Comments on: Showing Your Work: the jury process https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2019/04/showing-your-work-part-1-the-jury-process/ find joy, be inspired, create beauty Wed, 14 Feb 2024 16:26:03 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.9.4 By: Lyric https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2019/04/showing-your-work-part-1-the-jury-process/#comment-250352 Sun, 08 May 2016 22:13:57 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=87#comment-250352 In reply to patty.

What was there in this piece that made you assume the jurors couldn’t handle the work? They are paid a pittance for a job that is very difficult to do. I highly encourage you to volunteer for a local art group, or for SAQA or at minimum – at a local quilt show. Get involved and be part of the behind-the-scenes process. There are many people who put a call for entry together, write the prospectus, figure out the parameters of the venue and the theme of the show, figure out what rules make sense, do all sorts of mounds of paper/computer work to get everything ready to jury, write the acceptance and rejection letters (NOT an easy job!). Once you watch how things actually work the light dawns – you understand that rejection is not necessarily a judgement on the quality of your work most of the time.

]]> By: patty https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2019/04/showing-your-work-part-1-the-jury-process/#comment-249412 Wed, 04 May 2016 17:48:26 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=87#comment-249412 If the jurors can’t handle the work load than they need to step down.

]]> By: Jeanne Marklin https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2019/04/showing-your-work-part-1-the-jury-process/#comment-11610 Sat, 01 Mar 2014 14:43:43 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=87#comment-11610 Good post with very helpful information and links. I’ve enjoyed reading your thoughts on exhibiting in the last few posts. I love getting acceptance letters, rejections don’t bother me anymore, but I wish there was an easier way to ship work. Between paying the jury fee and for the shipping and materials, it feels like an expensive venture. But I do love sending my babies out into the world as you say!
Sarah Ann Smith has an excellent blog post about setting up the camera for photographing work which builds on Holly’s great information. Here’s the link to Sarah’s post: http://www.sarahannsmith.com/weblog/

]]> By: lyric https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2019/04/showing-your-work-part-1-the-jury-process/#comment-3198 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 23:08:29 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=87#comment-3198 Alison – point well taken about wordage. “consider” is a much better word than judge. In a perfect world we’d get lots of good feedback about why any piece did or did not get into a show. Even in the small shows I’ve been involved in – there are just too many pieces interred for the juror to be able to give comments to everyone. And – what would they say? Great work of art but your fish didn’t fit with all of the birds in the show?

The juried art world is simply a whole different world than the quilt-show world.

I think the best thing to do would be to have a trusted group of artists to get together for a critique once in a while. Nothing is better than a fresh eye and a good evaluation to help you see where improvement is needed in your work.

]]> By: alison schwabe https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2019/04/showing-your-work-part-1-the-jury-process/#comment-3194 Mon, 15 Oct 2012 14:40:48 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=87#comment-3194 Thoughtful and comprehensive, Lyric. I think beginners in this world will find it helpful. I only take issue with your choice of words where you say without good photography the jurors can’t ‘judge’ your work – perhaps you might have better used ‘consider’ ;-p you probably already know how I feel about how those words are used. And I think the hardest thing for newcomers to the world of juried shows is that they get no feedback on why their work was not selected. But lets be honest, quite often makers coming from a traditional background often assume if their latest art quilt is beautifully made, it should get in – but unfortunately there is a lot of poorly designed but technically terrific work out there.

]]> By: Showing Your Work: part 2 – rejection | Lyric Art https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2019/04/showing-your-work-part-1-the-jury-process/#comment-3159 Wed, 10 Oct 2012 06:00:11 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=87#comment-3159 […] like a failure? I discussed the jury process and the many reasons work is rejected from shows in my last post on this topic in case you missed it. What being rejected does NOT mean is that you are a failure as […]

]]> By: Byrd https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2019/04/showing-your-work-part-1-the-jury-process/#comment-3141 Mon, 08 Oct 2012 12:00:01 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=87#comment-3141 Thank you so much for this piece. You present such this critical information in such a straightforward manner – I learned so much without intimidation. Take care, Byrd.

]]> By: lyric https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2019/04/showing-your-work-part-1-the-jury-process/#comment-433 Thu, 11 Mar 2010 02:27:01 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=87#comment-433 Gerrie has a great little explanation of the jury process she just went through if you all want to look.
http://www.gericondesigns.com/weblog/?p=5630

]]> By: Jamie Fingal https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2019/04/showing-your-work-part-1-the-jury-process/#comment-420 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 19:55:50 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=87#comment-420 I do find this interesting and have enjoyed reading your opinion. What comes to mind for me is that I think it might be a little more involved than that. Yes, bad photography is an issue.But in jurying a show – what if all of the photos are good? Part 2 comes into play -good design, color, and contrast? To be able to see the full quilt, with the edges being visible and the detail shot. If there is a theme, does the work and the statement relate to it? And the bottom line is do all the pieces make a cohesive exhibit? How do they all stack up together?

]]> By: Tracie Lyn Huskamp https://blog.lyrickinard.com/2019/04/showing-your-work-part-1-the-jury-process/#comment-419 Mon, 08 Mar 2010 15:19:10 +0000 http://lyrickinard.com/blog/?p=87#comment-419 Lyric I love this post… very informative and helpful. I have never tried entering juried exhibits. But I might get brave and try one of these days.

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