List of documents for joining the VTOO "Union of Artists of Russia"
- Personal sheet for personnel records (filled in when submitting documents).
- Application for admission (to be completed when submitting documents).
- Three recommendations from members of the VTOO "Union of Artists of Russia" with a membership experience of at least 5 years.
- Autobiography.
- List of main works with catalog data (year of creation, technique, materials, dimensions). For art historians - a list of publications and monographs.
- List of exhibitions with their names, dates and venues (information is confirmed by certificates, printed publications).
- Information about participation in exhibitions of the Moscow Union of Artists of Russia on Begovaya.
- Document on education (diploma) + photocopy.
- Passport of the Russian Federation + photocopy of the first page with a spread and registration.
- Photos of works pasted on separate sheets (A-4) with catalog data (author, title of work, year of creation, material and technique, dimensions) - 7-10 pcs.
- Personal photos 4 x 3 cm - 2 pcs.
In 2019, viewing the work of applicants in the exhibition hall of the Moscow Union of Artists of Russia will be held on December 9. Documents are accepted until November 20.
Russia needs to meet certain formal criteria. A citizen of the Russian Federation over the age of 18 who is professionally engaged in any kind of fine arts can become a member of the Union. Applications from artists, restorers, art historians and students studying in these specialties are considered. In addition, there may be masters who have created significant copyrights in the Union.
Before joining, you must familiarize yourself with the Charter of the Union of Artists of Russia. This document to the extent gives an idea of the goals, objectives of the Union, the directions of its activities, the rights and obligations of members. Consent to the provisions of the Charter is a prerequisite for applicants. Finding the text of the Charter is easy. It is posted on the Internet, and is also available in each regional branch of the Union and in the libraries of art universities.
After studying the Charter, visit the regional branch of the Union of Artists. There you can clarify any questions you have about the policy of the Union and receive the necessary documents to fill out. In addition, you will get acquainted with the current members of the Union, feel the atmosphere of a creative association. If there are no representatives of the Union in your city, try to find out the address and telephone number of the branch in the neighboring region. This can be done by telephone and address directories, via the Internet, in cultural and art institutions: museums, art galleries, exhibition centers.
Then start collecting documents. You must submit to the committee:
- autobiography;
- an album of reproductions of creative works;
- a list of major works in chronological order from the beginning of creative activity;
- a list of art exhibitions in which you have taken part, in chronological order;
- a list of professional creative with copies of diplomas, certificates of honor, attached;
- a list of publications about your work and photocopies of these publications in chronological order;
- a creative description, compiled and signed by an art critic - a member of the Union of Artists of Russia;
- recommendation of the chairman of the profile section of the regional branch of the Union of Artists of Russia;
- recommendations of three members of the Union of Artists of Russia with at least 5 years of experience;
- a certificate from the place of residence;
- a photocopy of the passport;
- a photocopy of the diploma of education;
- a photocopy of the tax registration certificate (TIN);
- a photocopy of the pension insurance certificate;
- 4 photographs 3x4 cm in size. The list of documents can be reduced or supplemented in accordance with the rules of the regional office.
The most important part of your portfolio is an album of reproductions. It must contain at least 20 . Select the most striking and significant works that characterize you as an artist. Take professional 15x20 cm photos of them. Then stick each photo on a separate sheet of thick white cardboard. Please see full catalog details below.
When submitting documents, you will be offered applications for joining the Union of Artists and a personal personnel record card, which you will fill out with your own hand.
The Regional Office will then set a date for your application to be reviewed. You must be present at this meeting to present your work. The decision is made on the basis of an assessment of the applicant's creative activity and potential. An extract from the minutes of the meeting is sent to the Secretariat of the Union of Artists of Russia for final approval.
Artists who have successfully passed the entrance examinations are issued a membership card of the Union and are assigned a deadline for paying membership fees.
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More than 500 artists become members of the Union every year.
Useful advice
The full name of the organization is the All-Russian creative public organization "Union of Artists of Russia".
