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10/25/2008 11:22:22 AM · #1 |
I just recently submited three works to a local gallery/artschool/community center
CALC, and they accepted them for sale, and "Juried" me.
I was told that this was something that I needed to have done for acceptability, and to establish myself in the area's arts community, but.....
I still feel the same, I've experienced no epiphanies, I don't think I'm any more talented, nor any wiser.
My work was critiqued, which I expected, and fortuately since I've been active at DPC, the criticism seemed minor.....8>)
So I guess what I'm looking for is a general sense of what it means to any of y'all that have gone through the process and what it really means from this side of a fence that I didn't even know was there for years.
I know that I'm not by nature what I'd consider to be an artist/art connoisseur...the thought of moseying through a gallery with dim lighting, sipping the latest popular wine, and commenting on aesthetics makes me want to slash my wrists.....
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10/25/2008 11:33:27 AM · #2 |
Here, for example, is a statement from Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, a community gallery that uses a similar process. This "jurying" is actually quite common with galleries that operate in the public domain, rather than as private, for-profit enterprises. I believe the primary purpose of the jurying is to be sure that favoritism is not being shown in the selection of artists. After all, if Melba Fairhacker, the long-time president of the Pehawkee Art League, decides it's a good idea to give her sister Ida Louise a show, there might be questions raised as to whether a "more deserving" artist was passed over so Melba could gild Ida Louise's lily, so to speak.
Hopefully, the jury process puts such issues to rest...
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10/25/2008 11:41:31 AM · #3 |
Congratulations!
Interesting question. I don't know either. I just got accepted into my first juried show, too. For me, it means that they think I'm a "nature photographer," because that's what I submitted into the jurying. They think, based on the three smallish jpegs I submitted, that I can produce 15-20 hangable, sellable nature photos by next September. Yikes! I didn't even own a printer until last month. At the moment, I'm focused on getting ready for the show, so I'm not worrying about anything beyond that. Other than wondering if I really have 50 people to invite to the reception...
In other words, I'm excited, slightly panicked, and willing to let anything else be revealed in the fullness of time. But as far as your questions, I have no clue.
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10/25/2008 12:16:17 PM · #4 |
| Juried art show info here and here |
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10/25/2008 12:22:51 PM · #5 |
Originally posted by fldave:
Juried art show info here and here |
That's a slightly different situation, if I understand Jeb's question. Your links talk about what amount to competitions, where artists submit individual works to a jury and the "best" of them are hung in a "juried show".
In Jeb's case, the "jury" serves as gallery oversight. The people who run the community gallery were interested in exhibiting his work, and submitted him to their jury to have him vetted. The jury passed him, and now he is "authorized" to exhibit in the gallery. It's set up this way so the people (mostly volunteers) who actually run the gallery, and do the fundraising, and what-not, can't be accused of favoritism (or just plain bad taste) in the selection of exhibitors, since a "qualified jury" has vetted their choice of Jeb.
If I understand it correctly, anyway; it's pretty normal in that world. Private galleries, of course, don't have to go through this; the owner can hang whatever s/he wants to in those galleries.
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10/25/2008 01:16:27 PM · #6 |
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Here, for example, is a statement from Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, a community gallery that uses a similar process. |
This seems about the same as submitting a stock photo to a screener -- they just want a consensus of several opinions to narrow the selections down to ones they think have the highest probablility of generating actual sales. I think the larger stock sites (e.g. Alamy) also use more than one screener. |
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10/25/2008 01:34:16 PM · #7 |
Originally posted by GeneralE:
Originally posted by Bear_Music:
Here, for example, is a statement from Bainbridge Arts and Crafts, a community gallery that uses a similar process. |
This seems about the same as submitting a stock photo to a screener -- they just want a consensus of several opinions to narrow the selections down to ones they think have the highest probablility of generating actual sales. I think the larger stock sites (e.g. Alamy) also use more than one screener. |
Yes, basically, but notice that this gallery (and apparently Jeb's) are community based. I am presuming funding is received from donors and/or community arts councils etc. I have some personal experience at this, I was a juror for such a gallery once in California. The factors I have mentioned specifically came into play.
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10/25/2008 01:51:26 PM · #8 |
| I'm just comparing the screening processes, not the submitting community or target market or anything. |
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