E-commerce for Native American artists and craftspeople

E-commerce for Native American artists & craftspeople webinar series 2022 signature graphic

A monthly series of webinars exploring the challenges and opportunities for selling Native American arts and crafts online and establishing or expanding an online presence

Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian visual artists face unique challenges today, with the shift to online sales, and continued limits on attendance at local arts and crafts fairs, where their work has traditionally found a home.

This monthly series of webinars will offer information and guidance to Native American visual artists from experienced entrepreneurs, e-commerce sellers, intellectual property specialists, artists and craftspeople, and others on how to navigate today’s e-commerce environment.

These 11 programs will be presented on the second Thursday of each month, from February through December 2022. There is no charge to attend, though you must register in advance. Programs will be recorded and made available for viewing after each program date. For more information, go to the individual program pages linked below.

Please note that there will be no program in March. Join us again in April.

This series has been organized by the United States Patent and Trademark Office's Office of Policy and International Affairs, in collaboration with the U.S. Department of Interior’s Indian Arts and Crafts Board (IACB) and Indian Dispute Resolution Services Inc. (IDRS Inc.).

Native American e-commerce webinar series sponsors: Indian Arts and Crafts Board, Indian Dispute Resolution Services and the Acorn Project.

Past events

Dec 8, 2022 - Virtual

What you need to sell your arts and crafts online: Create new products and expand your sales through merchandising

This program in a series of monthly webinars designed to help Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian visual artists and craftspeople develop and expand their e-commerce presence.

Nov 10, 2022 - Virtual

What you need to sell your arts and crafts online: Growing sales internationally

This program in a series of monthly webinars designed to help Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian visual artists and craftspeople develop and expand their e-commerce presence.

Oct 13, 2022 - Virtual

What you need to sell your arts and crafts online: Protecting your business: Intellectual Property and the Indian Arts and Crafts Act

This is the eighth program in a series of monthly webinars designed to help Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian visual artists and craftspeople develop and expand their e-commerce presence.

Oct 6, 2022 - Virtual

What you need to sell your arts and crafts online: Seasonal marketing

This is a bonus program in a series of monthly webinars designed to help Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian visual artists and craftspeople develop and expand their e-commerce presence.

Sep 8, 2022 - Virtual

What you need to sell your arts and crafts online: Conflict management and contracts for visual artists

This is the seventh program in a series of monthly webinars designed to help Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian visual artists and craftspeople develop and expand their e-commerce presence.

Aug 11, 2022 - Virtual

What you need to sell your arts and crafts online: Social Media and Photography

This is the sixth program in a series of monthly webinars designed to help Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian visual artists and craftspeople develop and expand their e-commerce presence.

Jul 14, 2022 - Virtual

What you need to sell your arts and crafts online: Developing a marketing plan for your art business for Native American visual artists and craftspeople

This is the fifth program in a series of monthly webinars designed to help Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian visual artists and craftspeople develop and expand their e-commerce presence.

Jun 9, 2022 - Virtual

What you need to sell your arts and crafts online: Pricing your art products online, for Native American visual artists and craftspeople

This is the fourth program in a series of monthly webinars designed to help Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian visual artists and craftspeople develop and expand their e-commerce presence.

May 12, 2022 - Virtual

What you need to sell your arts and crafts online: Building your identity, for Native American visual artists and craftspeople

This is the third program in a series of monthly webinars designed to help Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian visual artists and craftspeople develop and expand their e-commerce presence.

Apr 14, 2022 - Virtual

What you need to sell your arts and crafts online: An e-commerce primer for Native American visual artists and craftspeople

This free webinar is designed to help Native American, Alaska Native, and Native Hawaiian visual artists and craftspeople develop and expand their e-commerce presence during a time of a shift to online commerce.

Feb 10, 2022 - Virtual

What you need to sell your arts and crafts online: An introduction to entrepreneurship for Native American visual artists (Session 1)

Designed to help Native American artists develop and expand their e-commerce presence, the monthly webinars will feature speakers from private and public sectors who have experience selling Native American arts and crafts.