Sources:
- Official website of the Union of Artists of Russia
Many professionally held designers seek to join the union of designers in order to recognize their merits and confirm their professional competence. How to do it? First of all, you need to understand that this is a certain procedure that requires the collection of the necessary documentation and compliance with fairly strict regulations.
Instruction
The Union of Designers has developed - which the candidate must fill out. The application is accompanied by a photo and a receipt of payment of the entry fee. A necessary condition for participation in the membership in the union of designers is a copy of the document on the availability of art education.
If you work in the field of graphic design, then you must additionally provide production prints.
In case of a positive decision, it will also be necessary to pay an annual fee for membership in the Union, and it gives professional designers a number of advantages. This includes communication with colleagues in creative sections, advanced training courses, and the possibility of renting a workshop, support for legal commissions in matters of copyright protection.
My journal many years ago began with entries about joining the Union of Artists. I was young, naive, and weighed down by a bunch of little kids. You have to do something to keep from getting bored! Let everyone get it, how cool I am! I filled out a completely insane Soviet questionnaire, which asked if I was under occupation and whether I participated in the partisan movement, took the rugs on which I wove some pictures - a fish, a still life, abstractly beautiful colors reminiscent of a forest, and drove off. I was told that the rugs are bad, they will buy better ones at IKEA. With rugs in the Union of Artists are not accepted. And if I want to make woven images - I have to unlearn to be a tapestry and weave tapestries. I spat, decided that I was not going to weave tapestries and it was not at all clear why I decided to join there.
It seems to me that the format and adherence to it is the motto of this organization. Step to the right, step to the left - execution on the spot. This format was formed in the late seventies. It reminds me of a community of old southern aristocrats who gather for forty years in a row at some Colonel Dupont, smoke cigars and remember the old days. On the street there is already a different era, a different century, different conditions ... neither they, nor their memories, nor their cigars are of interest to anyone. And if I were them, I would pay extra to people who agree to play it with them. and they manage to not accept someone else.
This time I took the path of conformism. For three years I exhibited together with our city youth team, I was in the asset. I was tolerated, despite not quite statutory age. Therefore, I decided that, as an honest person, I must marry them.
This year, the youth team decided to join almost the full complement. They took away the sauces that everyone likes, and a few watercolors.
And at the appointed time, I went first to the section. After all, as a schedule, I enter, at first they looked at us. The building is pretentious, in the center of Moscow. In a long corridor, a bunch of artists from different cities are packed. By the way, there are chairs! So philanthropy has come there too .. 
A list hangs on the wall, and everyone is called in turn to the room where the commission meets. You arrange your works, at this time the secretary reads out from the personal file where you studied and what major exhibitions you have, and you leave. 
We have to wait for everyone to see. The lady secretary (this is her moment of fame. And she has been working there for 50 years) calls everyone to a separate room. Everyone huddles in the corners, she announces the results of the commission's vote. 
Today was the second day, secretariat. I met a friend from Kostroma there. The train arrives at 6 in the morning, and she sat there in the corridor until two and waited. There were many different cities. I also wanted to go to an exhibition of photographs on the Russian estate, and during the break I went there on foot. Not long on the map. Unexpectedly appeared on Maroseyka. Then I got to Red Square - and immediately turned back, because time was up.
I was not unanimously accepted, eight against six. So even when I indulge in conformism, I still don’t get completely into the format :) When I laid out the work there, at first I argued with a lady who read out that my education was an institute of culture. And last time they clung to it tightly. A real artist must have an education - Surikovskiy. Well, or Stroganov. Even from the former Leninist ped hudgrafovtsev they accept without enthusiasm, they can wrap it up. And here, in general, some kind of institute of culture. I had to explain that in fact my education is a blunder, it's pretty cool. At the end of this conversation there was a call on my phone.
