Waiting...and more waiting

Waiting to find out whether we had been selected or not seemed interminable even though we knew we would have to wait a week.

The wait was over with an email confirming acceptance of the submission - which meant excitement and then the dawning realisation that we would actually have to do something about it now.

Logistical details from the StrengthCollective and a chance to meet the other participants are to follow but our first concern was to print the photos and hope they came out as well as the man in the print shop had assured us they would (or better!).
Luckily, Sara Davies had pointed me in the direction of snapfish.

We were also directed to consider insurance and this seemed to be a good link as it mentioned that through paid membership, we would be covered for public liability insurance. However, the criteria for what is or isn't a practising artist was interesting.

Using poor broadband facilities, we spent a long time uploading the photos and ordering prints - now for the interminable wait (5 days?) for the truth to arrive in the post.

Learning to submit

StrengthCollective is having an Arts Festival on 22 June during Reading Arts Week. They currently meet every third Sunday of the month in the Rising Sun Arts Centre. Today I met Sara and others who gave us the inspiration to just go through the process of submitting our pieces and seeing what happens.

We are learning to submit. The process in itself is very interesting but less complicated then what we had made it. The key is to keep it simple and just try it. Two lessons that are worth remembering for most occasions.