re is a list of some major professional organizations relating to art and design.
The Association for Computing Machinery's Special Interest Group on Graphics and Interactive Techniques, dedicated to the generation and dissemination of information on computer graphics and interactive techniques. Sponsors the annual SIGGRAPH conference.
The AIC was founded in 1967 by eight national color associations and includes the Inter-Society of Color.
Founded in 1914, AIGA remains the oldest and largest professional membership organization for design. AIGA now represents more than 20,000 design professionals, educators and students through national activities and local programs developed by 65 chapters and 200 student groups.
ATypI is the global forum and focal point for the type community and business. This not-for-profit organization includes type designers, type publishers, graphic and typographic designers.
Former College Art Association. Promotes excellence in scholarship and teaching in the history and criticism of the visual arts and in creativity and technical skill in the teaching and practices of art.
Sponsors design and advertising design awards, festivals, and more.
Promotes and supports the study of design histories internationally.
A venue for educators and practitioners of Communication Design to discuss design research and practice. Sponsors Communication Design Educators Awards: for excellence in Published Research, Creative Work, Teaching, and Service in the field.
Association dedicated to serving the business and public affairs needs of companies that publish computer and video games. Maintains a list of U.S. Colleges and Universities Offering Video Game Courses & Degrees. Links to publications such as 'Essential Facts About the Computer and Video Game Industry,' 'Video Games in the 21st Century,' and more.
The Guild is an advocacy group committed to improving conditions for all graphic artists (including, but not limited to: animators, cartoonists, designers, illustrators, and digital artists) and raising standards for the entire industry.
The International Council of Graphic Design Associations is the world body for professional communication design. Founded in 1963, it is a voluntary assembly of organisations concerned with graphic design, visual communication, design management, promotion, education, research and journalism.
The International Game Developers Association is the largest non-profit membership organization serving individuals who create video games.
Founded in 1931 the ISCC is the principal professional society in the field of color in the United States, encompassing the arts, sciences and industry.
The U.S. section of the Association Internationale des Critiques d'Art. Supports arts writers around the world through public programs, mentoring, and writing workshops.
The International Association of Word and Image Studies / Association Internationale pour l’Etude des Rapports entre Texte et Image seeks to foster the study of Word and Image relations in a general cultural context and in the arts.
Based in the U.K., but with an international membership, ISTD aims to promote high quality typography and typography education.
Promotes the advancement of artistic practice, academic scholarship, and practice-led research by providing a forum for dialogue at the intersections of art, science and technology.
The leading professional membership organization exclusively for visual arts educators.
A forum for current and future arts administrators in higher education to exchange of ideas and generate shared solutions to issues that confront arts administrators in higher education today.
An international non-profit association formed to promote the development and understanding of new media art.
Supports and celebrates the success of the global creative community (writers, art directors, designers, technologists, and artists). Sponsors the One Show and the ADC Awards.
SEGD is the global community for people who work at the intersection of communication design and the built environment.
SIAD is a not-for-profit international professional organization that exists to: promote excellence in the art and technique of all visual media, act as a leading force in the advancement of professional media studies, to encourage continual professional development (CPD) through a program of educational courses in all visual media.
SIGCHI is the premier international society for professionals, academics and students who are interested in human-technology & human-computer interaction (HCI).
Promotes the art of illustration, to appreciate its history and evolving nature through exhibitions, lectures and education.
A not-for-profic organization dedicated to the promotion and support of type and typography.
TDC sponsors several annual competitions and publishes Typography : the annual of the Type Directors Club.
A clearinghouse for people teaching and doing research in visual culture in a variety of visual forms and media, such as painting, photography, sculpture, film, television, advertisements, cartoons, visual ethnographies, and the Internet.