[Jewelry making - Article 00250] - Re: [Orchid] Experience with the Rosen show

[Noel]

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>     I'd like more information on this because my concern is "why
>     bother applying" if they only accept new artists if an older artist
>     gives up their spot. 

    I can't speak to the Rosen Show, but I have a little experience with
    One of a Kind in Chicago. You must be juried in, to attend, but
    after that, you can keep coming simply by signing your contract and
    paying on time. Actually, you can get away with paying pretty late,
    if you do pay. This show is run much more like a business
    proposition that the typical art fair. This means that services are
    pretty much provided as expected, and things run pretty efficiently.
    It also means, in this case, that there is not really all that much
    awareness of or concern with matters of art and craft. For example,
    the promoters wouldn't recognize buy/sell merchandise if it bit them
    on the butt, though they seemed concerned when it was pointed out. 

    But I digress-- I haven't been to a Rosen show in years, and don't
    know what the quality is. But, as a business decision, I think it
    probably makes sense to keep artists who want to return. More
    efficient for the promoters, more predictable for buyers (unless
    they're looking for something fresh), more predictable for artists
    who get in and want to keep up their accounts. 

    Unfortunately, that means that there may not be much room for new
    applicants. I suspect that this is true at a lot of ostensibly
    re-juried shows-- why else would they be mostly the same artists,
    year after year? At least One of a Kind and Rosen are up front about
    it. 

    There will always be artists who don't find these expensive shows
    profitable enough, and drop out. The best shows are always tough to
    get into. At least with the "business" shows, as I think of them (as
    opposed to the "art" shows, like Smithsonian, Philadelphia Museum,
    etc), you know if you get in, you'll get to stay if you want to. My
    big peeve is the shows that somehow select the same 100 artists
    every year (and I'm not one of them), even though they claim not to
    pre-screen, but that's a different can of worms. 

Noel, feeling a little peevish in Evanston (hint)

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