Becoming a member

These are the benefits of membership of the Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society:

• Five issues of the CLAS 24-page colour magazine The Edge each year
• Occasional inserts on how to write calligraphic scripts
• CLASNews – frequent e-mail newsletter to keep you in touch with the very latest calligraphy and related exhibitions, new books, events and so on (remember to include your e-mail address on your application form for this)
• Free entry to the CLAS annual Art and the Letter Exhibition
• Reduced rates for the CLAS annual Festival of Calligraphy
• Reduced rates for entry to the CLAS National Diploma in Calligraphy at all three levels
• Reduced rates for CLAS Certificate of Competence courses
• Reduced rates for CLAS annual Regional Meetings
• Reduced rates for CLAS Study Days
• An invitation to enter work for the CLAS Living Letters exhibitions
• News of exhibitions, courses and conferences of interest in the Edge and on the website
• Discounts when buying calligraphy goods from L Cornelissen and Son as part of the AGM attendance package
• 10% discount in the British Library Bookshop as part of the CLAS AGM attendance package
• For a limited period only:
  As a special offer to all new CLAS members L Cornelissen and Son Ltd www.cornelissen.com are selling a set of Schmincke Calligraphy Gouache (13 metallic tubes of 20 ml paints in a special wooden box with an instruction leaflet) for £55 plus p+p. Normal retail price £95.
  Total price for CLAS UK members: £60
  Total price for CLAS EEC members. £70
  Total price for CLAS non-EEC members: £75
  To take advantage of this once-in-a-lifetime offer please use the special Schmincke Calligraphy Gouache order form you receive with your joining pack.

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Tools and Materials special keepsake Edge Every new member of CLAS will receive the invaluable Tools and Materials Edge as long as stocks last, in addition to their 5 issues of the Edge as part of membership.

Subscription

Your subscription year runs from the date you join. Members joining from non-EEC countries will also have to pay a surcharge to cover airmail postage.

The annual EEC membership fee is £30. Those in full-time education in the UK are eligible for the special student rate of £20; this concession starts in September and finishes the following August, reflecting the academic year. There is an additional Air Mail surcharge of £7 for members outside the EEC making a total of £37.

For a printable application form click here. THIS FORM IS FOR A NEW CLAS MEMBERSHIP APPLICATION ONLY. PLEASE DO NOT USE IT TO RENEW AN EXISTING MEMBERSHIP.

Payment can be made by cheque, postal order or, in the case of overseas members, by sterling draft on a UK bank, made payable to "The Calligraphy and Lettering Arts Society", by MasterCard/Visa or by PayPal.