How Artists Use Computers: An article from StudioNotes

Artists use their computers not only for the creation of art but daily in the office, for sharing, doing research and for marketing and sales.

Protecting Your Images Online

The Napster phenomena sounded a wake-up alarm to the music industry over the long-term financial perils of unregulated distribution. The lesson: consumers feel minimal guilt over stealing or "trading" creative output without compensating the creating artist. Should visual artists be likewise concerned that their unique images are prey to commercial pirates? [read the whole article]

Free Website Templates from Cardinal Art.

With these free website templates you don't need to know the technical aspects of css and javascript. Download and modify these templates to create your own custom website design. Includes everything you need to create your pages including Adobe Photoshop files for the logo (easily create your own) and the navigation and page title text ( change the text if you want to).

Art Challenge Artist Portfolio:

Website and hosting Sell your artwork online at Art Challenge. Get a customized site that will showcase up to 30 pieces of art. You may update or add to portfolio anytime

TheArtistHost.com

Website design & hosting services for Visual Artists, Musicians and Poets "Services run by artists for artists"

 

An Artspan Website - market your work online.

An Artspan site is a real site with your own domain name; its not a "page" on someone else's site. Use it in your promotion to introduce work to buyers, dealers, consultants, etc. Your site will also be part of Artspan and share in the kind of traffic that only a major art site can attract. Visitors unfamiliar with your work can discover it easily using our search functions. If you are serious about your work, then you should be serious about promoting it. An Artspan site is an invaluable but inexpensive tool to help you do just that. Choose your package: The basic Artspan Site; $9.95/month or The Artspan Professional Site: $14.95 per month.

Vlad Free Online Art Gallery

Every registered user of Vlad Art Gallery will be given FREE virtual gallery.
Register your pre-existing website for free, no reciprocal link requirement.
Sell your art online using Vlad Art Gallery secure credit card payment gateway,
all major credit cards accepted.
Art Sponsorship Program: donate some artwork in lieu of payments

Promote your art site to make it effective:

• Include the URL of your website on your business cards
• Use your website in your off-line marketing plan
• Advertise your website in the local paper and send out print notices of it to your clients
• Include your website address as an e-mail signature
• Have some smaller, less expensive works for sale on your site.

List your site with ArtPromote.com.
ArtPromote.com receives over a million hits each month - take advantage of their traffic and list your art website with them.

Enhanced: Non-recurring: $49 U.S.

Bold text listings in up to 3 categories above express and basic
Announcement in our popular monthly eZine. -
Reciprocal link is NOT required. -
Never expires

Express: Non-recurring: $9 US

Bold text listing in 1 category above basic- Bold text listing on our New Art! page. - Reciprocal link is NOT required. - Express listings never expire!

Basic:This free listing option has been temporarily suspended.

ART!

all sorts of Web Art galleries from current working artists. Drawing, Painting, Photography, Collage, Electronic Media, video, Jewelry & Metalwork and more.
Ring Stats: Created 01/25/1999, Over 200 active sites

The Art Gallery Webring

For websites with large collections of pictures, paintings and sculptures. All sites must have over 50 images of art (99+ is preferable), paintings, sculptures, computer generated pics, photographs, art films, or animations. If you're looking for large galleries of high quality original art pieces, this is the place. Logo by Charles Moffat. Ring Stats: Created 04/17/2000: Over 150 active sites

Artists of the 21st Century

For Artists of the 21st Century to display their work
Ring Stats: Created 10/21/1999, Over 300 active sites

The Realm of Art

A webring for all artists trying to establish a net presence to showcase their work for all to see online. For both artists, collectors, galleries, and connoisseurs of fine art, the New Media opens up near-infinite possibilities for displaying to the many what might otherwise have been a secret known only to the few. Ring Stats: Created 01/20/2001, over 100 active sites.

Cyber Art Web Ring

Links together great web artists from around the world.