Become a Juried Member
The League’s jury system helps craftspeople refine their skills to ensure the level of expertise required for juried membership. To be eligible for jury, one must be a resident of New Hampshire or reside in a town in Maine, Massachusetts, or Vermont that has part of its town limits within ten miles of the New Hampshire border.
To become a juried member of the League, you must submit an application with images of your work, and then meet in person with a group of master-level craftspeople. Members of the League’s Standards Committee review all application materials for completeness and propriety and schedule a jury session. Applicants meet with two to five jurors who are juried master craftspeople with extensive experience in their chosen media and with the League. Applicants share their work with the jurors, explaining their techniques and processes. The jurors provide valuable feedback to the applicants. Using the League’s Standards Criteria for relevant craft media, the jurors evaluate the work and then meet with the applicant to discuss the decision and reasons behind it. Possible jury outcomes include conditional acceptance, deferral, or non-acceptance.
Download and review the following application and standards policies:
Jury Application & Standards Policies:
- Jury Appointment Requirements
- Jury Appointment Application
- Standards Guidelines for all Juried Work
- Standards Policies, Revised May 2006
- Procedure to Change a Media Guideline
Standards Guidelines by Media:
- Baskets
- Botanicals
- Clay
- Fiber - Knitting
- Fiber – Rug Braiding
- Fiber - Rug Hooking
- Fiber-Stitchery, Surface Design
- Fiber - Weaving
- Glass
- Leather
- Metal
- Mixed Media
- Mixed Media - Early American Decoration
- Mixed Media - Calligraphy
- Mixed Media - Dolls
- Non-Metal Jewelry
- Photography
- Polymer Clay
- Prints
- Wood
For more information, contact the League.
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