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mopinko

(69,806 posts)
Tue May 12, 2020, 06:09 PM May 2020

welp, when i got invited to put some old work in an anniversary show,

and it was the last straw. i had to make more art.

now i have been invited, by the big kahuna at woman made gallery, to submit my most epic work because it is a perfect fit for an upcoming show. technically has to be juried in, but this one cant miss.

my friend saw it when i did it.
she was awed at the time, but like my link the other day showed, all my volunteer hours didnt get me past many juries.
hell, even the annual members show, which the 2 clay pieces got into. i got turned down a half dozen times.

funny how thing turn out.

eta link https://www.facebook.com/120776091304700/photos/a.120777147971261/528550880527217/?type=3&theater

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welp, when i got invited to put some old work in an anniversary show, (Original Post) mopinko May 2020 OP
Well I've been turned down in juried shows too lunatica May 2020 #1
i kept my rejection letters in a shoebox mopinko May 2020 #2
That's exactly where they belong. lunatica May 2020 #3
well, either that or the fire pit. mopinko May 2020 #4
and when you are rejected they keep the entry fee - its a scam nt msongs May 2020 #5
My mental health won't let me do juried anything. I don't even want GreenPartyVoter May 2020 #6
yup. mopinko May 2020 #7
This will never be my main job, not even when I start doing kids books. I have GreenPartyVoter May 2020 #8

mopinko

(69,806 posts)
2. i kept my rejection letters in a shoebox
Tue May 12, 2020, 06:13 PM
May 2020

until the box got full, and i started putting them in the trash where they belong.

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
6. My mental health won't let me do juried anything. I don't even want
Wed May 13, 2020, 06:54 AM
May 2020

to sit all day watching people not buy my stuff.

mopinko

(69,806 posts)
7. yup.
Wed May 13, 2020, 08:56 AM
May 2020

the last year i considered myself a fulltime artist, i did 4 art fairs.
not just my mental health, but my physical health, just couldnt.
i dropped out of that world w a biiiig thud.

GreenPartyVoter

(72,377 posts)
8. This will never be my main job, not even when I start doing kids books. I have
Wed May 13, 2020, 09:02 AM
May 2020

to have steady income or my mortgage wont get paid.

Sorry it was such a rough experience for you.

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