If you are part of an Art business or museum, you know how important it is to have a good newsletter. Owners and employees need an effective and timely manner of communication in order to keep their customers in touch (announcements, events, news, special deals, gallery openings, future plans).

Newsletters are an amazing way to get your message out.  Thanks to content curation, it’s easier than ever to create a great newsletter in Gmail without a lot of work.  Content curation is the act of discovering, gathering, and presenting digital content that surrounds specific subject matter.

We’ve put together a great list of resources for anyone interested in building a newsletter for their Art Business or Museum.

Art / Museum Newsletter Content, Articles, & Ideas

ARTNews – One of the most widely read publications about the Art world
TAN – Great online Newspaper with art articles & news from around the globe
AAM – Online resource for museum association with great news and articles

Art / Museum Newsletter Services & Providers

FlashIssue – Get your message out in a different way
Aweber – Big in the industry, most for high volume
Campaigner – Lots of templates
Cheetah Mail – Standard web mail service
Constant Contact – A one of the larger companies 
MailChimp – One of the more popular choices
iContact – Another fairly popular email marketing service

Art / Museum Blogs 

Bay Kids Blog – Online resource dedicated to the Bay Area Discovery Museum
IMA – Great contributions from the Indiannapolis Museum of Art
Art in Liverpool – Comprehensive resource for the Liverpool art scene

Art / Museum Newsletter Samples & Examples

War Eagles
Colby Museum
Mint Museum

Art / Museum Newsletter Templates

Weavers of Knowledge
Metropolitan
Concerts & Lectures

Create and Send Engaging Newsletters From Gmail

FlashIssue enables you to get your marketing message out in a different way. It lets you rapidly curate your own email digest from content you find on the web and articles you write yourself.