Artist Social and Workshop Rundown

We enjoyed another artist social at the Red Ear in Alto Pass this past Thursday. A small group of artists sat together and got an interactive presentation and demonstration of Easy, Cheap and Dynamic Website options. Topics included:

• Setting up a Gmail account to get access to many excellent and free tools


• Setting up and updating your weblog on Blogger.com


• Easily updating and sharing your photos using Picasa


• Easily updating and sharing your Calendar in your Gmail account


• Pointers for sending commercial bulk email messages

To purchase a copy of the workshop materials, contact heartlandartsnet@gmail.com.

Artist Social and Workshop this Thursday

Here's a reminder about the second HeartlandArts.Net workshop and artist social coming up in Alto Pass on this Thursday, September 25. It's at the Red Ear, 65 N. Elm Street, 6-9pm. You can:

• Network with other artists.
• Get pointers for an inexpensive and easy-to-update website using blogs, online photo albums and calendars.
• Also hear about other website and online networking options.
• Browse the current exhibition: "image-makers and travel".

$10 fee includes refreshments and printed workshop materials. Please email back to heartlandartsnet@gmail.com or call (618) 713 2896 if you can to reserve a workshop space, otherwise hope to see you there!

ANNOUNCEMENT: Next Artist Social and Workshop September 25

Art Classes/Classes and Workshops:

Artist Social and Workshop at the Red Ear in Alto Pass, Thursday, September 25, 6-9pm. Network with other artists and get pointers for an inexpensive and easy-to-update website using blogs, online photo albums and calendars. $10 fee includes refreshments and printed workshop materials. Workshop space limited. More information on www.HeartlandArts.Net or call 713 2896.

Here's our theory. These days, you don't need a flashy, expensive website to get your point across. As long as it looks nice, is easy to navigate and provides all the information your fans need, it's doing its job.

You need something that's easily updatable without having to call a web designer and pay up every time you want to add some text. As an artist, you need something that's easy to integrate with a photo album and a calendar to keep your fans updated about your shows. Most of the tools you need to accomplish this and still look good are practically free. A domain and website hosting will cost you about $60 per year, and some basic design and setup work should not run more than a couple hundred dollars for a few informative pages.

Once your website is set up, as long as you know how to log in and check your email, you're going to be able to update your website yourself. We'll show you how! Just don't miss this workshop.

Space is limited so be sure to call or email and reserve a space today: 713 2896, heartlandartsnet@gmail.com.

First Artist Social at the Red Ear in Alto Pass

It's been more than a week since the first artist social, and things are moving along quickly! About 20 artists showed up, and we enjoyed consuming a lovely spread of snacks and beverages and getting caught up with old friends and meeting new ones. We had a little Q&A session where we provided information about our plans we got a lot of great feedback and questions from everyone present.
I think artists were as interested by the space at the Red Ear as about HeartlandArts.Net! The Red Ear has a lot of potential to become a key gallery space. Thanks to everyone that attended!

Link to these photos on our web album, and check back for more pictures to come.

Artist Social Blog

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