Competition Philosophy
The Kingdom Arts and Sciences Office makes every effort to ensure that competitions sponsored by the Kingdom provide feedback from experts in their field.
Competitions
Caid offers artisans opportunities to share their artwork through competitions and displays. Caid has two premier Arts & Sciences competitions – the Kingdom Arts Fair and Pentathlon and Crescent Artisan.
Pentathlon is a long-running competition that occurs every other year. To qualify for Pentathlon, the entrant must enter a minimum of five entries over four different categories.
Crescent Artisan is Caid’s newest Arts & Sciences competition and takes place every other year, opposite Pentathlon. Entrants are limited to one entry and are encouraged to bring their “one best thing.” The Crescent Artisan judging evaluation process includes a face-to-face Q&A session with the entrant.
Since feedback is an integral component for growth and learning, smaller competitions will be offered throughout the year to give artisans an opportunity to receive feedback prior to Pentathlon and Crescent Artisan.
Items entered in Kingdom sponsored Arts & Sciences competitions will be judged evaluated against a 100 point period ideal. In order to provide a consistent structure, competitions will use the Competition Category List and Scoring and Feedback Sheets listed below that are related to each category. We encourage entrants to view the those sheets in order to ensure that the entry is placed into the appropriate category. If you need help finding the best category for your entry, please contact the Kingdom A&S Competition Deputy.
All Kingdom of Caid sponsored competitions will use the same categories and feedback sheets. Each of the seven categories contains subcategories related to that field.
Select a category below to view thescoring and feedback sheets
Visual
Functional
Armor & Weaponry
Fiber & Clothing
Culinary
Performance
Composition
As an entrant, it is a good idea to go through and review the scoring and feedback sheets so that you are aware of what the experts will be looking at. Remember that each item is scored on its own against a period ideal. If you need help finding the best category for your entry, please contact the competition steward or the Kingdom A&S Minister.
Displays
Sharing artwork inspires others to create so all Kingdom-level competitions will offer a display-only option. Items included in the Display will not receive scored feedback but will be eligible for People’s Choice voting. The Artisan is encouraged to place a blank book with the entry and invite onlookers to leave comments about the item.
Judging Evaluating
We are always looking for subject matter experts to act asjudges evaluators in all our Competitions. If you would like to participate in this, please read over the Judge’sEvaluator’shandbook and sign up below.
Are you new and unsure if you are ready? Let us know, and we can arrange for you to shadow a team of more experiencedjudges evaluatorsuntil you are confident enough to proceedon your own.
JudgesEvaluators Handbook
Volunteer to Judge Evaluate