Category Archives: Creative Resources

Currently we are looking for ideas to expand the scope of Artbiz.ca. If you like to write about art or WordPress; even better Art and WordPress combined we want to hear from you. This is an opportunity to give back … Continue reading

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Alyson Stanfield of Artbiz Blog and author of “I’d Rather be in the Studio” interviewed me, Kim Bruce of Artbiz.ca about using WordPress as an artists website. Discussion points include: How is a blog similar to / different from a … Continue reading

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The number one thing that kills 95% of blogs is that they do 5 or 6 posts in rapid succession and then peter out. It’s lame to go to a blog where this happens. And then 8 months later they … Continue reading

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Skype is Cool

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If you don’t have Skype you could; easily. It never ceases to amaze me how technology is effectively shrinking the world.  My little corner of the world is now the entire world. I can see and speak to people from all over … Continue reading

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Resizing Images

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Resizing Images article has been updated with new information The first thing you have to do in preparation to add content to your site is to optimize your images. Optimizing is a term used to indicate a change to a … Continue reading

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Spreading it out

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Maybe you knew but maybe you don’t; I have a blog at kimbruce.ca my fine art site. It seems that most of what I write about here at Artbiz is on WordPress and how you as an artist can use … Continue reading

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Blogging Terms

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Blogging  Terms and Definitions In a recent article “Website Terms” I explained common terms used when working on your site.  In this article I explain the blogging terms you should know if you are using a blog on your website. I have tried to … Continue reading

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Comments or not

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How comments work with WordPress. Love them, hate them, disable them. With WordPress.org or any blogging platform there is an area where visitors to you site can leave comments on your posts. It is usually found under the post with … Continue reading

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Artbiz at VAAA

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Visual Arts Alberta Association has long been a source for artists to find opportunities Visual Arts Alberta is a non-profit, Provincial Arts Service Organization (PASO) with a mission to promote and assist Alberta visual arts and artists, providing a communication … Continue reading

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Artist Conspiracy by Artbizblog.com

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Alyson Stanfield author of “I’d Rather be in the Studio” and queen bee at artbizblog.com interviewed me as part of her on line course “Artist Conspiracy”. It was a great hour long audio interview where we talked about artists’ blogs … Continue reading

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