[Jewelry making - Article 01037] - Re: [Orchid] Reality Check - The Sarasota Art League

[Michael David Sturlin]

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    I do not intend in any way to criticize the person who started this
    thread, but the tone and direction it has taken has veered rather far
    a field from answering the original questions which were posed to the
    forum participants. Taking the neutral observer's position on what
    has been presented, there are a couple of issues which bear comment. 

    To ask that an additional artist be included after the fact, having
    missed the deadline to apply, certainly would not be fair to those
    artists who did comply with the application deadline and went through
    the jury process. If any artist did not receive the application by
    mail, as expected, it is contingent upon the artist to obtain it by
    other means. If the artist's phone messages were not responded to and
    the artist felt participation in this event to be of significant
    value and importance, the artist should have been more proactive in
    the effort to contact the sponsors and obtain an application. 

    Any artist concerned about being able to contact the sponsors of
    this event, who had the presence of mind to conduct a very simple
    search on the internet for the Sarasota Arts Council, would easily
    find a direct link to their website as well as immediate access to
    the applications for the Arts Day event. Because the application was
    available online it was equally available to anyone with internet
    access, whether by private access from home or studio, or by going
    online at a public library. 

    Requesting the inclusion of an additional artist after the deadline
    has passed, and asking that the artist be grandfathered in based on
    past year's acceptance to the event was unreasonable. Assuming that
    any artist's work would have been automatically included based on
    jury selections from previous years disregards the decision making
    process and the free will of the jury, as well as discounting the
    potential quality of work from the field of applicants who completed
    their submissions within the imposed deadline. 

    Making demeaning and condescending remarks about the Arts Day
    Director, by name, on a public forum, was unprofessional and uncalled
    for.

Respectfully,
Michael David Sturlin
www.michaeldavidsturlin.com

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