The jurors this year were Anne Novado, director of Novado Gallery, and Marie Via, the retired Director of Exhibitions at Memorial Art Gallery in Rochester, New York.
One aspect I like about this is that all of these depicted objects are in my household, whether chess pieces or the hammer etc.
This is an annual exhibit at the Schweinfurth Memorial Art Center in Auburn, NY, and it runs this year from March 22 - May 12. You can see more information about it here, http://www.schweinfurthartcenter.org/exhibits_details.cfm?id=108.