I do mosaic art. I use mostly stained glass, but some ceramic tile and other materials. I don't know what medium/category I should apply as - glass, mixed media 2D or 3D....any help/advice is greatly appreciated, thanks.
Read more…I make jewelry in both Precious Metal Clay and Wire Wrap. Since there are only 3 or at most 4 pictures submitted to the jury for a show, in the past I have taken pictures showing groupings of several items (such as 3 PMC pendants, or 3 wire wrap bra
Read more…I majorly improved my booth compared to last year's booth shot. I took a ton of photos day and night of all the shows I was in that I need to look through and pick out from.
Should my booth shot be daytime, nighttime or does it matter?
Is it better
Read more…On this site we have been agonizing over making our applications perfect to lead us to getting into the best shows. Here is what you can do:
It's been 12 years since I did a fair. I am setting up to do them again and trying not to repeat my mistakes. I would greatly appreciate any comments on my booth photo. Thanks!
One of the winter's biggest and most coveted art festivals is having its jurying today, the Coconut Grove Arts Festival. If you visit their Facebook page you can keep up with the process and get an idea of how their jury is run: http://www.facebook.c
Read more…Quick question. Are you allowed to show multiple angles of ONE artwork in one 1920x1920 ZAPP image? I have a wall sculpture that is 78"x24" and showing it in either a side view or a front view leaves plenty of negative black space.
Preferably, I
Read more…"Are acceptances only based on score? I could see where for balance a director might switch out an artist that had very similar work to other accepted artists. For example all painters with high scores did landscapes or there were a lot of landscapes
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Here's a link from my friend, photographer Allan Teger,that will give you something new to think about, worry about or even slow down your decision making:
"The very act of making decisions depletes our ability to make them wel
We have spent all week deciding what to hang, where- how to set up etc...
We don't even know which of our pieces to enter for a jury-- Claudia has figurative seires and abstracts, and Sergio has encaustics...plus we have a collaborations as well.
We
Read more…To Zapp or Not to Zapp, that is the question . . .
We have been promoting shows in New Jersey for 30 years. Approximately four years ago, we explored going with Zap as two other promoters who have shows in New Jersey had done (Artrider and Sugarloaf).
I'm getting server errors, and no page loading, starting at about 7AM this morning. My other internet services are fine; it definitely seems to be a ZAPP outage.
Coconut Grove has an early application deadline of today, and the price goes up at midni
Read more…Next Monday I will be on a panel at the ZAPP conference in Atlanta with the topic: "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know about the Jury But Were Afraid to Ask."
I'd love some input from you. Can you ask me now and I'll get answers for you and bring the
Read more…Recently at the South University Art Fair in Ann Arbor, an jeweler was asked to leave the show because his jury booth image did not match his exhibit at the fair. Maggie Ladd, the director, was alerted because of complaints coming from other artists
Read more…Jewelers beware
This is the worst I've seen in a while. Yes, I do see a lot of problem images that either photographers have the nerve to pass off as jury images or artists who think they are photographers take themselves. But sometimes artists can ta
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I have been doing small/medium size shows now for 2 years. I have finally been able to replace my initial tent and walls. Now I am thinking about possibly trying some larger shows next year. Anything you would do to improve this booth? I am
Read more…Naming Your Jury Images - Tip I was working on a set of images for an artist over the weekend. I noticed that her booth image was titled "booth 2005" in her ZAPP portfolio. I created a duplicate (all her images were committed to applications) and re
Read more…OK, I know I'm in Australia and things are different here, but I would like to get your take on how to meet a couple of criteria for a show that I would like to do.
The show is being run by an established promoter. I applied to their large show a
Read more…Hi there - I am posting this in the "newbies" section because I'm not sure where else to post...and I think maybe it shows that I'm a newbie to be asking this question; I'm sure more experienced people may have seen this before, but I just don't get
Read more…My foray into framed work is going well. Many positive remarks from the browsers. Fewer sales, of course. But enough encouraging remarks to continue. Now I'm wondering about how to photograph it for jury. Do you include the whole package, frame, mat
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