about nr. 4.
I am sure just as some artists are more knowledgeable and prefer modern art, others prefer impressionistic, others renaissance art, like Da Vinci, etc. They are going to be biased towards their preference.
If a judge really loves "modern quilting", they will naturally prefer that type of quilt and they can't help it. The same goes with traditional, contemporary or art. I think they should be each in their own category. I don't think that an art quilt and a traditional Wedding Ring are apples = apples. I think they are more like like apples=oranges. Both fruit, but definitely different.
But in truth, I am a nobody and my opinion really doesn't for anything. So, while it is my opinion, in the big world of quilting, it is nothing.
I suppose that a judge could learn to judge fairly each kind of quilt, but I would think that they would be better at one or the other.