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PAGE 8 MAY 2008 NEWSLETTER Jury Statistics: . May 2008 348 145 94 70 3.16 4.5 2 May 2007 328 238 88 49 3 3 3 Paintings submitted Paintings required Artists submitting Artists accepted Average Mark per Painting Cut off for acceptance No. of shows juried for MAY 2008 JURY RESULTS f_. ,4.__ f--'.- -..,--,---,-"-` MARK Some comments if I may -- On some submissions the jurors indicated a problem with photography. These were usually on submissions where the artist submitted their own photographs. To assist with this area, Larry has included some tips for photography in this newsletter. These will also be posted on the website for future reference. Artists always have the options of bringing their paintings in to be photographed. 2. Always remember that jurying is someone else's opinion you may or may not agree with the juror's assessment. We use professional, qualified, and experienced jurors and we change jurors every jurying. -- 3. It's wise not to get too excited about low marks or not getting into a show, it's also wise not to get too excited about awards and high marks' Many artists have won awards and got all their paintings in one time only to find that the next time they were not successful with any of their paintings. R 0. Box 91051 West Vancouver B. C. V7V 3N3 Servina Visual Artists frnm Furry Creek ta fln Cove sin- 1947