Social Media Strategies for Artists
Saturday, Dec 15
9-11am
$25|REGISTER HERE
Social Media Strategies for Artists
How many people can you reach by pushing a button? And do the sheer numbers matter, or the people behind the numbers? In this PhotoNOLA seminar Mary Virginia Swanson discusses the best strategies for using social media platforms to engage with decision makers and move your career forward.We will address the role social media can play in our creative lives, and help to demystify the potential benefits of engaging in an active digital dialogue.
Special guests sharing their social media insights and experiences include:
Andy Adams, Flak Photo Projects
Alyssa Coppelman, freelance photo editor and photo researcher
Carla Williams, Material Life
BIOS:
MARY VIRGINIA SWANSON is an author, educator and advisor to artists and arts organizations whose career includes exhibiting, collecting and licensing photography. In 2013, Swanson received the Focus Award for Lifetime Achievement in Photography from the Griffin Museum in Boston and the recipient of the 2014 Susan Carr Prize for Education given by ASMP. Her publications, articles, and blog on marketing opportunities for photographers are invaluable resources for photographers that can be found at www.mvswanson.com.
ANDY ADAMS is an independent producer + publisher whose work explores current ideas in photography and visual media. He is the Director of FlakPhoto Projects, a digital/arts lab focused on promoting photography in all of its forms. Adams is a pioneer in the field of online arts exhibition and has collaborated with the RISD Museum of Art, the Nelson- Atkins Museum of Art, and numerous other organizations. In his spare time he hosts the FlakPhoto Network, an online community focused on conversations about photo/media culture. Andy wishes to review documentary, nonfiction, and narrative photography projects and work intended for photobook publication.
ALYSSA COPPELMAN is a photo editor and art researcher with 15 years of experience, including as Assistant Art Director of Harper’s Magazine, and Art Researcher for the Oxford American magazine, which won the National Magazine Award for general excellence in 2016. She has written for WIRED Photo, Adobe Create, Feature Shoot, and Slate’s photo blog, Behold. Her recent editing projects can be found at alyssacoppelman.com.
CARLA WILLIAMS is a writer, editor, photography historian and owner of Material Life, a retail store on historic Bayou Road in New Orleans featuring fine art editions, books, decorative arts, and vintage items by Black artists and designers; and February Gallery, a gallery space for vintage and contemporary photography.
Image: ©Colleen Mullins
