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Hello to all the members of the Vegas Artists Guild,

I’d like to invite you all to join our new “Fine Art America” VAG members group site at: http://fineartamerica.com/groups/vegas-artists-guild.html

If you are already a member of Fine Art America, whether free or paid membership, you’ll be able to join our VAG group & will be able add your artworks to our group gallery.

If you are not a member of Fine Art America, here are a few of the benefits of joining FAA:

• FAA is one of the largest artist group marketing websites around.
• Great exposure as an artist, no matter what your mediums are.
• You can have a Store as part of your web page if desired, where customers can find & direct order your art while browsing online.
• Sell your original artworks through your FAA web page. And you set your own prices & markups.
• FAA can custom print your Giclée’s, Canvas prints, or Greeting Cards, custom frame them, & ship them directly to your customers.
• You can post your calendar events, blogs, join other groups, have a favorites list, & create your own press releases.
• Track the amount of hits to your free website through FAA, or as a paid member use Google Analytics to track your hits.
• And as a paid member, you get to have your own customizable artist website that is easy to maintain, & links directly to your free FAA website.
• The only disadvantage is having to spend time uploading Giclée ready files to your new artist website. Unless you only plan to sell or show your originals.

You can become a new member of FAA at this link: http://fineartamerica.com/openanaccount.html

Once you join our group, you’ll want to make sure to add some of your art to our groups Artwork gallery, by editing your individual artworks (from your personal FAA website) and selecting the Vegas Artists Group as a group to add each piece to (you need to join our group, or our group will not be selectable from the groups list). Then your art will show up in our Vegas Artists Guild group Artwork page, along with all the other members artworks.

I am also considering using this group page to sponsor art contests for members of the Vegas Artists Guild only. These contests will be either juried by select members, or they will be voted on by the group’s membership. Prizes will either be awarded online, or at our general membership meetings monthly. The contests details are yet to be determined, but I’m sure they will be a lot of fun.

I’m looking forward to you joining our group page, & I hope to see you all next month at our next meeting in March.

Sincerely,

Stephen Boyle