An artists’ social networking and art exhibit/blog website I developed during 2020, in WordPress/Elementor for Memphis/Germantown Art League.
- This is a social networking website for over 100 members, where artists can build a small webpage with a featured project, supporting slideshow, links & video; add photos to their galleries, send/receive messages and “tweets” to other members, post in forums, view calls to artists, group exhibits and news.
- Covid-19 canceled all physical exhibitions scheduled in 2020, so MGAL went virtual with a new exhibit, shared with another art group, Artists’ Link of Memphis, named Together Virtual Art Exhibit. Users could walk through the virtual exhibit with their mouse; or take the tour, which moved to each work through the exhibit for them. Each exhibited piece had all of its information listed as well as email links to the artists, who individually sold their works to interested buyers.
- In 2020, this website also provided a FlipBook of the Together Virtual Art Exhibit for users who might find 3D VR a dizzying experience.
[promotional] > [digital video]
Promotional videos I have created for MGAL can be viewed at:
[catalogs] > [flipbooks]
I have developed two online catalogs for MGAL exhibits that can be viewed at:
[print] > [graphic design/layout]
2022/2023 yearbook/members directory.
I created the organization; organized, produced and curated all the art exhibits; designed the logos, branding and merchandise; developed and maintain the website, webstore, online catalogs, videos and 3D virtual exhibits, since 2016.
[nastywomenmemphis] > [choice]
Physical Exhibit: Marshall Arts in Memphis, TN Oct 7th – 21st, 2022
[nastywomenmemphis] > [war paint]
warpaint.NastyWomenMemphis.com
Oct 1st – Nov 6th, 2020
[nastywomenmemphis] > [still here/fighting]
South Main ArtSpace
Oct 19th – 28th, 2018
[nastywomenmemphis] > [art exhibition]
Marshall Arts in Memphis, TN
Feb 10th – 19th, 2017
[website] > [webstore]
I developed the website in WordPress and Elementor on a Linux server with cPanel:
I developed the webstore in WooCommerce, developing the API offsite:
[function] > [development]
- Blog: WYSIWYG posting of calls for artists and other news
- Web Forms: User contact and art submission is quick and easy
- Online Catalogs/Flipbooks: Developed in FlipHTML5
- Virtual 3D Exhibit: Developed in Kunstmatrix
- Promotional Videos: Created in Adobe AfterEffects & Canva
- Merchandise: Designed in Adobe Illustrator, RedBubble
[catalogs] > [flipbooks]
I developed two online catalogs and layout/text for a magazine article for these exhibits that can be viewed at:
[promotional] > [digital video]
Promotional videos I have created for these exhibits can be viewed at:
[print] > [graphic design/layout]
2022/2023 yearbook/members directory.
[merchandise]
Logos/Product/Branding I have designed for these exhibits can be viewed at:
[virtual tour] > [online exhibit]
warpaint.NastyWomenMemphis.com:Viewers can walk through the virtual exhibit with their mouse; or take the tour, which moves to each work through the exhibit for them. Each exhibited piece has all of its information listed and links to the product in the web store, where it can be purchased.
A website I am developing for the G.O.A.T. PICNIC, which celebrates the heritage & music of Otha Turner; through an annual goat roasting picnic, with ancestral fife & drum music by The Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band; as well as live performances by Rhythm & Blues artists, who come to the picnic from all parts of the nation.
- Main Page is built in Elementor
- News/Content is built in Gutenberg Blocks for ease of client updates via WordPress.
- Online store will be connected once inventory is provided.
[promotional] > [digital video]
Promotional videos I have created for The Rising Stars Fife and Drum Band can be viewed at:
A home renovation blog that I developed and maintain in WordPress for my pre-1883 home in Coldwater, Mississippi.
- News/Content is added by client via WordPress, where audience can engage, comment and subscribe for emailed updates.
My art studio, where I create in media: paint, ink, mixed, metals, and clay.
[two domains] > [websites]
MooshPrint.com:
My e-commerce and blog website I developed and maintain in WordPress:
- This website is where I sell my work and easily post updated information about my process or art exhibits where my work is sold.
ChelleEllis.com:
My old website designed in Adobe Photoshop and developed in Notepad using dHTML/javascript:
- I have been dragging this website from server to server for more than a decade, because it’s easy to take down and set back up. Plus, I’m simply sentimental for its retro style/functionality.
