The 2018 Northern Juried Art Show has been cancelled due to a lack of artists, organizers announced April 16, the day after the deadline for entries.
“The organization committee has reached a difficult decision with regards to this year’s show,” said 42nd Northern Juried Art Show 2018 committee president Leigh Hall in a press release. “It is with regret we are forced to cancel this year’s Northern Juried Art Show in Thompson. The main reason for this is lack of artist participation in the last few years. It has reached a point where it is not viable to hold the show this year; we only hope that next year it can continue with renewed interest of the artists north of the 53rd.”
The organizers had announced March 27 that they were extending the deadline for submissions from April 1 to April 15.
“This decision was not made lightly and after extending the deadline a minimum number was not reached,” said Hall. “We will endeavour to work towards next year and hope the show can continue in the future.”
The show was to have been held at the Thompson Regional Community Centre May 18–20 with three jurors providing critiques and deciding which entries were worthy of a cash prize. Thompson has played host to the art show a total of 10 times before, with the last show here taking place in 2014.
Hall said that fees paid by registered artists would be returned as soon as possible and that they would be returning all monetary and in-kind donations to sponsors and partners in the show.