My husband bought it for me the day before, angry that my phone is often discharged and sometimes I don’t hear calls. It's the size of a lady's purse, and it sounds like a Jericho trumpet. And here I am arranging the work, and he will ring kaaak! This child called to report that he had come from school. Members of the commission, including completely deaf and asleep, were pressed into the wall by a sound wave :)
And then I went to a friend who works in a club on Maroseyka, and we drank beer and made a sketch for memory :) while I was doing it, I thought - only a couple of hours in the union of artists, and drawing has already become much worse :) Now only a certificate remains get, and I'll be a fool licensed, with help 
Answers to the most frequently asked questions
Question 1. Can I become a member of the Professional Union of Artists of Russia?
Answer.It depends on your professional status. According to the Charter of the Trade Union of Artists of Russia (PSHR), painters, graphic artists, sculptors, craftsmen, photographers, designers, architects, art critics, gallery and museum workers, journalists, and other persons associated with professional interests in the field of culture can be members of the PCR. and art. The Admissions Committee works in PSHR.
Question 2. What is the size of the entrance fee and annual membership fees to the Professional Union of Artists of Russia?
Answer.Null. We work exclusively on a voluntary basis.
Question 3. How can I join the Professional Union of Artists of Russia?
Answer.The procedure for joining the Trade Union is described in detail.
Question 4. I am a young artist, so far I exhibit only on the Internet. Can I expect to be accepted as a member of the RPSHR?
Answer.In principle, in our information age, Internet sites and social media accounts can be regarded as exhibitions. But there are no uniform rules here and cannot be, since the site is different for the site, and the social network is different for the social network. In any case, the selection committee considers such issues on an individual basis, and here we can only give a general recommendation: sites and accounts should be dedicated specifically to your artistic work, and not to any other professional or personal achievements.
Question 5. What will membership in the Professional Union of Artists of Russia give me?
Answer.Excuse me, let's answer the question with a question: what will the PSHR give your membership in it? We remind you once again: we work exclusively on a voluntary basis. So, at a minimum, you will have a document confirming that you are a professional creative person. For many artists, this in itself is a serious support. And the rest depends only on you.
Question 6. Does the state provide any benefits to members of the Professional Union of Artists of Russia?
Answer. In modern legal and legislative practice, instead of the word "benefits", the term "guarantees of creative activity" is usually used. The main guarantee today is that creative activity is not entrepreneurial, because. according to Art. 2 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation, entrepreneurial activity is aimed at systematic profit. In the case of creative activity, the motivation is completely different. This means that creative figures, including members of the Trade Union of Artists of Russia, who carry out their activities independently, not under employment contracts, have the right to sell their works without registering as individual entrepreneurs (IP).
If any tax authority is still trying to require the artist to register as an individual entrepreneur, refer to the decision of the Federal Arbitration Court of the Moscow District dated August 21, 2006 No. KG-A40 / 7525-06, which clearly states: “Creative activity is a special type of activity and does not apply to entrepreneurial and other economic activities.
Question 7. BUT PSHR exhibitions organizes , workshops provides?
Answer.No, there are specialized organizations for this. The task of the Professional Union of Artists of Russia is to protect the rights of artists and other creative people. To do this, the PSHR comes up with legislative initiatives, represents the interests of the art world in relations with the state, leads, publishes, in which, in particular, are given.
Question 8. I am an artist, a member of the Professional Union of Artists of Russia, I sell my works myself. What taxes do I have to pay?
Answer.If you have not registered as an individual entrepreneur, you must pay only 13% personal income tax by filing an annual declaration of your income. When filing a declaration, you can receive a professional tax deduction as a taxpayer who receives royalties or royalties for the creation, performance or other use of works of science, literature and art (Article 221 of the Tax Code of the Russian Federation).
You can receive this deduction either in the amount of actually incurred and documented expenses for the creation of works, or according to the standard, if these expenses cannot be documented. This standard for artistic and graphic works, photographs for printing, works of architecture and design is up to 30% of the cost of works; for works of sculpture, monumental and decorative painting, arts and crafts and design art, easel painting, theater and film decoration art and graphics made in various techniques - up to 40%.
