Art
Art is the notion of creation and takes many forms. We create art to express our beliefs and thoughts. ArtSavvy aims to extract from artists and art lovers this creativity and thirst for seeking creativity. ArtSavvy will bring out the artist in everyone and hopefully improve the communication between artists and art appreciators.
ArtSavvy is a creative platform that allows people to share and discuss Art with the world. ArtSavvy allows users to discuss Art through Forums; educate themselves on Art through Events; join together with others to create Art through Collaborate; share places to discuss and educate oneself on Art through Venues; post and buy Art through Art Pages; search through thousands of pieces of Art and Artists in seconds through Browse; and delve into the mind's of thousands of Artist through User Profiles.
Artists
What were the thought processes throughout the creation of an art piece? How did an Artist create such a remarkable work of Art and why? What were the intimate thoughts that led an artist to choose the colors, shapes, story, etc.?
ArtSavvy helps users take a closer look into the mind of an Artist. Users can delve inside the mind of the Artist through ArtSavvy's step-by-step progressive documentation of a work of Art... from start to finish. Users can view pictures and videos of an Artist's production from idea development to finished product.
Collaboration
The Collaborate section is where users can post a project they want to commission an Artist(s) to complete, or an Artist can post a project that they want to work on in conjunction with other Artists.
Collaborations can be done online or in person, and they can consist of one individual or several individuals.
Users can participate in another user's collaboration by applying for the collaboration and subsequently being accepted to participate.
Browse
To really appreciate the artwork there is always an in-person, intimate interaction needed between the appreciator and the artwork. The Browse section allows users to regionally search for Art and Artists. Regionalizing searches for Art and Artists enables users to actually go see a work of Art in person prior to purchasing it.
Browse also allows users to search for Art and Artists by medium, keyword, gender, price, rating, location, distance from a location, date upload, and more.
Events
Events allows users to create any type of event that pertains to Art. The Events section also enables users to keep a calendar of all the events from the ArtSavvy website that they are attending.
Users may also set up reoccurring events with specified end dates. For example, a user can create an event for an Art class that occurs every Wednesday for 10 straight weeks; at the end of the 10th week, the event will automatically cease.
Events allows users to search events by date, location, distance from a location, cost, keyword, date uploaded, and more. Events also allow users to send messages to all users that are attending the event, and allow users to post event comments on the event wall.
Venues
Venues allow users to create an event profile for a venue that has a substantial number of events. What this does is it enables users to see all events from a large venue in one centralized location, and it allows users to easily search larger venues separately from the events of all ArtSavvy Users.
This section also allows users to post their venue's bio, address, contact info, etc. Venues also enable the Venue Administrator to send messages to all users that are attending any of the events or specific venues.
The Venues section allows users to search for Art related venues by category, distance, distance from a location, keyword, rating, and more.
Forum
The Forums are a place where users of ArtSavvy can discuss anything from a General Discussion to Site Feedback, Artist Medium Specific discussions and Art-related Classifieds.
Additional Features
Folders: Users can save their Favorite Artists, Artwork, and Venues into folders. So if you were an Art Appreciator and you were searching for Art for your house, you could organize that Art into folders based upon what room you are considering buying the work of Art for.
RSS Feed: Allows Users to get updates on specific Artists/Users. In other words, if you subscribe to an ArtSavvy users RSS feed, you will get updates when they add something to their account. This gives you the first opportunity to purchase an Artist's new works of Art.
My Fans: Users can view anyone who is a fan of theirs.
Activity: Catalouges the activity of each user and artist.
Additional Features
Featured Profile Artwork: Choose which pieces of Artwork you want to be featured in your profile.
Youtube Integration: Add Youtube videos of your art to your profile.
Completed, Sold, In Progress: Ability for Users to show the progression of a piece of Art from start to finish by documenting it with photos and videos and then uploading them to ArtSavvy.
Featured Users: Users that meet certain rating criteria will be selected as featured users on ArtSavvy.
Featured Collaboration: Users that meet certain rating criteria will have their Collaborations randomly selected to be Featured Collaborations.