Part I, Monday, February, 3, 2025, 7:00 - 8:30 pm (on zoom)
Part II, Monday, March 3, 2025, 7:00 - 8:30 pm (on zoom)
(Please Note change of Dates)
Have you ever wondered why your posts have so few likes or are you just new to social media? This two-part presentation will not only give you the tools you need to use online more effectively, but also the knowledge of how these online programs work. The internet is fast becoming one of the most important arenas for admiring, buying, selling, criticizing, and otherwise consuming art. These new digital tools are not just helpful additions to one’s practice, they are more or less necessary structures for finding an audience.
Though sharing content on platforms, such as Facebook, Instagram, and Bluesky, seems straight forward, this is not true. How users interact with electronic platforms produces wildly different results. These programs now are often designed to undermine some content over other content. Keeping up with changing programs and reconciling strategies to maneuver within them can often mean the difference between creating a dedicated following or sending out strings of messages that are never even shown.
Join us to improve your abilities to communicate with platforms that you may already be using.
About our Speaker
Jonathan Ottke has been WSG's social media official for the second year now and has worked hard to achieve our social media goals. He has been able to increase the diversity, interactions and followers on our sites, and has taken extra steps to showcase the existing work the WSG produces. He has a MS in Biology from George Mason University and a BA in Arts and German from the University of Virginia. Jonathan works at AmeriCorps and NVCC Annandale.
Register in advance for this meeting here:
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This discussion will be recorded for posting on the WSG YouTube channel. Registration will be deemed consent to be recorded.
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This panel discussion is part of WSG’s ongoing series of professional practices talks for artists. View Previous Talks on our Youtube Channel:
- Writing a Stronger Grant Proposal: Tips and Procedures for Creating Effective Applications with Elizabeth Ashe, November, 20, 2023
- Legacy: A Conversation with Aesthetic Innovators: Applying Art Skills to Create Opportunity through Community Outreach, May 15, 2023
- Art and the Law with Janet Fries, Part I, May 9, 2022
- Best Practices for Preparing your Submission, June 21, 2021
- Pricing Your Artwork, March 22, 2021
- Creating Your Legacy: Cheryl Edwards & Helen Frederick March 8, 2021
- Audiences for Art: Approaching a Gallery, September 21, 2020
- Developing Your Elevator Speech, August 20, 2020
- How to Write an Artist Statement, August 6, 2020
- Estate Planning for Artists, March 14, 2020
