Membership benefits

Grants, training, counselling – The Finnish Illustration Association (Kuvittajat ry) offers its members a wide range of benefits and opportunities.

WOULD YOU LIKE TO BECOME A MEMBER?

Full member benefits

  • Opportunity to apply for expense and project grants of Kuvittajat ry*
  • Opportunity to apply for an exhibition at Galleria Kuvitus free of charge
  • Opportunity to apply for residencies (Athens and domestic residencies) free of charge
  • Right to an online portfolio at finnishillustrators.com
  • Right to high quality business and legal counselling in professional matters, each 1h/year
  • Opportunity to take part in trainings and the Masterclass organized by Kuvittajat ry
  • Invitations to Christmas and summer parties and to Galleria Kuvitus exhibition openings
  • Printed professional guidebook Työn(ä) kuva (in Finnish)
  • Kuvittaja magazine two times in a year
  • Newsletter Kuvitusposti every other week
  • Access to a closed discussion group Kuvittajat ry Pro in Facebook
  • Mobile member card with discounts (including among other things, printing and framing discounts and free access to the Kunsthalle croquis drawing nights)
  • Voting right in association meetings

The membership benefits for a pensioner member are currently essentially the same as full members. For some courses, priority is given to full members.

*All professional illustrators can apply the grants, but the full membership is a positive factor when comparing equal applications.

Student and supporting member benefits

  • Right to high quality business and legal counselling in professional matters, each 1h/year
  • Printed professional guidebook Työn(ä) kuva (in Finnish)
  • Kuvittaja magazine two times in a year
  • Newsletter Kuvitusposti every other week
  • Invitations to Christmas and summer parties and to Galleria Kuvitus exhibition openings
  • Access to a closed discussion group Kuvittajat ry Pro in Facebook
  • Mobile member card with discounts (including among other things, printing and framing discounts and free access to the Kunsthalle croquis drawing nights)
  • Access to online lectures, student members can access live training via a waiting list

Benefits and opportunities with the member card

Courses and events:

Art supplies:

  • Farbe, Helsinki. –20 % from normal prices.
  • Ilves-Interiööri Oy, Helsinki. –15 % from frames.
  • Finnish Painters’ Union, Helsinki. Art materials and supplies –20%.
  • Tempera, Helsinki. The discount varies from 0-20% depending on product or product group. The discount does not apply to net or offer products. Tempera Oy reserves the right to change the discount policy.
  • Arteljee, Tampere. –20% discount on online and in-store. Discount guide available from the office info@kuvittajat.fi
  • Snow White, Helsinki. –20% from art supplies.

Book stores:

  • Otavan kirjamyymälä, Helsinki. –30% on general literature products (fiction, non-fiction, children, and young people’s books).
  • EtanaEditions, Helsinki. -15% from books, code from office info@kuvittajat.fi.

Printing houses/digiprint:

  • Dialab Oy, Helsinki. FineArt and photo-line pigment prints –15%, primers/laminates –10%. Framing –10%.

Framing houses:

Free entrance or reduced price to cooperation museums:

Please check the place you are visiting for any discount in advance.

Accommodation

Polku Hotel, Nuuksio. -15% on all bookings made through the website until 31.12.2026. Code from the office info@kuvittajat.fi

How to download the membership card to your mobile phone

1. Download and open the app called Gruppo ID from the app store on your phone or tablet (App Store or Google Play).

2. Click the “REGISTER” button on the start page of the Gruppo ID app.

3. A link to the registration page will be sent to your e-mail address.

4. Click the registration link in the e-mail and finalise the registration.

5. Open the Gruppo ID app that you have installed, click the “LOGIN” button, and enter the password that you created during the registration process. The app will show you the Kuvittajat ry electronic membership card.

Note! To register, use the same e-mail address that you normally use to receive e-mail from Kuvittajat ry. If you use a different e-mail address in the app, the app will not recognize it, and you will not be able to register.

You’ll find from the app Kuvitusposti newsletters and membership invoices. Your profile, password and language can be changed from the settings.

If you have any problems with the app, contact Gruppo’s customer service at tuki@gruppo.fi or 050 402 3099

Kuvittajat ry has shifted to a mobile member card at the beginning of 2023. If it is not possible to use the mobile membership card, or if you need help setting it up, please contact the Organization Coordinator emilia.alm@kuvittajat.fi