Each year the art festival selects three judges from around the country; they each have artistic credentials in varying fields. In October, these judges select the artists that will participate in the show from the more than 1,000 artists who apply. The images that they view for selection have numbers and no names so the judges won’t be swayed by recognition of the artist. These same judges attend the festival in March and view each artist’s whole body of work in order to select the winners of this year’s awards.

JUDGES FOR 2011

Gene Koss, Art Professor and Artist, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA

Steven Matijcio, Curator, Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art,  Winston-Salem, NC

Inez Wolins, Consultant, Pacific Asia Museum, Pasadena, CA