Follow new launches, feature expansions, and product thinking for call for artists software, jury review, exhibitions, gallery websites, email marketing, artwork sales, and more.
Product announcements focus on what galleries can do with Crafted Call, not internal implementation details.
Product blog
Product Announcements are now public
A public product blog for Crafted Call launches, gallery management software improvements, and the workflows we are actively building for art organizations.
LaunchedEveryone
Product Announcements for gallery teams
Customers and visitors can now follow shipped Crafted Call features for call for artists management, online jurying, exhibitions, websites, email marketing, and artwork sales.
ExpandedGallery teams and artists
Launch notes organized by workflow
Announcements are grouped around real gallery workflows for administrators, artists, jurors, buyers, and nonprofit arts teams rather than internal implementation details.
NoteOrganization admins
Built from shipped product work
This page highlights launched capabilities and thoughtful product improvements, while keeping future roadmap details and build mechanics private.
Product announcement
Gallery workflow launches for calls, jurying, and exhibitions
May product work connected more of the call for artists lifecycle: call management, submission review, jury workflows, exhibition planning, and follow-up communication.
ExpandedGallery admins
More connected call and exhibition management
Gallery admin surfaces continue moving toward clearer status, next-step, and task context for calls, submissions, jury review, exhibitions, and artist communication.
ExpandedGallery teams
Marketing and exhibition content stays closer to the source
Marketing Hub and exhibition workflows make it easier to reuse call details, artwork information, artist context, and gallery branding without rebuilding the same information.
QualityOperators and admins
Quality work behind scheduled workflows
Reliability improvements support scheduled messages, payment follow-up, notifications, and other background workflows that galleries expect to run without extra attention.
Product announcement
Gallery websites, storefronts, and brand tools expanded
Crafted Call's public-facing website builder and storefront tools gained practical defaults for galleries that want calls, exhibitions, contact pages, and art sales in one connected place.
LaunchedGallery admins
Organization websites can start with practical pages
Gallery website scaffolding starts closer to what art organizations actually need: home, about, exhibitions, calls for artists, and contact pages.
LaunchedGallery teams and buyers
Storefront groundwork for artwork sales online
Public shop work gives organizations a clearer path to list artwork, support checkout, and keep order context connected to exhibition and gallery management workflows.
ExpandedOrganization admins
Brand Kit reaches more surfaces
Brand choices such as logos, colors, fonts, and button styles can carry further into email, signup, and public page experiences.
Quality announcement
Production infrastructure upgraded for reliability
Crafted Call moved to a more controlled production hosting setup to support the next stage of reliability, monitoring, recovery, and platform operations.
ExpandedAll customers
More control over production operations
The production environment now gives the team more direct control over deploys, monitoring, recovery work, and the operational foundation behind gallery management software.
NoteEveryone
No customer action required
Organizations, artists, and jurors did not need to change passwords, update links, or reconnect accounts for this move.
Product announcement
ArtCall migration, gallery pricing, and Marketing Hub launch work
April focused on helping galleries move from ArtCall to Crafted Call, understand gallery software pricing, and send audience-aware email marketing campaigns with stronger controls.
LaunchedGallery admins
Free ArtCall migration path for galleries
Organizations gained a clearer path to migrate calls, submissions, images, and jury information from ArtCall into Crafted Call with guided migration support.
ExpandedProspective galleries
Clearer pricing for call for artists software
Pricing pages and plan language were revised around real gallery workflows, including calls for artists, exhibitions, submissions, jurying, marketing, sales, and organization growth.
ExpandedGallery marketing teams
Marketing Hub controls expanded
Marketing Hub work expanded email suppression tools, sending defaults, campaign audit trails, editor protection, and persistent audience targeting for gallery newsletters and announcements.
QualityOperators and admins
Quality work for imports and payments
Reliability work strengthened the operational foundation behind imports, submission payments, image handling, and background jobs that support gallery teams.
