$199 ANNUALLY
Craft Victoria is excited to offer group liability insurance as part of our Accredited Membership package. In short, this new package is designed to cover artists/practitioners who work in a studio, exhibit in galleries and sell their goods at markets.
Craft Victoria, though our insurance partners, can cover the following areas to the follow amounts:
Public & Products Liability Insurance Limit $20,000,000
The Public Liability Insurance covers your legal liability to the general public; it provides an indemnity against all sums which you become legally liable to pay resulting from an occurrence which arises from your negligence. The policy also includes Products Liability which covers you for bodily injury or property damage caused by a fault in the products you have made.
Professional Indemnity Limit $5,000,000
The policy is extended to include Professional Indemnity, which provides cover for coaches/instructors/trainers either, paid or unpaid, while performing duties of the association. Professional Indemnity protects you against situations where your advice is defective and as a result of this defective advice a person is injured or their property is damaged. The cover is in respect of the provision, production or tendering of art works.
Property in the care, custody and control of members Limit $100,000
This will protect you from claims arising from other people's goods which are in your control which you negligently lose or damage. Note that this extension does not cover you for the loss or damage of your own goods.
Excess $250
You will cover the first $250 of every claim or series of claims arising out of any one occurrence.
Our package is designed to cover accredited 'contemporary craft' visual artists/practitioners. Mediums covered include ceramics, glass, jewellery, furniture, textile work including felting, metal, wood, photographs, sculptures and other materials.
The artist/practitioner must be practicing as individual traders, ie: not employing staff, and working from his/her own studio or operating at a bench in a shared workshop. This package does not cover an artist/practitioner if he/she is an employer of regular staff or operates as part of a larger business such as a partnership. (The exception to this rule is where the artist is installing a public artwork: the policy will allow up to 3 people assisting as either casual employees or volunteers in installation of public art.)
The artist/practitioner will likely participate in public or private art work which may include some form of design contribution to the built environment in a new, or refurbishment of, building project. This policy also covers artists/practitioners who come out of their studio or workshop and have points of sale, exhibitions (usually via a community or commercial gallery) and sell from stalls at markets.
Craft Victoria also has built into the policy coverage a limited number of workshops/classes for the artist/practitioner to pass on skills and supplement their income. The limit is 6 workshops/classes per annum with a maximum of 10 persons per class.
Read Frequently Asked Questions for group liability insurance here
CRAFT VICTORIA ACCREDITATION
Like all similar organisations offering group liability insurance, Craft Victoria has an accreditation process for artists/practitioners who want to become an Accredited Member. To apply for this type of membership artists/practitioners must demonstrate a professional standard in, and a commitment to, his or her field of practice.
Craft Victoria is a leading craft organisation in Australia. For more than 40 years Craft Victoria has been working with members who are professional, creative and who produce contemporary craft that is 'world's best'. Though our real and online programs and events, Craft Victoria offers professionals an extensive package of benefits and incentives that increase the standard of contemporary craft in Australia. Craft Victoria's hundreds of members are active industry leaders and set the direction of craft in Australia.
The accreditation process is managed by an expert Craft Victoria committee comprising a member of the Craft Victoria Board, CEO & Artistic Director and a senior sector representative, using three criteria; (a) quality of craftwork (b) education and (c) standard of professional practice, as demonstrated via the application.
HOW TO APPLY
Artists and practitioners wanting to become an Accredited Member must apply to, and be assessed by, Craft Victoria. Applicants are required to submit the following:
Please burn to a CD:
Completed Application Form - download here
A current CV (maximum of 4 pages)
One (1) portrait photo of yourself;
Five (5) images of your work;
An accompanying image list, including title, date, medium and dimensions of each work submitted;
IMAGE SPECIFICATIONS: JPEG files only. The images should be 72dpi and 400px in width, preferably cropped square.
The submitted images will also be used to create your Craft Maker profile, should your application be successful.
POST OR DELIVER
ATT: Memberships
Craft Victoria
31 Flinders Lane
Melbourne VIC 3000
Accredited Member applications are due on the second Friday of each month for memberships benefits (including insurance) to commence on the first day of the next month. All applicants will be notified of the outcome by email within 5-10 business days.
Accreditation is valid for five years from the date of initial assessment, after which time a review will be conducted.
