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Where do you feature your art online?
Hello arty people. Like most artists, I used Facebook, Twitter and Instagram to promote my art. Are there any other social media sites (or other ways online) that you recommend?
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Exhibition Review
I am about to launch my new exhibition and have used social media to raise awareness of the show. Does anyone know of other effective ways of advertising? e.g. influential blog sites etc? Normally I would contact media who cover […]
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Creating online art classes
Does anyone know anything about creating online art courses? As the UK looks to ‘shut down’ for a while I won’t be able to run my normal art classes. I have never done videos or online teaching before and don’t […]
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Pricing art classes and workshops – advice needed
I am self employed as an artist and art tutor. I have been teaching for quite a while but in the last three years have been doing this by myself after the local college cut all their adult education courses. […]
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Query re damaged art
I recently had an exhibition at an arts centre which went well. However upon taking down the work i noticed one of my paintings had red paint splatted across it and the wall below. The venue were very apologetic and […]
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Artist’s pensions
I recently became full time self employed after many years of doing various other jobs to support my art. Just wondered what other artists do about pensions – I’m not paying into anything anymore so probably need to sort something […]
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Working with galleries
I am a professional artist and have been working with a couple of galleries for a number of years. I have sold work through the galleries but it is often difficult to guess what they actually want. Things change all […]
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Prices for art classes
I have been teaching adult art classes for quite a few years but the local college is now axing all the adult leisure classes. I have decided to carry on running the classes myself but wondered how much to charge. […]
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Artists and Ipads
I have just bought an ipad mainly so that i can use it when i teach art (showing examples of paintings, techniques etc). I am also using it as a portable portfolio to show people images of my work. However […]
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Working in schools as a visiting artist
I’m sometimes asked by schools to visit and talk about my artwork and run workshops. They always ask if i have an up to date DBS check but they still let me work there under supervision even if I haven’t. […]
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Teaching in FE – advice needed!
I am a qulaified art tutor (post 16) and for some time now have been looking for a teaching post in a college or university in art. I’m looking for permanant or casual work in this field. However jobs in […]