Art Competitions

Iona

There are costs in organisig anything. To be part of it it is fair that a financial contribution be made. What I do think is that the competition admin need to communicate with each entrant about their decision. You've paid, there needs to be some service delivered. If you don't get hung there should be some explanation, some pointers. What are they looking for? Why didn't your piece fit the bill? Something to help you toward a more successful future. After all, that's what the competitions are for, right?

Keerah1

There are costs in organisig anything. To be part of it it is fair that a financial contribution be made. What I do think is that the competition admin need to communicate with each entrant about...

Yes I understand. But when the competition comes up onsite. It NEVER mentions the part where IF ITS NOT HUNG. Which is disappointing 🥺🥺🥺

Iona

There are costs in organisig anything. To be part of it it is fair that a financial contribution be made. What I do think is that the competition admin need to communicate with each entrant about their decision. You've paid, there needs to be some service delivered. If you don't get hung there should be some explanation, some pointers. What are they looking for? Why didn't your piece fit the bill? Something to help you toward a more successful future. After all, that's what the competitions are for, right?

Gallimac

As tough as it is to make a viable living as an artist, and as much as it hurts to have to put your hand in your hole-ridden pockets to hand over the precious little that you have just to be in with a chance to compete against your fellow artists, I think I reluctantly have to disagree with your statement. If you think of it like entering a lottery but one where your money ultimately actually contributes to helping someone just like you, not just a gambling stranger who's probably going to join the statistics of prior lottery winners now paupers, but an artist who is struggling both financially and to be heard above the cacophony of other artists. If we didn't pay an entry fee, let's be honest, who would foot the prize money? Then how would we survive?

kidwithsmurf

I see where you're coming from, but I disagree. This is because as my Economics Lecturer preached, "There is no such thing as a free lunch." Same rule applies here, there is no such thing as a free competition. If you want the chance to win and show off your art painting/artwork, you should have to pay a fee to have that chance. Plus, the fee also helps regulate who enters. Having a fee will stop people just putting a dot on the page and entering it for the fun of it.

I also agree that you should pay a fee to view the artwork being hung in the competition. This along with paying to enter the competition, not only funds future art competitions but helps fund the prize money to give even more incentive to artists to put their best artwork forward. Hence, without payments, the artwork industry would have to rely solely on donations to be able to run these competitions and a lot of them would not get the funding required.

Thus, to keep the future of artwork competitions going forward, I think you should pay and a little money goes a long way, especially if you were to win a prize in the art competition.

Nirbheek3258

No i dont