Artist Websites: How to Create One!

The first 500 people who click the link in the description will get 2 free months of Skillshare Premium: https://skl.sh/artprof. RISD Adjunct Professor Clara Lieu explains how to create an artist website. Having an effective artist website is a major part of being a visual artist today. The artist’s website is the base where an artist can show the scope of their artwork. Creating a clean, easy to navigate artist website is surprisingly difficult with a whole host of challenges. Get practical advice for simple actions you can take to clean up and reorganize your artist website so it can better serve your needs as an artist.

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TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Opening
02:19 Websites vs. social media
04:29 Domain names
10:03 Importance of updating
11:53 How often to update
14:34 Less is more
17:46 Use plain fonts

19:05 Resume format
20:26 Don’t pad your resume
26:29 Collections page
28:04 Exhibitions page
29:14 Linking information
32:41 Awards page

33:27 Contact page
34:26 Professional Affiliations
36:32 Education page
38:34 Contact forms
39:45 Usability testing
40:32 Presenting contact info

41:17 Linking your email address
42:06 Every page should have an image
42:40 About page
45:42 Options for showing your face
47:02 Narrative about you

51:01 Photographing your artwork
51:35 Backdrop choice
53:04 Watermarks
54:36 Desaturating black & white artwork
57:09 Including social media

01:00:15 A video on your website
01:03:28 Artwork categories
01:06:43 Menu bar format
01:09:30 Compress your image files
01:09:59 Gallery page format options
01:11:31 Artist statements
01:13:53 Proofreading text

ARTISTS MENTIONED IN THE VIDEO
Monika Hedman: http://www.monikahedman.com/
Ayame Bullock: https://www.ayameceramics.com/
Song Kang: https://www.song-kang.com/
Liz Shepherd: http://lizshepherd.com/
Casey Roonan: https://artprof.org/casey-roonan/

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Clara Lieu is an Adjunct Professor at the Rhode Island School of Design. Her artwork has been exhibited at the International Print Center NY, the Currier Museum, Childs Gallery, the Davis Museum, and more. Lieu received an artist fellowship from the MA Cultural Council, has written for the NY Times, and lectured at Brown University, the NAEA conference, and in Vancouver & China. She has been profiled in Artsy, Hyperallergic, KPCC, & WBUR.

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