Art House Visiting Members Program

AHC VISITING MEMBER PROGRAM (VMP) PROGRAM DETAILS

WHAT

The Art House Convergence Visiting Members program allows members from participating theaters to visit other participating theaters and purchase tickets at the member discount, and affords them access to any other basic member benefits the “visited” theater chooses to offer (this includes but is not limited to discounted concessions, parking validation, etc.) This program is designed to highlight independent exhibitors as destinations for those outside their home communities and to build sustained reciprocity between the art house industry as a whole and our patrons. 

HOW IT WORKS

An individual member in good standing of any participating independent exhibitor or organization (the members Home Exhibitor) can be considered a Visiting Member if they attend a regularly scheduled film and/or program at any participating VMP participating theater (the Host Exhibitor).

The Host Exhibitor extends their basic (minimum) member benefit package to the Visiting Member, regardless of the member level/benefits the Member holds at their Home Exhibitor. 

To access these Host benefits, the Visiting Member must produce a valid membership card–physical or virtual–from their Home Exhibitor. If requested, the Visiting Member must also produce a valid picture ID for identity verification. 

WHAT PARTICIPATING EXHIBITORS COMMIT TO

Participating exhibitors are required to:

• Prominently and clearly display the VMP window sticker at all box  office windows locations
• Train their staff on the program
• Keep a current list of participating theaters easily available at their box office at all times.
• Regularly promote the VMP  in their marketing and audience development materials

VMP MATERIALS

Art House Convergence provides the following materials to participating exhibitors:

• VMP window stickers
• Training materials for staff
• VMP social assets
• VMP poster
• List of participating exhibitors 
• Suggested copy for program promotion 

PROGRAM STIPULATIONS

• Host Exhibitors are not required to offer member benefits to Visiting Members whose Home Exhibitor is 25 miles or less from the Host Exhibitor location.
• Visiting Members are entitled to member benefits relating to regularly scheduled film and/or programs at the Host Exhibitor. It is at the Host Exhibitor’s discretion if they extend these benefits for special events, festivals,  and/or other non-standard programs. 
• Only independent exhibitors may participate in this program; participant qualification is at the discretion of the Art House Convergence. 
• Organizational members in good standing of Art House Convergence may participate in the VMP free of charge. Exhibitors who are not AHC members, or who are AHC individual members, are required to pay an annual fee of $75.00 to participate (due at time of program registration and renewal).
• Each participating exhibitor is responsible for marketing the VMP to their own constituencies.
• Staff members of participating exhibitors are not eligible for the benefits of the VMP unless they are also members in good standing of a participating exhibitor.