COMPETITION JURORS:

2026 JURORS

FIRST QUARTER: Casey Klahn, PSA 
SECOND QUARTER: Pirkko Mäkelä-Haapalinna, PSA/MP 
THIRD QUARTER: Tara Will, IAPS-EP 
FOURTH QUARTER: Robin Frisella, PSA-MP, IAPS/MC

JURYING:

• Each quarterly competition will be open for entry for two months. After the close of each quarterly competition, our designated juror will select the paintings for the awards in each category.
  
  
• The winners will be notified via email. In the unlikely event a juror is unable to jury for any reason, an alternative juror will be appointed. If one cannot be found, jurying will be done by a representative of Dakota Art Store, Ltd.
  
  
• All prizes will be awarded in both the Established and Emerging categories for each quarterly competition. 24 Winners (12 each from the Established and Emerging) in each quarterly competition will be advanced to the jurying for the Dakota Pastel final year-end competition. Final awards will be announced by, or near January 15 the proceeding year.
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  21 MASTERS SHARE ADVICE: a fantastic blog post curated by Gail Sibley on juried art competitions

PAST JURORS

Margaret Dyer, IAPS-MC, PSA
Michael Freeman, IAPS-EP, MPANZ, MPSA, PSA
Clarence A. Porter, PAC, MPAC, PSA, IAPS/MC
Lyn Asselta, PSA-MP, IAPS-EP, SPS-MP
Loriann Signori, PSA, IAPS/MC
Corey Pitkin, PSA, IAPS/MC
Barbara Jaenicke, PSA-MP, IAPS-EP, AIS, OPA
Mitch Albala, PSA
Debora Stewart: PSA, MP, IAPS MC
Aaron Schuerr: AIS, PSA, LPAPA, PSWC
Nancie King Mertz: PSA-MP, CPP-MP, IAPS-EP
Daniel Keys: PSA
Karen Margulis: PSA, IAPS/MC
Otto Sturcke: IAPS/MC, PSA-MP, PSWC-DP
Rita Kirkman: PSA, CPS, IAPS/EP
Andrew McDermott: IAPS/MC, SFCA, MPAC, PSWC
Richard McKinley: PSA-MP & HFH, PSWC-PL
Marla Baggetta: PSA, IAPS/MC, OPA
Jen Evenhus: PSA-MP, IAPS/MC, NPS-DP, PSWC
Alain Picard: PSA, IAPS-MC
Liz Haywood-Sullivan: PSA-MP, IAPS/MC
Desmond O 'Hagan: IAPS-EP, PSA-MP, IAPS/MC
Tony Allain: PS, PSA, ARSMA, MC/IAPS, MPANZ
Dawn Emerson: PSA