MyArtPlot.com Ryan T The University July 2008

What is MyArtPlot.com? “ MyArtPlot (MAP) is a global community and movement of artists, artisans, enthusiasts, and buyers, fighting to create a united, supportive, and non-elitist arts and crafts world. Social, professional, and commercial tools thrive here. No more isolation and starvation.” -MyArtPlot.com Supernova , by Elizabeth Klecker Image on Klecker's Art Plot

“ MyArtPlot (MAP) is a global community and movement of artists, artisans, enthusiasts, and buyers, fighting to create a united, supportive, and non-elitist arts and crafts world. Social, professional, and commercial tools thrive here. No more isolation and starvation.”

-MyArtPlot.com

MyArtPlot’s Mission “ MAP attempts to solve a problem that has plagued artists and art buyers worldwide since the emergence of the artisan profession some millennia ago. The problem states that social, professional, and commercial interactions between artists, artisans, crafters and buyers are inefficient, caused by technology deficiency, with all parties suffering from (1) information asymmetry, lacking equal distribution of information about each other, and (2) isolation, having no easy centralized channel to connect and interact globally…Facing this problem, MAP offers itself as a solution.” -MyArtPlot.com P-Feathers , by Cate McQuiston Image from McQuiston's Art Plot

“ MAP attempts to solve a problem that has plagued artists and art buyers worldwide since the emergence of the artisan profession some millennia ago. The problem states that social, professional, and commercial interactions between artists, artisans, crafters and buyers are inefficient, caused by technology deficiency, with all parties suffering from (1) information asymmetry, lacking equal distribution of information about each other, and (2) isolation, having no easy centralized channel to connect and interact globally…Facing this problem, MAP offers itself as a solution.”

-MyArtPlot.com

Who is MyArtPlot.com for? Artists Artisans Buyers Sellers Art Enthusiasts Anyone who is interested in art! 11 , by Teresa Ciucci Image on Ciucci’s Art Plot

Artists

Artisans

Buyers

Sellers

Art Enthusiasts

Anyone who is interested in art!

What can you do with MyArtPlot.com? Showcase Critique Rate Review Mark favorites Buy Sell Interact

Showcase

Critique

Rate

Review

Mark favorites

Buy

Sell

Interact

Critique, Rate, and Mark Favorites

Browse and Buy Art

Create Portfolios and Sell YOUR Art

Interact MyArtPlot.com also functions as a social networking website. You can interact with other people through the site through messaging and commenting on their plot! COLLIOURE SERIES City of Collioure FRANCE by Nadia NADEGE , by Nadia N A D E G E Image on Nadege’s Art Plot

What types of art are available on MyArtPlot.com? Drawings Mixed Media New Media Paintings Photography Prints Sculptures Typography Miscellaneous Crafts don't fall , by Laura Anderson Image on Anderson’s Art Plot

Drawings

Mixed Media

New Media

Paintings

Photography

Prints

Sculptures

Typography

Miscellaneous Crafts

How much does it cost to become a member? MAP is a free service. But it comes at a great cost to those who build and grow it. In order to keep MAP alive, those who want more advanced membership may pay for it. Path Painter: $29.00. No ads for 12 months. Plot Guard: $32.00. No sales commission for 12 months. MAP Wolf: $39.00. No ads. No commission. 18 months. COLLAGE SELF POCOLLAGE SELF PO , by Nadia NADEGE Image on Nadege’s Art Plot

MAP is a free service. But it comes at a great cost to those who build and grow it.

In order to keep MAP alive, those who want more advanced membership may pay for it.

Path Painter: $29.00. No ads for 12 months.

Plot Guard: $32.00. No sales commission for 12 months.

MAP Wolf: $39.00. No ads. No commission. 18 months.

Some possible problems with MyArtPlot.com As a person with limited MAP membership, the only possible problems I have encountered with MAP so far have to do with the layout of the site. I believe that over time, the website needs to be modified in order to be more easily navigated. The Venezuelan , by C.L. Williaims Image on Williaim’s Art Plot

As a person with limited MAP membership, the only possible problems I have encountered with MAP so far have to do with the layout of the site. I believe that over time, the website needs to be modified in order to be more easily navigated.

Join MyArtPlot Today FireWatch , by jason cesarz Image on Cesarz’s Art Plot To join, simply go to MyArtPlot.com and sign up! Signing up only take a minute or two, so what do you have to lose? Join today to start enjoying what MyArtPlot has to offer.