tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951361.post7620726046608902451..comments2024-03-26T11:20:35.560-04:00Comments on Daily Campello Art News: 2013 Bethesda Painting Awards Finalists... cough, coughLennyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15335261603489770267noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951361.post-72661518992477467352013-04-17T21:36:05.297-04:002013-04-17T21:36:05.297-04:00Yes! They should have put someone from the VCU or ...Yes! They should have put someone from the VCU or Richmond area on the jury and... oh wait. They did.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951361.post-54983097154721575562013-04-17T10:23:06.421-04:002013-04-17T10:23:06.421-04:00I call shenanigans.
These things need to be judge...I call shenanigans.<br /><br />These things need to be judged by those from outside the area. In the past few years, there have been too many selected artists who went to the same school or were taught by the persons who judged the contest. The DC area is already struggling to get some respect from the art world, this kind of nepotism (perceived or otherwise) isn't going to help. <br /><br />Hello people, VCU is right down the street! Philly is close by! There are dozens of museums here, packed with educated staffers who could judge these things. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951361.post-4929016457614379072013-04-15T21:47:07.535-04:002013-04-15T21:47:07.535-04:00Honestly, I think we should go one way or the othe...Honestly, I think we should go one way or the other. Either we ought to get jurors for BPA and the Trawick from quite far away (outside the mid-Atlantic region), so there's no perennial problem with them knowing the applicants, or we can just accept that every year, the jurors will pick people whose work they are familiar with. <br /><br />As noted, the DC arts scene is a pretty small world. In a situation like the BPA, the judges are likely going to know most, if not all, of the applicants whose work really resonates with them. It is scarcely possible to be selected otherwise, as the jurying process- if memory serves- is based on a handful of artworks alone, without statement, resume, etc. The result being, of course, that artists familiar to the jurors have a vastly stronger case, because the jurors are already aware of the artists' past accomplishments and the conceptual framework around the images presented in the application.<br /><br />Where can the line of "acceptable influence" be drawn? I'm really not comfortable saying, "well, A taught B to paint, therefore A *must* be prejudiced in B's favor, and A ought to recuse himself or herself from the jury". I mean, what if another of the jurors is basically B's biggest fan, prior to being picked as a juror? Isn't that a serious prejudice as well? But in that case there's no paper trail, no record. <br /><br />I think we should just make up our minds. If we've picked jurors who we think are honorable, we should assume that they'll exercise their best judgement, and just let them pick who they want, whether it's somebody they know, somebody they taught, or just a complete stranger. And if we don't think they're honorable, then we shouldn't have picked them to begin with. Or we can just get some jurors from the West coast, and the whole thing will be a moot point. But please, no more of this idiocy about the jurors recusing themselves. Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951361.post-3891099424852378442013-04-15T19:22:17.669-04:002013-04-15T19:22:17.669-04:00Dear Ummmm...
Because it is not humanly possible ...Dear Ummmm...<br /><br />Because it is not humanly possible to be 100% objective when jurying/judging anything within a niche such as the visual arts in a geographically delimited pregion such as ours for a competition such as this...<br /><br />Put together any three savvy jurors and chances are that they will come up... time and time again... with work by artists whom they know, whom they have worked with, whom they like or dislike... and all of us bring that to the table.<br /><br />But sometimes, such as this time, it stands out so vividly, that (at least) the question must be asked: "What were they thinking?"Lennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15335261603489770267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951361.post-47303903506225411022013-04-15T19:16:59.526-04:002013-04-15T19:16:59.526-04:00Ummmm....
Why don't they judge the paintings w...Ummmm....<br />Why don't they judge the paintings without BIAS!!!! Disgusting because all of those painters that have talent are swept under the rug just because no one knew their name? you might as well not accept any slides of the participants and just have them submit their name. That is messed up.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951361.post-88302933630754309402013-04-15T16:56:27.418-04:002013-04-15T16:56:27.418-04:00There is also lack of common sense on the part of ...There is also lack of common sense on the part of the MICA faculty who applied to this prize when one of their own was one of the jurors, but it really sticks out when the Chair of the Dept applies knowing that one of his professors is one of the jurors, she should have recused herself from all the MICA faculty applicants just as the AU professor hopefully recused himself if any of the applicants were his former students.<br />VictorAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951361.post-13672763081543233832013-04-15T14:38:17.935-04:002013-04-15T14:38:17.935-04:00Hi Stephanie,
I agree that both this and the Traw...Hi Stephanie,<br /><br />I agree that both this and the Trawick Prize are GREAT opportunities for our area artists and the work that you guys, Ms. Trawick and the jurors put into it deserves great kudos. I have been, and continue to be, a great supporter for both prizes and all the other great things that BUP does for our area's arts scene.<br /><br />But it is still eye-brow raising to see the boss of one of the jurors (and kudos to you and her for her recusal) in the finalists - <br />I am sure that he deserves it in some way manner or form... and yet there's this nagging "feeling" --- maybe I'm being too pedantic and too involved... but...<br /><br />OK, so I'm a little too facetious in calling her a "big mouth" - maybe "the most persuasive" is a better adjective.<br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />LennyLennyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15335261603489770267noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951361.post-44024336608594702772013-04-15T14:22:28.760-04:002013-04-15T14:22:28.760-04:00This is Stephanie Coppula, Director of Marketing f...This is Stephanie Coppula, Director of Marketing for the Bethesda Urban Partnership and Bethesda Arts & Entertainment District. I felt a response was necessary since I present for both jury sessions. Christine Neill recused herself from selecting artist Barry Nemett. His work was selected for the Bethesda Painting Awards exhibition by the other participating judges. Additionally, all three jurors conducted themselves in the most professional manner and only selected the artwork they felt was best and an honorable representation for the 2013 Bethesda Painting Awards. This is a great opportunity for regional artists and we are grateful that so many talented painters apply. We respect the time and effort our panel of jurors take to consider each applicant and to suggest that the artists are selected for this prestigious award by "who has the biggest mouth in the room" is not correct.<br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5951361.post-3778276954796269482013-04-15T10:16:10.774-04:002013-04-15T10:16:10.774-04:00Nobody cares about this... three of the other cand...Nobody cares about this... three of the other candidates come from AU, where one of the jurors is a Professor... and two of those sound like they are probably former students!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com