The Art Show Jurists had a panel talking about the decisions they made for this con and general advice for people wanting to submit to DC's art show or elsewhere.
They get shown a portfolio of work from each artist that submits (150-200 people this year). They look at each portfolio unnamed and give each portfolio a 1 to 10 grade with general comments. Anyone making less than a 2 was automatically cut. They then take the score and put it through an equation with some other variables that I forget and have a final score.
They did not take into account subject material, but look at quality of the technical work and if the artist had a single vision for their work. One complaint was that many people's portfolio's seemed like it was a portfolio for 2-3 people because each piece would be so different and lacked consistency.
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Date: 2012-09-05 04:54 pm (UTC)They get shown a portfolio of work from each artist that submits (150-200 people this year). They look at each portfolio unnamed and give each portfolio a 1 to 10 grade with general comments. Anyone making less than a 2 was automatically cut. They then take the score and put it through an equation with some other variables that I forget and have a final score.
They did not take into account subject material, but look at quality of the technical work and if the artist had a single vision for their work. One complaint was that many people's portfolio's seemed like it was a portfolio for 2-3 people because each piece would be so different and lacked consistency.