Benefits of Affiliation
Becoming an affiliate artist with COVA-DAAV means joining a national network of professional artists committed to fair compensation, transparent rights management, and the protection of creative work.
As a COVA-DAAV affiliate, you gain access to:
● Professional representation for the licensing and management of your copyright
● Royalty collection and distribution for exhibitions, reproductions, and digital use
● Advocacy and support through partnerships with CARFAC and RAAV
● Inclusion in an international network of artists through reciprocal agreements abroad
Affiliation ensures that your creative rights are protected while allowing you to focus on what matters most: your art.
To ensure the effective management of your rights, all COVA-DAAV artists and estates must maintain a $50 annual membership fee.
© CARCC Ottawa 2025 / Photo Credit: Bella Adrian
Affiliation Criteria & Application Process
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All artists currently not affiliated and seeking to join COVA-DAAV, must meet the following criteria:
Applicants must be artists or estates with licensable works
Applicants must provide a minimum of five significant examples of exhibitions or reproductions that could have been, in the sole discretion of COVA-DAAV, licensed (e.g. public exhibitions, reproductions in in books, magazines, film, TV). Both recent and older examples may qualify)
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Required Documents to Upload:
Scanned copy of a valid government-issued photo ID (ex. Driver’s license, passport)
At least 5 examples of licensed works
Any other supporting documents that may be relevant to your application (ex. CV, list of main exhibitions, etc.)
Incomplete applications will not be considered.
Application fees:
One-time, non-refundable:
Individual Applicants: $75
Estate Applicants: $125 per estate holder
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Due to a high volume of applications, we ask that you allow up to one month for a response from COVA-DAAV.
If your application is approved, we will follow up with the next steps.
If you have any questions about affiliation, please contact membership@cova-daav.ca
© Marcia Lea / CARCC Ottawa 2025
Affiliation Application Form
Before beginning the application form please ensure you read the agreement here.
Once you complete the application below you will be directed to pay your application fee.
Our application form is currently closed due to a high volume of applicants. We anticipate the form to re-open by mid-July. Thank you for your understanding.
ADDITIONAL RESOURCES & PAYMENTS
IF YOU HAVE NOT RECEIVED AN OFFICIAL ACCEPTANCE OF YOUR APPLICATION, PLEASE DO NOT SELECT THIS PRODUCT.
This $50 fee is to be paid by FIRST-YEAR NEW AFFILIATES in order to activate your official affiliation with COVA-DAAV. This annual fee only needs to be paid directly in the first year of affiliation. For all years thereafter, the annual fee will be deducted from total royalties and no direct payment needs to be made.
Affiliation Agreement
If you would like to read more about the terms of affiliation with COVA-DAAV, member responsibilities, or important definitions, please feel free to read our Affiliation Agreement in greater detail.
The full document can be found: here
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