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Table of Contents 

Why?. . . . . . . . . 7

Section 1: Getting Ready
. . . . . . . . . 9
Finding the Right Opportunities. . . . . . . . . 11
Clarify Your Goals. . . . . . . . . 12
Finding Your Venues. . . . . . . . . 13
Juried Exhibits. . . . . . . . . 16
Festivals, Fairs and Special Events. . . . . . . . . 17
     Film and Video Festivals. . . . . . . . . 17
University and Other Solo or Small-group Shows. . . . . . . . . 27
Residencies. . . . . . . . . 29
Grants and Fellowships. . . . . . . . . 31
     Self-created Grants. . . . . . . . . 31
     Grants-in-Kind. . . . . . . . . 32
     Fellowships. . . . . . . . . 33
Public Art. . . . . . . . . 37
21 Tips for Writing a Proposal. . . . . . . . . 40
Slide and Web Registries. . . . . . . . . 41
Special Calls and Contests. . . . . . . . . 43
     Wildlife Stamps. . . . . . . . . 43
     Postage Stamps. . . . . . . . . 44
Membership Organizations. . . . . . . . . 45
     Medium Specific Groups. . . . . . . . . 45
     Content Specific Groups. . . . . . . . . 46
      Local Art Groups. . . . . . . . . 46
     Artists’ Guilds. . . . . . . . . 47
Odds and Ends. . . . . . . . . 49
     Explicit Calls. . . . . . . . . 49
     Undeveloped Opportunities. . . . . . . . . 55
     Non-Juried Shows . . . . . . . . . 55
     Things to Avoid. . . . . . . . . 55                                             top                        
Section 2: Preparing to Enter. . . . . . . . . 57
Cost . . . . . . . . . 58
Slides. . . . . . . . . 59      
Photographing Art, by Raymond St. Arnaud. . . . . . . . . 61
     Digital Cameras . . . . . . . . . 64
     Photographing 3D Art. . . . . . . . . 64
More Tips on Slides. . . . . . . . . 66
The Jury Process. . . . . . . . . 69
     Nuts and Bolts. . . . . . . . . 70
         Standards. . . . . . . . . 71
         Inside the Jurors’ Minds. . . . . . . . . 72
         Does it Help If the Juror Knows Your Work?. . . . . . . . . 73
         Things That Work Against You. . . . . . . . . 74                    top
Section 3: Results. . . . . . . . . 77
What to Do If You Are Rejected. . . . . . . . . 81
What to Do If You Are Accepted
. . . . . . . . . 83
It’s an Ongoing Process
. . . . . . . . . 85
Record Keeping
. . . . . . . . . 86
Expectations and Results
. . . . . . . . . 87                                      top
Appendix
Comments. . . . . . . . . 89
Mail Art, by Tamara Wyndham
. . . . . . . . . 94
Street Artists
. . . . . . . . . 96
Artists’ Membership Organizations
. . . . . . . . . 97
Worksheets
     Things to Enter
. . . . . . . . . 103
     Figuring the Real Cost
. . . . . . . . . 105
     Slides Out
. . . . . . . . . 107
     Work to Ship
. . . . . . . . . 109
     Work Out
. . . . . . . . . 111
Artist Bios
. . . . . . . . . 113
Questionnaire for Artists and Jurors
. . . . . . . . . 119                        top
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