Professional Associations in Arts, Media & Communications

Advertising + Marketing

• 3AF Asian American Advertising Federation
• American Advertising Federation
• American Association of Advertising Agencies has a neat agency search tool
• American Marketing Association
• American Society of Media Photographers
• Arts Reach
• Association of National Advertisers
• Culture Marketing Council: The Voice of Hispanic Marketing
• Data & Marketing Association
• ​​​​​​​Federation of African American Advertisers + Marketers
• Legal Marketing Association
• The One Club for Creativity
• She Runs It

Animation + Game Design

• ACM SIGGRAPH
• Black N’ Animated​​​​​​​
• The Computer Graphics Society
• International Animated Film Society – Hollywood​
• International Game Developers Association (IGDA)
• LXIA (Latinx in Animation)
• Rise Up Animation
• Women in Animation​

​​​​​​​Anthropology/Archaeology

• American Anthropological Association
• Archaeological Institute of America
• Society for American Archaeology
• Society for Applied Anthropology

Architecture + Urban/Regional Planning

• American Institute of Architects
• American Planning Association
• American Public Gardens Association
• American Society of Landscape Architects
• Archinect
• Asian American Architects + Engineers Association
• New Urban Designer
• Planetizen
• U.S. Green Building Council

Art

• The Alliance for Media Arts + Culture
• American Art Therapy Association
• American Association of Woodturners
• American Ceramic Society
• American Craft Council
• Americans for the Arts
• Artists Communities Alliance
• Arts Midwest
• ArtTable
• Asian American Arts Alliance
• Asian American Women Artists Association
• Black Artists + Designers Guild
• College Art Association
• Iowa Arts Council
• Mid Atlantic Arts Foundation
• The National Association of Independent Artists
• ​​​​​​​The National Association of Latino Arts and Cultures
• National Association of Women Artists (NAWA)
• National Endowment for the Arts (a government agency that promotes the arts)
• The National League of American Pen Women
• Professional Photographers of America
• Queer Art
• Sculptors Guild
• Society for Photographic Education
• Society of Illustrators
• Textile Society of America
• Women’s Caucus for Art

Art Education

• Council for Art Education (has resources for art educators and listings of art organizations)
• Educational Theatre Association
• National Art Education Association
• Society for Photographic Education

Art Therapy

• American Art Therapy Association

Broadcasting

• ​​​​​​​Alliance for Women in Media​​​​​​​
• National Association of Broadcasters

Communications

• Agricultural Communicators Network​
• American Communication Association
• American Marketing Association
• The Association for Women in Communications
• Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management
• International Association for Business Communicators
• International Communication Association
• ​​​​​​​International Environmental Communication Association​​​​​​​
• Iowa Communication Association​
• National Association of Science Writers​​
• National Communication Association
• Public Relations Society of America
• Science Talk
• Social Media Association
• Society for Technical Communication​

Design

• ACM SIGGRAPH (computer graphics + interactive technologies)
• American Institute of Graphic Arts
• American Society of Interior Designers
• Black Artists + Design Guild
• Data Visualization Society
• Design Management Institute
• The One Club for Creativity
• Society for Experiential Graphic Design

Fashion

• Fashion Group International

Film

• African Artists’ Association
• BIPOC TV + Film​
• The Directors Guild of America has a great list of movie-making associations
• National Association of Black Female Executives in Music + Entertainment
• Women in Animation
• Society for Cinema & Media Studies

Graphic Design

• AIGA
• Association of Registered Graphic Designers (RGD)
• Society for Experimental Graphic Design (SEGD)
• Society for News Design​
• Society of Publication Designers
• University + Colleges Designers Association (UCDA)

History

• American Historical Association is a great resource, and they also have a list of affiliated historical associations
• Organization of American Historians
• World History Organization

Human Resources​​​​​​​

• National Association of African Americans in Human Resources
• National Human Resources Association
• Society for Human Resource Management
• Society of Hispanic Human Resources Professionals

​​​​​​​Journalism

• Agricultural Communicators Network​
• American Jewish Press Association​
• The American Media Institute has a wonderful list of professional journalism organizations
• American Society of Media Photographers
• The Arab + Middle Eastern Journalists Association
• Asian American Journalists Association
• Association of Health Care Journalists
• The Association of Magazine Media
• International Association of Religion Journalists
• International Food, Wine, Travel Writers Association​
• Investigative Reporters + Editors
• Journalism & Women Symposium
• NLGJA: The Association of LGBTQ Journalists
• National Association of Black Journalists
• National Association of Hispanic Journalists
• National Association of Science Writers​
• The National League of American Pen Women
• The National Press Club
• Native American Journalists Association
• Society of Environmental Journalists
• Society for News Design​​​
• South Asian Journalists Association
• World Federation of Science Journalists​

Library Science

• American Library Association
• International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions
• Society of American Archivists

Linguistics

• American Association for Applied Linguistics
• International Cognitive Linguistics Association
• Linguistic Society of America

Museum Science & Conservation

• American Alliance of Museums
• American Association for State and Local History​
• American Institute for Conservation of Historic and Artistic Works
• Association of Academic Museums and Galleries
• Association of Art Museum Curators
• The International Council of Museums (ICOM)
• Museum Market has a comprehensive listing of national, regional, international, and state museum associations.
• Women’s Caucus for Art

Music

• National Association of Black Female Executives in Music + Entertainment
• The National Association of Negro Musicians
• The National League of American Pen Women