Friday afternoon was interesting.
Very interesting.
I hand delivered the paperwork and fees for entering the Indiana U. Kokomo
Regional Art Show, which allows all media. That means anything that will
fit through their gallery doors and is called "art" can be submitted (must
fit inside a 6x6x6 foot cube). I had never been to the gallery there
before, so the director gave me a personal tour. The current exhibit is a
"solo" show of etchings and engravings. The level of work there has a "WOW
Factor"! Photography generally does not fare well in mixed media
shows. This is decidedly a cut *above* the standard regional *photo*
show. They plan on displaying about the best 50, cutting at least 2/3
(probably more) based on the applications already in when I handed them
mine. That means at least 2 of 3 will never see the walls or
pedastals. There is a 1st, 2nd and 3rd . . . period. No media divisions,
no categories, no age groups. Don't know if anyone on the list has walked
into a competition of some type and suddenly discovered it's a very
different and much stiffer league. Left there with some trepidation.
The entry fees are paid and finished mounting and framing the submissions
yesterday, so I'm committed. I will be very, very, very happy, if one of
the two cuts their muster and even gets displayed. The odds are not all
that high. Odds of winning anything? Hah! Very, very slim to zero;
emphasis on zero. I'm telling myself I will gain, if nothing else, a
"learning experience" from doing this. I have much better hope with the
four headed to the Logansport Art Association *Photo* Show at the same time.
-- John
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