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 to the arts community and gain some exposure for you and your work with links back to your website.

Articles ideas could be…

• Grant proposal writing tips
• How to price your art; particulary looking for tips on how to price sculpture
• Alternate venues to show your work
• Marketing art

All articles must be original content not previously published and include a short bio and picture of yourself (picture’s optional).

Please email your ideas, articles and questions to submissions@artbiz.ca
Do not add attachements to your email, we don’t open attachments unless we know you; which we hope to do.

If we like your idea we will get back to you with timelines and further instructions.

Kim Bruce | Dressmaker 1

Remember these two posts that I wrote about why artists should blog?

• Blog but not be a blogger
• The real reason artists need to blog

Update
2013 – Pins & Needles Exhibition will be at BANNISTER GALLERY at RHODE ISLAND COLLEGE, Providence, RI http://www.ric.edu/bannister/ Tentative dates are end of June to end of July, 2013.

Well I get to be my own success story. It works!

A couple of weeks ago I received a phone call from New Haven artist Susan Shutan. She was in the process of finalizing an exhibition proposal to turn over to the curator. But before she finished she decided to Google “Pins & Needles”.

It just so happened that I wrote a post at kimbruce.ca (my fine art site) about my work with pins and needles (you can read it here). Susan found it on Google and now I have been included in the exhibition proposal with some pretty amazing artists.  Here’s the proposal. Wish us luck!

If you have a success story about how your website or blog has furthered your art career feel free to post it in the comment area below. We would love to share it with our readers.

Peter Colbert - Swift Current, 24 x 48", Acrylic on Canvas

In a recent article I wrote about why artists should blog and I jumped on the band wagon and started writing about my work on my fine art website. Then with life and work and all sorts…well I slowed down on the manic postings.

It seems to me that with everything I read about blogging it is an all or nothing scenario. That you must write a post at least 3 times a week and if you do your search engine rankings will increase and will get you all sorts of recognition. And if you don’t be warned the search engines will penalize you for not having fresh new content when you say you will. But what if you’re not that gregarious and still want to share your thoughts and ideas?

Personally I believe put out there as much or as little as you want. I know die hard bloggers will totally disagree with me but still I think that it is better to say something than nothing at all. The great thing about WordPress is that you can configure it to make it search engine friendly even if you don’t post a lot. Using plugins like Google XML Sitemaps you can tell the search engines to come back once a month and not everyday. There that takes the pressure off, whew.

What I like about the blog format is that it separates the stuff that I want to talk about from my actual portfolio. This keeps my image pages clean and crisp just like an artist wants and what galleries and collectors want to see.  And with WordPress I can have the “blog” hooked into my website which makes it really search engine friendly. It also tells visitors that this it is where they can read more in depth about my work. I can go when the mood strikes and talk about what is moving me at the moment… or not.