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Artists in Canada matches up to 5% to AIC Members' Pension Plans when the artist contributes 5% from the sale.

As an Artists in Canada member, AIC will allocate 5% from online art sales made on your behalf and place it directly into your personal fixed Artists in Canada National Pension Plan. This will give you 75% of the actual sale price including a Pension Plan.

A Basic AIC Membership is required to take advantage of this 5% pension contribution, as well as receive all the other benefits of membership. Confirmation of your Pension Plan participation and a confirmed sales agreement with AIC must be in place prior to any consigned sales or contributions.

The new Art Sales Gallery is being worked on to better organize images and searches, but the present one will suffice for the time being. At present the gallery contacts go directly to the artist and they handle the complete sale. To have Artists in Canada handle your sales, we will offer an email button for the buyer to contact the AIC Sales staff or they can contact the artist using the ' Send message to member' from the Profile page.

It doesn't take much – even if you contribute $15 – $20/month to start your plan. You need to be signed up to take advantage of AIC's contribution of 5% from every sale we make on your behalf. You can sign up using the online form –  (HERE)

You will be contacted by a Pension Plan manager from SPP to set you up. You can make an annual payment or monthly, whatever works best and whatever amount you can afford to start with. Remember, AIC will contribute to your pension as soon as we start selling your art for you. This is an exciting time for Artists in Canada to be able to offer this Pension Plan for all Canadian artists up to the age of 71. Of course we will still sell artist members' art if they are over the age of 71, but we won't be able to contribute to a Pension Plan for you. Good news is, you will still receive the 70% of the sale.

NOTE: You don't have to be an Artists in Canada member or sell your art or even be listed on AIC to to qualify for your own AIC National Pension Plan. The main thing is that there is now a Pension Plan option for Canadian Visual Artists, Musicians, Writers, Performance Arts including Cultural Workers.

Details on the SPP Website.

On behalf of Artists in Canada and the SPP, thank you for taking care of your future.

Paul Constable, Director

Artists in Canada receives no financial benefit from referrals of members to this Pension Plan.