Juror’s Statement

I would like to thank Saranda and all at Kalaveshi Arts for the opportunity to jury their Fall 2025 Show. Kalaveshi Arts is a dynamic and creative arts center and I fully support their continued commitment to developing, building, nurturing, and enhancing creative community.

Working as a juror for any art venue is always a challenging task and as an artist myself, I am aware of the hard work, perseverance, and courage it takes to submit to juried shows. I greatly appreciate and wish to acknowledge the creative efforts of all the artists who submitted their work for consideration. It has been an honor to view all the entries, difficult to choose some for the show and even more challenging to select only three award winners.
 

When I jury a show, I try to follow a series of guidelines for selection. This enables me to be more neutral in my choices. These include:

- Creativity & Originality – a sense of inventiveness and original thinking and how well an artist pushes boundaries or offers a fresh perspective

- Mastery of technique - a balance in materials, media, and process, developed sensitivity of material handling, and knowledge and use of basic composition and design elements

- Artistic Voice – the artist’s ability to convey impact and emotional resonance.

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I believe all the works selected for this show address all these qualities and each piece spoke to me on some level but three stood out for me.

Kathryn Myers, “Rupture” captures outstanding mastery of media and compositional elements and the ability to evoke emotional resonance by showing the raw view of lives lived simultaneously through exposed interiors and damaged exteriors.

Grace Scharr McEnaney’s “Indigo Matrix” balances media mastery with intense color and line qualities enabling me to move throughout the detailed and intricate spaces of her unique mark-making.

In Margaret Wilson’s “Fall Harvest: Bowl of Eggplant and Peppers” her materials handling and sensitivity along with her ability to offer a fresh perspective on a traditional subject allows me to experience still-life as an active living being.

Many thanks to all the artists for allowing me the privilege to view and spend time with your outstanding works.

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Patricia Carrigan, Oct 17, 2025