Conference speakers and panelists:

Bruce Steele
What makes a web site work?  A non-technical think-over of web site design for artists and other folk:  Why do you want a web site.  What do you want your web site to do?  Who do you want to visit your site and how will you attract them?  How can you meet their expectations and anticipate their needs... and then suprise them?  What do you want them to do when they visit?  What will make them come back to your site?  What will make them tell others about your site?  How does your site fit into your overall marketing or promotional strategy?  What are you marketing (your work, yourself, your ideas)?  Should you try to protect the ideas and images on your site? 

Bruce Steele has been in the media for 35 years... in the limelight and behind the scenes on radio, television, film, records, video, stage and print.  He's used the Internet since 1983 and the early days of  phone-to-phone acoustic e-mail couplers.  But he has only recently began to explore and exploit the story telling and marketing value of web sites.  He has asked the experts a lot of questions.  And he's come up with both common sense answers and surprising ideas on what you can do for you web site and what your web site can do for you. 



Bob McDonald
Protecting the Intellectual Property of Artists in an Electronic World:  What are your rights as an artist when it comes to controlling the use and distribution of your work?  What risks are posed to your intellectual property rights by electronic technology, including the internet?  What strategies can the artist use to maintain ownership of their ideas and artwork?

Bob McDonald is an amateur photographer from Regina with a keen interest in the law as it applies to the arts. particularly  photography.  The Saskatchewan Professional Photographers Association and Camera Canada College 2001 in Regina, among others, have recently benefited from his insights on how the artist can maintain control and ownership of their images (a.k.a. intellectual property rights). 



At home on the Web:  A panel discussion with:
Daniel Dell'Agnese, panel moderator
Daniel Dell'Agnese is a printmaker and arts instructor from Winnipeg, who has exhibited his work nationally and internationally.  He has a long history with the Manitoba Printmakers Association, as program director, board member and instructor.  Dan has also curated a number of exhibitions and currently works at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Susan Robertson
Susan Robertson has been working in clay for 16 years and as a full-time, professional ceramist for the last 10.  She wholesales her production work through approximately 250 stores across Canada and the United States as well as retails directly through craft sales.  She also does one-of-a-kind exhibition work.  Susan uses her web site to provide a wide range of information on all of her work.

Donna Kriekle
Visual / video / digital media artist Donna Kriekle has been active in the Saskatchewan Arts Community (& beyond) for 25 years.  Educator, curriculum developer, graphic designer, conference / events coordinator, arts administrator.

Charley Farrero
Ceramic artist Charley Farrero lives in Meacham, Saskatchewan, where he is co-owner of the Hand Wave Gallery.  As well as being a maker, Charley is also an educator, teaching in the Ceramics program at SIAST Woodland Campus in Prince Albert.  A former computer programmer with an affection for technology, he has tinkered with the Internet for several years.

Victor Cicansky
Regina sculptor Victor Cicansky has taught at the University of Regina for over 20 years, the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design, the University of California at Davis, and the Banff School of Fine Arts.  He makes clay and bronze sculptures with humour and passion, inspired by his love of gardening.  Cicansky has had many solo and group exhibitions across Canada, the United States, Japan and Europe.  He is represented in many major public and private collections, including the Saskatchewan Arts Board and the National Gallery of Canada. 


Jamie Olson
Internet Tactics for Increased Visibility: The current value of any web site exists in its potential to increase your
visibility and help you reach your audience or market. This presentation will example and explore tactics that can help you to use the Internet effectively to support artistic and business goals in the contemporary crafts and applied arts market.

Currently the Interactive Communications Coordinator at SaskPower, Jamie Olson's background includes leading the interactive team at Brown Communications, heading the Electronic Communication and Design program at Emily Carr College in Vancouver and instructing interactive design and new media development in the New Media Communications program at SIAST.  With her extensive background in visual, and particularly interactive design, she has an understanding of emerging communications technologies that brings an affinity for challenges that technology can bring.


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