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Becoming a Juried Participant of the Kentucky Crafted Program
Becoming a Juried Participant of the Kentucky Crafted Program Kentucky has been recognized as a leader in marketing crafts, and jurying the work promoted by the state is essential to maintaining quality standards. The Program focuses on statewide and national wholesale marketing, and it is necessary for the continued success of Kentucky's professional craftspeople to provide buyers with the best work Kentucky has to offer. The purpose of the jury session is to select qualified participants for the Arts Council’s Kentucky Crafted Program. The jury process is critical to establishing credibility and achieving the goals of the Program.
The jury session is held each year in the summer. Jurors look for excellence in three areas: design, technique and originality / authenticity and marketability. Only work of the highest quality within these standards will be accepted.
The Kentucky Crafted Program jury panel is composed of a group of seven people which include craft professionals, gallery owners, and artists: three out-of-state jurors and three in-state jurors and a Kentucky Crafted Program juried participant, whose scores are considered only in cases of disparity or a borderline score.
The jurors evaluate each entry and are encouraged
to write constructive comments. Applicants are identified numerically and
remain anonymous during the entire process. There is no limit on the number of
craftspeople who may be juried into
Kentucky
Crafted Program.
Eligibility Criteria
Crafts must be produced by residents of Kentucky. Residency is defined as living in the state of Kentucky for at least 6 months prior to the annual jury session. Kentucky-based businesses, or craft production centers, must have the majority of employees residing in Kentucky for at least 6 months. The majority of the craft production must be in Kentucky. Sales representatives are not eligible unless they participate as an employee of a craft production center. To remain in the program, artists must participate in at least one KCMP sponsored event within each 3-year period, and must remain a resident of the state of Kentucky.
When applying to the Kentucky Crafted Program
jury session, applicants are required to submit copies of two of the following:
1. Kentucky driver's license
2. State of Kentucky identification
card, which includes the date issued and expiration date *
3. Voter
registration card **
4. Kentucky state income tax forms for the most
recent year
Applicants must also be United States citizens, or
lawfully admitted to the U.S. for permanent residence, or have permission from
the Department of Homeland Security to work permanently in the U.S.
*
State of Kentucky identification cards may be obtained at any driver's license
distribution center in your county.
**Voter registration card, or copies
of your voter registration card, may be obtained through your County Clerk's
office.
All craftspeople applying for the Kentucky Crafted Program must also be registered as a business within the state of Kentucky. A Sales & Use Tax number (or proof of application) must be included with the jury application. To receive information, contact:
Kentucky Revenue Cabinet
Taxpayer
Registration
1266 Louisville Road, Perimeter Park
P.O. Box 299
Frankfort, Kentucky 40602-0299
(502) 564-3306 FAX 502/227-0772
http://revenue.ky.gov/business/register.htm
(Form #10A100)
A business tax number or proof of application must be included with the jury application.
High-quality crafts constructed from the following media will be considered by the panel of jurors: ceramic, fiber, glass, leather, metal, mixed-media, stone, wood, or natural/organic. Work submitted in these media must employ techniques universally considered as craft. Non-traditional crafts must be original in design. Traditional designs are acceptable but must be acknowledged on the application. All work submitted must be a finished product.
Jurors look for excellence in three areas: design, technique, and originality/authenticity. Only work of the highest quality within these standards will be accepted into the juried portion of the Craft Marketing Program.
Applicants may submit entries in more than one medium. An entry is five samples of your line of work that is made in the same medium, using the same technique and constitutes a coherent body of work, rather than a range of work. Even if only one item is produced, five (5) samples are crucial in assessing the quality and consistency of workmanship. (Photographs or slides WILL NOT be accepted. You may submit a written request for an exemption that would allow you to jury with slides, if you have an extreme situation that would prevent you from jurying, otherwise.) Submit additional entries when techniques, styles, or designs are substantially different, even if in the SAME medium. (For example, turned wood vessels and wood jewelry would be two entries.)