NORWAY – A diverse group of art professionals are slated to judge more than 100 artists’ work during the 41st annual Norway Sidewalk Art Show, the featured event of the Norway Arts Festival, which will be held along Main Street, Norway Village, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday, July 12.

Diana Arcadipone is an artist who divides her time between her studio in Otisfield and her position as associate dean of the Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University. She also coordinates exhibitions for a Community Gallery at Café Nomad in Norway.

Arcadipone received her bachelor’s of fine arts from Western Michigan University and her master’s of fine arts from Ohio University. She has exhibited her works on paper internationally, including the Leopold Hoesch Museum in Duren, West Germany, the Speed Museum in Louisville, Kty., as well as various galleries and educational institutions.

She has attended artists’ residencies in California and Banff, Alberta, Canada, and has received grants and awards for her work, which is represented in many public and private collections.

Arcadipone’s recent works on paper can be seen at Café Nomad through August. Her passion for the environment and inspiration drawn from the Oxford Hills are represented in this work.

Professional photographer Skip Churchill’s fascination with photography began as a child when his father and grandfather were active members of a photography club. His inspirational focus started with nature photography and black and white film development.

His journey into commercial work began when he founded Churchill Photography in 1980 in Hebron. He began exhibiting in the Norway Sidewalk Art Show in the mid-1980s and credits the experiences with helping to build his successful photography business.

In addition to several exhibits at Hebron Academy, the Norway Memorial Library, the Auburn Public Library and Stephens Memorial Hospital, Churchill’s work has also been exhibited at the Matolcsy Arts Center. Churchill is a regular judge for student at shows at the Hebron Elementary School and has judged photo contest for the Maine Audubon Society. In addition, Churchill has received regional and national awards for his work.

Ed Stevens has been involved in art education for 28 years. A resident of Bridgton, he is the kindergarten to grade 12 art department chairman for SAD 17. He teaches photography and art foundations at Oxford Hills Comprehensive High School.

Stevens holds a bachelor of fine arts degree from the Massachusetts College of Art, as well as a master’s degree in counseling from the University of Southern Maine. Stevens has exhibited his watercolors and photography throughout New England and is represented by Gallery 302 in Bridgton. Stevens recently completed advanced studies in digital photography at the Maine Media Workshop in Rockport.

For more information on the Norway Arts Festival, go to www.NorwayArtsFestival.org or call 739-6161.