The short list winners expose the disconnect between the art academy and the public

[Bill Fischer]

We now have data from the first juried awards. Some interesting things to note:

- only 2 works in the top 25 were picked by both the public and the jury.

- only 3 venues shared short list works and one of those was the river (which is impossible to avoid). The other two are the GRAM and Kendall.

- the top 5 venues in that juried category did not include any of the venues holding public vote short-listers.