Artists seeking to develop a website to showcase their work have many options. Website designers offer a range of solutions ranging from simple template-based sites to fully customized designs built entirely around the persona of the artist and their work. …
A big congratulations to the 134 artists who received NYFA fellowship grants!
…New York, NY – There is a light at the end of the tunnel for 134 artists living and working in New York State. The New York Foundation
I participated in a webinar this morning hosted by Marketing Experiments on the topic of Twitter For Business, or to use their title, Getting beyond the “Now What?” It was topical for us because we’ve been having some concerns that …
The latest issue of Art Calendar (newsstand edition) has a series of great articles on building and maintaining your online art presence. There’s sections on Social Networking, promoting art in “Second Life” (an online 3-D virtual world), Website Design, and …
Useful tips from Steve Doherty’s blog at American Artist. I recommend clicking through to read the full article – its a good read!
– Minimum negative space.
– Include Shiny objects.
– Detail (People Love It)
– Happy subjects.…
Technique #7: Optimize Your Website For Search Engine Traffic
Galleries and other Arts professionals do search for work on the internet so it makes sense to do as much as possible to help them find you. If you perform an …
Technique #6 – Advertise in Art Industry Publications
If you are willing to spend a little money, you can promote yourself by advertising in art (or other) industry publications. Good examples are “ARTnews” and “Art In America”, which have large, …
Technique #5 – List Your Art In Online Registries & Art Directories
There are several online art registries where you can submit samples of your work including images, artist statements, bios, etc. Registries are used by museum and gallery curators …
Since my dream of Vincent Van Gogh last week, I’ve been pondering what “true†artists from history would think of the online art marketing environment of 2009. What would they think of email, Facebook and Twitter?
I guess that depending …
This week’s quote from M.C. Escher captures well how it feels to be in the flow of the artistic spirit!
…“At moments of great enthusiasm it seems to me that no one in the world has ever made something this