START A DIGITAL ART GROUP

WHY START A GROUP?

Starting a community-based digital art group is a wonderful way to connect with other digital artists, share your work, enhance your skills, discover inspiration, and support one another in your artistic endeavors.

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Additional reasons for starting a digital art group may include, but are not limited to:

 

• Promoting interaction in public spaces and marketplaces;

• Increasing civic participation;

• Engaging youth and other specific groups within the community;

• Promoting the power and preservation of a particular place;

• Broadening participation in the arts; and

• Assisting digital artists who wish to share their creative works with the public.

The purpose of this manual is to help you create a dynamic, successful, and engaged digital art

group in your community.

 

HOW TO GET STARTED 

The first step to creating a successful group is to find members to join!

Consider:

-Connecting and collaborating with local art centers or art museums to help establish group credibility

-Utilizing social media to advertise your group

-Getting involved in already established art festivals 

-Hosting events in the community such as fundraisers

-Connecting with local libraries to host a group or advertise your group

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Once your group is established, consider: 

-Posting art and group happenings on social media

-Creating a website to showcase your work, and use this as a marketing tool to continue to expand your group  

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OTHER TASKS TO CONSIDER:

-Creating group Bylaws  

-Charging membership dues 

-Establishing a budget     

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HOW TO ADVOCATE:

Get the word out about digital art through:

-Holding events and inviting the community

-Seeking out other art groups

-Advertising your website and social media sites

-Contacting other art centers and other art groups to let them know you exist

-Offering to hold an exhibit or program at other facilities

-Joining naDa as a group

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