Question 9. If I sell my work myself, do I have to issue a cash receipt to the buyer?
Answer.According to Art. 2 of the Federal Law of May 22, 2003 N 54-FZ "On the use of cash registers in cash settlements and (or) payments using payment cards" cash registers may not be used by organizations or individual entrepreneurs when trading in retail markets, fairs, in exhibition complexes, as well as in other territories allocated for trade; in retail trade; when the manufacturer sells products of folk art crafts. Most of the ways in which artists sell their work directly or indirectly relate to these types of activities and, accordingly, do not require the use of cash registers.
If you sell your work without registering as an individual entrepreneur, then this law does not apply to you at all, and in any case you are not required to use cash registers. If the buyer asks to give him any document for reporting, then a cash receipt order or just a receipt for receiving money will do.
Question 10. I heard that in Soviet times, membership in the Union of Artists of the USSR was entered in the work book, included in the creative and work experience, and was taken into account when assigning a pension. How about now?
Answer.Now everything is different. According to the Federal Law of December 15, 2001 No. 167-FZ “On Compulsory Pension Insurance in the Russian Federation”, artists and other creative people (“authors of works who receive payments and other remuneration under agreements on the alienation of the exclusive right to works of science, literature, art ... other persons engaged in private practice and not being individual entrepreneurs”) are subject to compulsory pension insurance, and their length of service includes only those periods when paid insurance premiums to the Pension Fund of Russia (PFR). The concept of creative experience in the current pension legislation is not yet available, and the fact of membership in a particular creative or professional union (or engaging in creativity without joining the union) does not affect the length of service.
Question 11. And what are the features of the retirement of a “free artist” now?
Answer.If an employer does not pay insurance premiums for a “free artist” (regardless of his membership in a particular union), then the artist has the right to pay them for himself by registering with the PFR office at the place of residence as a self-employed individual who voluntarily entered into legal relations on compulsory pension insurance. You do not need to register an IP for this.
But remember that, firstly, there is a considerable mandatory minimum annual insurance contribution for self-employed individuals, and secondly, only half of the total insurance period required for calculating a labor pension can be formed in this way. To form the other half of the experience, you still have to register an individual entrepreneur or look for an official employer. Otherwise, the artist risks being left with a minimum social pension.
And do not forget about "pension points" (this is the same as "individual pension coefficient"), these "points" depend on many factors, and they may also not be enough to receive a labor pension.
In a word, there are a lot of subtleties in pension matters, the legislation in this area is constantly changing, so it is better to contact the PFR department for specific clarifications and information about your experience and accumulated “points”.
Question 12. Do members of the Trade Union of Artists of Russia have the right to visit museums and exhibition halls free of charge?
Answer.Some museums and exhibition halls grant this right to professional artists and other creatives, some do not. The Ministry of Culture of Russia has not yet issued a single regulatory document in this regard, and for private galleries and the Ministry of Culture - no decree. Therefore, everything here so far depends on the good will of the specific management of a particular museum (and often even a particular ticket clerk). The same situation is with visiting museums abroad.
Question 13. I am accepted as a member of the Professional Union of Artists of Russia. Do I need to provide any other data in order to be included in ?
Answer.No additional data is needed, you will be entered in the Register automatically. And, of course, it's also free.
Question 14. I have long been assigned a rating category in, but I was not a member of the Professional Union of Artists of Russia, and now I want to join. Do I need to provide information about my work again?
Answer.According to "", an artist with a rating level of at least 5 is considered a professional creative person and has the right to join the Professional Union of Artists without consideration of his work by the Admissions Committee. So, in this case, you just need to fill out the questionnaire, which can be downloaded on our website in Excel format orWord, and you will be accepted into the RFS.
Question 15.I have sent you an email (request, application, information…), when will I receive a response?
