5 things to do when apply to exhibits

Have you ever wondered how the jury process works for art exhibits? I’ve sat on several jury’s both as a decision maker and as an admin. Through that I’ve learned several things that influence how I apply as an artist today. First, I want to share the most common way I’ve seen jury’s work. I don’t think it happens with all jury’s but any I was involved with was based strictly on the artwork itself, with the application paperwork separate from the images. This relives any education, age or other biases. In these cases the images are all run through quickly sometimes 2x. Next, each image is visited individually and the jurors decide if they should remain in the running. The remaining artwork is then visited individually more slowly and this time the jurors make some notes using a score card from the gallery or their own. after a few minutes thinking they start discussing the work and this is the phase where more information about the artwork and artist is shared if asked. So for examp