Accessibility Statement

Last Updated: September 2026

Easel & Ink Studios believes creativity and community should be welcoming and accessible to as many people as reasonably possible.

We are committed to improving the accessibility and usability of our website and digital content for visitors with disabilities and for people using assistive technologies.

Accessibility is an ongoing process. As Easel & Ink Studios grows, we will continue reviewing our website, content, design, and features with accessibility in mind.

Our Commitment to Accessibility

Our goal is to provide a website that can be navigated, understood, and enjoyed by a broad range of visitors, including people who may use:

• Screen readers
• Keyboard-only navigation
• Screen magnification
• Voice recognition software
• Alternative input devices
• Browser accessibility tools
• High-contrast or customized display settings
• Other assistive technologies

We recognize that accessibility needs vary and that no single design works perfectly for every person or every technology.

We therefore view accessibility as something to continually improve rather than a one-time website task.

Accessibility Standards

As we develop and maintain Easel & Ink Studios, we aim to follow generally recognized accessibility practices and, where reasonably applicable, the Web Content Accessibility Guidelines (WCAG) published by the World Wide Web Consortium (W3C).

These guidelines provide recommendations for making digital content more perceivable, operable, understandable, and robust for people with a wide range of abilities and assistive technologies.

Website Design

We make reasonable efforts to consider accessibility when selecting and configuring website colors, typography, navigation, layouts, forms, images, links, and other visual elements.

As the website develops, our accessibility efforts may include:

• Using readable text sizes and typography
• Maintaining reasonable contrast between text and backgrounds
• Providing clear and consistent navigation
• Using descriptive headings to organize content
• Using meaningful link text where practical
• Supporting keyboard navigation where possible
• Avoiding unnecessary barriers to accessing website content
• Providing alternative text for meaningful images where appropriate
• Using labels and instructions for forms where appropriate
• Maintaining logical content structure
• Considering mobile and responsive accessibility

Images and Artwork

Easel & Ink Studios is an art-centered community, which means images are an important part of our website.

We aim to provide useful alternative text or other contextual information for meaningful images where reasonably appropriate.

Some artwork is complex, abstract, highly detailed, or inherently visual. In those situations, a brief alternative description may not communicate every artistic detail contained in the original work.

Decorative images that do not provide meaningful information may be configured so assistive technologies can ignore them where appropriate.

Color

Color is especially important to artists, but information should not rely upon color alone whenever reasonably possible.

We make reasonable efforts to maintain readable contrast between text and its background and to avoid using color as the only method of communicating important information.

Individual screens, browser settings, accessibility tools, and display configurations may affect the way colors appear.

Keyboard Navigation

We aim to make important website functionality usable without requiring a mouse wherever reasonably possible.

Visitors who navigate by keyboard should generally be able to move through links, menus, forms, and interactive elements using standard keyboard controls when those elements and the technologies providing them support keyboard accessibility.

Headings and Content Structure

We use headings, paragraphs, lists, links, and other structural elements to help organize website content.

Consistent content structure can make pages easier to understand visually while also helping screen readers and other assistive technologies interpret the relationship between sections of a page.

Links

Where reasonably practical, we aim to make links understandable from their surrounding context and to avoid unnecessarily vague link descriptions.

Some links may lead to external websites operated by independent artists, retailers, affiliate partners, social networks, marketplaces, manufacturers, or other third parties.

Forms

As contact forms, account features, marketplace tools, newsletter forms, checkout systems, and other interactive features are added or updated, we will make reasonable efforts to use understandable labels, instructions, and error messages.

If you experience difficulty completing a form or accessing a feature, please contact us so we can attempt to provide assistance or an alternative method of communication when reasonably possible.

Videos and Multimedia

Easel & Ink Studios may eventually include tutorials, demonstrations, interviews, videos, audio, or other multimedia content.

Where reasonably practical, we will consider accessibility features such as captions, transcripts, written summaries, or other alternatives when publishing significant multimedia content.

Older content or material provided by third parties may not always include every accessibility feature.

