The call for entries for this year’s e-merge exhibition opened in October 2009. Entrants submitted work through an online application service until the deadline of December 7, 2009.
This year’s competition attracted more than three hundred entrants from twenty-five countries. In early January, a panel of three jurors undertook the massive task of selecting a group of finalists by reviewing over 2000 digital images. In addition to images, the jurors were able to view the entrants’ names, the titles and dimensions of their artworks, and the techniques used to create the artworks.
The three jurors for this year’s competition were Kate Elliott, Michael Rogers, and Jeff Wallin. They performed their duties with great professionalism, collegiality and care, evaluating each artist for excellence of craftsmanship, design, and creativity. After selecting the group of finalists, the jurors chose one piece of artwork by each finalist to be included in the exhibition. In late March, once the selected pieces had been installed, the jurors gathered to review the assembled work and to choose the category award winners. We wish to thank the jurors for helping to make e-merge 2010 an inspiring collection that reflects the high standards of today’s artist working in kiln-glass. And we wish to encourage entrants who did not qualify as finalists this year to continue their efforts to make good work.
This year, for the first time ever, the e-merge exhibition was mounted at Bullseye Gallery. We would like to thank everyone who attended the e-merge 2010 opening reception—for supporting the artists and the exhibition and for selecting the winner of the Popular Award.
