Social Media Basics for Artists

The Eastside Arts Society is a registered charity that is home to the wildly popularEastside Culture CrawlVisual Arts, Design & Crafts Festival, the newEastside Arts Festivaland theEastside Arts District. The Eastside Arts Society (EAS) develops and produces some of Vancouver’s most innovative and cherished programming for contemporary visual arts. Now in its 29th year, the EAS is embarking on a number of new initiatives to ensure thatArt Happens Here, on Vancouver’s Eastside, for decades to come.

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Learn the fundamentals of Meta products, Canva and OpenAI, and how to effectively use them for social media content creation and engagement!

2025 Artist Development Workshops

As part of our commitment to increasing capacity for artists, the Eastside Arts Society offers affordable professional development workshops for artists throughout the year.

In this workshop attendees will gain a solid understanding of social media tools (Meta products, Canva, and OpenAI), and how to effectively use them for content creation and engagement. We will cover topics ranging from the basics of each tool, current opportunities and challenges, and posting strategies and performance metrics. $20 + GST for CRAWL ARTISTS$25 + GST for NON-CRAWL ARTISTS* Please note: You must have registered for the 2024 Culture Crawl to receive the Crawl discount price. If you are not a Crawl artist, please select Regular Price or you will be asked to pay the difference.Maximum 20 participants Taught by Saghi EhteshamzadehSaghi Ehteshamzadeh (b. 1995, Tehran) is a queer interdisciplinary Vancouver-based artist/curator whose practice encompasses video art, live visual performances, new media, and art installations. Holding a Bachelor of Cinema Studies from the Art University of Tehran and graduating from Capilano University's Arts and Entertainment Management Program in North Vancouver, Saghi's diverse artistic background informs their creative endeavours.Saghi's art practice draws inspiration from their personal experiences navigating disabilities and advocating for social justice, particularly within Iran and the ongoing struggle for wxmen's equality. Their video practice is characterized by a unique blend of compressed, low-resolution imagery and pixel manipulation, and their live visuals feature a fusion of exotic retro videos alongside digital scans of nature and urban environments.Beyond their artistic pursuits, Saghi has held positions such as the Exhibitions Manager at North Van Arts and currently serves as the Associate Curator at the Centre of International Contemporary Art (CICA) in Vancouver and the Co-chair at VIVO Media Arts Centre's board of directors.

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