As a result of the St. Louis Mock Jury, I was introduced to two wonderfully helpful ladies, Cindy Lerick and Laura Miller. They help run the St. Louis art show. I got to know Cindy, thru contacting her with questions I had from the mock jury results. Long story short, she had the idea to set up a Webinar with me, Cindy and Laura so they could look at my Zapp portfolio. Cindy sent me an email to connect to the Webinar, which was yesterday. All went very smoothly and easily, especially with me being only slightly computer savvy! They looked at my images and between the two, they picked out 4 of my images that they thought would work best for applying to shows. What an interesting and eye opening experience!
They had seen many, many images before and their judgement was spot on. I loved the combination they picked, as they explained why they worked together. They also gave more tips that were invaluable. I highly recommend that you call them at the St. Louis art show number, 314-863-0278 and set up a conference of your own.
Both ladies stated that they love to help artists pick images. And to me, doesn't it work better when someone else sees your artwork thru their eyes and have the training to help?
It was a fantastic experience and I highly recommend you do this if you're having any difficulties. Can't guarantee acceptance but you never know!
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Fantastic! I'm glad this is working so well for everyone that calls them. I love what they chose and I hope it helps get us in more shows.
Thank you Alison, for sharing this info. I contacted Cindy. She and Laura met with me via webinar and their comments were enormously helpful. I was able to ask questions about choosing images and about my booth photo. They were very kind and generous with their time.
I like their selections and look forward to seeing how my show entries are affected.
The selections above are from one of my recent entries for a show, where I was wait-listed.
Below are sample selections they made for me.
So amazing isn't it? You're work is very nice and it show cases it so well with their choices. Love it.
Well, that didn't work. The one posted above is the strip they chose for me (I know it's small but if you click on it, you can see it better). Here's what I had been using:
Cindy and Laura also helped me, via a webinar. It was fascinating! Their choices were very different than what I'd ever have chosen on my own. I will post a strip of photos of my own choices first (thank you, Larry Berman), and a strip they chose for me. Fascinating.
Not a cent. That's how fantastic these ladies are.
Thank you for sharing your experiences.
What's the fee to get them to help you with images?
Thanks again Barrie. That piece you liked sold immediately. I hope others will post any new arrangements they've done as a result of the podcast or talking with Cindy and Laura. I like your idea of doing this here.
I love the lollipop trees with geode wall and wire fencing piece! WOOHOO!
I am very happy for you, Alison. Way to go calling them. You certainly proved the value in doing so. I agree with the SLAF folks, but I say it's because the architectural and landscape images are better works of art. They are very nice, indeed. WOOHOO!
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