Posted by Jan Hubbard on April 12, 2016 at 11:06am
I am looking for help it's been a long time since I thought about this. But with all the changes in the business I am wondering if this has changed to. Not to mention that I have to admit I do not remember what they are. I remember the process but not the percents used. Can someone help I have a show that I am in the NSUC in Deerfield Il and the percentages seem off .
Thanks Karen the long and the short of it when I am applying for shows I am unable to check out. I am just going to have to hope that they are going to do the best for the show and the artist.
Jan, it depends on the the size and type of show, and how popular it is with artists (therefore how many overall applications you receive).
For the show I organize, I want a balanced show with a roughly equal number of exhibitors in each category and as little duplication as possible within each category in terms of materials used, artistic style, etc. First I choose the categories I want to include, such as digital, fiber, glass, jewelry, metal/stone, mixed media, painting, photography, pottery, wood and miscellaneous. Then I divide the total number of available booths by the number of categories and that tells me the total number of artists I can accept in each category.
The percentage of acceptances per category depends entirely upon how many applications we happen to receive in each category. For example, we always get a ton of jewelry applications, so we usually end up accepting only about 20-25% of the jewelry entries. On the other hand, we don't get as many metal/stone applications, so we may accept 60-70%.
We also don't feel the need to completely fill every category, so sometimes even if we have room for every applicant in a category the jury still doesn't accept some that don't meet this show's standards. Any extra spaces are then given to high-scoring artists from other categories IF their inclusion won't overwhelm the category.
For example, extra spaces never go to jewelers because we always have the limit already. Extra spaces almost never go to painters or photographers, because those two categories have a lot of entries and together they create a lot of 2D (and mixed media includes 2D as well). In fact, I'm happy if the painting and/or photography categories come in a little under the maximum allowed so that the show isn't out of balance with too much 2D.
So in practical terms, the percentages are immaterial. What matters to our jury is the actual number of booth spaces that can be given to each category. You can get a percentage after the jurying of the percentage of applications accepted, but that percentage is unknowable beforehand.
So, Jan, there's really no way I know of to know "how a show will be" by trying to do the math when applying. Add to that the various rules governing each show -- a lot of shows accept more than their fair share of jewelers. Some take anyone who applies because they're desperate to fill the spaces.
The best way to get a feel is to attend the show yourself and check out the artist booths in your category. That should tell you whether you want to apply for the coming year.
Sorry for the confusion everyone this is what happens when you are doing this from your hospital bed at night. So I am alert now and what I am looking for is in a juried show what is the number of categories like painters they allow so a show is not all painters. It's that formula or process that I am looking for. So I can kind of get a feel on how a show is going to be. I vaguely remember but it was the number of available spaces by number of entries and that is all I remember. Thanks everyone
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Jan, it depends on the the size and type of show, and how popular it is with artists (therefore how many overall applications you receive).
For the show I organize, I want a balanced show with a roughly equal number of exhibitors in each category and as little duplication as possible within each category in terms of materials used, artistic style, etc. First I choose the categories I want to include, such as digital, fiber, glass, jewelry, metal/stone, mixed media, painting, photography, pottery, wood and miscellaneous. Then I divide the total number of available booths by the number of categories and that tells me the total number of artists I can accept in each category.
The percentage of acceptances per category depends entirely upon how many applications we happen to receive in each category. For example, we always get a ton of jewelry applications, so we usually end up accepting only about 20-25% of the jewelry entries. On the other hand, we don't get as many metal/stone applications, so we may accept 60-70%.
We also don't feel the need to completely fill every category, so sometimes even if we have room for every applicant in a category the jury still doesn't accept some that don't meet this show's standards. Any extra spaces are then given to high-scoring artists from other categories IF their inclusion won't overwhelm the category.
For example, extra spaces never go to jewelers because we always have the limit already. Extra spaces almost never go to painters or photographers, because those two categories have a lot of entries and together they create a lot of 2D (and mixed media includes 2D as well). In fact, I'm happy if the painting and/or photography categories come in a little under the maximum allowed so that the show isn't out of balance with too much 2D.
So in practical terms, the percentages are immaterial. What matters to our jury is the actual number of booth spaces that can be given to each category. You can get a percentage after the jurying of the percentage of applications accepted, but that percentage is unknowable beforehand.
So, Jan, there's really no way I know of to know "how a show will be" by trying to do the math when applying. Add to that the various rules governing each show -- a lot of shows accept more than their fair share of jewelers. Some take anyone who applies because they're desperate to fill the spaces.
The best way to get a feel is to attend the show yourself and check out the artist booths in your category. That should tell you whether you want to apply for the coming year.
I an confused!
that's fun sounding topic but i believe we have a typo here?
Jan, I'm sorry I have no idea what you're asking - maybe double check your spelling, sentences,etc,?