Art Socialization for Artists
Artists will find Yallery to be unlike any other art-focused website. We are not trying to replace their website or solicit their art for a “Virtual Gallery.” Yallery is a community where artists, their patrons and their galleries are connected through real art.
Art Hosting
The primary “socialization” activity on Yallery is the hosting itself. Yallery’s Artist “Catalogue Mosaic” enables artists to publish and share their entire catalogue with patrons, collectors and galleries from next door and around the world.
When combined with Yallery’s Studio & Catalogue Management application, the artist’s Mosaic represents their career, contextualized — Artists may view works by artwork title, year produced, category, year acquired, consignment location or collector name, while visitors to their Mosaic may group and view works by artwork title, year produced or category.
Art Interlinking
The next major “socialization” activity on Yallery is art “Interlinking”. Interlinking is how Yallery connects artists and collectors. The artworks displayed in the artist’s Mosaic are virtual representations of art that may be in the artist’s own inventory, reside in collections, be consigned to galleries or loaned to shows.
Artworks in a Collector member’s “Collection Mosaic” are actual artworks that are possessed by the collector and can link back into the Catalogues of Artist members. Linked artworks are given a grey tile background in the Mosaic.
Artworks in a Gallery member’s “Inventory Mosaic” are actual artworks that have been consigned by an artist (member or non-member) into the Gallery member’s Inventory. Inventory artworks link back into the Catalogues of Artist members. Consigned artworks are given a green tile background in the Mosaic.
Artist Narratives
Registered Artist members may publish text narratives for each artwork they publish into their Catalogue; Premium Artist members may publish text, audio and/or video narratives for each artwork in their catalogue. If an artwork is consigned to a Gallery Member or possessed and linked to a Collector Member, the narratives are automatically populated in the other member’s “Art Info Page”.
Artwork Comments
Every Artwork on Yallery may feature a comment stream, where members can discuss the artwork.
Detail Images
Premium Artist members may add up to five detail images to each artwork. Detail images help people appreciate the finer details or unique process in an artwork.
Exclusive Forum
Premium Artist members receive their own discussion Forum, they may use this resource as they see fit.
Event Management
Premium Artist members may create and publish their events in their Public Dashboard calendars — Invites may be sent to members and non-members and RSVP state followed from invite to event.
Personal Calendar
Artist members may also subscribe to the Event Calendars of other Artist and Gallery members. The Personal Calendar provides members with a single interface into infinite events on a local, national or global scale.
Identity
Artist members are provided with the same range of identity and location options as other members, but Yallery recommends that Artist members use their real name (unless the majority of their work is created under a collective, organization or partnership known by another name) and City as their location selections.
The Future
There are other Artist-directed features coming as we implement Yallery’s Beta plan. Stay tuned.