Pyramid Rejection

I had submitted five pieces to this, but there is only 3 winners.

from Gretchen Schermerhorn

date Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 1:53 PM

subject Pyramid Atlantic Member's Exhibition

Dear Russ,

Thank you for entering the Pyramid Atlantic Juried Member's Exhibition. Our juror had the substantial task of selecting 50 pieces from over 750 entries. We appreciate the opportunity to view your selections, however, we did not choose your work. Thank you for your time and interest.

Sincerely,

Gretchen

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Gretchen Schermerhorn

Artistic Director

Pyramid Atlantic Art Center

www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.org

www.pyramidatlanticartcenter.blogspot.com/

www.gretchenschermerhorn.com

Ballston Arts & Craft Market Reject

Yet another rejection, this time for an Art Fair. Like Basquiat, say "fuck the bourgeoisie".

from Jessica Blaszczak

date Tue, Feb 22, 2011 at 9:48 PM

subject 2011 Ballston A&C Market Notification

Dear Ballston Arts & Crafts Applicant,

Thank you for submitting your work to the Ballston Arts & Crafts Market for consideration. Sadly, we cannot take you this time. Our jury judged over 150 applicants this season and was limited to accepting only a certain amount of vendors per show. This was by far the most applicants we have received and the jury process was very difficult.

We have placed you on a waiting list for the dates you chose. If a space opens up in your category, we may notify you to see if you are interested in adding that date.

Thank you again for applying. We wish you luck in your craft and hope to see you in the future!

Sincerely,

Jessica

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Jessica Blaszczak

Markets Coordinator

Ballston Partnership

Office: 703.528.3527 | Fax: 703.528.0311 | Mobile: 202.536.9714

Mailing Address

2807 N. Glebe Road | Suite 515 | Arlington, VA 22207

www.iloveballston.com

Art Carnage Rejection

BLEHH!

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 12:41 PM,

Good afternoon, recently I submitted my application for the Art Carnage. I know the holidays can be a bit hectic, but I just wanted to follow up, as the automated response stated that it would be 2-5 days. I used the form found on the website and applied that way back on December 7th. I am a Vienna resident and would love to be a part of this on January 29th.

Just in case you have trouble locating my submission form, my website is http://www.russmcintosh.com

I look forward to hearing back from you on whether I have been accepted to be a vendor or not.

Sincerely,

-Russ McIntosh
571-329-4663
russ@russmcintosh.com

On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 2:04 PM, Soundry Information

Hi Russ,

Thank you for checking back and being so forgiving about the holidays. It does tend to get a bit hectic! I do have vendors I need to get back to (and you are one of them) now that I have notes back from the jury panel. I apologize for it taking so long.

Unfortunately, you were not approved as a vendor because we are nolonger taking any photography/fine art. Since we are an indie craft market we are trying to stick within that niche. The decision certainly does not reflect on the quality of your work and I hope you will still stop by the event and say "hi":)

Thanks again for considering Art Carnage!

Jennifer

Owner

The Soundry, LLC

316 Dominion Rd.,NE

Vienna, VA 22180

http://www.soundry.net

703-698-0088

Gallery5

Gallery5

Thank you for your interest in our space Russ. Due to the high volume of submissions and proposals that Gallery5 recieves on a regular basis, we are unable to accept your work at this time. We appreciate that you had us in mind though! Please keep us updated on your future endeavors and we will let you know if there is an appropriate venue for your talents.

In the mean time, here are our general submission criteria...

- All mailed materials should be sent to:

Gallery5 Submissions

200 W. Marshall St.

Richmond, VA 23220

- Portfolios may also be sent through email to visual@gallery5arts.org

- All digital images included should be roughly 72 dpi and no larger than 10" in the largest dimension (emailed or on disc)

- Submitted portfolios may include bio, resume, statement, fact sheet, and any relevant links (preferably in rtf format)

Please let me know if you have any additional questions about Gallery5!

Best,

Joseph

Hemphill Rejection

Hemphill Fine Arts

Keep them coming!! Perseverance is the key!

Dear Russ,

Thank you for your interest in HEMPHILL. Unfortunately we are not reviewing artist portfolios at this time. We wish you much luck in your pursuit.

Best,

Shira Farber

HEMPHILL

1515 14th Street, NW

Washington, DC 20005

Tel. (202) 234-5601

Fax. (202) 234-5607

www.hemphillfinearts.com

McGaw Graphics

McGaw Graphics

I like that they were upfront, and said that my style is not within the demographics.

Russ,

Thank you for your interest in our company. I was able to take a look at your samples and although your work is lovely and surely has its niche in the art world, it isn’t a style we can currently use to fill the needs of our customers. We base much of our artwork choices around the requests of our customers as well as on current trends in the marketplace. We feel that we would not be successful in finding the appropriate venues for your work with the client base we have. I encourage you to continue pursuing representation for your artwork and wish you luck in doing so.

Thank You,

Jess Rogers

Art Director I McGaw Graphics Inc.

800-969-1171 ext. 253 I jess@mcgawgraphics.com

Blazing Rejection

Blazing Editions

http://www.blazing.com/

Well they seemed to have looked at my work and enjoyed it enough to keep me on file.

Hey Russ,

Sorry for not getting back to you sooner. My Team and I have been on the road for the last couple of weeks. Anyways, unfortunately we are not taking on anyone right now for representation. However, your work is very detailed and we will keep you in mind if anyone is looking for your style of painting. Thanks for your interest in Blazing Editions and good luck. Keep painting!

Sincerely,

Josef Blazar

Add Another to the List

Kathleen Ewing Gallery

Well at least she took the effort to respond back!

Thank you for contacting my gallery. Unfortunately, I am in the process of scaling back and am not taking on any new artists or new portfolios.

I do wish you success with your efforts.

Kathleen Ewing

And Another One!

Jane Haslem Gallery

Dear Russ McIntosh,

Thank you for contacting me. I did look at your work and find it very interesting.
You may not know but I have not been taking on any new artists for quite a long time.
Most of my time is spent managing both my own website and artline.com & artlinePlus.com
You may want to join artlinePlus.com
This is the site for the greater Washington DC area. We add your name with a image and link out to your site.
Then we add a banner or thumbnail from time to time with more links to your site. The annual fee is $150, payable in advance.
If you want, I can send you a contract.

Best,
Jane Haslem

Oooh, a rejection letter with the opportunity to pay her to join an online community! Seriously?!

First Rejection Letter!

The Ralls Collection

Dear Mr Mcintosh,

I am writing to you on behalf of Marsha Ralls and the Ralls Collection with regards to your recent inquiry about the gallery. Thank you for your interest in exhibiting your work at The Ralls Collection, Inc. We have enjoyed reviewing the materials that you have featured on your website; however we are not currently accepting new artists. We will keep your contact information on file for future reference. Please feel free to send any relevant work or material to the gallery and we will also keep it on file for future shows, etc.

Thank you again for your interest.

Warm Regards,

Alex

The Ralls Collection, Inc.

1516 31st Street NW

Washington, D.C. 20007

(202) 342-1754

rallswashington@aol.com

I'm not discouraged. It just shows to me that they took the effort to look at my works and actually sent me a response back.