2013 Juror – Lance Esplund

Carolina’s Got Art! is thrilled to announce that Lance Esplund will serve as juror for the 2013 competition. Lance is U.S. art critic for Muse, the arts and leisure section of Bloomberg News. Previously, he was a columnist for The Wall Street Journal, chief art critic for The New York Sun, and served as editorial board member and New York correspondent for Modern Painters Magazine. He has contributed to Art & Antiques, Art in America, Harper’s, The New Criterion, The New Republic, The Threepenny Review, The Weekly Standard, and The Yale Review, among other publications.

Esplund has taught at numerous universities and art schools including Parsons, The New School for Design, Rider University, and The New York Studio School MFA Program. He received his BFA from the Kansas City Art Institute and his MFA from Queens College, CUNY.

Have a look at some of Lance’s work:

- Bloomberg
- Wall Street Journal
- Harpers
- The New York Sun

Carolina’s Got Art! selects a new juror every year, which is very intentional.  As each juror brings their own subjectivity to bear, artists and audiences alike will find the show differs with each juror.  We believe this provides a freshness and appeal that makes Carolina’s Got Art! unique.  Like shows past, this year’s juror is a preeminent critic.

As with every show, we will provide the public (artists and community) access to our juror not only at the opening event but also a separate discussion, typically the morning following the show.  It’s a great opportunity to learn how the juror arrived at his decisions.