Answer.We are not a state organization, but a public one, and everyone works for us exclusively on a voluntary basis. Therefore, we do not have any set deadlines for responding to letters and considering questions. We try to do all this as quickly as possible, but we apologize in advance if the resolution of any issue drags on for several weeks, or even months.
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21.05.2019
Moscow Union of Artists
Association of Painters
Exhibition hall on 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya, 20
Presenting the exhibition:
Evgeny Vasilievich Biryukov. Painting
May 20 - June 1, 2019
Opening May 20, 2019 at 16.00
15.05.2019
"The Dialogue of Shape and Color"
Anniversary exhibition "Dialogue of form and color", which will be held in the halls of the Moscow Union of Artists of Russia at the address: st. Begovaya, 7 from May 23 to June 7, 2019 will allow the viewer to get acquainted with the work of talented and prominent representatives of the Moscow art school, the paintings of Olga Viktorovna Tikhonova and the ceramics of Natalia Gennadievna Bodrikova
13.05.2019
"World around us"
The cross-sectional exhibition of the Moscow Union of Artists "The World Around Us" presents the work of six authors who are members of various sections of the Moscow Union of Artists: Svetlana Minko, Maria Volskaya, Polina Arzamastseva, Lyudmila Gavrilova, Olga Pomosova and Snezhana Smirnova.
13.05.2019
Retrospective exhibition of Honored Artist of Russia Anatoly Fomich Shkolin
From May 6 to May 18, 2019, a retrospective exhibition of the Honored Artist of Russia Anatoly Fomich Shkolin will be held in the exhibition halls of the Gallery of Fine Arts at 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya, 20. Shkolin - a participant in the Great Patriotic War, was awarded the Order of the "Patriotic War of the II degree", "For Service to the Fatherland of the III degree", the medal "For the Victory over Germany" and other awards. Anatoly Fomich is a graduate, and then a teacher at the Department of Painting and Drawing at VGIK, a member of the Union of Artists of Russia since 1970.
07.05.2019
On April 25, the Nagornaya Gallery of the Exhibition Halls of Moscow Association, within the framework of the Moscow Union of Artists project World of Childhood, opened a personal exhibition of Lyubov Belykh, an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts.
24.04.2019
The energy of color and form. Moscow artists about time and about themselves
Wooden Vladimir Mayakovsky and Lilya Brik, steel Leo Tolstoy, picturesque views of Sicily and Verona, in total more than a hundred works by three artists Nikolai Vatagin, Andrei Volkov and Anna Birshtein are presented at the anniversary exhibition “Energy of Color and Form. Moscow artists about time and about themselves. For the general public, the exposition will be available from April 30 to May 14 in the exposition space of the Moscow Union of Artists on Kuznetsky Most.
16.04.2019
Exhibition of artists of the Vladimir regional branch of the VTOO "Union of Artists of Russia"
The exchange exhibition of artists of the Vladimir regional branch of the VTOO "Union of Artists of Russia" will open on April 18, 2019 at 4 p.m. at the Painting Art Gallery of the Moscow Union of Artists on 1st Tverskaya - Yamskaya, 20.
11.04.2019
Exhibition "The Secret Room of Childhood"
April 25 in the gallery "Nagornaya" Association "Exhibition Halls of Moscow" in the framework of the project of the Moscow Union of Artists "World of Childhood" opens a personal exhibition of Lyubov Belykh.
11.04.2019
"In the Artist's Head"
The section of artists of monumental and decorative art of the Moscow Union of Artists presents the exhibition "In the Head of the Artist" - the first event of the exhibition project "Theatre of Life".
Exhibition Hall of the Moscow House of Artists on the street. Kuznetsky Most 11.
From 16 to 27 April 2019.
Vernissage and solemn presentation of the project on April 23 at 17:00.
10.04.2019
"PARADISO" exhibition by Yuri Meleksetyan
Moscow Union of Artists
Section of Artists of Monumental and Decorative Art
Exhibition hall of the Moscow Union of Artists at the address: Starosadsky lane, house 5.
present a personal exhibition of Yuri Meleksetyan "PARADISO"
From 16 to 20 April 2019.
