Guidelines

Regional artists who do not already have a web presence may have a single web page posted on this site for a nominal fee, subject to the following:

  1. First priority will be given to artists who volunteer their time in support of non-profit art organizations such as Northwind Arts Alliance, Sequim Arts or youth arts initiatives.
  2. Second priority will go to artists who are members of regional cooperative galleries: Blue Whole Gallery, Waterfront Art Gallery, Port Townsend Gallery, etc.
  3. Fine artists who already have a web presence should send their link to the webmaster for inclusion on the “artists” page.
  4. Business who provide products or services to artists and art organizations are also welcome to submit web links for consideration on the arts links page.
  5. Cost: If you are a member of Sequim Arts or Northwind, please have your organization president e mail me, stating that you have spent endless hours doing wonderful things for your organization.
  6. Submitting information: please e mail (or copy on CD) your artist statement and up to 18 electronic images.
  7. The words for your web page must be submitted electronically, either in the body of an e mail, or in an attached Microsoft Word file. Straight, unformatted (dull and boring) text is best. A scanned page of text does NOT constitute “electronic” transfer, since we just don’t have time to convert a “picture” of text into something that can be edited easily.
  8. The photos of your art should be of good quality, with all cropping and color adjustments complete. Please send these files as an e mail attachment or on a CD as a .jpg, .tif, or .psd (photoshop file) format ONLY. Do NOT embed them in a Microsoft Word document. Be aware that MS Word and some e mail programs have been set to compress files automatically, making the quality marginal. If you’re not an expert in preparing images from the web, plan on sending me image file sizes of 100k to 500k and I will size them down for you.
  9. When you have CHANGES to your page, be VERY EXPLICIT. It’s helpful to have an e mail that says: “on page XXX where it now says YYY replace it with ZZZ”. Better yet, learn to maintain your own site. It’s simple, and requires no special software (other than a web browser).
  10. If your only source of images is from a print or slide, these can be scanned at local businesses.
  11. I’ve been working with artists in each of the eligible organizations, and there is probably someone you know who can help. If not, give me a call.