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[Stradawhovious]

Yesterday, I got a letter from them--it included two free tickets to their craft show in November and one tremendous insult.

Pee on the tickets, dry them out and send them back.

You will feel better.

Trust me.

 

[mishele]

That sounds like the art world alright!! Snotty!!
Let it roll off your back!! You never want to burn bridges, Sharon. You have no idea who might be watching. hehe

 

[mishele]

That sounds like the art world alright!! Snotty!!
Let it roll off your back!! You never want to burn bridges, Sharon. You have no idea who might be watching. hehe

Use that energy to get inspired!! hehe

 

[Stradawhovious]

Use that energy to get inspired!! hehe

Yes. Inspired to pee on the tickets, dry them out and send them back.

 

[Gary A.]

 

[astroNikon]

Yay, my Tibetan singing bowl has arrived!

pray tell, what genre does it sing ?

 

[bribrius]

Earlier this year, back in the spring, I applied for acceptance into a very well-known craft guild here. The only reason I cared about getting in was that they have great name recognition, and so it could boost your standing as a local artist to say you are in that organization.
After applying, I found out some things that made me not really want to be in it after all (one of the primary things being that the guy who is currently heading it is a b*tthead and it's all very political). I didn't get in--not because my work wasn't good enough, but basically because I don't do my own printing. They tried to pretty that up, but that was the upshot. Well, I thanked them and silently thanked God for NOT letting me get in their organization.

Yesterday, I got a letter from them--it included two free tickets to their craft show in November and one tremendous insult.
It said they were offering these tickets so that those who didn't make it in this year might still come and meet the members and "be inspired to take your work to the next level."

I am horribly tempted to write them a snarky reply and return the tickets.
"Thank you so much for the tickets. Oh, and also: Scr*w off. My work is already AT the next level. Perhaps your selection committee should attend a plumber's convention, where they might be inspired to get their heads out of their posteriors and decide to select work on the basis of its quality rather than on the basis of whether the artist has the right "connections."

I can run a four color press if you go buy one I will tell you how. They will have no excuse then.

in all seriousness, this may actually give you some ambition to push further ahead. I remember taking photography way back in highschool and it was mixed in with darkroom and printing. Perhaps they are old school? And I think your work is great, but maybe there really is another level.

 

[sm4him]

That sounds like the art world alright!! Snotty!!
Let it roll off your back!! You never want to burn bridges, Sharon. You have no idea who might be watching. hehe

Yeah, I don't actually care. That's why I posted it here; because it matters to me nearly as much as 90% of the other fluff I've posted here (90% because I *did* post those pictures of my baby boy, and I care about that!).

I'm seriously relieved that I didn't get accepted; I've got plenty of other irons in the fire at this point, and that guild would have been more restricting and time-consuming than anything.

I was just hacked off that they worded that letter the way they did--"oooooh, so sorry you weren't good enough for us, but hey come meet us and who knows, maybe you can one day quit being such a hack and have a tiny bit of the wonderful skills WE have."
Poop on them. Jammin' high-falutin' snobs.

 

[sm4him]

Earlier this year, back in the spring, I applied for acceptance into a very well-known craft guild here. The only reason I cared about getting in was that they have great name recognition, and so it could boost your standing as a local artist to say you are in that organization.
After applying, I found out some things that made me not really want to be in it after all (one of the primary things being that the guy who is currently heading it is a b*tthead and it's all very political). I didn't get in--not because my work wasn't good enough, but basically because I don't do my own printing. They tried to pretty that up, but that was the upshot. Well, I thanked them and silently thanked God for NOT letting me get in their organization.

Yesterday, I got a letter from them--it included two free tickets to their craft show in November and one tremendous insult.
It said they were offering these tickets so that those who didn't make it in this year might still come and meet the members and "be inspired to take your work to the next level."

I am horribly tempted to write them a snarky reply and return the tickets.
"Thank you so much for the tickets. Oh, and also: Scr*w off. My work is already AT the next level. Perhaps your selection committee should attend a plumber's convention, where they might be inspired to get their heads out of their posteriors and decide to select work on the basis of its quality rather than on the basis of whether the artist has the right "connections."

I can run a four color press if you go buy one I will tell you how. They will have no excuse then.

in all seriousness, this may actually give you some ambition to push further ahead. I remember taking photography way back in highschool and it was mixed in with darkroom and printing. Perhaps they are old school? And I think your work is great, but maybe there really is another level.

Meh. If I *wanted* to print my own work, I could. Or, if I wanted to even have "more control" over my prints, I could do that. I've worked in publishing here before and have plenty of contacts in the printing industry in town. I just don't want to do that, and I don't really want to be part of a group that insists on it.

But, like I said, the thing is, that was just their "excuse"--I found out some things, after applying, from a friend who left the guild over some things like the way they "chose" the best artists--it was extremely political and tied to whether you knew anyone who knew anyone--and then they just came up with something to explain why you did, or didn't, get in.

I have NO interest in applying to them again--but as Mish says, I'm also not burning my bridges, because you never know when a guild member may ALSO be connected somewhere else in the art community.

 

[mmaria]

I wonder if I know enough teach a basic photography class. they are looking for a new instructor. Probably not my thing though..

I wonder if I know too

only reason it crossed my mind is I saw a listing for a night school instructor needed and they seem really desperate guess they have none. Hardly would put myself in the teaching category.

I know I couldn't be a teacher... don't have the patience needed

 

[mmaria]

ok... I missed some things in this thread...

just wanted to say that I really liked what you wrote about your birthday boy Sharon

 

[limr17]

Yay, my Tibetan singing bowl has arrived!

pray tell, what genre does it sing ?

Uhhh...Tibetan! Duh!

 

[limr17]

Mine has a lower pitch.

 

[Gary A.]

LOL ... that is great.

 

[astroNikon]

Yay, my Tibetan singing bowl has arrived!

pray tell, what genre does it sing ?

Uhhh...Tibetan! Duh!

okay, nothing like a singing frog