ArtPerk - A new resource for Artists & Galleries

Dear Chatham Artists Guild,

We are writing to let you know of a free resource that could be valuable to your members, in hopes that you will share the information with them.

When searching for jurored gallery shows to enter, artists are often frustrated by a process that usually includes spending a great deal of time pouring over listings to locate a show with an interesting theme, only to find that more than half of them end by explaining that they do not accept your preferred media. A new website - www.ArtPerk.com - solves this problem for artists.

At www.ArtPerk.com, artists can search for art opportunities, such as Jurored Shows, Online Jurored Shows, Calls For Work, etc, by the type of media allowed. Now every artist can find shows to enter right away, rather than wading through disappointing listings and wasting their time.

Also, unlike many other sites, it is free to list, free to search, and artsts can receive email reminders of upcoming deadlines for entry. ArtPerk has no subscription fees - we are ALWAYS FREE for artists!

We hope that you will let your members know of this new site by placing an announcement in your newsletter, on your website, and by allowing us to send you some postcards to give to members at your next club meeting.

If you would like to use any of this email’s text or the press release (below), please feel free to do so. If you would like postcards, just reply to this email, let us know how many your would like, and please make sure to include a mailing address.

We look forward to helping your club members Perk Up their Art Aspirations!

Thank you.
The ArtPerk Team


ArtPerk - c/o DoubleShot Studio -
P.O. Box 7042 -
Gaithersburg, MD 20898 -
301-661-1858
ArtPerkTeam@ArtPerk.com

For Immediate Release

DoubleShot Studio Announces
Launch of ArtPerk.com
Finding Display and Gallery Opportunities
Just Got a Whole Lot Easier

(Gaithersburg, MD) – The owners of DoubleShot Studio today announced the launch of ArtPerk - www.ArtPerk.coms - a new website for artists seeking to locate display opportunities and gallery openings. ArtPerk lists opportunities throughout the nation and offers unique features to help artists find show opportunities in a quick, user-friendly way.

Artists seeking shows to enter now have the ability to search for opportunities by media (nice for sculptors and photographers, sometimes not allowed in jurored shows), by location (if you’re partial to show your work only near your home), and other search parameters.

ArtPerk also allows users to save their searches and receive daily or weekly e-mails with those search results as reminders. The site is free for artists to search and for galleries and venues to post. Galleries can create listings for a fee if they’d like front page placement and other advantages.

“We wanted to create a place where artists of any media can come, and quickly find shows and display opportunities open to their work,” said Missy Loewe, co-creator of the site. “It also had to have the ability for people to save these searches and receive e-mail reminders. ArtPerk will revolutionize the way artists search for opportunities, so they won’t spend five minutes reading about a show, then find in the last line of the description that their media type is not allowed.”

The owners of the site will add new features weekly, including new types of opportunities such as jobs and residencies for artists, and articles on business and marketing.

Based in the Washington, DC metropolitan area, ArtPerk is owned by the photographers and web design specialists at DoubleShot Studio, LLC of Gaithersburg, MD and is located on the Internet at www.ArtPerk.com.

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