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  tachee |
"A little name recognition" that is important if you are going to say, teach classes- gives local credentials. gives weight if you were to write a book, i think. i have entered a few. never made best in show, but when i put art in galleries, people remembered my work from the juried show [gallery owner and a customer]. my thoughts are that any time you are presenting your work is a good thing. no one is going to knock on your door and ask if you have art for sale. you have to get it out there. of course, if ya wanna sell. i know a 70 yr old lady who does oils. really good work. she finishes one, looks at it for awhile, and it gets stacked in the basement with all the years and years of others. go over and she will show them to you, if she likes you, but you can't take her babies out of the house. shows- she don't need. | ||
Linda |
A little name recognition, so, well, this may sound silly, but is there any other reason to enter a show? I figure my works will be recognized eventually on their own merits. Who needs name recognition? I mean, what does name recognition do for you? "Put it on your resume" I've heard too. Do not one's works speak for themselves? Don't most people look at works and decide immediately "I like this work," or, "Not my style, thanks?" What the heck IS a show good for anyway? As Kukana wrote, the ribbons mean something only for the winner. It's the people of the future that eventually proclaim what is truly valuable in the art world, no? Just curious as to what others here think... | ||
Cathy |
Hi, Kukana, Whoa, where did the month of May go? I am sorry I didn't respond to your post.... I can't believe I missed it! Sorry! I think it would be great fun to work in your booth! I don't know about Friday, the day job provides an obstacle, but I could on Saturday. My computer hard drive got a virus and totally crashed. The good thing is I got it working again but lost all my info. Fortunately I got this computer in January and I only lost a few months worth of stuff. Sigh**** | ||
Sid |
Cat: The most complete listing I know of is "Sunshine Artist" magazine. It is a monthly magazine listing shows all over the country. Check their website: www.sunshineartist.com. Also, American Artist and The Artist's Magazine list show announcements and deadlines in the last few pages of the magazines. | ||
cat |
Would any of you know where I could locate a listing of the shows that would be available to enter? I am just getting there..that point where I am willing to layit on the line. Help ,please! | ||
Kukana |
Midway is a huge..no... HUGE show in the mountains outside of Salt Lake City near the Park City, Deer Vally ski areas. I actually used to live in Midway and know for a fact that the show is that BIG! I am very excited to be going as a artist this year and not just to work in the church run food concessions! It is only a two day show and runs the Friday and Saturday of Labor Day weekend. The greatest thing about Utah shows is that they never run on Sundays. Yeah!!!The crowds know this so they come out in droves on Friday and Saturdays. They are as good as any three day show anywhere else! And Midway is particularly good. There are many artists who claim that Midway accounts for almost 50% of their yearly income!!!!! The show is Swiss themed and booth have to reflect it. There are vendors that have over a 1000 bucks invested in their booths just for Swiss Days so as to be guarranteed in a space for the next year. Cute booths are very important to the jury committee. | ||
carol |
Kukana and Cathy... Congratulations you two. Where is the Midway show? It's been a couple of weeks since I emailed Lex.... Still no answer??? | ||
Kukana |
CATHY!!! I just got accepted to Midway! I've beentalking to other show folks and we've all been on pins and needles waiting to hear. It means big bucks!! Im so happy!!!!See you labor day weekend for sure..!!! I can't wait to meet you!!! | ||
Kukana |
Cathy I would love to have you come up to Swiss days and help me! I'll pay you to work my booth! As of this weekend everyone at the show (Other Artists) were all still waiting for their acceptances too so no one has heard. Hopefully soon. Glad you son is home..healthy I hope! Chase is doing great. His third 'B' this month. He LOVES NM I got juried out of Utah Art Festival (no surprize as they wont take any repros) and Im out of the another biggie in Seattle. Same reason. My husband just didn't read the fine print before entering. Oh well, win a few, lose a few. I need to count my chickens at the end of the year and not get worried inbetween. I'll be in Logan for the big Summerfest Show over Fathers Day weekend (a Thurs, Friday and Saturday show) I love those NO SUNDAY shows!!!How far is Logan form SLC? | ||
Cathy |
Hi! I made it into the second show, despite my slide! This is the major show of the year for the watercolor society, it is important to get in for recognition in the society. The main reason I enter juried shows is just to get a little name recognition... and something to put on my resume. Because of being in the shows this past year, I am getting opportunities to participate in other events and shows. So it's progress I guess. St. George would really be fun Kukana! My son is back, and he is deciding whether he wants to go to school there (St.George) or here in Salt Lake. YES, it is absolutely wonderful to have him home. I noticed on your website schedule Swiss Days is still pending, when do you find out about that? I am planning to go if you are going to be there, you know! Cathy | ||
Kukana |
Congrats, Cathy for getting in the show. Good for you!!!You should try for the St George one next year. We loved it. It was my favorite so far!! Doing shows is exausting but they do get easier. The first couple were a tremendous amount of work...now they're just a lot of work! I get a routine, set things that go to a show...so I don't have to think about it each time. Check lists, "a place for everything and evrything in its place" sort of thing. Suitcase stays permnantly packed...I wear the same thing to each show..I just wash it and put it right back in. Its been quite an education. I alway, still, worry about flopping! The whole process is expensive. The whole winning/placing thing for me is not important. I don't enter the juried part of the show unless it required. I've won quite a few things, but seriously, I don't care. I know that sounds weird but I really am there to make make a living, not get accolades. The last show I did, the winner of best of show didn't sell anything in her booth, not one thing!. I almost sold out! Ribbons only mean something to the winner... | ||
Dee |
