The tent is up in the side yard, and my husband is shooting with his real camera. Before I finalize this, I'd appreciate any comments you all might have. This is pretty much all the art I have right now, so I can't add any.
Thanks!
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Cackling and horrified, I untied the loose knots holding up curtain backdrop as quickly as I was able. Thankfully and blissfully, the curtains dropped to the ground. I clipped the curtains shut and hung as much weight on the bottom of the curtains as I dared.
Giddy laughter would not stop bubbling from my lips. Again and again I looked in disbelief at the photo I had just snapped of my booth. I could not have set up, framed or imagined a more perfectly horrible image of my booth.
A gigantic, stomach churning, revolting butt crack was perfectly centered in the middle of my booth.
The take away lesson boys and girls? Always, always, ALWAYS, take a moment before the show begins to step back and look at what YOUR booth looks like from the aisle. ALWAYS!!
We juried the Royal Oak Clay, Glass and Metal Show Monday. A few observations.
First it amazes me every year how creative people are able to get within these few mediums. One hundred and twenty booths and each stands out as creative and unique.
Secondly, while I did not feel that the booth shots were given more weight than the work images, the majority of rejected work had poor booth shots and the majority of accepted work had professional images for their booth.
I say majority because it is not universally true. We accepted some work from artists with poor shots, even from an artist that had no booth shot. For this event at least you can't entirely blame the "fourth image".
I try to be communicative with the applicants so I did send some specific notes to artists regarding their displays. Of course those reflect only my opinion, but if you would be interested in seeing them, you could check out the posting on my website- Integrityshows.com/blog.
If you have not looked at R. C. Fulwiler's blog yet- Can the System be Improved? I would suggest doing so.
I am a mixed media jewelry artist whose main ingredient is the dried acrylic paint pulled from the artist palette. After years of doing shows, my booth has evolved to what you see here. It is simple, colorful, lightweight, and it all fits in my car.
Recently I mentioned to my jewelry photographer that I have never been accepted to a show from Zapplication. He looked at my jury slides and then assured me it was because of my booth shot, not because of the jewelry . He went on to say that jurors look at the type of tent in the booth shot, and if it is an EZ Up they are more likely to disqualify you.
Here's my question: What do you think? Is it the tent or the display, or both, or neither? What can I do differently that could give me a better shot at being accepted into shows?
Thanks!
