How PWAS Artist Members Can Use the Artistry Spin Blog
Art group members of the Prince William Art Society (PWAS) may wonder why we have an PWAS Website and the PWAS Artistry Spin Blog. The website and the blog serve 2 very different purposes with it mainly being where to find the information needed by the visitor. Let's see the differences and how the artists can use the blog to promote themselves and their art.
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About the PWAS Website and Artistry Spin Blog
The PWAS Website provides static information about the Prince William Art Society's nonprofit organization like who we are, our goals and mission, how and who to contact (for questions from the members and the public), membership information like renewal and joining (along with secure payment processing), and about things we do like our Scholarship Program. And PWAS periodically offers art classes of varying types that people can sign up for.
The PWAS art group itself began in 1971 and you can read all about how the group got started on the Blog's very first post: Post 1: About PWAS - An Art Group in Prince William County
Go to the PWAS Website for
- How and who to Contact at Prince William Art Society
- Members: Note that when we have art shows, there is an Event Coordinator per art show and their contact info will be in the email sent out.
- News and Upcoming Events - meetings, art shows, events upcoming - what's on the radar.
- Event Registration - sign up for any upcoming classes, art shows, and more.
- View the Showcase - some artist pay for a page on the Website where viewers get a sampling of what they do and how to contact them.
- Become a Member - join the group!
- Make a Donation - support the arts!
The PWAS Artistry Spin Blog features information, stories, experiences, opinions, how-tos, lots of pictures on our art shows and members, tips, suggestions/advice, and much more. A blog is presented in reverse chronological order as posts and has navigational page tabs along the top. The posts and pages are updated regularly, and engagement with our readers is encouraged as "Comments" and social sharing. Hot topics of interest to artists like art pricing, displaying art, and where to get your prints made are housed on the Blog as Pages.
The PWAS Artistry Spin Blog was started on August 29, 2021 and there are tons of nooks and crannies to find the answers for many questions asked about and by the art group, the blog, and the very wide topic of showing and displaying art.
The purpose of the PWAS Artistry Spin Blog is to share valuable content with:
- The PWAS Artist Members
- Any and all artists and viewers across the planet that come across our links.
- Anyone that wants to learn even more about PWAS (our art group), our events and art shows, our artist members.
- The PWAS Artist Members that want to promote themselves and their art with others.
Basically, the Artistry Spin Blog is an historical archive of art shows, events, happenings, and photos. The Blog promotes the PWAS art group and website, members and member art.
The Blog Admin writes most of the information posted but for even better content, I like to ask the PWAS Members to share content with me to share with the world. I do this in various ways...AND I encourage our members that if they have content to share, are interested in writing a Blog post on a topic, by all means, let me know!
How to Promote You and Your Art
The Blog Admin will email an art topic question out periodically or ask the PWAS membership for specific blog posts but there are also opportunities for members to create their own post(s).
- Blog Admin may ask Art Topic Questions and self promo stuff like "What's On Your Easel?"
- "What are you working on?" This gives the artist the ability to show new art in development.
- Art topics questions allow the artist the ability to give an opinion or a tip, showing their knowledge.
- The potential to share links to their website, or social handles, or contact info.
- Ongoing monthly question of What Art Shows Are You in Next Month?
- A royal opportunity to promote an artist's upcoming events with dates, times, locations and more.
- Artists can show which art pieces were accepted into an upcoming show that will be available for purchase.
- Member Provided Content: Inside the Studio of - some pictures of where your creative ventures are along with what you'd like to say about your space. Is your studio your sanctuary?
- People LOVE to see where artists get creative!
- Member Provided Content: Artist Interviews - have a look at the template and start building your interview, then email it to the Blog Admin.
- A good way to show the world YOU! Remember, online is the universe.
- Member Provided Content:Are you teaching an Art Class? What, where, when, age group...how did it go?
- Get people interested in what you do.
- PWAS Plein Air Posse Content - let the Blog Admin know where the group will be!
- Let the membership know where you will be and if they can join as well.
- PWAS Member Events and Show Content - share the pictures and the story of why you are there!
- If you are at a PWAS event, take pics, write a story - especially if the Blog Admin is not at that event and you become the Reporter.
- PWAS New Member Intro Content - write up who you are and what you do and send a few pics.
- WE LOVE meeting the new members! Tell us the art you do and what makes you do it!
BTW - I would LOVE to see someone that Plein Air Paints send me a post with pictures of their setup, their process, highlights of their day painting out in the wild! Write it up!!
For most blog posts, the Social Media Admin will also then publish each post to:
- PWAS Facebook @princewilliamartsociety
- Local area Facebook groups including our private Facebook PWAS Chat group
- PWAS X.com/ Twitter @PWASVirginia
- PWAS Instagram @princewilliamartsociety
- PWAS Pinterest @princewilliamartsociety/
It is up to the members to write the story, the Blog Admin will edit (if needed) or may ask for clarity on points but the Author Credits go to the artists.
