Call for Professional Artists

The Online Catalog of Professional Artists (OCPA) lists only accomplished professional artists who demonstrate their commitment, creativity and craftsmanship, unlike most of the sites on the internet that accept "any artists" indiscriminately.
The OCPA is constantly updated with new artist members, and our newsletters featuring our member artists, their works and events are distributed (on a weekly basis) to art lovers, art collectors and art professionals around the world.
We would like to invite both emerging and established professional artists to join the OCPA Artist Membership and get published on the OCPA!
OCPA Artist Membership Enrollment Procedure
If you have not received our "official" artist membership invitation yet and would like to become an OCPA artist member and to be included in the Online Catalog of Professional Artists (OCPA), please send us your website link via email at ocpa.ocpa@gmail.com prior to making your membership fee payment and then we'll review your work and send you our official invitation shortly if you are accepted.
If you have received our "official" artist membership invitation (with your invitation code) via email and wish to be included in the Online Catalog of Professional Artists (OCPA), please follow the OCPA Artist Membership enrollment procedure below.

Note: We don't take any commissions or sales fees.  All inquiries are forwarded to the respective members.

The Membership Enrollment Procedure - 4 Steps
Step 1.  Make your OCPA Artist Membership fee payment.

Artist Membership Fee (for the first year): $100
(The PayPal also allows debit/credit card payments for those without PayPal accounts.)

​covering:
- one-time setup fee to create your profile page on the catalog with your bio and artwork images for:
​   - up to 3 specialty categories
   - 3 artwork images per category
   - 9 images total
- member login for self-uploading unlimited artwork images and events
- your profile page updates upon request (once a month) ​
Starting with the second year membership:
Membership fee (for 1 year) - $60 
​Click here for the membership renewal info.
Step 2.  Please fill out and submit the OCPA Artist Membership Enrollment Form below.
    OCPA Artist Membership Enrollment Form
Step 3. Send us your artwork images to be posted on your profile page via email at:  ocpa.ocpa@gmail.com 

​  - up to 3 images per each of your specialty category (landscape, figurative, still life, sculpture, etc.)
  - up to 3 specialty categories 
  - along with image descriptions (title, medium, size, price if for sale, etc.)

Recommended image size:
​
  - at least 1400px wide for horizontal format, 800px high for vertical format, 10MB max.
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Step 4 (optional).  Send us your profile image (an image of yourself - any size) via email at:  ocpa.ocpa@gmail.com
​Or we will retrieve a proper image from your website or Facebook page. 
Once we receive your membership fee, enrollment form and images, we'll send you a confirmation email along with your login info shortly (within 24 hours) so you can start posting (self-uploading) your artwork images on the Recently Posted Artworks page.

We will also create your profile page on the catalog using the information provided on your enrollment form and artwork images that you sent us via email.

You may also post (self-upload) your event listings (workshops, classes, exhibitions, etc.) on the Recently Posted Events page once you log in on the User Menu page. 
For any questions, please feel free to contact us.