Product launch roundup
Jury awards, gallery layout tools, and payment workflows expanded
Mid-April added more depth around online jurying, exhibition presentation, gallery payment categories, and operational tools for managing real art organization workflows.
ExpandedGallery admins and jurors
Online jurying and award workflows expanded
Jury management gained more support for award timing, winner communication, score visibility, and the practical realities of running juried exhibitions.
LaunchedCurators and exhibition teams
Gallery layout validation became part of exhibition planning
Exhibition layout work strengthened how galleries prepare artwork placement, public exhibition pages, and curated presentation details.
ExpandedGallery owners
Payment workflows recognized more gallery revenue types
Crafted Call continued broadening beyond entry fees to support donations, merchandise, rentals, raffles, sponsorships, and other art organization revenue streams.
Product announcement
Submission management, call discovery, and campaign builder launches
March improved the daily experience of submission management, call discovery, artist notifications, gallery analytics, and email campaign creation.
ExpandedGallery admins and artists
Submission filters and call discovery expanded
Submission filters and public call discovery gained better filtering and shareable working views for gallery administrators, call managers, and artists looking for opportunities.
ExpandedGallery teams
Gallery analytics scaled for larger programs
Performance work made analytics dashboards, admin lists, submissions, artworks, and public gallery pages behave better as organizations grow their programs.
Marketing Hub added campaign templates, reusable content blocks, newsletter generation, drag-and-drop editing, test sends, and per-block engagement reporting.
QualityArtists and admins
Quality work for notifications and data validation
Product quality work strengthened artist notifications, badges, deep links, status handling, and shared validation across more gallery workflows.
Product launch roundup
Visual email campaign builder and content blocks expanded
March also brought a richer Marketing Hub editing experience for galleries building newsletters, exhibition announcements, artist spotlights, and call promotion emails.
LaunchedGallery marketing teams
Reusable content blocks for gallery email marketing
Campaign builder work added reusable text, image, button, divider, spacer, section, and column patterns for gallery newsletters and exhibition announcements.
ExpandedGallery staff
Drag-and-drop editing became more polished
The campaign canvas gained clearer insertion points, block actions, style controls, preview behavior, keyboard support, and mobile-aware editing patterns.
ExpandedOrganization admins
Email rendering moved closer to production needs
Marketing Hub work strengthened how gallery campaigns are rendered, previewed, tested, scheduled, and reviewed before sending.
Product announcement
Custom exhibition labels, email marketing tools, and gallery settings
February expanded practical gallery setup tools for custom exhibition labels, email content, subscriber imports, plan settings, and organization-specific workflows.
LaunchedGallery admins
Custom exhibition label templates
Galleries gained organization-scoped label templates, a reusable template editor, PDF label downloads, and smoother paths back into exhibition label workflows.
LaunchedGallery marketing teams
Subscriber and email content tools launched
Marketing work added subscriber imports, starter email templates, reusable content blocks, custom HTML and video blocks, and newsletter layout generation.
ExpandedOrganization owners
More gallery-specific settings
Organizations gained clearer control over fee coverage messaging, address collection copy, settings labels, plan limits, and onboarding plan selection.
Subscriber imports, campaign analytics, and rental payments expanded
Mid-February connected more gallery business workflows: subscriber lists, marketing analytics, rental payments, public page performance, and safer organization data handling.
LaunchedGallery marketing teams
Subscriber import tools for gallery marketing
Galleries gained guided subscriber import flows, field mapping, preview steps, and list cleanup tools for email marketing and audience building.
LaunchedOrganization admins
Campaign analytics became more visible
Marketing dashboards added clearer campaign metrics, source analytics, performance snapshots, and inline reporting for gallery communication work.
ExpandedRental administrators
Rental payment workflows continued to mature
Space rental work expanded payment handling, webhook processing, fee visibility, and operational reporting for organizations that rent studios or gallery spaces.
Product launch roundup
Event ticketing and rental billing product launches
Late January broadened Crafted Call around event ticketing, paid registrations, rental billing, security deposits, condition reports, and operational reporting.
