Art School Grad - Etsy Team - January Exhibit Voting Day

I mentioned this in a previous post, but for those of you who don't know yet, I have become a team leader of the wonderful Etsy team Art School Grad.

This is a team that focuses on helping and learning from other artists. These are artists that are professional, teachers, and those still in school. I feel that I am all three. I am a professional artist, I went to school for art education, and even though I am no longer in "art school," I am always leaning new techiniques.

Anyways... Today is the day that my Etsy team " Art School Grad " is voting for the BEST IN SHOW for our monthly team online exhibit. You can find the exhibit at artschoolgrad.blogspot.com.
Please stop by and vote.

Each month, the team has a monthly exhibit to showcase the talent of the teams members. Before I became a leader, the team did a Virtual Gallery which was very similar, except it was not monthly and had no one theme.

I came up with the idea to have a differnt theme for each month. It will hopefully engage the members and viewers alike. I must give some credit to another team I am apart of, the Fantasy Artist of Etsy. We do a similar type of exhibit each month, and it is a huge success.

We used that idea and expanded on our own. The BEST IN SHOW part of the " Art School Grad " exhibit is probably the best. After each month is over, the team members get to cast votes for a winning piece of art that was submited to the exhibit. The winner will then be featured on the team site and interviewed. This to me is great becaus that artist can add it to their resume and it give them more exposure.

So please support our wonderful team by stopping by and casting your vote. We just ask that you promote our team and site as much as possible. Tweet, facebook, or google + it.

Thanks,
Julia

A Beautiful Disaster - Makeup Fashion Blog

Hi everyone! I just wanted to introduce you to my dear friend Kelly and her new blog, A Beautiful Disaster.  This is her first blog, and with two posts. it is already a great read. She is a lover of books, art, nature, makeup, and fashion (just to name a few).

Her first two posts talk about what to expect from the blog and about her obsession with colorful things, including nail polish. It is the perfect 'Girly' blog for every lady out there. Kelly is also an artist, we went to art school together, and a lovely writer.

I have known her my whole life. We went to Catholic elementary school, lived in the same nieghborhood, and worked at the small local grocery store also. She got me the job back when we were in college =). Oh what fun we had closing the deli department.

She was in my wedding and is the one friend who visits me in NYC every year. Thanks Kelly for visiting me. No one else does! No they do, I'm just kidding. Seriously though, she does visit every year. I didn't think it would be so hard to get people to actually take a trip and visit. They get a trip to Manhattan, with free hotel because they stay with me, and it's like pulling teeth to get people to visit.

Anyways... I got off subject alittle. Well go check out Kelly's blog and follow too.

Enjoy!
Julia

Google + Personal and Fanpage

I have joined the social networking site Google + and created a fanpage to showcase artwork and current art updates. Google + is a fairly new networking platform, similar to facebook, in which you post status updates and show pictures. 

Google + is very user friendly and easy to create. I made my page in about 5 minutes. To create a business / fanpage, you must have a personal page first. Before starting, you need to register with google and sign up for an account. It is free and if you use blogger, then well you already have an account.

There are options to link your blog posts so they update directly to your google + page, similar to facebook. Very convenient and easy. I have not figured out if there is an option to link it to twitter yet, a future thing for me to do. 

I recommend having one. I hear that it will help with google search engine ranking, as well as extra exposure. It is so simple to create, so why not.