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Timothy C. Tyler · 04-26-2002, 11:20 PM

I'm sure we all have lots of stories about art competitions. Some are done very well per the details of the prespectus.Many are not and others remain mysterious. Something I've wondered about is when a competition says, "the board of directors" or "board of trustees" or "advisory panel" will judge the competition, do they mean that? Some shows get so many slides that they pre-judge the show for the busy and famous group of judges. Some juried exhibitions will tell you that's what they do. Some of the art magazines still do this. They get 4,000 slides and send 200 to the advertised "judge".

This always seems to me at best unwise and rather undermines the entire validity of the competition. I'd like to hear others stories about how shows are done.

04-26-2002, 11:20 PM	#1
Timothy C. Tyler Inactive Joined: Jan 2002 Location: Siloam Springs, AR Posts: 911	Competitions and fine print I'm sure we all have lots of stories about art competitions. Some are done very well per the details of the prespectus.Many are not and others remain mysterious. Something I've wondered about is when a competition says, "the board of directors" or "board of trustees" or "advisory panel" will judge the competition, do they mean that? Some shows get so many slides that they pre-judge the show for the busy and famous group of judges. Some juried exhibitions will tell you that's what they do. Some of the art magazines still do this. They get 4,000 slides and send 200 to the advertised "judge". This always seems to me at best unwise and rather undermines the entire validity of the competition. I'd like to hear others stories about how shows are done.