LaunchedEvent organizers and attendees
Ticket-level event checkout
Event checkout can track individual tickets, support additional tickets on an existing registration, and only charge for unpaid tickets.
LaunchedRental administrators
Rental billing and operations expanded
Space rental work added billing automation, payment setup invitations, manual payments, ad-hoc charges, reminders, deposits, condition reports, and reporting.
ExpandedOrganization owners
Plan selection and upgrade paths got clearer
Onboarding, pricing cards, feature gates, free-tier restrictions, upgrade visibility, and organization-level plan controls were refined for gallery setup.
QualityAdmins and artists
Quality work for navigation, billing, and messaging
Quality work strengthened rental navigation, subscription and ticket routes, notification behavior, pricing copy, and checkout copy.
Product launch roundup
Pricing, onboarding, and gallery notification controls expanded
January product work also improved how galleries choose plans, understand pricing, manage notification settings, and configure organization-level workflows.
LaunchedOrganization owners
New gallery pricing and plan structure
Crafted Call expanded its subscription tier structure, plan selection flow, free plan language, Stripe automation, and organization-level pricing controls.
ExpandedNew gallery admins
Onboarding became clearer for new galleries
New organization setup gained better plan cards, logo upload support, validation, upgrade visibility, and paths into the right gallery workflow.
ExpandedAdmins and artists
Notification preferences gained more control
Gallery teams and artists received improvements around message routing, notification badges, quiet hours, timezone inputs, and account communication preferences.
Product launch roundup
Platform operations, support, and security foundation expanded
Late December continued turning Crafted Call into a broader operating system for art organizations, with support workflows, background jobs, monitoring, security reviews, and operational reporting.
LaunchedOrganization owners
Support ticketing and knowledge base tools expanded
Support workflows gained ticketing, advanced support tools, knowledge base structure, and better operational context for customer service.
LaunchedOperators and admins
Background jobs and monitoring became product infrastructure
The platform foundation expanded around scheduled jobs, health monitoring, reliability checks, and the behind-the-scenes systems that keep gallery workflows moving.
ExpandedAll customers
Security and quality reviews became part of the product rhythm
Security reviews, input validation, data access patterns, rate limits, and platform quality work reinforced the trust layer behind customer-facing features.
Product launch roundup
Gallery storefronts, shopping cart, orders, and event management launched
December brought major commerce and programming capabilities for galleries: storefronts, carts, orders, public profiles, event registration, financial reporting, and search tools.
LaunchedGallery teams and buyers
Public gallery storefront and shopping cart workflows
Gallery storefront work added public storefront pages, shopping cart infrastructure, order management, shipping configuration, tax support, abandoned cart recovery, and buyer contact paths.
LaunchedEvent organizers
Event registration and programming tools expanded
Event management gained public registration, advanced event operations, program workflows, and more support for classes, workshops, and gallery events.
ExpandedOrganization admins
Search, reporting, and analytics became stronger
Search, print layouts, exports, revenue tracking, payout analytics, refunds, commission overrides, and performance dashboards gave galleries more operational insight.
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Access controls, organization settings, and submission foundations expanded
December product work strengthened the foundation for secure gallery management: member roles, organization settings, permission checks, submission relationships, and account configuration.
LaunchedOrganization owners
Role-based access for gallery teams
Crafted Call expanded multi-tenant data isolation, role-based access control, organization membership, member invitations, and audit logging.
ExpandedGallery admins
Organization settings became more configurable
Advanced organization settings, branding, themes, subscription controls, and communication preferences gave galleries more control over how their workspace behaves.
ExpandedPlatform customers
Submission and exhibition relationships became clearer
Data model work strengthened how calls, submissions, exhibitions, jurors, messages, events, commerce, and support workflows connect inside the platform.
Product launch roundup
Admin redesign, exhibition tools, and email compliance expanded
Mid-December focused on making gallery administration clearer, exhibition management more flexible, and communication workflows more reliable for real organizations.
