In 1997 Donna opened her Connoisseurs Club. Since then the club have grown a lot and there is a new model exclusively for members each year. Each member gets one of the aacc models painted but can also buy one unpainted. You often see Animal Artistry Connoisseurs Club abbriviated to AACC; AACC Friesian, AACC Fjord, etceteras.
2001 was the first year that a china was offered as a club-model. Apart from the regular resin; a drafter mare, a member could also (or instead) choose the mini Friesian Mare in china, painted to a black tobiano. People who
bought the mare could also buy her matching colt. In 2003 there were two mare and foal-sets; a matching foal could be bought to that year's arabian mare in china, and the new resins were a trotting Welsh Cob sec D Mare with her foal. For 2006 we have not just one, but two Sleepy Shires in china - one with cat, one without.