submitted to a group show two months ago. paid the entry fee, formatted everything exactly to their specs, sent it off. heard nothing. figured that's how it goes. yesterday i get an email, clearly meant for someone internal, that says "mira's work isn't quite right for the curatorial vision, we're going to pass." fine, whatever. but then at the bottom there's a note from one of them to the other: "did we ever actually open her portfolio? i think the link expired." so they didn't even look. charged me $35 to not open a link. and then had the nerve to accidentally send me the proof. i'm not even mad about the rejection. i'm mad about the $35 and the pretending. just say you picked who you already knew and move on.
