Comments on: Juried Shows http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/11/juried-shows.html Images and writing about my abstract contemporary textile art by Lisa Call. Thu, 08 Jan 2009 17:25:10 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: Nat http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/11/juried-shows.html/comment-page-1#comment-14982 Nat Tue, 04 Dec 2007 18:16:27 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/11/juried-shows.html#comment-14982 Great post. It articulates much of what I have been recently reading and thinking. I'm trying to get back in the swing of setting up goals in art, and the juried shows give me some targets-- but I have no illusions that they are leading much of anywhere. All the same, it would be some affirmation to get in there. Great post. It articulates much of what I have been recently reading and thinking. I’m trying to get back in the swing of setting up goals in art, and the juried shows give me some targets– but I have no illusions that they are leading much of anywhere. All the same, it would be some affirmation to get in there.

]]> By: Diane Clancy http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/11/juried-shows.html/comment-page-1#comment-14778 Diane Clancy Sat, 17 Nov 2007 01:39:36 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/11/juried-shows.html#comment-14778 Hi Lisa, This is a great post!! Thank you! ~ Diane Clancy <a title="www.dianeclancy.com/blog" href="http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog" rel="nofollow">www.dianeclancy.com/blog</a> Hi Lisa,

This is a great post!! Thank you!

~ Diane Clancy
http://www.dianeclancy.com/blog

]]> By: jafabrit http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/11/juried-shows.html/comment-page-1#comment-14774 jafabrit Fri, 16 Nov 2007 00:38:58 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/11/juried-shows.html#comment-14774 I haven't entered juried shows for years, but when I was starting out it was good learning experience. yes, overexposure is a problem and one I see several local artists making. They seem to recylce the same old paintings for every exhibit so that many don't even bother going to their exhibits. I haven’t entered juried shows for years, but when I was starting out it was good learning experience.

yes, overexposure is a problem and one I see several local artists making. They seem to recylce the same old paintings for every exhibit so that many don’t even bother going to their exhibits.

]]> By: San http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/11/juried-shows.html/comment-page-1#comment-14772 San Thu, 15 Nov 2007 20:19:50 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/11/juried-shows.html#comment-14772 Lisa, one of the artists we represent at our gallery decided to paint full-time about seven years ago. He got his work into several juried shows and then said, "This is costing me money and taking me out of the studio. I've had enough of it." Now he focuses on making paintings for the marketplace. Your words reminded me of his experience. They are wise. Lisa, one of the artists we represent at our gallery decided to paint full-time about seven years ago. He got his work into several juried shows and then said, “This is costing me money and taking me out of the studio. I’ve had enough of it.” Now he focuses on making paintings for the marketplace. Your words reminded me of his experience. They are wise.

]]> By: Daniel Sroka http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/11/juried-shows.html/comment-page-1#comment-14771 Daniel Sroka Thu, 15 Nov 2007 18:40:17 +0000 http://blog.lisacall.com/2007/11/juried-shows.html#comment-14771 I've always been a little jaded on juried shows. A few years back, I had the honor to be a judge on a well-respected graphic design competition. What I learned was that the judges quickly get overwhelmed. There is so much to see, and so much of it is the same (the same level of quality, the same styles, etc), that you quickly get desensitized to it all. As a judge you have the best intentions and try to make good decisions, but after the 50th, 100th, 200th piece, they all start to blur together. To get through the process, you *have* to get rid of 99% of the work, so you do, in any way you can. It's a process that produces a result, but not necessary one that always rewards quality. I’ve always been a little jaded on juried shows. A few years back, I had the honor to be a judge on a well-respected graphic design competition. What I learned was that the judges quickly get overwhelmed. There is so much to see, and so much of it is the same (the same level of quality, the same styles, etc), that you quickly get desensitized to it all. As a judge you have the best intentions and try to make good decisions, but after the 50th, 100th, 200th piece, they all start to blur together. To get through the process, you *have* to get rid of 99% of the work, so you do, in any way you can. It’s a process that produces a result, but not necessary one that always rewards quality.

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