Cathy, Sounds like you are doing it right. I actually had some slides where the entire frame was centered in the picture and you could hardly make out the painting. I *think* they were very proud of their framing techniques and not the painting. Some paintings are impossable to NOT have the matting showing....like long thin ones, perfectly square ones, etc. All Judges know this. So no problem. How did the jurying go? Did you make it? Sorry took me so long to answer. I have been going crazy getting ready for a show this coming weekend in Denver. I don't do art for a living, although it may be fun to do that....but LOTS of stress and sweat. I just geneerally do 7-9 shows a year. Gotta paint and get new stuff everytime I go to one......so I space them out and do most of them in the spring/summer/fall season. Good luck! Dee | ||
Cathy |
Jerry, love the painting! Hi Dee, Slides.... I have improved alot, but still have a long ways to go with taking them. I put a black background behind them and try not to get any of it in, but sometimes just a little bit will show. Is that a very bad thing? Just got a decent camera, a slr Nikon N55... actually my daughter did, but she's sharing! That will help alot. I should get word any day now on the show I entered with slides. I had two submissions due the same day, the other you took the actual painting in, and it was juried in.... that was a not so hard show to get into though. The reception is this Friday. Appreciate everyone's tips.... Jerry you're painting is inspiring! Thanks, Cathy | ||
dee |
Stuture.....fabulous oil! LOVE the play with light and the composition! Very impressive. I thought I would give a bit of info about being 'rejected' at some major shows. Believe me we all have and some shows are nearly impossible to get into. Some of those are political, or they are looking for something I don't do, or they don't like me.....who knows! I used to get upset about being 'rejected' (I know not the PC word but that is what it is), but now I figure 'what the heck'....their loss. I juried a show last year and believe me I saw some really BAD slides! Just make sure that you send in slides that do NOT include the frames, the chair you propped it up on, etc. I don't judge by how it is framed, I judge by the image itself. All the framing, matting and the chair it is propped on takes away from the image. Just a hint! | ||
Dake |
Juicy! Jerry, nice brushwork, and color. | ||
Kukana |
I't great. No surprize that it got accepted. I like the ones you claim are "Fast Sketch" paintings. They have a wonderful freedom to them. I Find the same holds true to my work. The less I do, the more free and not overworked they look! | ||
SutureSelf |
Here's the picture that was accepted into the California Art Club's Gold Medal Exhibition. It's a quick oil sketch - about 2 1/2 hours. I'm amazed that it was accepted, but happy.  | ||
Cathy |
It's so true Kukana. I just visited THE art show for the Olympics (it's up til the end of April) and some paintings you just scratch your head and say "I don't understand". Some paintings have weak composition, or this or that isn't right and on and on.... Ah, it's easier to be a critic about other people's work! :-) I do catch myself wondering why some pieces got in. But hey, I love to see it all no matter what! | ||
Kukana |
Juried shows are interesting. I was just St George for their Art Invitational They had a juried show that I chose not to enter. Its amazing what gets in and what doesn't. What wins and what gets hung on the back wall. I'm convinced that many,not all, but many juried shows are juried by a bunch of community memebers that sit around drinking Starbucks and eating donuts and say "Oh, thats purdy" and in it goes! If it matches one of the judges sofa, your in! I do however like the shows juried by good AWS artist who have been in the field a long time. But even some of them...???? It boils down to someone personal taste. You have to get thick skinned if you want to enter shows. And then, after all that work, you hang a painting in a show to sell, and the doo-da that buys it, buys it to match their couch!!Not because it won anything or was your hallmark breakthrough piece!!!!!!! Im in a cynical mood, can you tell????? Dake, see what happens when you're not here to play the devil advocate and complan about the establishment??? I have too! You're so much better at it too!!! Love that Aussie humor !!! | ||
Cathy |
Thanks Carol and Jerry. I appreciate your advice. The submission is due at the end of the month. I will let you know what happens! | ||
SutureSelf |
Carol is right. Remember, you're not framing for interior decoration; you're framing for a museum. (Even if the show is held in a gymnasium, regard it as a museum.) Assemble-'em-yourself frames are okay for local shows, but if the show is an important one, invest in the best frame you can afford. In the future, if you have the opportunity to be pre-juried by slide, take advantage of it. If you're rejected, hey, it only hurts for a month or two, and what does that judge know, anyhow? Sometimes slides are the only method of entry available to you. If you regard art as either a vocation or a serious avocation, you'll have to learn to take good slides (or find someone else who does.) Thanks, by the way, for mentioning me in that complimentary context. It came just as I was accepted for the California Art Club's annual Gold Medal Exhibition, to be held at the Pasadena Historical Museum, and, yes, entry was via slides. Good luck in your entry. As important as other considerations are, the work is still the most important thing. Let us know how it went. Jerry | ||
carol |
Cathy. I'm not what you would call a pro at this, but I went to a workshop and the instructor, ( who has juried many shows, incl AWS), gave us some tips. Keep the mat and frame simple. mat should be an off white like "antique white"... wide is better 4-5". frame simple metal or wood. Not an ornate type that take the focus from the painting itself. Paint a subject from your heart, not something you think the judge would like. Follow all instruction to the word. Mind you, this is just my humble opinion. Good luck. | ||
Cathy |
I know there are quite a few of you that have successfully entered juried shows and won awards (Sutureself to name one). I am looking to enter a statewide show for the first time, it is the kind you can either submit slides early or take the piece in. I'm not going to mess with slides, just going to take it in and would like any tips that would help me avoid dumb mistakes due to inexperience. Also if there is any tips that will make work stand out (besides being excellent art) I would love to hear that also. Thanks, Cathy |
