Last Friday was a special and memorable treat for this art critic.
The student art committee at the Memorial Union had asked me to be a juror, a judge, for the 80th Annual Student Art Show.
I agreed, and a week ago Monday I spent a couple hours with members of the committee and my fellow juror, UW art history professor Barbara Buenger, choosing the art for the show.
It was easier than we all had feared. Overall, the quality was terrific, so we did not have to compromise standards as we selected 42 works from the 147 that were submitted by students of all kinds, not just art students.