Basic Website Submissions
There are times when community members will need to submit photos for inclusion on The Marshall Muse Gallery’s website. This page has been set up to make that process as efficient as possible. Please follow the guidelines on the Photo Submission Guidelines page, then use the form below to provide the requested content.
General Details
The primary use for this page is to enable artists to upload an image of their artwork for inclusion on our site, although there are other instances in which it will be handy as well. If you haven’t yet completed the paperwork required for all exhibiting and in-house artists, please visit the Artists Submission & Intake page and follow the steps there. That page will guide you through the process of scheduling an appointment with Tracey to show her your work and discuss your exhibiting goals. Once the above steps have been completed, it's time to add some basic information to this website.
For artists submitting artwork for the In-House Artists or Exhibiting Artist pages, you should submit one photo that best represents your artistic style. Please include all details requested in this submission form.
Formatting instructions for your photo filename appears at the bottom of this page, along with helpful notes.
If you're satisfied that the link provided points to a page that represents your current work very well, then it's not necessary for you to do anything else. You will receive an email confirming receipt of your submission. If you'd like to have more online representation than this basic listing, please visit the Web Pages for Our Artists page and learn if one of those offerings is right for you.
Photo Submission Guidelines: File Size
Please upload the highest resolution version of your image possible. Ideally you will send photos of the original file size, as it was captured by the camera. However, images resized to 1500 to 2500 pixels are acceptable if necessary. Please do not submit images smaller than 1500 pixels.
Photo Submission Guidelines: Filename Formatting
Submitted photos should be renamed to include your 3 initials plus the inventory number used in your gallery submission, along with a few descriptive keywords. You may also include your name and/or the original camera-assigned filename.
Example:
Your name is Jane Anne Doe and you're submitting a photo of your painting of a Carolina wren perched on driftwood against a blue sky. This is the third of three paintings you are submitting to the gallery for exhibition. Your camera identified the photo as IMG_2846.jpg.
If you create a copy of the artwork photo you're submitting, you would change the filename in the manner of one of the following:
painting-carolina-wren-driftwood-jad003-IMG_2846.jpg
jane-doe-artwork-bird-blue-sky-jad003-IMG_2846.jpg
greensboro-artist-jane-doe-brown-bird-jad003_2846.jpg
The "jad003" tells The Marshall Muse Gallery whose painting and which one it is. The descriptive words make your image accessible in Google (or other search engine) image search results when someone searches either for your name or any of the keywords you included that describe some aspect(s) of your artwork. And keeping the final "2846" at the end enables you to connect this image with the "IMG_2846.jpg in your personal files, should you ever need to locate the original.