I think that there is a place for all quilt types traditional, art, hand quilting, machine quilting, etc in the shows. Our guild just had their show and everything was judged in seperate categories and then hung up, art quilts mixed in with traditional. Since we are not a large guild I would think that is probably the way most/quite a few do them. Then it would depend on the quilter which category they are entering their quilt in. I believe Quilers appreciate all quilt forms after all we are all artists.