ExpandedGallery admins
Gallery admin surfaces became easier to navigate
Admin redesign work improved navigation, sidebar behavior, quick actions, and exhibition management surfaces for gallery staff.
LaunchedCurators and exhibition teams
Exhibition quick-add and event sync tools expanded
Exhibition workflows gained better support for manually added artworks, public exhibition displays, opening reception announcements, and event relationships.
ExpandedArtists and admins
Email and file handling continued to mature
Email compliance, image handling, upload support, and public API behavior received quality work to support dependable gallery communication.
Product launch roundup
Private calls, exhibition sales, and financial tools expanded
November focused on practical gallery controls: invite-only opportunities, exhibition sale tracking, financial reporting, admin-created submissions, and clearer public hours.
LaunchedGallery admins
Private invite-only calls
Galleries gained private call controls, invitation email support, public listing protection, persistence fixes, and migration support for invite-only opportunities.
LaunchedGallery owners
Exhibition sales and financial dashboards grew
Financial tools added exhibition sales reporting, manual sale recording, artist-grouped payout views, CSV export, fee breakdowns, and more accurate activation-fee accounting.
ExpandedGallery staff
Admins can handle more edge-case submissions
Admin submission creation, submission edit forms, flexible pricing, not-for-sale options, call and exhibition priority sorting, and active exhibition ordering were improved.
QualityVisitors and admins
Public hours and authentication were cleaned up
Hours announcements now handle stale or past data better, and authentication wrappers, Cognito user creation, sign-in styling, and API route typing received stability work.
Product launch roundup
Artist payout and gallery sales foundation launched
Late November added foundations for artist payouts, gallery sale reconciliation, buyer records, and financial workflows that support real exhibition commerce.
LaunchedGallery owners and artists
Artist payout system foundation
Crafted Call began building the foundation for artist payout workflows, bank account connections, account verification, and payout operations.
ExpandedGallery staff
Manual sale recording became more practical
Exhibition editors gained more flexible sale recording behavior, making it easier for galleries to capture sales made in person or outside online checkout.
ExpandedPlatform operators
Technical documentation supported product growth
Infrastructure, deployment, monitoring, and testing documentation matured to support a fast-moving gallery management platform.
Product launch roundup
Private calls and exhibition finance tools launched
Early November launched invite-only call capabilities and deeper exhibition finance reporting for galleries managing private opportunities, sales, payouts, and admin-created submissions.
LaunchedGallery admins
Invite-only calls for private opportunities
Private call controls allowed galleries to create invite-only opportunities, send invitations, protect private listings, and control which artists can access a call.
LaunchedGallery owners
Exhibition sales reporting for gallery finance
Financial dashboards added exhibition sale reporting, manual transaction tracking, commission rates, fee breakdowns, and artist-grouped payout exports.
ExpandedGallery staff
Admin-created submissions became easier
Gallery staff gained more ability to create and edit submissions on behalf of artists, including flexible pricing and scalable artist search.
Product launch roundup
Real-time gallery hours, email tools, and accessibility expanded
Late October expanded real-time gallery information, email template controls, accessibility, contact options, support paths, and production reliability.
LaunchedGallery visitors
Real-time Google Places hours sync
Gallery hours could be refreshed from Google Places, helping public pages and gallery announcements show more accurate opening information.
LaunchedOrganization admins
Email template testing and reset tools
Email templates gained test-send and reset-to-default controls so gallery teams can review communication before using it with artists, buyers, and members.
ExpandedAll customers
Accessibility and support experiences improved
Platform-wide accessibility improvements, support phone visibility, contact page updates, and pagination labels made the product easier to use and understand.
Product launch roundup
Feature access controls and soft-launch pricing expanded
October product work introduced clearer plan enforcement, upgrade paths, feature bundles, trial setup, and access controls for a growing gallery management platform.
LaunchedGallery owners
Feature-based access control for gallery modules
Plan enforcement and upgrade UI helped shape how galleries access modules for events, classes, financial tools, marketing, rentals, and other paid capabilities.
