6. What tools do you currently use to jury your fine art event?
Response Percent
Response Total
Slide projectors
77.1%
138
Light table
3.4%
6
Photographic prints
7.8%
14
Hold up to a light source
2.2%
4
Other (please specify)
9.5%
17
Total Respondents
179
(skipped this question)
6
7. Approximately how many artists apply to your show each year?
Range of 50 to 3000 with an average of 537
Total Respondents
180
(skipped this question)
5
8. How many slides do you require artists to submit?
Response Percent
Response Total
3
11.2%
20
4
38.5%
69
5
35.2%
63
6
5%
9
Other (please specify)
10.1%
18
Total Respondents
179
(skipped this question)
6
9. How many years have you followed your current jury procedure?
Total Respondents
175
(skipped this question)
10
10. How many jurors do you usually have in your artist selection process?
Response Percent
Response Total
1
1.1%
2
2
6.7%
12
3
24.4%
44
4
15.6%
28
5
25.6%
46
Other (please specify)
Ranged to a maximum of 30 jurors
26.7%
48
Total Respondents
180
(skipped this question)
5
11. Would you be interested in a system that easily allowed you to have a much larger group of jurors evaluate your applicant’s work?
Response Percent
Response Total
Yes - if our cost and ease of evaluating the results were improved
37.4%
65
No -we have the ideal number of jurors now
62.6%
109
Total Respondents
174
(skipped this question)
10
12. Are jurors allowed to communicate with each other during the jury process?
Response Percent
Response Total
No, we jury silently
9%
16
Yes, questions are allowed
44.9%
80
Yes, we encourage discussion between jurors
46.1%
82
Total Respondents
178
(skipped this question)
7
13. Is there an artist advisor available for questions during jurying?
Response Percent
Response Total
Yes
76.5%
137
No
23.5%
42
Total Respondents
179
(skipped this question)
6
14. Do you show the applicants images more than one time?
Response Percent
Response Total
No, they are shown only once
4.4%
8
Yes, we do more than one showing
41.7%
75
Yes, we return to the ones that the jurors want to reexamine
43.9%
79
Other (please specify)
10%
18
Total Respondents
180
(skipped this question)
5
15. Are the images for each artist shown simultaneously or one image at a time?
Response Percent
Response Total
Shown together using multiple projectors
61.3%
106
Shown one image at a time using one projector
38.7%
67
Total Respondents
173
(skipped this question)
10
16. How long does the average set of images stay in front of jurors for evaluation?
Response Percent
Response Total
10 seconds
8.4%
15
15 seconds
12.3%
22
20 seconds
20.1%
36
25 seconds
6.7%
12
30 seconds
21.2%
38
Other (please specify)
As long as needed
31.3%
56
Total Respondents
179
(skipped this question)
6
17. Is a slide description statement read to the jurors?
Response Percent
Response Total
Yes
60.1%
107
No
39.9%
71
Total Respondents
178
(skipped this question)
5
18. How do your jurors evaluate the work they see?
Response Percent
Response Total
Assign a single overall numeric score
60.3%
108
Judged with a simple yes or no
23.5%
42
Give several numeric scores based on multiple criteria (for example, creativity, technique, and presentation)
16.2%
29
Total Respondents
179
(skipped this question)
6
19. Are the different criteria used weighted separately?
Response Percent
Response Total
No, all are counted equally in the score
69%
20
Yes, each criteria contributes a different value to the final score
31%
9
Total Respondents
29
(skipped this question)
156
20. Do you require a booth slide?
Response Percent
Response Total
Yes
78%
138
No
22%
39
Total Respondents
177
(skipped this question)
8
21. Is the booth slide given a separate score?
Response Percent
Response Total
Yes, it is evaluated as a separate part of the score
17.6%
26
No, it is part of the overall evaluation
82.4%
122
Total Respondents
148
(skipped this question)
34
22. How aware are you of systems that are being developed to use digital technology to improve the jury process?
Response Percent
Response Total
Don’t know anything about them
26.6%
47
We have heard the term “digital jury”
19.2%
34
We understand the concept
18.6%
33
We are very aware of the potential
22.6%
40
We are working on a digital jury system now
13%
23
Total Respondents
177
(skipped this question)
