Should i post my art on facebook

A photo I posted on FB before I knew they could use my photographs. I receive a lot of hits on this article; be sure to understand FB has changed their terms of service more than once since then. I keep this article up because their curatorial powers are still worth discussing, though I think many operate from a place of fear when it comes to this topic.

You have just been on an amazing vacation. You took wonderful photographs and made many memories. The logical next step, of course, wis to share it with all of your Facebook friends. Immediately you use your iPhoto uploader to Facebook application and include as many photos as possible to share your experience, or maybe to brag, take your pick. Well, have you ever thought of how Facebook gets to see and use those photographs? Lately there is often talk of privacy concerns and Facebook FB : what you post, who can see it, etc.

Many employers use it as a tool to help them identify strong and weak candidates regretting those documented keg stands now? The discussion seems to end, however, once people know how to change their privacy ratings to suit their own personal taste and needs. Yes, depending on your privacy setting certain people cannot see your images, but FB can use them in advertisements directed at your friends who share similar privacy settings.

Did you also know FB has the right to remove images it deems inappropriate? It is an established, reputable institution that celebrates the figural arts. They select artwork from students at the school and periodically post their artwork.

Not all, but some of the figural works they post, are nudes. Recently, FB actually blocked the account of the entire school for including artworks people would see the world over in museums see article in NY Times to read more. But what should you put as your cover photo? Your cover photo is a fantastic space to capture attention for your art business. We recommend including as much information as possible in your About section—without writing a novel.

Not only does it make your art business seem more professional and organized, but it shows potential buyers that you put effort into seeing your business succeed. Adding a short description or your mission as an artist allows fans to build a connection, while including your website and other contact information lets them reach out if they are interested in looking at or buying your art. You can even include multiple websites at once, so feel free to put in links to your personal website, blog, and Artwork Archive Public Page.

Drive people to your website with the goal of selling your art by always including a link to where your artwork is available in the caption of your photos. You can also choose the website page that the button takes people to when they click. While some artists might be reluctant to register every piece of art they make, especially within three months, they will have a much easier case than the artist who waits until infringement occurs to register their work.

This article is for general informational purposes only and is not meant to address any specific situation or provide legal advice. Samuel P. Related Stories. How have spaces of language learning, both physical and beyond, shaped our perceptions of the South? Connie Li maps the dual processes of word and world making through interregional dialogues, ultimately confronting what it means to speak "standard" English. Our monthly round up of calls, residencies, and opportunities includes residencies at Antenna, the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, and the Currier Museum of Art.

Close Email Form Subscribe to Burnaway Sign up to recieve the Burnaway newsletter and get notified about upcoming events and opportunities. There is an important difference though: A group is more about a community than an individual artist, you are not the only person posting the content, so you have to give away some control over what is being published.

I still want to keep my Facebook page so I can control the look and feel of what is being published there. I like to use Facebook groups for my online classes participants , this is a community of artists that can interact in the group, post pictures of their art and support each other. I can moderate the group and block spammers or delete comments that I would find not acceptable.

If you decide to transfer your business page to a group, unfortunately there is no direct way to transfer all your followers into the group. You can only post on your page or contact your followers to let them know your page is going to be replaced by a group. So you most likely will loose some of your followers in the process.

You could also use your personal profile to promote your art, posting there definitely gets more visibility than posts on a page. The drawback of posting on your personal page is that posts about your personal life get mixed with posts about your professional life and I like to keep the two somewhat separate. Instagram is an interesting alternative to Facebook because the interactions on this network seem more direct and less influenced by advertising and how much money people are willing to pay to get their content seen.

But as you probably already know Facebook bought Instagram and is starting to implement business profiles and paid content. This is an interesting tendency by the way: All the social networks are starting to look very similar. Twitter recently increased the number of characters from to , Facebook has now a live feature and Instagram has stories that make them look a bit like Snapchat.

All the social networks are starting to look very similar. The general reaction being that they feel way better and less stressed after doing so. I am not surprised, the more time I spend on Facebook, the less happy and energetic I feel. It makes us crave for constant external positive reinforcement. The pressure to show only our good side and pretend that all is always well start to feel like an imposed misrepresentation of reality.

The fact that I see mostly what I already agree with and am less and less exposed to confronting or challenging opinions. It gives me the false reassurance that the rest of the world thinks exactly like me.

The trouble is that anyways discussion is almost pointless on Facebook as people get upset and agressive really fast, way faster than if they had a person to person discussion. Despite all these negative constatations, I am not ready yet to quit Facebook. I enjoy the fact that I can keep in touch with many friends and relatives and many posts still move, inform or educate me.

So the positive is still outweighing the negative, but as I am doing for my Facebook page, I am carefully monitoring the time I am spending on Facebook. Posting is somewhat as bottle at sea, and the time lost tends to expand.