Membership

Community Membership
For those who want to stay connected, go deeper, and support Gertie’s public mission.

Curious

$600/year or $55/month

Join Gertie Curious
  • Invitations to member-only previews, talks, and receptions
  • Early access and discounted tickets to Gertie hub programming and performances
  • Member pricing on select ticketed events
  • Priority registration for workshops and limited-capacity programs
  • Access to the Gertie newsletter with editorial content, research dispatches, and program announcements before the public
  • 50% off select ticketed hub programming
  • A direct line to everything we’re making—and why
Immersive Membership
For those who want to travel, explore, and experience art and culture with genuine intention.

Curated

By invitation

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  • Everything in Curious tier of membership
  • First access to upcoming trip announcements—with priority booking before public release to Gertie’s curated travel experiences and research trips
  • Access to quarterly Curated programming, such as private collection visits, studio visits, and off-program experiences unavailable to the general public
  • Complimentary tickets to all Gertie hub programming and performances
  • Invitations to intimate dinners, conversations, and gatherings with artists, curators, and collectors
  • A dedicated member experience at Chicago Exhibition Weekend (CXW) with curated itinerary support
  • First access to upcoming trip announcements—with priority booking before public release
  • Ability to vote on Gertie commissions and editions

Curious membership is for people who care about what’s happening in Chicago’s cultural landscape—and want to be part of shaping it. You’ll get early access to programs, behind-the-scenes insight into what we’re building, and the satisfaction of knowing your membership directly funds free public programming for the whole city.

Curated membership is for those who might be ready to graduate from a place of curiosity to a place of action and possibly transaction. This tier is built around engaging with others who are actively seeking out relationships with gallerists and artists to find opportunities to either buy work or get engaged in institutions that support that work. As a Curated member, you’ll have premier access to join Gertie’s research trips and curated travel experiences—small-group journeys to art fairs, biennials, private collections, studios, and destinations chosen for their cultural and intellectual richness. These aren’t tours. They’re the kinds of trips Gertie’s founders take when they’re doing research, opened up to a small group of people who want in.

We’ve been to Mexico City. We’ve been to Chicago’s most interesting private collections. We’re going to Marfa. Detroit is next. Iceland is on the horizon. Every experience is shaped by genuine curiosity, not a packaged itinerary.