Interview with Michael Facchinello, Founder and CEO of Altamira

In this episode of The Living Artist, Preston sits down with Michael Facchinello, the Founder & CEO of Altamira. Altamira is an exciting new platform for artist to showcase and sell their work online, while engaging with a community of fans, artists and critics. During this conversation, Michael shares with Preston his introduction to art (and the business of art) at a very young age, working his way up the tech ladder in Chicago, how Altamira is a unique platform for artists to showcase and sell their work, best practices for artists on the platform, low commissions and white glove delivery, the future of NFTs on the platform, the upvote system, engaging with critics and fans, exciting new developments coming down the pike, and much more. Enjoy this engaging conversation with Michael Facchinello! If you would like to learn more about or join Altamira as an artist, fan, or critic, you can visit here: https://altamira.art. Check out Michael's new seller's Guide tips here: https://altamira.art/posts/how-to-sell-your-art-on-altamira. You can also follow Altamira on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/art.altamira For more information on Preston M. Smith and his artwork, visit https://www.pmsartwork.com, or follow him on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/pmsartwork (social media everywhere @pmsartwork). You can also now subscribe to his YouTube channel at https://www.youtube.com/c/pmsartwork. Thrilled to announce that Artwork Archive just included The Living Artist on their list of the The Best Art Podcasts of 2021! Check it out. Check out The Living Artist in the Spotlight section of Discover Pods (https://discoverpods.com/podcast-spotlight-living-artist/). Great interview with links to all sorts of places! Thank you to Discover Pods. You can now support the Podcast with a donation. Go to https://www.pmsartwork.com/podcast to check it out and donate. Huge thank you to Feedspot for choosing The Living Artist for their list of the Top 60 Art Podcasts You Must Follow in 2021. It is a huge honor to have made this amazing list (coming in at #11) with so many other wonderful podcasts. Big thank you to Feedspot! You can check out this list and more of Feedspot at https://blog.feedspot.com/art_podcasts. Podcast theme music: "Music by Jason Shaw on Audionautix.com"