LaunchedOrganization owners
Soft-launch pricing and trial setup
Pricing and plan work supported a soft launch with trial language, gallery bundle structure, and more transparent upgrade paths.
ExpandedGallery admins
Impersonation and owner controls improved
Owner and administrator controls continued to mature around user management, impersonation visibility, and secure access to organization workflows.
Product launch roundup
Invoicing, coupons, and artwork purchase workflows launched
Mid-October strengthened the commerce layer for galleries selling artwork, issuing invoices, offering coupons, collecting payments, and managing order status.
LaunchedGallery owners
Invoice workflows for gallery sales
Invoice tools added contacts, draft management, PDF generation, payment links, expiration behavior, and status transitions for gallery commerce.
LaunchedGallery sales teams
Artwork purchase coupons
Galleries gained coupon support for exhibition artwork purchases, giving teams more flexibility for promotions, discounts, and collector relationships.
ExpandedGallery admins and buyers
Checkout and order lifecycle became clearer
Order workflows improved around sold artwork, stale orders, refunds, payment processing, and financial reporting.
Product launch roundup
Intake reminders and gallery email templates expanded
Early October improved how galleries communicate with artists and buyers around artwork intake, pickup windows, reminders, and branded email templates.
LaunchedGallery staff
Artwork intake reminder workflows
Galleries gained richer reminder workflows for artwork drop-off, pickup, buyer communication, artist reminders, and status-specific email templates.
ExpandedOrganization admins
Global and organization email templates became more flexible
Template work made it easier to manage default content, HTML variants, organization fallback templates, and artist-facing communication.
ExpandedGallery owners
Financial reports and submission views became more efficient
Gallery reporting and submission management continued to improve around search, analytics, fee visibility, and scalable admin workflows.
Product launch roundup
Public schedules, call discovery, and event registration expanded
Late September expanded public discovery and gallery operations with organization schedules, public calls, event registration, contact forms, SEO structured data, and exhibition visibility.
LaunchedArtists and visitors
Organization schedules and public calls became richer
Crafted Call added organization schedules, open status metadata, public calls endpoints, deadline-aware call visibility, and SEO structured data for public pages.
LaunchedEvent organizers
Event registration and classes expanded
Event registration flows, recurring sessions, classes views, public event team filtering, and registration dashboards gave galleries more programming tools.
ExpandedGallery teams
Image infrastructure and deployment quality improved
Public exhibition images, poster paths, image resizing, health checks, and production deployment quality work supported more reliable public gallery pages.
Product launch roundup
Cognito authentication, OAuth, and account profiles launched
Mid-September moved Crafted Call toward a stronger AWS Cognito authentication foundation with OAuth, profile navigation, verification flows, and account communication improvements.
LaunchedArtists and admins
AWS Cognito authentication foundation
Sign-in, profile menus, verification resend, session refresh, and social login work moved onto AWS Cognito and related account infrastructure.
ExpandedArtists
Submission checkout became more resilient
Checkout work improved session continuity, pending submission payment flows, coupon handling, and the path from submission to payment.
ExpandedGallery teams
Gallery administration became more polished
Admin submission layouts, billing metrics, payment reconciliation, exhibition management, and organization branding continued to improve.
Product launch roundup
Artwork intake, exhibition labels, and email branding launched
Early September focused on the physical artwork workflow: check-in, check-out, printable labels, email branding, and the details galleries need around accepted work.
LaunchedGallery staff
Artwork check-in and check-out workflows
Gallery staff gained intake status tracking, check-in and check-out actions, intake history, artist emails, and submission detail context for physical artwork handling.
LaunchedExhibition teams
Printable exhibition labels with QR support
Label tools expanded with print-all labels, A6 layouts, QR placement, artwork-focused label design, and label workflows for accepted submissions.
ExpandedOrganization admins
Email branding and public layout foundations improved
Organization email branding, intake email templates, public layout consistency, and responsive gallery pages became more aligned with real gallery communication.
