Toadsquare is a new social network for creative professionals. The site aims to unite the world’s 20 million artists, photographers, filmmakers, scriptwriters, and actors and provide them with an instant, global showcase for exhibiting their talents to agents, producers and collectors.
‘I’ve spent my whole life working with creative people and wondering how we can afford to let so much talent, in so many countries, go to waste,” said Toadquare founder Jane Hrouda. ‘When Facebook and LinkedIn showed the incredible power of social networking I realised this could be the answer to the mismatch between supply and demand in the creative industries”’
Hrouda and a team of ten have spent two years turning her original idea into reality. Toadsquare is free to join and gives every member their own ‘website within a website’ – where they can network and market, sell and display their work – art, photographs, films, video, scripts, designs, and music. Members can also swap stories and tips with other creative professionals, advertise shows and exhibitions, invite expert criticism and seek inspiration.
Actor and producer Joel Einhorn thinks Toadsquare could transform the film and TV industries. ‘There’s never been a single place where you know that producers, actors and directors will look at your work. Now there is, and it’s exactly what creative professionals need. Toadsquare is going to transform the way people in the visual arts manage their careers – it replaces serendipity with an efficient, digital marketplace for anyone selling talent and anyone buying it.’
Toadsquare is a new social network for creative professionals. The site aims to unite the world’s 20 million artists, photographers, filmmakers, scriptwriters, and actors and provide them with an instant, global showcase for exhibiting their talents to agents, producers and collectors.
‘I’ve spent my whole life working with creative people and wondering how we can afford to let so much talent, in so many countries, go to waste,” said Toadquare founder Jane Hrouda. ‘When Facebook and LinkedIn showed the incredible power of social networking I realised this could be the answer to the mismatch between supply and demand in the creative industries”’
Hrouda and a team of ten have spent two years turning her original idea into reality. Toadsquare is free to join and gives every member their own ‘website within a website’ – where they can network and market, sell and display their work – art, photographs, films, video, scripts, designs, and music. Members can also swap stories and tips with other creative professionals, advertise shows and exhibitions, invite expert criticism and seek inspiration.
Actor and producer Joel Einhorn thinks Toadsquare could transform the film and TV industries. ‘There’s never been a single place where you know that producers, actors and directors will look at your work. Now there is, and it’s exactly what creative professionals need. Toadsquare is going to transform the way people in the visual arts manage their careers – it replaces serendipity with an efficient, digital marketplace for anyone selling talent and anyone buying it.’
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