The other day I recieved an interesting question from a show about my application.
To give some background; the show application had a section that asks for the high and low price range of the artwork. Filled that in and proceeded to submit the application last month.
The question from the other day was to briefly explain the low end of the artwork. They explained that the jurors would most likely want to understand the lower price range artworks since the jury images are the nicer and more detailed artworks. I answered politely and briefly but then got to thinking.... without pictures of the less expensive artworks; how are the jurors going to imagine them? Is the jury making descisions about art they will not see? Are the jurors making financial descissions as well as artistic?
My understanding had been that the questions such as price range, were you in the show in previous years, do you require flat ground, can you set up inside, what other festival have you done, will you donate artwork, etc....were used by the show committe to gather information for marketing, help with show layout and for their informational data base.
The question seems normal and weird at the same time. Any thoughts?
