Prince William Art Society Showcase Page
The Prince William Art Society, known as PWAS, offers on their website, an artist Showcase Page as well as information about this 50+ year old art group in Prince William County, Virginia. The Showcase page is offered to the members to show off the art that they create.
PWAS Website
The PWAS Website at https://www.princewilliamartsociety.com is where the world can view and learn more about the 501(c)(3) nonprofit art group in Prince William County.
Membership - where to join and renew our PWAS membership. Memberships are for a calendar year beginning in January, but offers a half year price for new members joining from July to December. See the pricing and pay online from this page.
Contact - when you need to contact someone at PWAS, this is where you go to find the right email for your question. When we have a Show Coordinator for specific PWAS Shows, the email notification about the show will include who to contact for questions, so check your member emails for that.
About - learn about PWAS, our mission, and more
Showcase - some artist members use this section to show what they do for an additional annual fee
News & Events - learn what PWAS has on our radar!
Event Registration - when events need to be registered for (whether free or paid) this is where the public or the PWAS Members submit their details for that show, class, or event.
Donations - Support the Arts? Do that here and Thank You!!
Patrons and Sponsors - the folks and companies that are supporting the arts, namely PWAS!
Workshops and Classes - many of our free classes fill up VERY fast!
FAQs - find answers to frequently asked questions about PWAS
Scholarships - learn about our Scholarship Program called the Jewell Pratt Burns Scholarship, which is being awarded at our meeting on Monday, May 25 at 7:30pm at 12298 Cotton Mill Drive, Lake Ridge, Virginia. Meetings are open to the public on the 4th Monday of the month.
Art Store - used primarily at this time when the membership shows art in a library or space that does not have a way to handle art sales themselves.
Monthly Meetings - yes, we meet monthly so the when and where are here. Check this for any updates. Occasionally snow happens you know.
Committees - join a PWAS Committee and help get things done! Use your talent, your gifts, your skills to help out the group.
But let's throw the spotlight on the PWAS Showcase Page...
PWAS Showcase Page
The PWAS Showcase is offered to the PWAS Members for an annual fee best paid in January when they renew their PWAS membership. Your own artist page is available for the low, low price of $30 annually and is good for one year. The fee helps to offset the website and internet fees for the nonprofit art group.
Here are the artists that currently have a page as of this published blog post:
Some artists may not have their own website, making this page a great alternative to show what they do at a very reasonable rate. Others have a Showcase page in addition to their own website and social media links. It's up to the members to provide the information they wish to display and send their details to the Webmaster once they pay the Showcase fee.
PWAS Member Showcase Pages
The Showcase page is for the member to show-off what they do! Show some of your best artworks, include info on who you are and what you can do.
What to include on your member Showcase page? Each artist should include any and all the info as they want to provide as per below to the Webmaster of PWAS. (See Contact page for the email)
- Your Name - how the artist wishes for their name to display
- Email - contact email
- Phone - contact phone (if desired)
- Website(s), and/or Etsy link to wherever else the viewer can find more info about you.
- Social Media Links - if the artist is on social media, include the locations here
- Medium(s) - what mediums does the artist work with?
- Accepts Commissions: yes or no
- Subjects - what are the main subjects, styles of art that he or she works with?
- Art Biography (can insert a date to show last update) - up to several paragraphs of info about the artist
- Does the artist have any additional notes to add like how they volunteer for PWAS.
- Or do they have a blog?
- A Member image can be included.
I have been contacted from someone seeing my page on the PWAS website before, so I know people see it. I do recommend that if you are considering a Showcase page to look at the other member's pages to see how they wrote up their info.
Next, let's look at the images and what to include.
PWAS Showcase Member Artworks
Up to 12 images of the member's artworks can be included.
Include for the images:
- Title
- Size
- Medium
- Cost is optional
- If the artwork is SOLD, that can be included as well as "prints are available"
- Watermarks can be inserted on the image.
- A very short art description blurb can be added too.
The artist may specify if they prefer a slider display or not. Again, all of the data to include and the images are sent to the Webmaster after paying the Showcase fee. Once the member page goes live, REVIEW your info to ensure accuracy. Any updates to your page as needed are again directed to the Webmaster and should be considered at least once a year.
So that's what you need to do PWAS Members! Consider being included in the Showcase today!
The PWAS Artistry Spin Blog
The Blog is an addition to the PWAS website with an archive of stories, news, updates, art tips, lots of photos showing shows and things we do, and a TON of information important to the PWAS Members. See this post on How PWAS Artists Can Use This Blog
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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