Product launch roundup
Structured call details and gallery admin workflows expanded
Late August gave calls for artists richer structure, clearer public pages, stronger admin tools, and more gallery-ready submission management.
LaunchedGallery admins
Structured call fields for gallery opportunities
Calls gained structured details for notification dates, exhibition dates, receptions, drop-off windows, pickup windows, eligibility, commission, and location details.
LaunchedGallery staff
Artwork labels and admin messaging expanded
Galleries gained PDF label downloads, label size choices, QR labels, acceptance email attachments, and artist messaging from submission detail pages.
ExpandedGallery owners
Financial visibility improved for submissions
Submission and payment views added clearer fee visibility, net-to-gallery context, processing fee coverage, and financial dashboard support.
Product launch roundup
Public organizations, call posters, and gallery browsing expanded
Mid-August improved public-facing discovery with organization pages, call poster uploads, navigation consistency, theme polish, and better public gallery browsing.
LaunchedArtists and visitors
Public organization browse pages
Visitors gained better ways to discover organizations, browse gallery profiles, and move from public pages into relevant calls, exhibitions, and admin links.
LaunchedGallery admins
Call poster image uploads
Galleries gained direct poster image upload and editing support for calls, helping public opportunities feel more visual and branded.
ExpandedAll customers
Responsive navigation and theme polish improved
Navigation, mobile headers, logo behavior, theme colors, dashboard pages, and Core Web Vitals received product polish.
Product launch roundup
Submission checkout, coupons, and automated emails launched
Early August focused on the core online submission and payment experience: carts, coupons, checkout, automated email, organization branding, and public call presentation.
LaunchedArtists
Cart checkout for artist submissions
Artists gained a clearer path from unpaid submissions to cart checkout, with submission payment status, success handling, and organization payment workflows.
LaunchedOrganization admins
Coupon support for calls and carts
Galleries gained coupon workflows for call activation and artist carts, adding more flexibility for promotions, discounts, and customer support.
LaunchedGallery teams and artists
Automated email for important gallery actions
Email automation expanded around user actions, Crafted Call branding, feedback, support, and the communication foundation for submission workflows.
Product launch roundup
Call management, artist submissions, Stripe, and organization tools expanded
Late July expanded the initial call for artists platform with organization management, artist submissions, Stripe Connect payments, rich text, admin detail views, and production readiness.
LaunchedArtists and gallery admins
Artist submissions gained artwork uploads
Submission workflows expanded with artwork uploads, rich text content, admin submission detail views, and stronger call page presentation.
LaunchedGallery owners
Stripe Connect and payment setup expanded
Payment work added Stripe Connect setup, call activation payment paths, checkout foundations, and payment diagnostics for gallery revenue workflows.
ExpandedOrganization admins
Organization management became more complete
Organization workflows gained member management, owner and admin permissions, invite codes, social links, artist relationships, and public organization management surfaces.
Launch announcement
Crafted Call launched for calls, submissions, jurying, and artists
The initial Crafted Call platform launched for galleries, nonprofits, and art organizations managing calls for artists, online submissions, and jury review.
LaunchedGallery admins and artists
Call for artists platform foundation
The first launch included call creation, public calls, artist submissions, application forms, submission status workflows, and the foundation for gallery administration.
LaunchedJurors and curators
Online jury review tools
The launch included jury management, juror invitations, review pages, scoring workflows, and the first version of online jurying for art submissions.
LaunchedArt organizations
Artist portfolios, messaging, and payments foundation
The early platform also included artist portfolio concepts, email notifications, real-time messaging direction, Stripe integration, search, reporting, and multi-tenant architecture.
What belongs here
Built with care, announced with restraint.
Launches first
We announce shipped capabilities and practical improvements that gallery teams, artists, jurors, and buyers can actually use.
Searchable problems
We name the real problems people search for: call for artists software, jury review, ArtCall migration, exhibition labels, gallery sales, and more.
Thoughtful by design
We share enough to show product depth and momentum without publishing internal implementation details or speculative roadmap promises.
