GOOD ART, BAD ART,OR NOT ART

Artmidter raises gay questions in her blog post today. Art entered into quietly shows is jusdged As quilts one would presume, and one would wonder about as point ystrfem anyway. I entered an art quilt into a small lofal show and received an honorable mention, one judge really liked its, and two were lukewarm WIth tgh pointgw. Its was the only Artists quilt entered into the show an was classified among small applique quilts. How does one judge art? Who is to pronounce ArT judgments which are to be takin as valid? What is the artists to think when confronted with a points systens? Does that mean that we should carefully construct our quilts according to that system so we could receive higher scores? Should we even enter our work into such venues? We all crave feedback and critique, but are judge's comments genuine critique? Is the artist testament to be taken seriiously, or should the art stand on it's own, and can it really do so in such venues? Is surface design art? Is Art Cloth valid as "art" or is it all wishful thinking? Matissese would ceertainly classify tfextiles as art, but I'm not sure about Picasso, and do other opinions even count? I cannot even pretend to have the answers. I would agree with American fiber artist Katherine Westphal who said, "Art is whatever we (artiets) say it is."