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Jury Fees

Posted by Toni Macri-Reiner on April 5, 2011 at 12:06am in Jurying for Art Fairs & Craft Shows

Just noticed that the Naperville Riverwalk show (IL) has a $65.00 jury fee.

I was appaled at the $50.00 fee that was being charged by the State street (Ann Arbor) show.

 

Is this just greed or are they really just hoping to pare down the application pool?

If that's thecase they have sefinetly pared it down by one!

With booth fees going up do we now have to expect that jury fees will go to extremes also?

 

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  • Carla Bank April 6, 2011 at 9:24pm
    Mmm, I applied on time and paid 65.00  I thought it was way too expensive but I live close so I wanted to do that show. It is shady...
    • Linnea Lahlum > Carla Bank April 6, 2011 at 9:27pm
      You applied before the initial deadline of April 2, you mean?
      • Carla Bank > Linnea Lahlum April 6, 2011 at 9:32pm
        Ok, never mind,I did it after midnight, so I basically did it past the deadline. I should pay attention and I could save 30.00 if I was 15 minutes earlier. I paid the 65.00, my fault. Overpriced, anyway.
        • MICHAEL ALAN STIPEK > Carla Bank April 6, 2011 at 11:08pm
          If you have questions about Naperville, go on their website, click on the artists and if you know someone who did it last year, ask them this simple question:  "How grandfathered is this show?"  'Nuf said.
          • Linnea Lahlum > MICHAEL ALAN STIPEK April 7, 2011 at 11:00am

            I checked; though there are some names that are familiar due to having run across them before, there is no one I know.

             

            Maybe someone else will have better luck?

      • Carla Bank > Linnea Lahlum April 6, 2011 at 9:29pm
        Let me double check the exact date, but yes, I remember I did it before April 2
  • Layl McDill April 5, 2011 at 2:33pm

    I just applied to Shaw and the fee was only $25 and I thought- Now that is a reasonable booth fee!  I have decided against applying to several shows this year because the jury fee was $40 or over.  There is a point when it just doesn't  make sense to spend that much just for a very slim chance of getting in.

     

  • karen cooper April 5, 2011 at 11:42am

    Toni,

    You caught a typo somewhere.  It's $35.  At least that's what they charged me  :)

    • Linnea Lahlum > karen cooper April 5, 2011 at 12:34pm
      It's not a typo. Last year they also had that staggering fee for late applications. It's all listed on Zapp; but you do have to scroll down to find it.
  • Linnea Lahlum April 5, 2011 at 12:38am

    I saw this last year. It shocked me too, until I found out it is the fee for later applications. It was $35 before April 2.

     

    From their prospectus:

    "non-refundable payment of $35 for the jury fee, $65 if applying after the deadline of April 2 and before April 10, 2011.

     

    Bad, but not quite THAT bad.....

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