Artists Wanted

I'm not really sure what to think of this group, Artist's Wanted. Their entrance fees are outrageous and their design aesthetic glistens with a little too much commercial sheen.

But they keep lavishing great awards on quite deserving artists. Every artist they have selected creates interesting work, and the judges themselves are notable. I am impressed with the quality.

What are artists to do? Boycott paying application fees? Boycott art world initiatives remotely stinking of commercialism (because, you know, galleries don't try to make money)? Are the only artists who can get noticed the ones who are good at personally approaching strangers? I am very bad at that.

Or worse, if you're an artist and you haven't been noticed by a certain point in your life, should you just give up?

Well... I say no! And while you are contemplating all of this, check out this online portfolio of my Spirit photographs that I have submitted to them at http://www.artistswanted.org/bridgetbatch, and please, do rate it! Even if you don't like it (sniff, sniff).

Thank you.