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MyArtClub.com

In May 2002, we featured a local online initiative, MyArtClub.com in our Opus Visual Arts Newsletter. We were approached by Cam and Peter, the creators of this project, as their "build your own website" initiative was designed to assist artists with marketing and promoting their art online, and this seemed a perfect match with our customers. After a presentation by Cam and Peter, we certainly saw the benefits for a product such as this.

Started in January 2000 as a new millennium project at the suggestion of their wives who are both artists and were looking for a way to show their work, Cam and Peter designed MyArtClub.com. Each individual web page on MyArtClub.com includes space for up to 10 images of your art, an artist's photo, biography and more. You have access to updating your website 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, while also providing you with the tools to deliver traffic to your site. This website is definitely an economical solution to marketing and promotion of your art. Aside from the initial set-up fee, the creators of MyArtClub.com do not take a commission on work sold, but rather are proud to offer this website as an online community and service for artists. They have easy to use templates set up, so if you aren't computer-savvy there are no worries, however if you do know html code, you can alter and customize your individual pages. Cam and Peter also provide ongoing support, should you run into any problems during set-up, or when you are updating your pages.

In the same month in which we first promoted their services, MyArtClub.com had just finished creating a CD-ROM, which they wanted to promote and market to artists. In order to help them with this product, and to provide a great resource to our customers, we agreed to sell this in our Granville Island and Langley stores for $29.95. This affordable CD-ROM is still available, and includes a one year subscription for your own artist website, an easy to reference manual to get you started and answers to any questions you have along the way.

We are happy to let you know that after being online for 2 1/2 years, MyArtClub.com is continuing to expand and has new artists signing up each day. MyArtClub.com now has over 150 artists and over 2000 images online. If you would like more information on MyArtClub.com, please visit their website, www.myartclub.com. They are also happy to give free demonstrations to arts groups and help you get your local group up and running online.

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