Comments on: Assessing juried exhibit opportunities, Part 2 http://www.artbizblog.com/2009/11/juriedquestions2.html for the Business of Being an Artist Thu, 18 Mar 2010 10:15:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Franco Campese http://www.artbizblog.com/2009/11/juriedquestions2.html/comment-page-1#comment-15222 Franco Campese Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:32:43 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/?p=4627#comment-15222 This is a fantastic list if you have never been exhibited at a gallery. I even noticed some that I would never have thought about. Definitely keep this list in your head at all times when talking to galleries. This is a fantastic list if you have never been exhibited at a gallery. I even noticed some that I would never have thought about. Definitely keep this list in your head at all times when talking to galleries.

]]> By: Philip Koch http://www.artbizblog.com/2009/11/juriedquestions2.html/comment-page-1#comment-15218 Philip Koch Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:59:37 +0000 http://www.artbizblog.com/?p=4627#comment-15218 Alyson's fifth suggested question about whether their is someone onsite to facilitate sales points to one of the limitations of juried shows. A sponsoring organization, unless it stands to reap significant income through such sales, just isn't going to prioritize this. That is what commercial galleries exist for. Juried shows are generally more useful to build a track record for an emerging artist so that when she/he starts trying to work with commercial art galleries they can have something to point to in talking up the artist to potential collectors. Alyson’s fifth suggested question about whether their is someone onsite to facilitate sales points to one of the limitations of juried shows. A sponsoring organization, unless it stands to reap significant income through such sales, just isn’t going to prioritize this. That is what commercial galleries exist for.

Juried shows are generally more useful to build a track record for an emerging artist so that when she/he starts trying to work with commercial art galleries they can have something to point to in talking up the artist to potential collectors.

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