Is There Something Wrong with the Minnesota State Fair Art Exhibit?

My experience jurying the annual exhibit

I hear it every year. “Those jurors are so random. How did these pieces get into the exhibit?”” “The exhibit isn’t as good as last year.”

I braced myself for these comments after jurying the Oil/Acrylic/Mixed Media category for the Minnesota State Fair this year. The exhibit is the most seen exhibit in the state with hundreds of thousands of people filin…