JURORS 2009

Pat Fairhead  has painted full-time since 1979 and is considered to be one of Canada's top women painters. She is a member of Royal Canadian Academy of Art.

Richard Martin is a photographer and contributor to Photo Life magazine who leads workshops across the continent on photography and visual design.

Andrew (Sandy) McMurrich operates Guild Publishers and Distributors of Fine Art and Commissart, a retail firm specialising in the management of young Canadian artists.

guidelines for the Jurors 2009

• That the primary criterion for selecting art work is excellence without respect to medium;
• That the body of the work selected represents the depth and diversity of the Prince Edward County artistic community;
• That, in selecting the pieces, jurors give consideration to the display space, which allows for approximately 80 to 100 pieces to be shown, taking into account both two and three dimensional works.
• That five Jurors' Awards of equal value (no ranking) be made across the range of the work chosen by the Jury with no distinction made by medium.
• That up to five Honourable Mention Awards of equal value (no ranking) be made with no distinction made by medium.
• That the Jurors award the Doug Boult Excellence in Photography Award only to a photographic entry which has been awarded a Jurors' Award;
• That the jurors prepare a specific comment on each work selected for the Jurors' Awards and Honourable Mention Awards;
• That the jurors prepare a summary statement of their impressions of the show.