One of the reasons I’ve not been posting lately is that I’ve been working hard on creating Artrium with my friend and fellow Wednesday morning Splashout artist, Michelle Ellis.
For several years, Splashout members have been lucky enough to have access to a small Gallery on Jetty Road, Brighton where we could submit, show and (hopefully) sell our work.
Sadly, the Gallery was forced to close in 2022 leaving a big hole in our ability to reach an audience. Our thoughts turned to the internet and what we could achieve with an online presence and it seemed to us that whatever we could do alone, we could do so much more as part of a collaborative community! While there are several on-line galleries they all charge considerable commissions and it is easy to get lost in the crowd. We came up with the idea of a directory site for local artists (South Australian based) where artists could create a listing that linked directly through to their own website and could be mutually promoted by all members through their social media networks.
As well as the public facing directory, we thought that we could also share our experience and insight with each other through member generated content.
And so Artrium has been born! We hope many local artists will find value in the site and do their part to promote it and contribute to the Artrium knowledge base through posts and listings.
Will it be a success? With your support it just might! Stay tuned and visit Artrium and our Facebook page too!
