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Featuring Artists and Creatives

26/02/2012

Climping Beach
For quite a while now as you all know, I have been doing my Artists Feature Friday blog post, and basically just posting nice images of other artists work from my Flickr list. That’s all very well, but leaves me rather dissatisfied. I have come to the conclusion that there is too little support for emerging artists, and those who do not have a ‘name’.  There are some great art & design mags out there, but very few that feature artists that are not already established and/or commercially successful. Now, I get it. They need to make a buck, and that’s fine, but is an unsatisfactory state of affairs. It also smacks somewhat of elitism and snobbery, of which the art world is rife as it is. So, I have decided to start featuring artists, designers, photographers etc, that will include an interview and selection of work.

Now, my site is ten years old next year. It gets a LOT of traffic. I get between 800 and over 1000 unique visitors a day. That’s not ‘hits’ (which number thousands I might add) that is unique  and individual IP addresses. In November last year, one feature alone received over 1,400 individual views in one day. For a personal website that is a lot of traffic, even my hosting company has been surprised. So, I have decided to make that work not just for me, but for others too.

I am going to approach artists and creatives I like and ask them to do a short interview, answer some questions, include some images and feature their work. So, look out for that soon…and spread the word.

Cheers
Lorrie x

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  1. Anna says

    26/02/2012 at 11:35 am

    Great idea! I’d love to be featured 😉

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  2. Laura Cousins says

    26/02/2012 at 11:45 am

    I think that is a wonderful idea, and will increase the profile of your blog to an even greater degree. Funnily enough I was speaking to my friend Martin yesterday, asking him why his art was not better known and why he was not making proper money from it. His response was that he couldn’t get local galleries interested in displaying his work because he didn’t have a formal training background and so was never ‘discovered’ in his final months at, say, Art College. (You may see some of his work here, if you are interested!)

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  3. Maisy says

    26/02/2012 at 11:46 am

    Those stats are amazing, Lorrie; congrats.
    And the interviews idea is a lovely thing to do. xo

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  4. Kittypinkstars says

    26/02/2012 at 11:50 am

    This sounds really interesting! I’d love to see interviews xxx

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  5. Pamela Stirling says

    26/02/2012 at 2:10 pm

    You are right Lorrie We all need to help each other. Your blog is a great place to start

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  6. Stacey-Ann says

    26/02/2012 at 3:14 pm

    Wonderful idea, Lorrie. Can’t wait for this new series of posts! I’m looking forward to learning about some new artists 🙂

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  7. Sheri Ann Ponzi says

    26/02/2012 at 4:18 pm

    Fabulous idea! Thanks for looking out for emerging artists. I would love to be featured 🙂

    Blessings,
    Sheri Ponzi

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  8. Lorrie says

    27/02/2012 at 12:47 pm

    Hey there everyone

    Thank you all for such a positive response, that’s brilliant. So, look out for my first artist feature in the next week or so.

    Cheers
    Lorrie xx

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  9. Lianne says

    28/02/2012 at 8:23 am

    It’s not only generous and supportive for giving your time like that to help these emerging talents but I’m also really excited as a blog reader to see what work is out there. Great idea Lorrie!!!!!

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  10. katherine says

    07/03/2012 at 10:24 am

    You are FABulous!!!!!! xxxx

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    • Lorrie says

      07/03/2012 at 9:25 pm

      Awwww, thanks Baff. I have two interviews lined up, just waiting for them to come in. You interested too?

      xx

      Reply

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