meet the jurors

Lisa Thompson is the Associate Director of Available Potential Enterprises (A.P.E.), a Northampton-based non-profit arts organization established in 1977 that exists to support contemporary artists working in all disciplines by preserving and supporting the spaces in which they create, perform and exhibit their work. In 1996 Ms. Thompson joined A.P.E. in her current capacity. As associate director she works with founding director Gordon Thorne to identify and present the work of established and emerging, often experimental visual and performing artists. She initiates and manages A.P.E. programming, including monthly exhibitions of visual art, and fosters connections and collaborations with other arts organizations.

Loretta Yarlow is the Director of The University Gallery of the Fine Arts Center at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst, which presents contemporary national and international art and pursues a mandate of cutting-edge research in the field of the visual arts. Ms. Yarlow received her Bachelor’s degree from Sarah Lawrence College and a Master’s in Education and Fine Arts from Harvard University, specializing in museum education. Prior to her tenure with The University Gallery, for two years Ms. Yarlow served as Director of Exhibitions at Pratt Institute in New York City, and for 14 years as Director/Curator of the Art Gallery of York University, Toronto, Canada.

Photography by Paul Teeling