Opening April 16 (Tuesday) at 19:00.
04.04.2019
"Spring-19"
The Moscow Union of Artists and the Association of Decorative Arts Artists of Moscow (AHDI) invite you to the exhibition "Spring-19", which will be held in the exhibition hall of the Moscow Union of Artists on Kuznetsky Most, 20 in April (April 19 - 28), 2019.
02.04.2019
"SECRET GARDEN" exhibition by Rivka Belareva
Rivka Belareva's series "Secret Garden" is a series of paintings in which
various states and forms of human consciousness, memory, and psyche are studied. This is a chronicle of unconscious processes, a map of the secret space of the personality, the inner labyrinth.
02.04.2019
"World of Painting"
Moscow Union of Artists
Association of Painters
Gallery of pictorial art on the 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya st., 20
Showroom at st. Kuznetsky most, 20
present an exhibition
"World of Painting"
2.04.2019 – 12.04.2019
Exhibition opening April 4, 2019 at 16.00 in the exhibition hall of the Moscow Union of Artists on the street. Kuznetsky most, 20.
19.03.2019
Mikhail Vorobyov "30 years in Moscow Union of Artists"
From March 18 to March 30, 2019, in the exhibition hall of the Association of Painters of the Moscow Union of Artists on 1st Tverskaya-Yamskaya, 20, an anniversary painting exhibition by Mikhail Borisovich Vorobyov "30 years in the Moscow Union of Artists" will be held.
18.03.2019
Elena Varshavchik. Anniversary solo exhibition.
The Moscow Union of Artists and the Association of Painters of the Moscow Union of Artists invite you to the anniversary solo exhibition of works by artist Elena Varshavchik, which will be held in the exhibition hall of the Moscow Union of Artists in Starosadsky lane, 5 from April 22 to April 27, 2019.
18.03.2019
Lyric Arcadia by Irina Pokladova
We invite you to the exhibition "Lyrical Arcadia by Irina Pokladova" at the State Artistic and Literary Museum-Reserve of A.S. Pushkin.
The exhibition is open daily, except Monday, from 10 am to 5 pm in the Great Hall of the Exhibition Wing from 03/01/2019 to 04/01/2019.
Address: 143050, Russian Federation, Moscow region, Odintsovsky district, pos. Bolshiye Vyazemy, A.S. Pushkin
14.03.2019
"Factory Art" "Workshops"
The art and production complex "Fabrika Art" presents the traditional exhibition of the Guild of Artistic Design and the Moscow Union of Artists "Workshop" from March 17 to March 23, 2019 in the exhibition hall of the Moscow Union of Artists on Kuznetsky Most, 20.
Curator Alexey Belous.
14.03.2019
Project "Memory"
The Moscow Union of Artists and the Sculpture Section of the Moscow Union of Artists invite you to the exhibition "Memory", which will be held in the exhibition hall of the Moscow Union of Artists on Kuznetsky Most, 20 from March 26 to March 31, 2019.
14.03.2019
Jewish woman in the Tanakh and the New Testament
From March 25 to March 30, 2019, in the exhibition hall of the Moscow Union of Artists, Starosadsky per., 5, an exhibition of the best works of the painting competition on the theme "Jewish woman in the Tanakh and the New Testament" will be held. The contest is timed to coincide with the Jewish holiday of Purim, which is associated with the holiday of March 8.
12.03.2019
"Metamorphoses and Dialectics" personal anniversary exhibition of Vera Kazakova
The Moscow Union of Artists and the Moscow Estamp Association present to the attention of art lovers the exhibition "Metamorphoses and Dialectics", which will be held in the exhibition hall of the Moscow Union of Artists in Starosadsky Lane, 5 from March 18 to March 23, 2019. This is a personal anniversary exhibition of works by the famous Moscow graphic artist Vera Mikhailovna Kazakova, where she will show her works in engraving, etching and watercolor techniques.
