Maggie Jones on fri 28 dec 07
I agree, I don't see the evil issues involved and since all my photos
have been digital for several years, the digital entries, whether Zapp or
not, is much easier for me.
also, why would an artist overbook themselves and cancel out?
Maggie
http://TurtleIslandPottery.com
Maggie and Freeman Jones
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 18:52:02 +0900 Lee Love writes:
> I don't understand the problems with Zzap. Can any one explain the
> issues with me?
>
> Digital really makes it easier for me, especially where
> slides are concerned and my being way over here on the other side
> of
> the globe.
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Richard Aerni on fri 28 dec 07
Maggie,
I guess it must be my posting you refer to, and I really don't think I
implied that it was "evil" as you state. The problems I was musing on could
be, and most probably would be, solved in the long run (as I stated in my
post). When something new comes onto a closed scene, whatever scene that
might be, petri dish in a lab or jury system in craft shows, the equilibrium
of the environment is disturbed and shifts in one direction or another until
a new equilibrium is established. We are just in the equilibrium shift
phase, and it's not good or bad, it is just a process we are in the middle of.
You wrote:
>since all my photos
>have been digital for several years, the digital entries, whether Zapp or
>not, is much easier for me.
Maggie, and that is part of the problem that ZAPP creates...it is much
easier for everyone! So people apply to all kinds of shows they wouldn't
normally have, since you don't need to fill out lengthy applications, have a
large collection of "show slides" which need to be marshalled out into
plastic sleeves, with postage paid return envelopes, etc, and write those
checks out longhand. You just click on some slide images, click apply, and
they suck the money out of your bank account remotely. It is so easy,
everyone is doing it!
And once again, it's not evil, it's just the way the world is choosing to do
business.
You wrote:
>also, why would an artist overbook themselves and cancel out?
Reading Kathi LeSeur's and Primalmommy's posts makes me realize that many
times I'm addressing an audience on issues that they may not have thought of
or dealt with before. As to why an artist would overbook, well, if the
chances are that you will be rejected from a certain percentage of shows
(and no matter how wonderful your work and slides, you will be rejected from
a certain percentage of shows), and you know how many shows you need to do
and how many pots you need to sell to make your living for that year, then
you apply to more shows than you need to do, in order to give yourself some
wiggle room when you find out which have rejected you and which accepted
you. Then when you get your acceptance/rejection notices, you need to do
more research to find out which are the best shows. Then you need to
balance your show schedule with your gallery wholesale schedule, your
workshop teaching load, your realistic studio production cycle, your ability
to travel to do them and at what rate, and what interval between in order to
produce more work and fire the big kiln. Then you need to keep making
adjustments throughout the year because all of the year's shows do not
accept or reject at the same time. There are only so many pots you can make
in a year and you need to figure out where and how to best sell them, so
that you can subsist, even prosper, and keep the energy and enthusiasm
intact to make it through the next year, and the year after that, etc., etc.
I hope that I am not sounding condescending. I also hope that my
explanation makes some sense.
Best,
Richard Aerni
Rochester, NY
On Fri, 28 Dec 2007 09:09:24 -0500, Maggie Jones wrote:
>I agree, I don't see the evil issues involved and since all my photos
>have been digital for several years, the digital entries, whether Zapp or
>not, is much easier for me.
>also, why would an artist overbook themselves and cancel out?
>Maggie
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