Mitch Kotula on thu 10 jul 03
Get your group of people together, along with some
pots. Discuss the pots and whether these are the kind
of stuff you want and why. If now, why not?
Over time, you will have a good idea of what you want.
I think a minimum of 3, best with 5.
Develop a scorecard, with criteria and each judge
evaluates and scores. Not only will it be a go/no-go
evaluation, but a prioritization process in the event
you have too much stuff.
Also, go to some galleries and get copies of
consignment agreements. People who consign, agree to
your rules. Key item is length of time you can keep
the pieces and your right to return whenever.
Mary Ann Diggory recently set up a co-op in Geneva,
IL. She now has some experience that might be of
value.
Mitch
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Earl Brunner on thu 10 jul 03
This becomes a sticky wicket. How are you going to keep feelings from
getting hurt? I don't know how much space you have for retail, but you
might consider having a "higher end" gallery area, and a co-op area.
Your Co-op area could allow each person belonging to the co-op to have a
specific area. It could also be the area where your learning people have
a chance learn through participating in the process. Do you have a
board of officers? Who makes the decisions? You could have an odd
numbered panel, 3, or 5 (for tie breaking purposes). Each person could
pick some members (for their own panel) and the board could pick some
members.
Other than that, you might want to spell out all of the things you don't
want. If you get too rigid though, there will be problems.
I know you are just starting out, but some co-ops "jury" people into the
co-op as space becomes available, and if they are juried in, that serves
as the shop jury as well.
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of stacey
ballard
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 5:10 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Help for the would be Jury
Well, the South Lake Tahoe Co-op is about to open and we have run upon a
problem. I wasn't sure how to look this up in the archives, so I thought
you all might have some ideas. We are going to have a retail area, but
would only like high quality pieces to represent our co-op. So, we are
going to have a jury to sellect pieces. How many people are usually on a
jury? What are some of the guide line the jury goes by? We know we don't
want broken or cracked pieces (unless it's part of the design) and we
don't want 5lb. coffee mugs...but that's about all we have right now.
Can you help?
Thank You in advance,
Stacey Ballard
http://www.basicelements.biz
stacey ballard on thu 10 jul 03
Well, the South Lake Tahoe Co-op is about to open and we have run upon a problem. I wasn't sure how to look this up in the archives, so I thought you all might have some ideas. We are going to have a retail area, but would only like high quality pieces to represent our co-op. So, we are going to have a jury to sellect pieces. How many people are usually on a jury? What are some of the guide line the jury goes by? We know we don't want broken or cracked pieces (unless it's part of the design) and we don't want 5lb. coffee mugs...but that's about all we have right now. Can you help?
Thank You in advance,
Stacey Ballard
http://www.basicelements.biz
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Stephani Stephenson on fri 11 jul 03
Following is one way to jury an exhibit by committee,
This way is especially useful for an exhibit with a large quantity of
submitted work,
also used when work is submitted directly, as opposed to submitted by
slides
All the submitted work is placed around the reception room, not hung or
displayed or anything, just
distributed well enough so that the work can be separated somewhat, and
seen,
Give each juror some index cards or post- it flags or some such thing.
Jurors, individually and prior to discussion, take some time to walk
around , view the work, and place 'flags' , index cards or post- it
flags next to work they feel is of merit.
After they are finished, the jury, as a group, reviews the work .
If a jury has 3 people , for example, they can either review all
pieces that have cards placed by them, even 1 card, or, more commonly,
they can start with the pieces having 3 cards (these pieces would have
received 3 out of 3 votes ,so are the ones that are already generally
agreed upon.
If they still need more pieces, or if they feel that there is still a
need for variety, etc., outside of the '3 card ' pieces, they go on to
review pieces which have 2 cards or 1 card. Or if there are too many '3
card' pieces, they discuss which to eliminate , or have another round of
card voting.
During the first 'card' phase, it is OK to give jurors more cards than
there are spots. You don't want this first phase to be excruciatingly
long, i.e. if you have 200 submitted pieces and only room for only 20
pieces in the final exhibit, don't just give the jurors 20 cards,
because they may labor too much on each initial choice. You want them to
move through the first phase contemplating, selecting, but realizing
that the final choice will be arrived at in the second phase.. Of
course giving them 150 cards out of 200 is probably too many!
I like this way because, during the initial 'card' phase, each juror can
review work freely as an individual and each juror has an equal 'voice'
. No bullying, pressure to submit, dominant/submissive antics, etc.
The second part of selection which does allow for discussion and group
decision, is also good.
With this method, no marathon session where jurors must sit through a
long slide selection process, no lengthy linear discussion of every
single piece , no involved note keeping or numbering system .
Selection is made by looking at actual physical work.
This is especially appropriate for locally based work, as little or no
shipping is involved.
You eliminate the 'not selected ' work pretty quickly , choose the
'everyone agrees upon ' work pretty quickly, and therefore whittle
down time spent on dickering, advocating, disagreeing, compromising,
etc., to those pieces 'in the middle' .
sincerely
Stephani Stephenson
steph@alchemiestudio.com
stacey ballard on fri 11 jul 03
Hi Earl,
Well, I finding out (from the posts) that this may be a bigger problem then we all thought.
