Open Studios are a popular way to show your latest work to collectors, arts professionals, and the public. They can also be a successful and consistent way to sell your work. Read on to find out how to stage one …
This week’s art quote is from Joe Gordon, Chairman and CEO of Miranda Galleries in Laguna Beach, CA
…“Credential building is important. You need to make yourself an artist of merit. It is important to make yourself unique and noticeable
Part 4 – Custom-Designed Artist Websites
They are what they say they are – fully customized websites designed around you and your art. Effectively executed, these websites should:
Part 2 – Online Art Hubs / Galleries / Digital Slide Registries
There are many great online gallery services available today. For a variable fee (typically $50 to $300 per year) these sites allow you to create your own portfolio …
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 …