{"id":31,"date":"2020-04-09T00:13:31","date_gmt":"2020-04-09T00:13:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/artdeadline.com\/articles\/?p=31"},"modified":"2020-04-11T00:15:59","modified_gmt":"2020-04-11T00:15:59","slug":"jury-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/artdeadline.com\/articles\/jury-review\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do Jurors Look For When Reviewing Artist Entries"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>ArtDeadline.Com completed a 5 year long online survey of member artists regarding what they think is the number one artist strength judges look for when reviewing works submitted for competition?<\/p>\n<p><strong>The results<\/strong> along with sample comments are shown here\u2026<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>52% \u2013 Fresh Vision<\/li>\n<li>14% \u2013 Strong Focus \/ Idea<\/li>\n<li>14% \u2013 Strong Composition<\/li>\n<li>07% \u2013 Quality of the Slide or Digital Image<\/li>\n<li>05% \u2013 Harmony &amp; Cohesiveness<\/li>\n<li>03% \u2013 Related to Competition Theme<\/li>\n<li>03% \u2013 A Strong Design<\/li>\n<li>02% \u2013 Passion &amp; Inspiration<\/li>\n<li>00% \u2013 Understanding of the medium<\/li>\n<li>00% \u2013 Use of Color<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Artist Comments:<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cI think it is far and few jurors who pick work outside of their strengths in their own medium.\u201d \u2013 Kim<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStrong Design and Strong Composition seem slightly similar to me. I think the Three C\u2019s are most important\u2026 Concept, Context &amp; Content.\u201d \u2013 Emelie K.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cQuality slides can make artwork look more refined than it actually is, thus creating a spotty exhibition. I don\u2019t blame the juror because it is difficult to assess unseen artwork through slides. I am surprised that more competitions don\u2019t exercise their right of refusal when seeing the originals.\u201d \u2013 Peter H<\/p>\n<p>\u201cComposition gives the life to a painting. To be intrigued, challanged and inspired are all elements in a good composition. A strong composition freezes you, and you will remember the piece. Especially after viewing 500 pieces in a day.\u201d \u2013 JR<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf the slide quality isn\u2019t great even Van Gough wouldn\u2019t get a second glance.\u201d \u2013 Richard W.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIntegrity and commitment to a vision as well as consistency are the strengths most valued. At least, should be!\u201d \u2013 Paul Z.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThey look at the superficial first to see if it fits their narrow scope or not.\u201d \u2013 James D.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have noticed that there are some jurors who favor work similar to their own. Slide quality is first seen and can discount an otherwise good work. Often when I visit a show I am mystified by the lack of quality in some of the works chosen. I think there are jurors who rush through the process.\u201d \u2013 Anonymous<\/p>\n<p>\u201cPicked quality of slides as #1, but do believe each choice is considered throughout the judging, but if slides are not good pictures will never get chance to be judged on any level.\u201d \u2013 Leni<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe first impression in that slide screen which lasts 20 seconds or so is the most important. If the composition is strong, all other elements will speak out with it. All the other catagories are significant, and cannot be dismissed in any way.\u201d \u2013 anonymous<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ArtDeadline.Com completed a 5 year long online survey of member artists regarding what they think is the number one artist strength judges look for when reviewing works submitted for competition? The results along with sample comments are shown here\u2026 52% \u2013 Fresh Vision 14% \u2013 Strong Focus \/ Idea 14% \u2013 Strong Composition 07% \u2013 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":32,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[12,13,24,20],"class_list":["post-31","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exhibit","tag-competition","tag-curatorial","tag-exhibition","tag-promotion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/artdeadline.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/artdeadline.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/artdeadline.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artdeadline.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artdeadline.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=31"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/artdeadline.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33,"href":"https:\/\/artdeadline.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31\/revisions\/33"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artdeadline.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/artdeadline.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artdeadline.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=31"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/artdeadline.com\/articles\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=31"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}