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About the Jury Process: Your entry is judged by an independent panel of art professionals, educators, and peer artists. The panel is different each year to provide opportunity to more artists. The jury will examine your entry for appearance, originality, quality of execution, and your ability to display your work well. The last criterion is if the jury members believe your work would be embraced by our art patron. If your entry is lacking in any of these areas, your chances of acceptance are minimized. Remember, several times more applications arrive than there are available spaces in Festival, so difficult choices have to be made. You are juried anonymously, based solely on your photos and the descriptions you enter. Do not include your name, your self, or any other identifying information in your booth photo! Enter the category that best describes your work! We utilize different jury members for each media, so if you enter the wrong category, your entry may not be seen by the most qualified jury members. If you’re unsure which category to use, then please call or email us before you complete the application. Make sure your photos show your work clearly and your descriptions are easy to unders tand . Avoid words and terms that are not well-known outside your medium or method, and be sure to provide information that helps to explain the piece and what might not be obvious in the photo. For example: You can leave colors out of your description because they are obvious, but including a list of materials and methods might be helpful in unders tand ing the complexity of your work. The jury members will be looking at thousands of images, so choose pieces that are unique and exciting. Also choose pieces that coordinate well, rather than examples of every different style you have ever done. The jury will be looking at all of your photos at the same time, so make sure they look good together. Photos that include more than one piece are acceptable, only if the work is best displayed in a group. Examples are: a necklace with earrings, a group of three slender vases, a triptych of paintings, or a pair of sculptures that interrelate to each other. Your booth shot is vital to your success in being accepted into Festival. It should show that you display your work neatly and professionally. Do not overcrowd your booth shot with your work, and crop away any distractions that the jury does not need to see. Your booth shot does not need to include your entire canopy, your packing materials, your lunch or the other booths around yours. Do not show signage or people in your booth shot. Just showcase your work on display, as we would expect it to appear at Festival. If you still have questions about filling out your application, call the Artist Helpline at:
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