Shipyard Open Studios Promotion
Two tools to help you bring people to your studio on October 17 & 18: a folder of ready-made graphics you can download and post, and a mini app that turns your own artwork into a branded Shipyard Open Studios Instagram post.
1 — Download the ready-made graphics
Use these on Instagram, Facebook, your website and in email. To save one: click the image to open it, then click the download arrow in the upper right corner. It lands in your Downloads folder. You do not need a Google account.
2 — Make your own Instagram post
This mini app turns one of your images into a Shipyard Open Studios post in about two minutes. It runs in your browser — nothing to install, no account to create. You can use the finished post on Instagram, on Facebook, or in an email.
Read the short sections below first, then use the button further down to open the app. Take a minute to read the simple overview, and you will sail through it.
Pick one of three post types:
Examples of the three posts you can make in the app.
Before you start — image requirements
JPEG or PNG only
At least 800 x 800 pixels for best results. The finished post is 1080 x 1350 pixels.
10 MB maximum
Open Studios: your catalog image, or any other work you would like to show
Art Auction: only the piece you donated to the auction
Meet Artists: a vertical photo of you, a headshot or a shot in your studio
How to make your post, step by step
Choose your post type at the top of the app: Open Studios, Art Auction, or Meet Artists.
Click Upload Your Art and pick an image from your computer.
Type your name the way you want it to appear on the post.
Drag and zoom to position the image inside the frame.
Adjust brightness, color and sharpness if it needs it. This is optional, and go easy.
Click Submit and Download. That one button does both: it saves the finished post to your Downloads folder and sends a copy to STAR, and we will select from these images to share it on the shipyardartists Instagram in addition to your own posting.
Help is in the upper right corner of the app at every step.
Ready? Open the app
When you post it to Instagram
Choose Original size, not the default 1:1. The 1:1 crop will distort your image.
Copy and paste this into your caption (or edit and add text of yoyr own):
Join me at Shipyard Open Studios
October 17 & 18, 11AM – 6PM
Hunters Point Shipyard
451 Galvez Avenue, San Francisco, CA 94124
More info: shipyardartists.com
Free and open to the public.
@hunterspointshipyardartists
#ShipyardOpenStudios #HuntersPointShipyardArtists #HuntersPointShipyard #SFOpenStudios #SFshipyard
The @hunterspointshipyardartists will bring this up in STAR’s Instagram feed and we can share as stories.
Questions?
website@shipyardtrust.org — help with your artist page on shipyardartists.com
openstudios@shipyardtrust.org — signing up, ads, donating to the auction, anything else Open Studios