tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post5903105228419099788..comments2023-06-13T08:29:39.914+00:00Comments on MAKING A MARK: Selection, jurying and must-see listsUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-75429922577920053602008-11-29T17:37:00.000+00:002008-11-29T17:37:00.000+00:00You are right about generating a response with lis...You are right about generating a response with lists and awards. That is why I came to this post, right? Very good observations and I agree. You just never know what the whim of the moment will be.<BR/><BR/>Richard McKinley judged our Austin Pastel Society show last year and he said that the selections he made could have been different on another day.<BR/> <BR/>Later....Jo Castillohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00411430042547033972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-30277975338889730612008-11-26T16:26:00.000+00:002008-11-26T16:26:00.000+00:00I recently had my first experience jurying an exhi...I recently had my first experience jurying an exhibition and blogged about it here: http://didrooglie.blogspot.com/2008/11/jury-duty.html <BR/>What I found most interesting about the process was that my co-jurors and I were mostly in concensus about the intial 'weeding out' jurying (cutting the wheat from the chaff as it were), but when it came time to choose awards not so much! As the other two were the more senior jurors and more in agreement than I was with them I felt no need to exert my decision above and beyond having an opinion about it, and then respecting their position and conceding.andreahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16364011769128646998noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-32145985936097733312008-11-26T12:59:00.000+00:002008-11-26T12:59:00.000+00:00Paul - I'm trying to find a reference for the 6 mo...Paul - I'm trying to find a reference for the 6 month 'die-off'. I know it works like that from watching how my ranking works in Technorati which in turn is based on how Google works (as far as anybody can work out!) <BR/><BR/>I pour over the webmaster guidelines and observe what is said elsewhere and they all say<BR/>* Don't participate in link schemes designed to increase your site's ranking or PageRank. In particular, avoid links to web spammers or "bad neighbourhoods" on the web, as your own ranking may be affected adversely by those links. (<A HREF="http://www.google.com/support/webmasters/bin/answer.py?answer=35769&cbid=-1au8e1vy3ej79&src=cb&lev=answer" REL="nofollow">Google webmaster guidelines</A>)<BR/>* Do not promote or participate in viral linking schemes. <A HREF="http://support.technorati.com/guidelines/" REL="nofollow">(Technorati DONT'S)</A><BR/><BR/>I agree with you the best way to go is just build a blog with good content and people will find you.Making A Markhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13509483023337008890noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-84055196611846580482008-11-26T12:34:00.000+00:002008-11-26T12:34:00.000+00:00Good post Katherine.Those 'link wheezes' as you ap...Good post Katherine.<BR/><BR/>Those 'link wheezes' as you aptly call them do make me laugh, mostly because, as you rightly say, they don't have a lot of effect unless they're very large scale and, as you also rightly say, they're backed up by quality content that builds links naturally over time.<BR/><BR/>One point though, you said "This is why Google doesn't count links which are more than six months old", but I think you meant the opposite, since long standing links are given more trust in Google.<BR/><BR/>As an ex SEO consultant myself, and a somewhat jaded one at that, I decided to do no optimisation on my own blog at all. There was no profit motive behind it, still isn't, and I wanted it to stand or fall on the quality or otherwise of the posts. It seems to be standing ok so far. Google has become much better at spotting obvious unnatural link building these days, not perfect but much better. In the long run, the best way to build a site that's successful on Google long term is just to build a good site.<BR/><BR/>I very much agree with your comments on the way the jury for the Discerning Eye operates. I think it's good that they rotate jurours, take them from three different areas (artists, critics and collectors) and that they ensure a good spread of opinion this way. I'm new to this juried show lark, but I'm pretty sure the only reason a complete unknown like me got into the show at all was because of the open and balanced nature of their jury. More power to them I say.Paul Foxtonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01392556096023285853noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-75781712382562063142008-11-25T18:00:00.000+00:002008-11-25T18:00:00.000+00:00I agree that the best results seem to come from ha...I agree that the best results seem to come from having more than one judge making the selections. Having been on a jurying panel, and hearing one of our selectors state his reason for not wanting a particular painting in the show because, "It has too much blue. I don't like blue", and at another exhibit, the judge indicate "clouds are never that white", I sometimes despair about the process. I believe that if an organization is mounting a juried exhibit, that they have a panel comprised of about three individuals to act as a measure of checks and balances. I strongly recommend that judges be asked to state the criteria they used in their choices for awarding the various prizes .Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-27679258707125116722008-11-25T16:17:00.000+00:002008-11-25T16:17:00.000+00:00I totally agree with you on the subjectivity of ju...I totally agree with you on the subjectivity of juried shows. I have had paintings be rejected in one show only to win an award in another. Now I paint for me, not awards. Awards are nice, but entering shows is not cheap so I more selective as to what I enter.<BR/><BR/>I also find the entire blog-list thing interesting. While I lived in China, I started a blog on MSN (blogger would not work well in China due to filtering) to let family and friends know what I was up to as well as post photos of my experience. I had few followers. Now that I am back in the U.S. and I have over two years of posts about China on that blog, people want to know what I am doing. It took two years to develop a following. What is ironic is that it happened when I returned! Developing a following with a blog takes time - there really are no short cuts.MaryAnn Clearyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18276955674738154597noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-90445576767385272882008-11-25T15:44:00.000+00:002008-11-25T15:44:00.000+00:00Fabulous posts and I agree with what you have to s...Fabulous posts and I agree with what you have to say. I have not yet read Tracy's post as I just sumbled upon and read yours, but I will click on it next.<BR/>We were just talking about the jurying process at my art club meeting last night. <BR/>I think I will forward your blog to the club so they can read it too!Marian Fortunatihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11107085447074524162noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-20645140.post-27760965613646277522008-11-25T12:48:00.000+00:002008-11-25T12:48:00.000+00:00Katherine, Interesting topics to ponder. It's be...Katherine, Interesting topics to ponder. It's been my experience when entering juried competitions that some judges have pre-determined what type of paintings they will allow in. For instance, I was rejected twice in two different shows only to learn later that these shows were "contemporary" what I think of as "out there" art. But when asking for artists applications, this was never stated what type of art they were looking for. I've learned to research the background of judges before entering.Janelle Goodwinhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00421704740728568653noreply@blogger.com