Category Archives: PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT

Taxation for Artists Workshop Notes

Roger Thomson CA has made his Taxation for Artists Workshop Notes available for artists to download. As tax time is approaching, you may want to study these notes. Click on link to download. Taxation for Artists package  

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Taxation for Artists Workshop in Calgary

TAXATION FOR ARTISTS with Roger Thomson CA. presented by Visual Arts Alberta (1:00 – 3:00pm Saturday April 14th, 2012). Free workshop for CARFAC, Visual Arts Alberta or ACAD students ($10 for non-members). Workshop takes place at the Stanford Perrott Lecture … Continue reading

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Taxation for Artists: Workshop, Edmonton

1:00pm – 3:00pm March 10, 2012:  “Taxation for Artists” with Roger Thomson, CA. presented by Visual Arts Alberta. Free workshop for CARFAC or VAAA members ($10 for non-members). Workshop takes place at Woodcroft Library (13420-114 Ave.) in Edmonton and covers … Continue reading

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Hockney’s iPad Art (Macleans magazine October 10th, 2011)

Gloria Belcher recommended this article about David Hockney’s newest art from a recent article in Macleans magazine.

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Blog Elements

Blog Elements to include for a WordPress artist blog So why have a blog on your website? Well I never wanted one myself to begin with but then I read this article about why artists should write about their work … Continue reading

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Pages for an artist website

What pages do you need on an artist website? The list at the bottom of this page is a large list of the type of pages you may want to include on an artist website. It is not necessary to … Continue reading

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Free Blog Vs Self Hosted

What is the difference between a free blog and self hosted blog? The Free Blog A Free Blog is hosted by a 3rd party such as Google’s Blogger or WordPress.com. Other examples of 3rd party blogs are Live Journal and … Continue reading

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Blog VS Website

What is a Blog and how is it different than a website? Blogs are a type of website, everything on the internet is a website in one form or another. Static websites are built using programs like Dreamweaver on your … Continue reading

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Artbiz: By Means of Introduction

When Chris W. Carson, Executive Director of Visual Arts Alberta Association, sent out the request for guest bloggers for the VAAA site I thought what a great idea and what a perfect platform to build a community of like minded … Continue reading

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