News and Information for Chautauqua Area Artists

May 21

Open Call for Artists

May 21, 2020 - July 30 Chautauqua Art Gallery is seeking new artists to contribute to our gallery and website walls this summer. Our gall...

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Leslie Calimeri

Mar 9

Step Three: Building a digital audience

I am going to cover six free things you can do to organically improve SEO on your artist website.

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Leslie Calimeri

Feb 26

Step Two: Building a digital audience

Step Two: Own your digital identity and select a platform to showcase your work.

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Leslie Calimeri

Feb 19

Step One: Building a digital audience

This is the first of several articles to share some techniques, ideas and applications I've been using to help build my digital presence.

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A partial list of summer art festivals and grant opportunities in the Chautauqua region.

Leslie Calimeri

Feb 7

A partial list of summer art festivals and grant opportunities in the Chautauqua region.

I know many artist friends who are looking for art festivals and grant opportunities in the Chautauqua region so I thought I would list a fe

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Promotional Resources for Chautauqua Region Artists

Leslie Calimeri

Jan 29

Promotional Resources for Chautauqua Region Artists

As I've been promoting art and events at the gallery and in the Chautauqua region I've compiled a list of resources I use to make sure I've

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Leslie Calimeri

Jan 29

How I arrived here - in a blog.

I recently created a list of resources I use when I am promoting events at the gallery and in the region. As I was creating it I thought ...

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