AIGA (American Institute of Graphic Arts) at the Alexandria Campus

The AIGA Student Group at the Alexandria campusis currently recruiting enough members to become officially affiliated with the AIGA DC Chapter and the National level of AIGA. We are required to have ten student members to be an official affiliate.

You can apply online at www.aigadc.org. Make sure you write on your application that you atten NVCC. Membership fees are $65 per student, per year. In addition, students may attend DC Chapter events by signing up to work as volunteers. Contact Nancy Gleeson if you wish for more information.

AIGA provides networking opportunities with working designers and offers various discounts on events, subscriptions and more. It's a great way to invest in your future as a designer!

AIGA Mission Statement
The Purpose of AIGA is to further excellence as a strategic tool for business, and as a cultural force. The AIGA is the place design professionals turn to first to exchange ideas and information, participate in analysis and research, and advance education and ethical practice.

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Benefits of AIGA Membership
When you join AIGA, you join a community of like-minded individuals who offer education, fellowship, networking opportunities and professional advocacy. You also get:

- AIGA DC newsletter, exploring ideas and events and enhancing our understanding of the DC design community and beyond*
- Trace: AIGA Journal of Design, three times per year. A lively, informative, and sometimes controversial perspective on the profession, exploring critical issues in communication design
- Gain: AIGA Journal of Design for the Network Economy, now published twice a year on the Web, dedicated to interactive and experience design, explores how design can simplify the complex in the new network economy
- Loop: AIGA Journal of Interaction Design Education, published twice a year via Internet, establishing a forum for reflecting and reporting upon the current and future state of interaction design education
- AIGA online Membership Directory: the most comprehensive listing of communication designers in the U.S. (more than 16,000)
- Access to the local and national websites and listservs, a great information-sharing resource for the busy designer

When you join AIGA, you help elevate your profession.

- Association with a national organization dedicated to communicating the critical value of design and the role of the designer
- AIGA standards of professional practice, a voluntary code of ethics and professional conduct which benefits both designer and client, reflecting a clear and firm committment to the highest professional standards, giving our profession both viability and accountability
- Standard Form of Agreement for Communication Design Services, a guideline to ensure your legal protection

When you join AIGA, you get to celebrate great design.

- The AIGA Annual, 365: AIGA Year in Design (Free to Professional and Group members, discounted for Associate and Student members)
- Local and National AIGA design competitions

When you join AIGA, you save money!

- FedEx and Airborne Express significant discounts
- Leading design magazine subscription discounts of up to 50 percent on 13 different periodicals
- Discounts on AIGA publications
- Long distance and other savings from MCI, Sprint or AT&T of up to 48 percent
- Discounted fees on local and national competition entry submission costs
- Free or reduced admission to AIGA DC chapter events*
- Discount registration to the National AIGA conference
- Access to information about health and disability plans
- Access to AIGA's comprehensive library of resources

* These benefits available with DC chapter affiliation only.