Thank you to these two shows for not requiring a booth shot.....it is so wonderful that dont require something as arbitrary and subjective as a booth shot. I wont have to guess if the jurors like 2 or 3 walls showing in the booth pic. Etc.
Pro panels are just sails for my painting diplay.....grid wall gives me a chance in the wind....
I do have a small old tent with a small rip in it.....and dont have money to replace it this year.
Again thank you for not being boothers.....
Join me in being an antiboother.
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For all the reasons Art on the Lawn just said. It is a burden to create one but that's part of the business of doing art shows and as Larry Berman says, convincing the promoter you will show up with a professional looking display. We've all seen way too many "artists", using the term loosely, show up with displays that are just somewhere between sad, pathetic, and outrageously bad if not deceptive.
There are lots of issues about what constitutes a good booth slide, split voices on what jurors say they want to see in a booth slide, but all that aside, it is up to the promoter to decide why a booth slide is important and what kind they want to see for what reason. Then enforce that in the jury process.
Some shows will put high emphasis on the booth slide not matter what I advocate. However I do want a count of the artist who are in favor and against.....so I can present a number to promoters......
Had the jury seen a booth shot, she would never have been accepted. Had she sent a booth shot that was significantly different from what she actually had, I would have had the leverage to ask her to leave. I had only just taken over managing the show, and unfortunately, the previous directors were very lax, so she stayed. Nearly ever other artist in the show who saw her booth registered a complaint, and most suggested that we ask for booth shots from new applicants. For that show, the Rockford Artists' Fair, we now require a booth shot from any new applicant.
I don't have a booth shot of my own booth, but you can be sure that I'll be taking some at the shows I'm already in. I have several different kinds of setups, depending on whether I'm showing 2D digital art or 3D jewelry, or both. I plan to get shots of each, so that I'm prepared for whatever show I want to enter.
Only once have I had to set up in the back yard a *pretend* booth and take pictures. They were OK, but the real thing is always better.
Just my two cents as artist and art show director. Always put your best foot forward and make a good first impression.
Barbara
I'm against booth slides also but would really like to see shows asking for more art images to see the strength of the presentation.and be able to jury artists based on their artwork The smarter shows require a booth slide to make sure that if accepted, you'll show up with a professional looking display. Some (like Fort Worth) instruct the jurors not to let the booth image effect the score.
My question to you is that if you get into one of these shows not requiring a booth slide, will you show up with a professional looking display?
Larry Berman
Digital Jury Services
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