Comments on: An Inside Look at a Craft Fair Jury

By: Rena Klingenberg

Rena Klingenberg — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 03:10:13 +0000

In reply to Kathy L Smith. Hi Kathy, your best bet is to see if the person who made the videos has any statement on the video or on their website about how their tutorials may be used. If you don't find any statement about that, it's a good idea to contact the person, tell them what you'd like to do, and ask how their tutorial projects may be used. And I wish you all the best at your Festival! :)

By: Kathy L Smith

Kathy L Smith — Wed, 17 Feb 2016 02:52:43 +0000

I want to enter into the Festival this year and i need to know if it is ok to enter jewelry that i made from watching video tutorials.

By: Maria Jenny

Maria Jenny — Tue, 05 Nov 2013 13:24:47 +0000

Thanks for sharing this with us. I am considering applying for several craft shows that are juried. I am going to be using ZAPP to locate shows in my area. This was very helpful.

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 21:51:50 +0000

Although I don’t know if I will ever be able to do shows due to my health, I found this article very interesting.

By: Diane

Diane — Thu, 04 Jul 2013 21:50:49 +0000

Ann Nolen, if you also label your gallery items, I think customers and true animal lovers like me would really appreciate it. The first time I looked at your site, I spent a long time on Google and various world coin websites trying to figure out where a bunch of them were from, but couldn’t figure most of them out. I know that most people are not total animal geeks (before becoming disabled, my career – in fact ALL of my jobs since age 16 have been animal related) who also have had a love of foreign coins since the 3rd grade and will spend that time trying to figure it out. Also, I’m sure that a lot of people may love to have one who have visited the country that the coin is from, but do not recognize the coin. I hope that helps. By the way….I ADORE your work!!

By: Nancy Bailey

Nancy Bailey — Mon, 03 Jun 2013 02:48:52 +0000

Thank you Barb for the great tips when applying for a juried show. Those are the shows that we try for as much as we can. I believe they create a high quality show. When we lived in Oregon, we had tried for the big Salem show and ended up on the waiting list. We were happy that we were considered seeings that was the first juried show we had ever applied to. We plan on trying for some juried shows here in New Mexico. We hope that our jewelry is unique enough that it would be considered, and I’m always working on improving my photos. Thanks again!

By: Wanda

Wanda — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:43:41 +0000

Thanks for the tips! I recently entered my first juried show and was not accepted,but put on a waitlist in case someone dropped out. There were five jurists and from what I understand two of them really liked my work. Fortunately for me,there is another large (but non-juried) show happening at the same time,so I will be participating in that rather than waiting around to see if anybody drops out. I will try for this show again next year,because my jewelry keeps improving,so hopefully,I will be accepted in the future.

By: Penny

Penny — Thu, 24 Jan 2013 21:42:40 +0000

Does anyone know different venues I can check out in the San Francisco bay area. I sell at a local Farmers Market, but need more of an audience for my one of kind jewelry.

By: Bev Carlson

Bev Carlson — Sun, 11 Nov 2012 22:30:01 +0000

Yes, I agree, this is very valuable information. I just did a craft fair that, for me was my first real dud. Sold only 2 items. Yuck. It was not juried and is making me think I really need to find some juried shows to consider. Looking at shows now, for next year to be ready, is what I’m thinking I need to do. These tips will help a lot. Thanks.

By: Garnie

Garnie — Tue, 30 Oct 2012 14:34:29 +0000

Thanks for writing this article. I entered my first juried show this year and was accepted. The show is a local Christmas show at the MableHouse in Mableton, GA. I first visited the show last year on the advice of a good friend and jewelry designer. I checked out all the artists’ work and found that my craft, Kumihimo, was not represented in the jewelry area.

So, I signed up to be considered. I received my application, filled it out, paid my fee and was chosen #26. I have been working ever since. I am looking forward to my first show ever.

Your article gave me insight on what the process was to be accepted. I must say that I am a bit nervous and I guess it is to be expected. I will post again when it is over, Nov.30 – Dec. 9, and let you know how I did. Keep up the great work you put into writing your articles and newsletters. I find them very insightful and a great help in my jewelry business. PS>>> Thanks for your formula on pricing my work. I really needed it!

By: Michelle Buettner

Michelle Buettner — Thu, 31 May 2012 00:00:29 +0000

These tips you’ve shared are very good ones indeed! I’ve juried for the Tempe Arts Festival in Tempe, AZ and it’s a tough one to get into. The applicants that sell the most don’t get any special treatment in this show and they have to re-apply each year (at least that’s how they did it when I juried). Photos, as mentioned, are extremely important but more important than superb quality photography was following all the guidelines for entry that the organizers set forth. If they asked for something in a specific format or medium and it wasn’t provided that way, you couldn’t even be considered – regardless how amazing your photos and/or your art was. Also, presentations/slides/photos that showed your name or company logo were strictly forbidden and some jewelry artists had silver jewelry tags with their names on them and if those showed in a photo to where we could read your name or see your logo it was big ‘no-no’! So it’s extremely important to follow all the criteria for entrance into a juried show.
You’ve provided great information in this article Barb and it’s something that many artists will be able to look to for guidence when trying to get into juried shows.

By: Ann Nolen

Ann Nolen — Sat, 26 May 2012 05:12:57 +0000

Thanks Barb for sharing this information. Although I have gotten into some tough juried shows, there have been others I have not been able to get into. Not knowing what they are looking for makes it feel like a shot in the dark.

I make jewelry that is unusual at shows (hand painted world coins), so I appreciated your tip of labeling the photos. I suspect some juries look at my photos and wonder what they are. You are right, it is my job to make that clear so that what I make is judged properly.

Thanks again for your great advise. Learned something new!