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Purpose: To provide a regular and non-competitive venue for members to have their work reviewed by their peers. This is an opportunity for members to submit works to help improve pieces or it can also be an opportunity to simply show a piece (without critique).
Format: Digital projection only. (the club can decide to do prints as well, but that should be only after we have acquired the appropriate display easel)
Length of event: 15 to 30 minutes maximum.
Reviewers: Meeting attendees with moderation by a single volunteer.
Protocols:
- All work to be submitted by email to a designated recipient by determined date. One person should be the volunteer to have pieces sent to them and then be responsible for displaying them on the projector.
- Media should be in either .jpg or .tiff format and size formatted for best resolution of the projection device.
- No restrictions on the number of pieces submitted per person but suggest no more than 3.
- The projectionist should sequence the photos so that everyone has at least one of their submissions reviewed. We should allocate enough time that everyone will have at least one photo displayed. 2nd and 3rd pieces will be displayed as long as the time allows. If a piece is not reviewed during the meeting, then the owner will need to resubmit for the next meeting’s critique; pieces will not carry over.
- Each event, a moderator should be chosen. The moderator will be responsible for ensuring that time limits and critique standards are observed by the participants.
- When an artist’s piece is first displayed, they should have the option to briefly explain the photo or give pertinent details. After that point, the moderator will open the floor to the audience for comments. Once the comments are done or the maximum allotted time has been reached, the moderator will call for the next photo to be displayed.
- It is not required, but critiques can be associated with previous meeting’s lecture. All pieces related to a lecture should be reviewed first. If someone has submitted works not associated with the lecture, time permitting, they should be reviewed as well.