We don't want to hurt feeling, but our retail space is small (about 250 sq. ft.) and we have about 15 members. we didn't think about jurying members prior to membership. We thought we needed everyone we could get, just to get the place open (which ended up being true) but now we are running into this. We want only high quality work to represent the co-op, so I think this is going to be a sticky situation. We are planning on having a jury of 5 people. We also have a board of directors, but the board doesn't nessessarily want to be on the jury. Well, this is turning out to be more complicated than I thought.
Thanks Again,
Stacey Ballard
http://www.basicelements.biz
Earl Brunner wrote:
This becomes a sticky wicket. How are you going to keep feelings from
getting hurt? I don't know how much space you have for retail, but you
might consider having a "higher end" gallery area, and a co-op area.
Your Co-op area could allow each person belonging to the co-op to have a
specific area. It could also be the area where your learning people have
a chance learn through participating in the process. Do you have a
board of officers? Who makes the decisions? You could have an odd
numbered panel, 3, or 5 (for tie breaking purposes). Each person could
pick some members (for their own panel) and the board could pick some
members.
Other than that, you might want to spell out all of the things you don't
want. If you get too rigid though, there will be problems.
I know you are just starting out, but some co-ops "jury" people into the
co-op as space becomes available, and if they are juried in, that serves
as the shop jury as well.
-----Original Message-----
From: Clayart [mailto:CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG] On Behalf Of stacey
ballard
Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 5:10 PM
To: CLAYART@LSV.CERAMICS.ORG
Subject: Help for the would be Jury
Well, the South Lake Tahoe Co-op is about to open and we have run upon a
problem. I wasn't sure how to look this up in the archives, so I thought
you all might have some ideas. We are going to have a retail area, but
would only like high quality pieces to represent our co-op. So, we are
going to have a jury to sellect pieces. How many people are usually on a
jury? What are some of the guide line the jury goes by? We know we don't
want broken or cracked pieces (unless it's part of the design) and we
don't want 5lb. coffee mugs...but that's about all we have right now.
Can you help?
Thank You in advance,
Stacey Ballard
http://www.basicelements.biz
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Janet Kaiser on sat 12 jul 03
It is easy being wise with hind-sight. You may even have passed the point
of no return! What do you have in your written constitution? Do you have
such a thing? A governing document? A formal exhibition policy? If you
wanted members to do all the grump work and set it up, were you being
entirely honest about your aims and their acceptability as "full members"?
You don't want to appear unfair to individual members or acquire a
reputation for getting individuals on board under false pretences! Was the
right to exhibit by members one of the main incentives?
I suggest a temporary solution until you sort it all out: Do you know a
high-profile potter with a very good reputation themselves you could invite
to make the first selection and go on from there? Sort of "set the tone",
leaving later exhibitions until after you sort out your exhibition policy
and send a written document to each member?
In all probability you will hurt feelings, but if your mission statement is
"high-end gallery quality", most people are going to accept that and are
honest enough to realise that their work is not up to standard -- yet! Be
kind to them, but firm about it. A co-op is all about mutual support, so it
should give them an incentive to work at becoming "representational". If
you have a co-operative, how can you get around letting some members show
and others not? Seems to defeat one of the major aims of working together
and pooling resources!?
Whatever you do, don't have anyone from the co-op on that 5-member jury you
propose... If there are going to be hurt feelings, you don't want them to
rankle within your organisation! Bad blood can quickly destroy all the good
work you are doing! Good luck! I'd rather you than me!
Sincerely
Janet Kaiser - on a brilliant sunny day with sailboats filling the bay!
must be a regatta somewhere... Once to Criccieth Castle, back in time for
tea...
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>We don't want to hurt feeling, but our retail space is small (about 250
>sq. ft.) and we have about 15 members. we didn't think about jurying
>members prior to membership. We thought we needed everyone we could get,
>just to get the place open (which ended up being true) but now we are
>running into this. We want only high quality work to represent the co-op,
>so I think this is going to be a sticky situation. We are planning on
>having a jury of 5 people. We also have a board of directors, but the
>board doesn't nessessarily want to be on the jury. Well, this is turning
>out to be more complicated than I thought.
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Carole Fox on sat 12 jul 03
Hi Stacey.
I belong to the Newark Art Alliance in Delaware. Downstairs they show a
juried exhibit which changes from month to month. Also, upstairs is a
member's gallery shop where pieces are juried in as well, but it seems that
they are much easier with qualifications. Perhaps you could set up a small
area apart from the main exhibition where you could have a sales area
available to all members. It works well for NAA.
Good luck!
Carole Fox
Elkton, MD
thesilverfox@dol.net
----- Original Message -----
From: "stacey ballard"
To:
Sent: Friday, July 11, 2003 10:33 PM
Subject: Re: Help for the would be Jury
> Well, I finding out (from the posts) that this may be a bigger problem
then we all thought.
> We don't want to hurt feeling, but our retail space is small (about 250
sq. ft.) and we have about 15 members. we didn't think about jurying members
prior to membership...
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