry. With that in mind, we are launching the 1st Rep and Review event in late 2021. The goal of the event is to connect diverse artists with experienced artist representatives in our industry. To help organize the event or participate in the reviews, join the committee today.
Membership Committee
Connects with other artist representatives on the advantages of being an AMA member.
Partnership Committee
Builds connections with non-rep industry vendors such as studios, payroll services, and producers.
09. Join the AMA!
Our Community And Our Resources Are Growing Fast
Thank you to all of our current members; because of you we have been able to move many initiatives along.
Join today to receive full access to all our shared legal resources, forms, production resources, agreements, glossaries and definitions.
