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nn Kuffler and Les Slesnick
developed extensive careers as
artists before expanding their
professional interests to jurying art shows.
Kuffler, working with ceramics and
glass, and Slesnick, specializing in photog-
raphy, hold strong memories of outdoor
fair experiences and brought that to their
independent evaluations of applicants for
the 11th annual Orchard Lake Fine Art
Show.
The two, providing independent
reviews based on photos, will be present
during the fair being held July 26-28 in
West Bloomfield.
Some 150 artists — displaying paint-
ings, sculpture, clay, glass, fiber, jewelry,
wood, photography and more — will be
observed at setup time to check that the
pieces being featured are as represented in
the application process.
"We use a point system as we review
images of artists' works and the booths
that will hold the work:' explains Kuffler,
owner of Ariana Gallery in Royal Oak
"We don't want the art show to look like a
flea market."
Kuffler, who has juried the show for
several years, subsequently has invited
some of the Orchard Lake artists to put
their work into her gallery.
She advises aspiring outdoor fair par-
ticipants to find quality photographers to
capture the best examples of their talents
in preparing for the submission process.
She suggests that viewers of the work
think about how they want to use the art
before making their final decisions.
The Orchard Lake Fine Art Show, voted
in the top 100 art shows in the country
for the past six years by Sunshine Artist
magazine, also spotlights artistic dem-
onstrations, live entertainment and food
stations.
A different team — Sara Shamburger
and George Barfield, who produce the
Krasl Art Fair on the Bluff in southwest
Michigan — will decide on the monetary
prizes ($2,500 total) in the categories
of Best of Show, Purchase Awards and
Awards of Excellence.
The use of different people in the vari-
ous selection processes has been estab-
lished to give more diverse points of view.
"Each juror's opinion of quality is differ-

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ent from the next person's, so that's why it's
valuable to have more than one juror; says
Slesnick, based in Florida and connected
to the West Bloomfield show through
the National Association of Independent
Artists (NAIA).
It was at an NAIA conference that he
met Patty Narozny, executive director of
the West Bloomfield fair. Narozny, who
also recruits artists by attending outdoor
fairs around the country, charges applica-
tion and booth fees to the artists but gets
no commission for what is sold. Proceeds
from admission fees go to support the
Institute for the Arts & Education, a non-
profit organization that works to enhance
artistry and community enrichment.
Slesnick, who has Jewish heritage in
common with Kuffler, began his work
behind the scenes after being invited to do
so during an earlier NAIA conference. The
director of a Texas art fair asked him to
help select participants for that locale, and
opportunities developed in other places.
"I suggest that artists who want to
show their work at outdoor fairs find
experienced artists to act as mentors:' says
Slesnick, who explains that submitting
artists can display their work online
through zapplication.org , which allows
contacts with multiple presenters.
"I also tell them to go to top-tier
shows and see what everyone is doing.
They must understand how demanding
it is physically to take part in these
summer events:"

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