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Pete Weise

Pete Weise is a professional guitarist and educator based in Dallas,TX. In addition to club dates and session work, Mr. Weise’s credits include the Rebel Alliance Jazz Ensemble, the Texas Tenors, the Plano Symphony, the Lone Star Jazz Orchestra, the Denton Arts and...

Why use an Online Community

Independent professional artists and musicians often work in their own space. Our goal is to provide a community space where our members can share information, get feedback, ask questions, and learn from one another. There are a variety of benefits to using an online community of professionals

Facebook: Page or Profile?

You are an artist and all of a sudden you have hundreds (or thousands) of people who want to be your friend on Facebook. Now, you’re starting to worry about posting personal things because all of these new friends can see the info. What to do?

Why WordPress?

Arts Spark is built on the WordPress platform and we automatically install WordPress for artists who choose to create their space with us. WordPress began its life as a blogging platform, but has grown into a full-fledged Content Management System (CMS). There are a number of CMS options out there, but we felt WordPress was the best option for a variety of reasons.

Paintings have a life of their own that derives from the painter's soul.

- Vincent van Gogh

The artist sees what others only catch a glimpse of.

- Leonardo da Vinci

Music is life itself.

- Louis Armstrong

Where words fail, music speaks.

- Hans Christian Anderson

Dance is the hidden language of the soul.

- Martha Graham