8
23. Which, if any, of the following digital jury systems have you heard about?
Choose all that apply
Response Percent
Response Total
The Smithsonian Craft Show
24.8%
41
Advanced Jurying Systems
1.2%
2
Westaf
22.4%
37
ArtShowJury.com
7.3%
12
None of the above
61.8%
102
Total Respondents
165
(skipped this question)
20
24. Which of the following statements most closely reflects your view of the digital jury system concept?
Response Percent
Response Total
We have no interest in changing the system we now use
14.9%
26
We might be interested in a digital jury system if costs were acceptable and benefits were substantial
66.9%
117
We are very interested in using digital technology to improve our jury system
18.3%
32
Total Respondents
175
(skipped this question)
10
25. Which statements best describes why you are not interested in changing the jury process?
Choose all that apply
Response Percent
Response Total
We don’t see the advantages to it
11.5%
3
We don’t have a budget to spend on it
38.5%
10
Our people would not be comfortable with the technology
7.7%
2
What we have works, why change?
19.2%
5
Other (please specify)
53.8%
14
Total Respondents
26
(skipped this question)
159
26. In general, how knowledgeable are you about digital jury systems?
Response Percent
Response Total
No real knowledge
44.1%
63
Some understanding
33.6%
48
Knowledgeable, but still learning
19.6%
28
Expert
2.8%
4
Total Respondents
143
(skipped this question)
42
27. What do you see as the primary benefit of a digital jury system?
Choose all that apply
Response Percent
Response Total
Easier to show images than with slide projectors
43.7%
62
Easier to collect and process the jury results than a manual process
46.5%
66
Lower costs than a traditional slide jury
12%
17
Not sure
39.4%
56
Other (please specify)
20.4%
29
Total Respondents
142
(skipped this question)
43
28. Which kind of output do you feel would best show the digitized images to your jurors?
Response Percent
Response Total
Images viewed on a computer monitor
29.5%
36
Digital projection using a resolution dependent system
22.1%
27
Digital projection using a PowerPoint type program
48.4%
59
Total Respondents
122
(skipped this question)
62
29. What do you see as the biggest potential disadvantage to a digital jury system?
Choose all that apply
Response Percent
Response Total
Potential exhibitors will need to create and submit digital files of their work
70%
98
Dealing with computers to collect and manage the data
27.1%
38
Encouraging artists to use the system
64.3%
90
Higher cost and effort than what we do now
32.1%
45
Not sure
18.6%
26
Other (please specify)
15%
21
Total Respondents
140
(skipped this question)
45
30. If your plans for digital jury systems allow artists to submit standard slides as they always have done. Who should be responsible for scanning them for the jury?
Response Percent
Response Total
Our show
33.6%
41
A third party that specialized in scanning slides
15.6%
19
Scanning services should be part of the digital jury system provided to the show.
50.8%
62
Total Respondents
122
(skipped this question)
63
31. If using monitor viewing, would you consider allowing jurors to judge the applicant’s work from their homes, using the Internet as part of the digital jury system?
Response Percent
Response Total
Not sure
28.8%
40
Yes, if it meant lower costs and higher quality of jurors
18.7%
26
No, we would want the jury to meet together no matter what process they use to view the images.
52.5%
73
Total Respondents
139
(skipped this question)
46
32. A digital jury system could allow each juror to view images at his or her own pace. Would you see this as an advantage?
Response Percent
Response Total
Yes - it might improve their judgements
39.8%
53
No - we would want all the jurors to view images together
60.2%
80
Total Respondents
133
(skipped this question)
52
33. Are you concerned about the digital process accurately representing the artist’s work?
Response Percent
Response Total
Yes - the colors and quality might suffer
24.1%
33
No - a well-calibrated system should be superior to a projected slide
65.7%
90
Other (please specify)
10.2%
14
Total Respondents
137
(skipped this question)
48
34. One of the strong advantages of a digital jury process is its ability to fine-tune the evaluations that the jurors made. For example, a show could immediately see how the jury results would change if they changed the value of the booth slide from 5% of the score to 15%, or the change the relative importance of technique or creativity scores. Would you be interested in a system that would allow you to easily vary the weighting of multiple criteria after the jury had concluded?
Response Percent
Response Total
Yes - if we could see the change it would make visually to our show
48.4%
62
No - the relative weights of different criteria should remain unchanged
51.6%
66
Total Respondents
128
(skipped this question)
57
35. We’re interested in any other comments you might have concerning a digital jury system or your current jury system as it’s used now. Feel free to provide as much information as possible.
