[Jewelry making - Article 00141] - Re: [Orchid] Category Crossing at Shows

[CIelo]

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    I have been frustrated by this too, as both an exhibitor and a show
    manager. As a show manager, I have problems at every single show
    with artists who jury with one type of jewelry/product and bring
    something completely different. Unfortunately there is no way to
    really tell what a person is going to bring to a show once you've
    juried them in...for some strange reason jurying in for one thing
    and bringing another seems to be a common practice. I have started
    asking for a list of past shows with the application, so if I see a
    new artist's slides and I have questions often I will go through my
    list of returning artists and contact someone who has done a show
    with this person before to get their feedback. 

    This past year I had an artist jury in with beautiful clothing,
    however when she showed up she had brought 50% clothing (which was
    very different from the slides however still handmade) and 50%
    obviously imported jewelry. When I asked her to remove the jewelry
    because it wasnt handmade she insisted that she made it herself. I
    told her that even if she had in fact made it she wasnt juried in for
    it and she had to remove it. She began removing it as I walked away,
    I came back once she show had opened and she had not only put it all
    back out but she had added an additional table of this jewelry! To
    make a very long story short, I told her 6-8 more times to remove it
    and each time she said she would...the jewelry was never removed. I
    didn't really know what I could do, I felt horrible but I couldnt
    physically remove the jewelry myself. I have something like this
    happen every single show, and I am a small show, I cant imagine what
    the largeshows have to go through. 

    Unfortunately there isnt a whole lot you can do f someone refuses to
    comply once they are setup and the show is open (other than not
    invite them back next year). Lots of managers are also afraid of
    potential legal issues, I am only just starting my third year as a
    show owner/manager and I have already been threatened twice with
    lawsuits simply for not inviting people back when they have either
    broken the rules or grossly misrepresented their work. 

    The whole point of this was that there is show management out there
    who doesn't look the other way and tries to enforce rules...I try to
    do everything in my power to enforce the rules.

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