Artist Networking Sites - They're Like Myspace for Artists, Dude!

In this day and age when millions of average peopleblog, participate in groups, create groups, participate in
across the globe are feeling isolated and are reachingforums, chat with other members and Post Classified
out to each other through social networking sites suchads.
as MySpace, Facebook and Friendster and otherAre you an artist feeling isolated (like a lot of people
similar sites, there are emerging social networking sitesthese days) and want to join a community of people
for groups of people based on their professions likewith similar interests and a passion for art? You should
musicians, artists, actors and business people as welljoin an Artists networking site like and share your art
as social networking sites for groups based on theirwith the world. It's fun, it's easy and it's FREE. You can
hobbies. This is a new and rapidly growing phenomenaeven use it as your own personal website and link it to
on the internet.other sites you are on.
Artists need a place to show off their creative talentsSo go ahead, become a part of the new and growing
and see what other artists are up to and to just hangweb phenomena - Social Networking Sites. Be like me
out and chill and chat with other artists and make newand join about 10 or 15 different sites as a way to
contacts and make new friends.promote your artwork. I was contacted by an Art
There is a new and rapidly growing Artists NetworkingConsulting Group on one artist networking site and
Site and Online Gallery called My Art Friends on thethey just sold four of my paintings, so it's another way
web and it is similar in many ways to MySpace andto promote and sell your artwork.
Facebook in that you can make your own profile page,Be there or be square.
add friends, make new friends and contacts with otherArticle by George McKim
artists from around the world, upload photos of yourMyArtFriends.
self and your artwork, upload videos, upload music,