Embroidered Collage

The artist directories that I've seen online are global, but Deb Hoeffner also introduced me to a local art web directory called Art Chatter.  It's a neat idea and it looks like it has the structure in place to be a good resource, with artist and gallery listings and areas for articles, news, and even blog-like entries.  I uploaded a couple works and a general introduction.  Since they're sorting artists by first name at the moment, I'm near the top of the list, which is an entertaining novelty!

The web design strikes me as odd.  The top part of the page makes it look like the site is wide-ranging and assisting many art communities.   Unless the designer is planning on this being the first of a network of sites...  I would have thought it would be more effective to put the locality at the beginning.  I'm also not sure the site has been updated much since late fall, based on the calendar items and articles available.  So that's not a good sign, but I'll wait and see how they continue to approach their goal of providing "an artist or gallery with their best online promotion possible."