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What's up with Belleville?

Posted by John Lamar on April 1, 2015 at 10:05pm in Art Show Information and Discussions

Jury results were to be emailed Feb. 24th for Belleville's Art on the Square, but as of today is still in jury and asking for our patience. This is 36 days past the notification date and artists who have entered still don't know if they are in a show coming up on May 15th! It may just be a very bad April Fool's joke (there's been a lot of them today), but I'm wondering if any of you have any knowledge of what might be the delay or when we might be notified? I'll try contacting them tomorrow and will share any info I can.

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Connie Mettler April 3, 2015 at 4:10am

There must be a glitch somewhere, John. This is an all-volunteer show. They all are very dedicated to its success. Investigate all the replies from others and please let us know the outcome.
Jim Parker April 2, 2015 at 4:39pm

I got an acceptance weeks ago. Have you gotten other communication from them? One possibility is that your email was misspelled on the app form...
elaine lanoue April 2, 2015 at 2:28pm

The results are usually posted on entry thingy
Rose Ann gussy April 2, 2015 at 12:37pm

Don't understand what's going on. When I try to access the website, I get a 404 error.
- Leo Charette > Rose Ann gussy April 2, 2015 at 2:01pm
  
  It looks like they just put up a brand new site... you must have caught them in transition.
Barrie Lynn Bryant April 2, 2015 at 10:24am

WOW. AN APRIL FOOLS JOKE? THAT'S GONNA RUFFLE BELLEVILLE'S FEATHERS...

MAYBE THIS THREAD SHOULD BE REMOVED FROM AFI?
Leo Charette April 2, 2015 at 9:01am

Jury notification went out on Feb 24 via email . Check your spam for title: Art on the Square Results. I agree that entrythingy is not as user friendly as Zapp for keeping track of notifications, but it would seem that you would start by contacting the show, rather than posting to a public board. Here's an email for the show: artonthesquarecompetition@gmail.com
Barrie Lynn Bryant April 2, 2015 at 7:49am

I just thought of something. It might be a computer glitch and they don't know who got accepted and can't notify anyone about anything. Back in 2012, they apparently sent out an incorrect status notification to some artists about which they had to apologize. How would you like to be told YOU'RE IN and then read SORRY, YOU'RE OUT! Of course, the inverse wouldn't be a problem.

Are they still using EntryThingy for apps?
- Kathleen V. Smith > Barrie Lynn Bryant April 2, 2015 at 10:49am
  
  Yeah~if they are using entry thingy...that would make sense, but thought they said they were STILL in JURY...?!
Mel Hamrick April 2, 2015 at 12:55am

Wow! A week past the deadline I would have called already! Most other shows send emails the day of notification or the day after to atleast let you know what's going on.