--- title: Artists and arts professionals description: "One Artsume account holds an artist side, an arts-professional side, or both. What each one adds to your profile, and how to turn one on." date: 2026-08-25 author: Artsume Team tags: - getting-started - profile - roles url: "https://www.artsume.com/docs/artists-and-professionals" type: docs --- # Artists and arts professionals # Artists and arts professionals You get one account, one page, and one handle. What sits on that page depends on what you tell Artsume you do. Make work and you get a portfolio. Curate, teach, advise, or write and you get your roles. Do both and you get both, on the same page, with nothing duplicated. ## What everyone gets Most of Artsume belongs to you as a person, whatever you do: - Your name, handle, photo, and one-line intro - Your location and your contact links - Your **CV**, including the import that reads a PDF or Word file - Your short bio - Messages, your network, your applications, and your [Favorites](/docs/favorites) - [Artsume Pro](/docs/artsume-pro), which you buy once as a person Your CV is the clearest case. It is person-level, so a gallerist and a painter build it the same way, and a confirmed line earns either of them the [verified seal](/docs/verification). ## What the artist side adds Turning on **Artist** adds the parts of the page that only make sense when you make work: - The **Portfolio** tab, and the projects on it - Your artist statement on the **About** tab - **Disciplines**, picked in **What you do**, which then print as **Mediums** in your details - A cover photo across the top of your page - **Born** in your details, and the birth year and birthplace fields on your CV bio - **Featured work** and **Recent CV** sections on About - **Export works**, which downloads projects as a ZIP with a printable manifest Pro adds three more things on this side: weekly best-fit programs, a fit score on every open program, and which of your works people open most. ## What the arts-professional side adds Picking one or more professional roles adds a **Roles** row to your details, listing what you do in plain words. It also reshapes your CV: your positions lead, and the **Professional Experience** section is renamed **Positions**, because that is what the work is called on this side. **Insights** is yours as a person, whichever side you hold or if you hold neither: your page gets viewed, and the analytics page shows who is finding you. See [Insights](/docs/insights). ## Telling Artsume what you do One control decides all of it. It is headed **What you do**, and it says: *Pick everything that fits. These show on your profile.* ![What you do: switch a side on, then pick what fits. The line below is what your profile prints.](https://www.artsume.com/images/docs/demos/roles-picker.png) It holds two switches, and you can turn on either or both: - **Artist**, *I make work* - **Arts professional**, *I work in the arts* Each switch opens a list of its own, right below it. **Artist** opens **Disciplines**, which holds 79 disciplines in nine groups, from Painting to Social Practice. Pick up to 5. If yours is missing, type it and press Enter to add it. Lead with your main practice, because the first one is what prints under your name. **Arts professional** opens **Roles**, grouped by where the work happens: | Group | What's in it | | --- | --- | | Institutional & Museum | Curator, Museum Director, Registrar, Conservator, Archivist, and more | | Commercial & Market | Gallerist / Art Dealer, Art Advisor / Consultant, Auction Specialist, Appraiser, and more | | Academic & Educational | Art Historian, Professor / Lecturer, Art Teacher, Researcher | | Media & Editorial | Art Critic, Art Journalist, Editor, Catalog Essayist | | Production & Public Projects | Public Art Project Manager, Studio Manager, Art Fair Director, Residency Director, Exhibition Designer | | More | Art Therapist, Grant Writer, Collector, Scout, Other | Pick as many roles as fit. There is no limit, and picking **Other** opens a short private box so Artsume knows what you meant. **Other** never prints on your page. One preview sits under the whole control, and it reads both lists. Turn a switch off and its list is hidden, and that side drops out of the line. You'll find this control in two places, and they behave the same: - **Settings → Roles**, which has its own **Save** - The **Edit profile** dialog on your profile, where it saves with the rest of the dialog ## Turning a side on or off Turning on **Artist** turns the artist side on the moment you save. There is no second wizard and nothing to set up: the Portfolio tab appears, and you start adding projects. See [Building your portfolio](/docs/building-portfolio). Turning **Artist** off hides that side instead of deleting it. Your portfolio, your cover photo, and your artist details come off your public page. Your CV stays. Everything stays in your workspace, and turning **Artist** back on brings it all back exactly as it was. Artsume shows you this warning before you save. On the other side, turn on **Arts professional**, pick your roles, save, and the Roles row appears. Turning **Arts professional** off works differently from Artist: it clears your roles when you save. Artsume warns you first, and switching it back on before you save brings your picks straight back. To bring the side back later, pick your roles again. If you have one side and not the other, Artsume offers you the second one on your profile. An artist sees *Do you also curate, advise, or teach?* with an **Add your roles** button. An arts professional sees *Do you also make work?* with a **Turn on Artist** button. Both open the same control. ## The line under your name Your picks print as one short line under your name, on your profile and on every card that carries you around Artsume. The line takes one item from each side when both speak. A sculptor who also teaches reads **Sculpture · Art Teacher**. If only one side speaks, it takes up to two from that side, so a painter with two disciplines reads **Painting · Printmaking**. A long line shortens rather than running past the edge of a card. Pick nothing and the line does not print at all. That is why the control shows you a live preview, headed **On your public page**, as you choose. What you see there is the line your profile will print. > 💡 **Two sides, one line:** The line shows one discipline and one role when you hold both. To lead with a particular discipline or role, put it first in its list. ## Frequently Asked Questions **Q: Do I need two accounts if I both make work and curate?** A: No. One account holds both. Turn on both switches in What you do, pick your disciplines on one side and your curatorial role on the other, and your page carries a portfolio and a Roles row at once. **Q: I'm not an artist. Can I still use Artsume?** A: Yes. Turn on Arts professional, pick the roles that fit, and leave Artist off. You get a profile, a CV, a network, messages, and Insights. Only the portfolio and the artist statement need the artist side. **Q: What happens to my portfolio if I turn Artist off?** A: It comes off your public page and stays in your workspace. Nothing is deleted. Turn Artist back on and your projects, cover photo, and artist details come back as they were. **Q: Why doesn't my role show under my name?** A: The line takes one discipline and one role when you hold both sides, so a second role won't fit. Other never prints at all. Your full list always shows in the Roles row on your About tab. **Q: Is Artsume Pro different for arts professionals?** A: Pro belongs to the person, so you buy it once and it covers everything you do. Three of its benefits read work you have made, so they need the artist side. See Artsume Pro. ## Next steps - **[Creating your profile](/docs/creating-profile)**: the fields behind your page - **[Creating your CV](/docs/creating-cv)**: the part both sides share - **[Settings](/docs/settings)**: where Roles, notifications, and billing live - **[Sharing your profile](/docs/sharing-your-profile)**: QR codes, wallet cards, and business cards