PDFs and Downloadable Materials

Our website may provide tutorials, guides, printable resources, digital artwork, patterns, worksheets, or other downloadable materials.

We will make reasonable efforts to consider accessibility when creating new informational documents intended for general use.

Some artistic, historical, scanned, archival, printable, or third-party documents may not be fully compatible with every assistive technology.

If you need information from one of our informational resources in another reasonably available format, please contact us.

Marketplace Content

Easel & Ink Studios may include listings, photographs, descriptions, artwork, reviews, and other content provided by independent artists, makers, sellers, and community members.

We encourage marketplace participants to consider accessibility when creating listings and promotional content, including the use of clear descriptions and meaningful alternative text where supported.

Because independent participants create and control their own content, Easel & Ink Studios cannot guarantee that every marketplace listing or independently submitted item will meet every accessibility standard.

Third-Party Content and Services

Some website functionality may be provided by third parties.

This may include:

• Social media platforms
• Embedded videos
• Payment processors
• Ecommerce tools
• Affiliate retailers
• Analytics services
• Maps
• Forms
• Plugins and widgets
• Other external services

We do not control the underlying accessibility of independent third-party websites, applications, platforms, or technologies.

When reasonably possible, we prefer tools and services that support accessible experiences, but accessibility limitations within third-party systems may occasionally remain outside our direct control.

Social Media

Easel & Ink Studios maintains or participates in communities on third-party social media platforms.

The accessibility of those platforms is controlled primarily by the companies operating them.

When creating our own social media content, we may use available accessibility features such as alternative text, captions, descriptive text, or other tools where reasonably practical.

Browser and Device Compatibility

Website accessibility can vary depending on the combination of browser, operating system, device, assistive technology, extensions, and individual settings being used.

Keeping your browser and assistive technology reasonably current may improve compatibility with modern website accessibility features.

Ongoing Improvements

Easel & Ink Studios is an evolving website and creative community.

As we add new content, marketplace features, tutorials, products, community resources, plugins, and other functionality, we will continue to consider accessibility as part of our development and review process.

We may periodically identify areas that need improvement, and some accessibility updates may be completed gradually as the website develops.

Known Limitations

Despite our efforts, some content or features may not yet be fully accessible to every visitor or assistive technology.

Potential limitations may include older content, complex artwork, third-party integrations, embedded content, independently submitted marketplace materials, archived resources, or technologies that we do not directly control.

The existence of a limitation does not mean we consider it unimportant. When practical solutions are available, we will consider them as part of our continuing accessibility work.

Need Assistance?

If you have difficulty accessing content, navigating the website, using a feature, completing a form, or obtaining information from Easel & Ink Studios, please let us know.

When contacting us about an accessibility problem, it is helpful to include:

• The page or feature you were trying to use
• A description of the difficulty you encountered
• The browser or device you were using, if relevant
• The assistive technology you were using, if you are comfortable sharing that information
• The information or service you were trying to access

You are not required to disclose a disability or medical information in order to report an accessibility problem.

We will make reasonable efforts to understand the issue and, where possible, provide the information or functionality through an accessible alternative while we investigate the underlying problem.

Accessibility Feedback

Accessibility is often improved most effectively by listening to the people actually using a website.

If something is difficult to read, navigate, understand, hear, see, or operate, we welcome constructive feedback.

Your feedback can help us identify barriers we may not have encountered ourselves and improve Easel & Ink Studios for the entire creative community.

Changes to This Accessibility Statement

We may update this Accessibility Statement as our website, technologies, services, and accessibility practices evolve.

When substantive changes are made, the “Last Updated” date at the top of this page may be revised.

Contact Us

To report an accessibility concern or request assistance accessing information available through Easel & Ink Studios, please contact us through our website.

Easel & Ink Studios
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Creativity belongs to everyone. We want to keep making room at the easel.

This Accessibility Statement describes the accessibility goals and ongoing efforts of Easel & Ink Studios. It should be reviewed as the site’s final theme, plugins, ecommerce systems, forms, multimedia, marketplace features, and third-party integrations are implemented and during future accessibility audits.