The artselector contemporary art collective was originally set up by MA Fine Art graduates of Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design and the Royal College of Art.

artselector offers an innovative visual directory of international contemporary artists, independent curators and galleries.

Register / login and using the menu tab at the top of the page go to:  My Account > Edit Account

Here you can adjust your basic account settings such as your registered email address, your account password, your notification settings and your locale / timezone.  You should also upload an image for your art profile here in the 'Picture' section.  If you are an artist you might want to choose an image that represents your work rather than yourself as your art profile image will be visible throughout the site.

Next, to add texts and links to your art profile page go to:  My Account > User Profile

Fill in the various fields to add content to your art profile page.  Most fields are optional, but the more information you provide about yourself the more your Art Profile page will appear in searches.

We recommend that you fill in the Art Tags section - these will show up as clicikable links on your page, note: you must enter each Art Tag words separated by a comma, ie: sculpture, drawing, conceptual,   otherwise they won't work properly.

To add images to your profile page click on the 'Images' tab.  Here you will find upload boxes  to submit up to 8 images of your work.

In the first instance you should upload some images of your work in the photo section of your art profile page. To do this first register / login and using the menu at the top of the page go to:

My Account  >  User Profile  and then select the Media tab.

Here you will find upload boxes to submit up to 8 images of your work.  We are always on the look out for fresh, critically engaged contemporary art and regularly review art profile pages.  It's a good idea to make yourself more visible on the site by interacting on forums, starting your own group, submitting news items and other content.  When you login you will find a Create Content menu in the left hand navigation section and also at the top right of the News and Network pages - use it!

By drawing attention to yourself our admissions panel is much more likely to notice you and your work!

artselector is a site specifically for contemporary art. By this we mean art that is critically engaged and creating some kind of discourse.

The instructions below are only for registered artselector artists who have been awarded a full portfolio.  If you do not have a full portfolio you can still add images of your work to your art profile page by logging in and going to 'My Account' > 'User Profile' > 'Images'.  As an artselector portfolio owner you can manage and showcase your contemporary art images, videos and audio recordings, online in your own album(s). There are many features available but in this guide we cover the basics to get you started.

Our currently supported / preferred file types are:

Image JPEG

Audio MP3

Video SWF, FLV, MOV, Embedded links: all hosts supported - youtube, yahoo, google etc.

Preparing your files

*** To ensure that your images appear correctly on artselector please make sure that they are in standard RGB format (CMYK ones will not display properly) and that they measure 700 pixels at the widest edge before uploading each of them ***

We also recommend that you name your files appropriately on your computer before you upload them to artselector, avoiding non-descriptive numeric titles, such as the ones digital cameras generate (DSC00231, etc) and do not use spaces or the following unrecognisable characters when naming your file: ~!@#$%^&*()+.

Adding items to your album

1. Login to artselector and click on the 'Art' tab in the menu.  Click on the 'Your Album' link in the menu at the top right of the screen.
2. If the album is empty, click the link that says: 'click here to add your image/audio/video files'. If the album has existing items, click on Add Items in the left-hand drop-down menu.
3. Under File, click on the Browse button.
4. This will open the Choose File window.
5. Navigate to the required file and click on the Open button.
6. Type in a caption.
7. Repeat step 3-6 to add additional items.
8. From the 'set item titles from' drop down menu, select  'caption'.
9. Click the checkbox next to Create thumbnails now.
10. Select a watermark from the dropdown list if required.
11. Click on the Add Items button.
12. This will take you to the Upload complete page and a confirmation message will appear showing a list of the item(s ) you uploaded. Your item(s) will need to be approved before it can be added to the artselector site, this should take no more than 24 hours. If it does not appear after 48 hours this will mean that it has not been accepted. If successful your album will be located either in the launch pad gallery or in the relevant section of the artselector collection.
13. Click on Your Album in the menu at the top right of the screen to view your album. The items you just uploaded will not appear to site visitors until they have been approved. In the meantime you might want to add some written information to your album - to do this see the following section.

Note: You can upload up to 8 mg at one time. If you have a larger file please contact us.

Adding your info, biography and contact details

1. Click on the 'Your Album' in the menu at the top right of the screen.
2. Select 'edit album' from the drop down menu on the left.
3. Click the 'General' tab.
4. The 'Name' field should be left alone.
5. The 'Title' Field' of your portfolio album MUST be your name.
6. The 'Description' field is the best place to put your main text on yourself and work. 

5. 'Keywords' should also be filled in - You MUST seperate your keywords with commas or they won't work!!.
6. Click 'Save' at the bottom of the screen.
7. Click on the 'Custom Fields' tab - fill out as much of the
options as you wish - blank fields will not show up. 
(We do not advise giving out home address details)
8. Click 'Save' at the bottom of the screen.

Deleting an item from your album

1. Click on the 'Your Album' in the menu at the top right of the screen.
2. Click on the item that you would like to delete.
3. Click on Delete photo in the left-hand menu.
4. This will take you to the Delete items page.
5. Check that the correct item has been selected.
6. Click on the Delete button.
7. You will be returned to your album.
 

Highlighting an item in your album

To make an image the 'highlight' image for your album:

1. Click on Your Album in the menu at the top right of the screen.
2. Click on the item that you would like to highlight.
3. Click on Make Highlight in the left-hand menu.
4. Select the required album from the drop down list.
5. Click on the Highlight button.
6. This item will now be the featured image for your album.
7. Click Gallery in the top left of the screen to return to the main page of your gallery.

DO NOT ADD LINK ITEMS TO YOUR PORTFOLIO - THESE WILL BE REMOVED.

Click here to open the artselector collection page in a new window - so you can refer to this guide while you set up your portfolio.

Under your account settings you will find options to link your artselector account to your Twitter and Facebook accounts - enabling you to easily share posts between sites.  Note: you must first have an active account with Twitter or Facebook before you can proceed.

To add a Twitter account go to My Account > Edit Account > Twitter Accounts and add your Twitter account user name and password.  

To add a Facebook account click on the tab that has your user name on it or click on the blue Facebook logo on the main artselector login page.  Add your Facebook account details and check the box that says 'Link my account on artselector and my Facebook account' before clicking the submit button.

To unlink your Twitter account from your artselector account go to Edit Account > Twitter Accounts 
To unlink your artselector account from your Facebook account go here: http://www.facebook.com/editapps.php  and remove the artselector app by clicking on the delete cross.

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You can contact us by using the contact link found in the menu above - or by clicking here.