ever had your stuff submitted to be in a art gallery? i haven’t and i’ll tell ya, for someone who’s never done it – it can be a stressful & scary process.
the past few days i had been getting my stuff together for a jury review to get into a new art facility. its a photographer co-op consisting of 30 photographers. at this time – they got 13 selected already. great – now i have to compete against everybody on earth for a chance to get in as one of the other 17.
i made the mistake by thinking this would be easy. i didnt take everything into account. there’s more than just taking pictures, sticking a price to it, and hanging them up on a wall for people to buy.
there’s the in between stuff. the stuff that just drove me crazy. *note – this may not apply to the not a newbies.*
so during this event, i’ve learned a few things and thought i’d share them…
1. don’t procrastinate to the last minute to get your jury packet together.
cause i did – and it sucked. Continue reading ‘art gallery stuff (pt 1) – a few lessons learned.’
