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The
JudgesFelicia W. Shaw has been program manager for the San Diego County Art Commission since 1995. A Northwestern University graduate, Shaw began her career in the arts in 1985 as an art dealer and consultant. Post-graduate studies in history, theory and criticism at the University of California, San Diego led to consultant relationships with several nonprofit arts and cultural associations. She's produced festivals and other arts related programs for the city of Chula Vista, is vice-chair of the Carlsbad Arts Commission and serves on the boards of Partners for Livable Spaces, San Diego and the African Grove Institute for the Arts-California.
As the Public Art Supervisor for the City of Ventura, Kerry Adams oversees about 15 public art projects. A UCLA graduate with a degree in Art History and Business Administration, Adams' professional experience includes working for Galerie Michael, a fine art gallery in Beverly Hills. While there she planned, coordinated and publicized significant visual art exhibitions including Touch of the Masters' Hands—Pablo Picasso: Prints in Progress, Rare States and Working Proofs from the Atelier and Rembrandt and the Evolution of Printmaking. Prior to Galerie Michael, Adams worked in the public affairs department at the J. Paul Getty Trust.
Donald Wakefield has 25 years experience in the art world, working on large-scale public and private art commissions, monuments, and temporary exhibits throughout Southern California. His artistic experience includes work in photography, video, stone sculpture, metal fabrication, woodworking, cast paper and mold making. Besides creating artwork for the television and movie industries, Wakefield designed the La Quinta Sculpture Park, a 20-acre facility that includes a sculpture garden, art gallery, weekend music events and arts education. Currently he's working on a pilot television program dedicated to living artist and is developing an art garden.
Pat Gomez manages the city of Los Angeles' art collection and murals program. An artist who specializes in installation-based work, she's been involved in artist groups throughout the city for 15 years. She's been an arts administrator and curator, and was associate director of Self Help Graphics and Art. She holds Master's and Bachelors of Art degrees from California State University, Fullerton, and is a featured artist in the soon-to-be-released University of Arizona Press publication "Contemporary Chicano and Chicana Artists." Currently Gomez is the president of "New Town Pasadena," an artist-run organization presenting multidisciplinary work in non-traditional spaces.
John Lehrer is editor in chief of Westways Magazine, the Auto Club's membership magazine, where he's worked for seven years. He's spent 20 years editing and writing for consumer and trade publications, and has written books on bicycling, turtles, and whales. He said he found the Liquid Art project interesting, because "there were surprisingly varied and creative ways of depicting the role of water, a critical resource. I think it shows ways that various people, whether individual artists, civic groups, or governments, recognize the significance of water and want to represent it in a way that is pleasing and gets the message across."