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Questioning the jury process

  The other day I recieved an interesting question from a show about my application.  

To give some background; the show application had a section that asks for the high and low price range of the artwork. Filled that in and proceeded to submit the application last month.  

  The question from the other day was to briefly explain the low end of the artwork. They explained that the jurors would most likely want to understand the lower price range artworks since the jury images are the nicer and more detailed artworks.  I answered politely and briefly but then got to thinking.... without pictures of the less expensive artworks; how are the jurors going to imagine them?  Is the jury making descisions about art they will not see?  Are the jurors making financial descissions as well as artistic?

  My understanding had been that the questions such as price range, were you in the show in previous years, do you require flat ground, can you set up inside, what other festival have you done, will you donate artwork,  etc....were used by the show committe to gather information for marketing, help with show layout and for their informational data base. 

     The question seems normal and weird at the same time.  Any thoughts?

 

 

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Reston Late Fee

So I got an email saying the Northern Virginia Fine Arts Festival had extended their deadline until November 30, so I thought what the hell, Lucy's kneeling there, holding that football, and she has such a nice smile on her face, why not try to kick that ball again? We all know how that story ends- Charlie Brown flat on his back in the grass again.

Even so, I was ready to try! They've never let me into their show before but maybe this new group of images is the winning ticket!

So I got all ready to fill out their application, and then I saw their application fee- $50. Outrageously high to begin with, and then my eyes popped out of my head when I saw that after November 1st there is a $50 late fee.

So, they are offering me the PRIVILEGE!! of paying $100 to have my images projected in front of their esteemed jury for eight seconds, and then maybe, just maybe, have a chance to do their show.

I just can't bring myself to do it.

No thank you Northern Virginia Fine Art Show. I don't know what kind of economic times you people are living in but this artist doesn't spend $100 on the POSSIBILITY of doing anything. 

So next year I will either apply early ($50 still seems steep- it's the highest I've seen), or maybe just accept that Reston and I were not meant to have our three days in the sun.
Sigh.
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St. James Court Art Shows

Hi Everyone,

I couldn't find the answer I'm looking for searching this site and others, so I'm posting the question. 

I see there are 4 unique applications for St. James Court.  Some reviews suggest that 3rd and 4th st locations are better then inner court. Again 3rd st has its own application and 4th st has its own application.

 

Those artist that applied for the 1st time, did you apply to more than one of the 4, or just apply to 1 for that particular year, hoping for the best to get accepted. 

Are the chances of getting accepted to any of the 4 the same as getting into 1?    Do some artist apply to 2 or more hoping that 1 of them will accept you?

 

As a 1st time applicant to the show, should I pick one to apply to or should I apply to 2-3 or all 4 hoping maybe 1 would accept me?

 

Any insight would be helpful. 

 Thank you in advance for your feedback.

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