Another digital idea artist Michelle Thompson introduced was that of using Instagram Influencers for art promotion online. For me influencers induce an image of super fashionable 20 somethings posting reels of their latest trainers or their ‘favourite’ restaurant, however Michelle […]
A seminar with artist Michelle Thompson (#mich_tom) opened my eyes to the world of NFTs. To start with I questioned if she had gone off on a tangent about American Football but after a little more explanation, I was exploring […]
One benefit of professional practice is gaining awareness of online opportunities for artists. Subscribing to news from online creative communities such as artquest, artjobs.org, and a-n has provided details of open calls and collaborative projects that I may have been […]
This blog is for the Level 6 Professional Practice 2 module. I will use this blog to research and analyse different ways of using online marketing resources in order to grow my understanding of how best to cultivate online opportunities as a professional artist.
As an introduction before we say more about our project and partners in it, we’ll introduce ourselves and give some examples of previous related work. Penny Hallas and I are both posting about the project – sometimes shared material, sometimes […]
I have worked with oil paint and 23kt gold leaf for several years and i paint wildlife but primarily birds. Last year I took part in and exhibition and sold 14 paintings. Another artist who was also at the same […]
Is it worth paying to promote my website?
This is a project I’ve been doing on the Bobbin Mills that once dotted the landscape of the lake district.
Before we say more about our project and partners in it, we’ll introduce ourselves and give some examples of previous related work. Susan Adams and I are both posting about the project – sometimes shared material, sometimes different. Take a […]
Very happy to be returning to The Bowery on Saturday 13 May for our ‘Painting Portraits’ session, working from a sitter. Call Bowery on 0113 2242284 to book or via their website thebowery.org Here’s a short video of the joint exhibition […]
Self promotion via Facebook , back it up with an easy to find Website. Facebook allows for an enormous amount of text and a wide variety of images. It is against Facebook’s Terms of Service to have a personal profile […]
Social media can prompt emerging artists such as myself to apply for art prizes, and I did this for the first time recently. I follow the The John Moores Painting Prize (jmpaintingprize on Instagram) so I saw the posts which […]
Collaborative research and development project exploring geographical and psychological territories and the nature of the boundaries that may protect and/or restrict.
I have been thinking about the fact that there will come a time when I will want to approach organisations such as galleries and potential collaborators with a view to getting them to consider working with me. A couple of […]
Hi, I’m lost in the maze of website builder and hosting services. Does anyone have advice on what’s the best for artists, and best value?
