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Judging
Judging starts in the fall when the three carefully selected judges come to
Winter Park to screen over 1,400 applicants for the festival. Each
artist submits three slides of their work and one slide of their booth for
the judges to review.
From the judges'
screening, between 250 to 270 artists are combined with up to 30 returning
previous year award winners to produce an outstanding group of artists in
the festival.
During Friday of the festival, each of the judges visits each artist to
review their work. In that process, each judge may select certain
pieces representing the artist's body of work for judging. On
Saturday, the judges review all of the pieces selected for judging and award
ten awards of excellence, twenty awards of distinction, the Morse Museum
Award and Best of Show. Additionally, approximately 30 awards of merit
are awarded by the judges. With this multi-level judging platform,
it's easy to see why each artist is a winner by being selected to be in the
festival.
In addition to the $10,000 Purchase Award for Best of Show and the $2,500 Award of Distinguished Work of Art presented through the Charles Hosmer Morse Museum of American Art, there are 10 Awards of Excellence of $2,000, 20 Awards of Distinction of $1,000 and 30 Awards of Merit of $500 to be given.
The Judges for the 2008 are:
Joan
Stolz |
Joan Stolz is an Associate Professor at Parkland College in Champaign, Illinois, where she teaches oil painting, drawing and two-dimensional design. She shows her work in galleries in Washington, D.C., Baltimore and New York. Her oil paintings and pastels are included in several public collections. She received her MFA from the Hoffberger School of Painting of the Maryland Institute College.
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Ellen
Murray |
Ellen Murray holds an appointment as Professor of Painting and Drawing in the School of Art at Arizona State University in Tempe, Arizona, where she supervises the largest water-media program in the country. Her award-winning paintings have been exhibited in more than 100 national/international exhibitions. She is a charter member, past-president and current board member of the Watercolor USA Honor Society. Murray’s work is featured in two recent books, Best of Watercolor: Composition and Best of Watercolor: Texture. |
Wayne A.
Conyers |
Wayne A. Conyers has spent the past 24 years as the art department chair at McPherson College in McPherson, Kansas. He has participated in more than 70 exhibitions during the past 10 years, accumulating numerous awards. His painting “Warhol Almost Got It Right” recently won Best of Show at the Taos National Exhibition of American Watercolor. Conyers’ work can be found in private, corporate and museum collections throughout the Midwest. He received his MA from the University of Missouri in Kansas City and his MFA from Fort Hays State University. |
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