June 22nd, 2010

When I started Artbiz my mandate was and still is “To provide websites for artists at an affordable price.” While I still believe Artiz is living up to that promise the current economy has a number of artists putting any thought of a website on hold.

Making submissions to galleries by your website is growing as it should. Not only is it fast and easy it costs absolutely nothing but your time. I look forward to the day when all submissions are standardized to a website submission.

Imagine not having to:

  1. Re-size images to the exact size the gallery wants with each gallery wanting a different size.
  2. Not having to rename your jpegs to the gallery requirement. Which is always different; one wants your name first then the title of the piece or they just want a number and corresponding slide list.
  3. Not having to label slides and buy duplicates (anybody still doing that?)
  4. Buy and burn CD’s or is it DVD’s that they want this time.
  5. Pay for postage and SASE’s.

Artbiz is going to provide websites for artists at an affordable price by donation.

Here’s how it works.

  1. Pick from any one of the required host providers and register a domain name and hosting.
    • Each provider was selected because they have great support and the technology for the program I need to install.
    • I’m all for autonomy and self sufficiency – YOU will own your own website and domain name!
  2. Send me the login credentials for your control panel that was sent to in the Welcome email from your chosen host provider.
  3. I will install WordPress for you and configure all the plugins for security, SEO and the gallery within 24 hours.
  4. I will set up 6 pages and 3 galleries for you so all you need to do is add your content.
  5. I will install a template of your choosing from Artbiz’s 25 artist templates as well as your choice of galleries.
  6. I will give you my PDF Manual that shows you step by step how to add your content and images.
  7. Set things up and return here to send me a donation that you can afford by PayPal using the link below.

Really it is and going to be that easy!
If you have any questions please contact me or give me a call at 403-949-2693.
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October 30th, 2008

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“I had no intention of becoming an artist. There was no childhood dream, no revelationary moment, no intuitive flash, and no channeling of Emily Carr. It was more that the specter of art-making appeared before me as an inflatable raft to a drowning woman and I hauled myself onto it as a way to save my life. I needed to see myself and know myself. Not surprisingly, I am virtually self-taught.”

Sheila Norgate excerpt from artist statement.


Sheila is responsible for sending me down the content management system road, when she contacted me last year to design a custom site her one mandate was that she had to be able to manage it herself.  Kismet: I had been toying with the idea myself but had not found the time for development so thanks to Sheila for getting me started.
Click here to visit Sheila’s site.

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May 8th, 2008

Another artist that can do it herself and good on ya Darlene. Darlene chose to modify Studio, one of my new WordPress templates. WordPress is a Content Management System that is also a blogging platform. I have designed the templates so that they don’t actually look like a blog but can function as one should you desire.

So please give Darlene some hits www.darlenelobos.com

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