Seminar 4: Online Galleries - Exhibiting Your Art Online

Wednesday, July 3rd

6.00 PM - 8.00 PM (PDT)

Online via Zoom

Seminar Overview:

Tips, Traps and tribulations in the journey to present and sell your work online.

The Internet is a vast and wondrous thing. It gives artists the opportunity to present images to a global audience. It has created live forums, galleries and events online that can produce huge spin-offs and opportunities for sales.

It is also a mind boggling warren of technology, marketing, scams and pitfalls.

This presentation will provide a range of information for artists just starting out with their own website portfolio, joining collective online galleries & events, or creating a multifunction gallery and secure shopping experience for your own customers.

Zoom presentation, chat discussion and a list of live links for all the services and sites mentioned. (Note: any sites mentioned are just references not recommendations)

About the Instructor - Jan Poynter, AFCA

Sunshine Coast artist, JAN POYNTER grew up on the North Shore. Working as a professional illustrator & designer for over 40 years, Jan’s designs have been applied to international branding, product, literature, and architecture. Her public art projects in Gibsons, Sechelt, Haida Gwaii and West Vancouver, include murals and street art projects. Jan produced her first coin design for the Royal Canadian Mint in 2016 and has now created 6 RCM Collector Coins.

With a passion for plein air painting Jan finds inspiration in the landscape near and far. Her latest series of dramatic landscapes are inspired and informed by painting on location throughout British Columbia. Working in Acrylic, Watercolor and mixed media Jan’s original paintings feature bold, tonal color and strong rendering skills. 

Jan is a signature member of the Federation of Canadian Artists and a founding member of the Coast Cultural Alliance and SC Artists Cooperative. Visitors are welcome to her Gibsons studio/gallery by appointment, and her work is featured through online events, in exhibitions at the Federation Gallery on Granville island, and on display at the Coastal Art Gallery in Gibsons BC. SHOP online through Jan’s secure website and NEW Print Shop!

janpoynter.com