Gamma Xi Phi is an all-gender professional fraternity welcoming artists and arts-serving professionals through professional and collegiate chapters.
Do you desire community through timeless fraternal values? Are you a high achiever in your craft or field?
Have you demonstrated a commitment to social justice and anti-racism? Do you embrace art forms and artists historically rejected or ignored by Eurocentric arts conventions?
Are you interested in uplifting and mentoring other artists? Do you have deep community connections?
Are you dedicated to the growth of the fraternity?
If so, then Gamma Xi Phi might be the organization for you.
Potential members of Gamma Xi Phi reject racism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, and other prejudices which stifle the arts and hamper the advancement of humanity.
Members of Gamma Xi Phi represent a diverse cross-section of artists, creators, and arts-serving professionals.
Literary Arts: Novelists, poets, playwrights, essayists, editors, publishers, librarians, literary agents
Visual Arts, Design, and Architecture: Illustrators, painters, photographers, sculptors, crafters, designers, animators, fashion designers, industrial designers, interior designers, graphic designers, architects.
Performing Arts: Actors, singers, musicians, dancers, models, directors, producers, costume designers, set designers, talent agents
Education and the Academy: Professors, art historians, ethnomusicologists, teachers
Gastronomy: Executive chef, creative chef, pastry chef, sommelier, mixologist
Administration: Arts administrators, arts advocacy administrators, arts grant program officers, intellectual property attorneys, entertainment attorneys, museum administrators, festival directors.
It is possible to join Gamma Xi Phi via institutional chapters and through professional chapters. While institutional chapters are connected to a degree-granting college, university, academy, or other educational body, professional chapters are chartered for adults who can sustain a chapter in a geographic service area. Additionally, artists living in rural, remote, or international areas may be eligible for at-large membership.
Gamma Xi Phi appreciates your support of our public activities and delights in building relationships with fellow artists and arts-serving professionals.
Membership is an honor received by invitation and is not an entitlement. Deliberation on membership matters is confidential to the members of the fraternity.
Candidate Portfolios Now Accepted
Gamma Xi Phi intends to conduct an in-person, multi-chapter initiation in Durham, North Carolina, in February 2026.
We recommend submitting materials by October 30 for consideration.
If you have attended Artistically Speaking, or another Gamma Xi Phi event, or have been guided to this form by a member of Gamma Xi Phi, please submit your candidate portfolio here.
If you have had no prior contact with Gamma Xi Phi, we strongly recommend declaring your interest (at the above link) first.