Jumpstart

I have said before that deadlines motivate me. A flyer arrived in the mail with a call for entry for an all-media May Show exhibition at a local art center. It seems worth the effort to enter because it is a prestigious exhibition at the state level. I view the exhibition every year to learn what is currently being created in my region. The goal of meeting the mid-April deadline should jumpstart forward progress on my current work that has been developing far too slowly.

Jurying for the show is not the usual process of sending a good quality photo of a specific size. Instead, potential exhibitors bring actual artworks to the venue and leave them for jurying. They are notified of acceptance or rejection within three days. Rejected work is picked up on day four, accepted pieces after the exhibit closes. Monetary prizes are being offered. I can enter four pieces of artwork, so here are photos of the four I’m considering. Two are done and have already been shown in other exhibits, one is newly finished, and the fourth is in-progress.