There are juried are shows, and there are judged art shows. Juried shows have a judge or a panel of judges who decide which entries are in and which are out. Judged shows award prizes.

I entered a juried show which is to hang for a year in a Tulare County government office building lobby. Any piece had to be a minimum of 2′ per side, so I rejuvenated 2 older pencil drawings and painted a new oil of my favorite bridge. (That’s the Oak Grove Bridge on the Mineral King Road.)

Go figure. I asked the coordinator of the show if he could tell me how the decision was made. It is good to know the reasons behind such decisions, because they help me learn for the future. He didn’t know, couldn’t tell me, and I continue in a state of befuddlement.

Normally I don’t enter juried shows, because they often have an entry fee and then are a hassle to deliver the work. This is in Visalia, the county seat of Tulare County, and since my mama lives there, delivering will be part of my normal route.

There will be an opening reception to the show on Thursday, September 19, and I cannot attend, so the mystery of why 2 are in and 1 is out will remain unsolved.