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Well, the first time I had to fill out a Zapplication - I also found
it daunting - mostly because I don't know Photoshop very well. But
with a few phone calls and one 4 hour session in Photoshop elements -
I struggled thru by the deadline, only to have it extended for some
phoney reason - like the deadline was artificially early to get folks
to try it. I suspect that some of the shows favorites weren't in yet.
In defense of the idea of Zapplication, I absolutely love the idea
of posting your pictures once and using them many times, rather than
copying slides ad nauseun.
I think that Marlene is correct that the jury system is compromised
with Zapplication. I have spoken at length to a show promoter who
shared the following information - and I'm repeating it as carefully
as I can. Promoters were invited to a seminar to aquaint them with
the Zapplication process - and the information I'm sharing came via
the promoter from that seminar. To have Zapplication process
applications for a show - the promoter pays a fee, something like
$12,000 per show. Zapplication requires that the promoter use
Zapplication jury people - the promoter can chose which ones, but it
is a limited list. The promoters concerns were that he would have to
raise fees to artists to cover the upfront cost, and that using the
same jury people for all shows would eventually mean that all the
shows start to look alike - exactly what he wanted to avoid. I
vaguely remember hearing that some national group of artists - NAIA
or something like that started Zapplication with the intent of
making the art shows consistent.
I can not speak for the truth of what's going on with Zapplication,
only to repeat what this promoter told me when I asked why he was
not using it. I'm probably going to be blacklisted for the shows
I've applied for now - but I sure would like to see some of the
Zapplication management respond to the concerns voiced by Marlene
Richey here on Orchid.
What do you guys and gals think?
Judy Hoch
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