Meridian Arts and Sciences

Kingdom Arts and Science Faire

(Updated May 25, 2008)

Information Specific to the Upcoming Kingdom Faire 2008

KASF 2008: Here's a link to the online flyer. The event is being held at FDR State Park in Pine Mountain, Georgia.

The deadline to register for Kingdom A&S has passed. You may still bring your entry for display only – there will be an exhibit after lunch for comments.

General Information about Kingdom Arts and Science Faire

Categories: It is important that all participants, judges and entrants, are familiar with the established categories and their guidelines.

Entering A&S Faires - A Comparison of Levels : This is a helpful explanation of the expectations encountered at varying levels of competitions. It is helpful for any entrant, especially those who have never entered in KASF before.

Entering A&S Faires - Expectations of an Entry: This document gives detailed information about the general expectations of any entry. It discusses the entry, documentation, source evaluation, and presentation.

Faires and Competitions - What is the difference?: This guideline explains the difference between the formats that entrants may encounter within the Kingdom of Meridies.

Judging Guidelines: All faire participants should be familiar with this document.

Kingdom A&S Faire Rules: A listing of the rules governing the Kingdom A&S Faire.

Kingdom Arts and Science Judging Forms

All the forms that are used for judging during the Kingdom Arts and Science Faire are posted here. Please take a look at them and let us know if you have any questions or concerns.

This year each entry will be accompanied by a cover sheet and a juried form. The purpose of the cover sheet is to provide quick access to key information about an entry. The purpose of the juried form is for the judges to provide feedback to the entrants. Various categories now have different forms tailored to the unique requirements of specific areas.

The forms are provided in two different formats.

• If you are simply interested in viewing the forms, please click on the appropriate link in the Web Format column. The Web Version has eliminated any extra space for easy reading. This form is for convenience only. If there are any discrepancies, the RTF file is the official version.

• If you would like to download your own copy, please right-click on the appropriate form in the RTF column and choose "Save Target As." This will allow you to save a copy, complete with spacing for comments, on your hard drive.

Kingdom Arts and Science Faire - Champions

As of April 2007, an entrant must enter at least three entires into the Faire that receive a 17/20 or higher score. If more than one entrant meets this criteria, ALL the scores of these entrant’s entries will be averaged together and the highest median score will be declared the winner.If there is still a tie, then two Champions will be chosen.If no entrant meets this requirement, there will be no Champion chosen that year

In the past, the Champion of the Arts was determined by the total number of points received (with a maximum of two entries per category). If there was a tie, the winner will be the one with the most top scores.

Kingdom Arts and Science Faire - A Bit of History

In the years past, the groups of Meridies used to compete for the honor of being known as the Patron of the Arts. The Patron was determined by adding the total score points of the entrants from each SCA group and dividing it by the number of entries. An SCA group was required to have a minimum of 5 entrants and 10 entries in order to be eligible. While this was a worthy tradition, it was often very difficult to administer, especially in a timely factor. Many different solutions were tried with varying degrees of success. Reluctantly, it was finally decided to omitt this aspect from the Faire altogether. However, the Meridian Arts Webpage wishes to honor the accomplishments of the past.

If you are interested in past Kingdom Arts and Science Faires, the following links provide some information about past years.

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