Juried Membership Policy

Acceptance as a Juried Member indicates that an artisan has developed his or her craft beyond mere competence of technique to a high standard of quality. The member also verifies that the work juried is her/his own and is originated and made by the artist.

Benefits & Responsibilities of Juried Membership:

• Eligible to participate in a number of events planned specifically for juried members

• Free page with images and contact links on the Best of Missouri Hands website. Only one web page per member. If a member juries into a second category, that member will have only one web page with each of their juried categories shown from that page.

• Display The Best of Missouri Hands logo on the product line in which the artist is juried

• Wear The Best of Missouri Hands Juried Member badge

• Display The Best of Missouri Hands Juried Member banner

• Part of MAA/BOMH's mission is education. It is the responsibility of juried members to participate in educational endeavors, both for the general public and for other members.

• Juried status is medium-specific. Members may apply for juried membership in more than one medium by jurying separately in each category. Acceptance in one category does not necessarily mean acceptance in another medium. Likewise, rejection in one category does not affect juried membership in another category.

• Membership must remain current to retain Juried Member status. If membership is not maintained in good standing, juried status is terminated and use of the BOMH logo must cease. Juried status of a renewing lapsed juried member can only be regained by completing the jury process again.

About the Jury Process:

• Applicants to the Juried Membership category must be current General Members in good standing.

• Applicants must be a General Member for 90 days (3 months) before applying for Juried Membership.

• All work is judged on craftsmanship, design, originality, and overall presentation.

• Applicants to the Juried Membership category must be at least 18 years of age and residents of the state of Missouri.

• Jury applications are reviewed twice a year.

• Applications for each jury session must be received by January 15 or June 15.

• A nonrefundable application fee of $25 must be paid before a jury application will be considered. Payment may be made through PayPal or by check.

• Payment of the $20 upcharge from general membership fee to juried member fee must be paid at the time of application for the jury process. If juried status is not granted, the upcharge will be returned. Payment may be made through PayPal or by separate check.

• Members may apply for either an individual juried membership or as a juried studio membership. A studio membership is defined as two or more artists collaborating and working on the same body of work. Studio memberships share one vote as MAA/BOMH members.

Application Process:

Prior to applying for juried status, you must review the information for proper jury application here: Jury Education file.  We have developed this presentation to guide applicants in successful jury submissions, both for our organization and for art and craft shows for which our members may apply.  You will be required to enter information within the presentation with your application.

The following on-line application process takes advantage of recent technological advances. Best of Missouri Hands has implemented this system to make the juried member application process as straightforward and easy as possible for juried member candidates. We invite your comments. You may email the jury chair at jurycommittee@bestofmissourihands.org . Should you have difficulties with the on-line process, you may call Lisa Becker at 636-724-0288.

To complete this application process, you will need to have access to

1. four .jpg images of the work you wish to submit
2. a one-page bio that will appear on your free page on the Best of Missouri Hands website
3. one .jpg image of your personal photograph (optional)

• Enter your name and email address in the top windows in the BOMH Jury Application Form section below and create a password for yourself and enter and verify it in the lower two windows.  

• Click on the SUBMIT button at the bottom of this page.

• Record this password because you will be asked for it each time you log in to the system for any reason.  

• If you have used EntryThingy before to apply to art or craft shows you may use the email address and password you created for those other events by clicking on the login here link at the bottom right portion of the page.

• Follow the instructions that appear to enter your personal information, jury images, one-page biography and information you want the jury to read regarding the images you submit.

• We encourage you to, optionally, submit a photographic image of yourself for use on your juried member webpage. If you choose to submit a personal photograph, please upload it last, after you upload all your art images. This will keep it from being viewed by the jury panel.

• Select and upload four (4) images representative of your work.  The images will be viewed by the jury first as a group, four across (#1, #2, #3, #4), then individually in the 1,2,3,4 sequence.  Your PERSONAL photograph will not be viewed.

• Image Specification:

  - Dimensions: 1920 pixels on the longest side
  - File format: Baseline JPEG (do not use progressive JPEG format)
  - File size: The image file size must be less than 1.8 MBs.
  

• If you are familiar with digital image formatting, you may refer to Larry Berman’s website for technical directions to prepare jury images at http://bermangraphics.com/artshows/zapp.htm

• If you are unfamiliar with digital image formatting, we strongly recommend that you consult a professional photographer.

• When your application is complete, if you choose to pay the jury fee and upcharge by check, you may print the application using the Print Application button at the top right of the screen and mail it with the checks to:
  

BOMH Jury Chair, 3052 Cherokee Lane, St. Charles, MO 63301

• Applications for each jury session must be received by January 15 or June 15.

• Notification of jury results will be made by email to the email address you provide in your login.

• Provide a #10 self-addressed envelope to receive written notification of the jury results.

• Applications that are incomplete will be automatically disqualified.
  

The following categories are NOT eligible for Juried Membership:

• Works executed from commercial patterns, molds, stencils or kits (i.e. purchased or printed in publication).
• Items constructed solely by assembling purchased commercial items, and/or mere decoration of commercially produced objects.
• Items made with illegal substances or endangered species.
• Crafts identified as Native American Crafts not in accordance with the Indian Arts and Crafts Act of 1990.
  

Questions? Click here to e-mail the BOMH Jury Chair!

If you need assistance in the process of completing the application, you may call Lisa Becker at 636-724-0288.

To view and print a Jury Application Form in *PDF format, click here.

*Please Note: You must have Adobe's free Acrobat Reader to view PDF documents (available through the link below, if needed).

The Best of Missouri Hands
2101 West Broadway, #322
Columbia, MO 65203
Phone: 866-699-BOMH (2664)
e-mail Best of Missouri Hands