See the Schedule Page to see what to include in your post.
That is more bang for your buck. And you can do the same thing and share the links online and to your social media as well.
Use the Blog to Discover What You Need to Know
Your iPhone will not give you a full look at the Blog unless you navigate to all the features sitting in the palm of your hand. There are the Blog posts, there is top navigation Pages, and there are the right side navigation elements.
- Right Side Nav: Use the Blog Search, the Blog Archive, the Artistry Spin Labels (which are the tags and keywords on various post subjects).
- All -Time Most Popular Posts like "Joining an Art Group", "Artwork Rejection", "Art Scammers Are Everywhere"
- PWAS Member Shared Links - current members, send me yours!
- Blogs to Follow
- Much More to discover...
- Bottom Nav: Popular Posts in the Last 7 Days
Artistry Spin Pages - Tons of Info
The pages on the blog are tabs at the top of the blog on specific topics that all PWAS artists need to know...or have asked about. Sometimes the info provided includes suggestions and input from your fellow PWAS members.
Membership - the benefits of joining an art group and what we do, why you should join us. But remember that memberships run from January to December and you renew your membership or join us on the PWAS Website and do so online at Join PWAS
Display - the most viewed page on the blog, all PWAS members need to review this page to know how your artwork must be prepared for art shows. For art shows, this is how your art is REQUIRED to be prepared for art shows and hanging.
Call for Art - tried and true art tips and facts about art calls, when submitting your artwork to an art show.
Lessons - Lessons learned at an indoor and outdoor art show.
Pricing - a look at your options when pricing your art. Pricing art is the number one artist question asked by artists!
Commissions - several kinds or art commissions, read this to know what they are and to set expectations.
Art NTK - Art Need To Know: a long list of art topics that artists need to know with links to the Blog Posts as they become available.
Blog Gallery - a review of PWAS artists over time with posts and pictures to more info about members with multiple blog posts.
Volunteering - in a nonprofit art group, the people that volunteer are the ones that make things happen
Prints - a look at getting prints made of your artwork and offering them for sale.
Art Reception - a list of to do items and ideas when holding an art reception
Art Show - a check list of what to take, what to do, and how to manage your upcoming art show
How to Use This Blog - understanding what a blog is, its layout, features, searching the blog, meeting dates, show dates, and more.
Comments - we LOVE when you comment on a post! Comments don't automatically appear so learn more about how to comment on the blog here as well as Guidelines.
Schedule - PWAS Members have options to promote themselves
Art - lots of art topics, art tips, topic series and more that have occurred over time
Art Store - information on the PWAS Art Store on the website.
Basics - lots of art business basics for the artists that want to show and sell their art online, in art shows
FAQs - common questions and answers about PWAS
YES! This Is a LOT of Information that I hold no apologies for. There is a LOT to learn when you want to be an artist that goes to art shows and desires to sell their art. There are expectations, requirements, and just plain things you must know.
What You Can Do
- Follow the blog!
- Share the blog posts! - in the navigation below the post are Share to: Mail, another Blog, Twitter/X, Facebook and Pinterest Use them!! Share the posts when you see them on your social media too!
- Comment on blog posts - look for that "Comment" link. Get a conversation going.
- If you are featured in the Blog Post and someone comments, RESPOND to the post!!
Remember, search engines live on content and the more engagement there is with the Artistry Spin content, the more the importance Google places on said content and the better it shows in search results. As an example, do a search on "Prince William Art Society" in the quotes, and scroll down the results. Fairly quickly, various artistryspin.blogspot.com posts start showing up. Do a search on your name and see what results you get. Do you have content featuring you anywhere?
Are you going to use any of the promo features available? Drop a comment below!
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Author: Donna Liguria is the Blogmaster for the PWAS Artistry Spin Blog and Donna's Cave Paintings Blog, and an artist member of the Prince William Art Society (PWAS) in Woodbridge, Virginia. And she takes on the PWAS social media duties as well (help me!) Donna specializes in acrylic painting of landscapes, seascapes, historic locations, animals and many subjects. Visit her Website at DonnaLiguriaArt.com and her Donna's Esty site to shop her art.
Local Art: The Prince William Art Society is a 50+-year-old non-profit art group in PWC for the appreciation of fine art throughout the county and Northern Virginia. Visit us at any of our local art shows or join us for our monthly meetings - held on the 4th Monday of the month at the Tall Oaks Community Center at 12298 Cotton Mill Dr, Woodbridge, VA at 7:30pm (typically, but check the website in case of any changes).
Want to join PWAS? Go to https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com/membership
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