A website I am developing in WordPress and Elementor for Austin, Texas based hypnotherapist, Melanie Alley.
- Users can instantly contact client via webform detailing needs and contact information.
- Subscription only articles are added by client via Gutenberg Blocks, where users can support their therapy.
- Online booking calendar, for client to create and edit user therapy schedules.
A logo with website I developed in WordPress for a wild cut flower farm, Feathers & Fields, LLC.
Later, I gave a slight redesign to the site after the company created new goals and provided content.
I kept the development with the simple Gutenburg Block editor that client is familiar with, so updates can be made by client and their staff.
- Customers can instantly contact client via webform detailing service needs and contact information.
- Content and inventory can be added by client via WordPress, where customers can buy products and communicate with the company.
A promotional web page I developed for musician, Romenita Wood.
- Viewers are linked to files client uploads.
- Viewers are able to send messages to client.
A website I developed during 2020, in WordPress for musician, Tony Boyd.
- Events are automatically updated by linking to client managed Facebook Events page with details.
- News/Content is added by client via WordPress.
A website I am developing for horror film reviews and trivia.
- Content is added by client via WordPress.
- Online store will be connected once inventory is provided.
A website I developed during 2020, in WordPress for pool service and supply company, Duvall Pool & Leak Detection.
- Customers can instantly contact client via webform detailing service needs and contact information.
- Content is added by client via WordPress, where audience can engage, comment and subscribe for emailed updates.
A portal page, website and branding package I designed in Photoshop and am developing in WordPress and Visual Composer for writer, Virginia Welch.
- Client wanted two domains: one to be added to printed materials showing specific content; the other pointed to a blog with changing content.
- The main page (gingerwelch.net) acts as a portal, offering navigation through visual links to the different sections of the website, specific pages, and other links of interest.
- WYSIWYG posting of content is added to the blog (virginiawelch.net); where audience can engage, comment and subscribe for emailed notice and be added to the listserv.
- WYSIWYG posting of protected content is added by client.
- Post-transaction, users are provided links to download PDFs.
A blog I developed for investigative journalist, and my husband, Kenny Ellis.
- Viewers are able to read, subscribe and comment on articles published to the blog.
- News/Content is added by client via WordPress.
Could Be All You Need
- Some businesses don’t need much content on the Internet, or want to make changes frequently. If you simply need a landing page to tell the world who and where you are, this could be just the thing.
Has Its Own Domain & Marketing Strategy
- For targeted and increased promotion of the event, as well as the website as a whole.
Domain is Set Up with Google Analytics
- To tabulate and learn more about viewers, thereby setting the demographic.
Viewers Like the Ease of Navigating
- Specific promotions, while the entire website, and all its information, is one click away.
A single promotional web page to push an event linking back to the main website.
I owned and operated a thriving web design & development firm from 1997-2007:
I was on staff with these newspapers and magazines, developing their brand and web presence:
I was on staff with the second largest defense contractor in the United States of America, helping design and develop a java applet that won a two billion dollar government contract:
Jul 2023:
Stories & Insights: “Meet Chelle Ellis”, Canvas Rebel Magazine, Wednesday, July 19, 2023
Nov 2022:
Local Stories: “Life & Work with Chelle Ellis”, Voyage Memphis Magazine, Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Oct 2022:
Morici, Abigail: “CHOICE Gallery Show”, The Memphis Flyer, Wednesday, October 19, 2022
Oct 2018:
Aiken, Tio: “Compassion & Creativity”, The Artspace Quarterly, Winter 2018, p.5, mixed media interactive sculpture: “Wake Up!”
Feb 2017:
Butcher, Dwayne: “Make Art Great Again”, The Memphis Flyer, Friday, February 17, 2017, Exhibit M: Art News + Reviews
Feb 2017:
Maish, Katie: “Interview with Nasty Women Memphis”, Visual Memphis, Tuesday, February 7, 2017, Exhibition
Jun 2010:
King, Herman: “Tin Roof Art Walk: Celebrating the Crossroads for Art in North Mississippi”, DeSoto Magazine, vol 7, no. 3, Jun 2010, p.20-22, mixed media painting: “Social Scene”
Aug 2006:
Marrs, Judith: “From Whiz Kid to Web Brat”, Southaven Press, vol 28, no. 31, August 2, 2006, p.A2, p.A11
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Let’s volley ideas about your project and polish your brand. Email me at jadedartistdev@comcast.net.