The Fall Show 2025

2025

Jan 3

Juror’s Bio

Jordan Buschur’s paintings focus on collections of objects ranging from stacked books to interiors of drawers, all united by a system of value based on mystery, sentimentality, and a matrilineal connection. Buschur received a B.A. in Studio Art from Goshen College (Goshen, IN) and an M.F.A. in Painting from Brooklyn College, the City University of New York. Her work has been shown in numerous locations, including exhibitions with the Urban Institute for Contemporary Arts (Grand Rapids, MI), River House Arts (Toledo, OH), the Center for Book Arts (NYC), and Field Projects (NYC). She was the 2024 Community Digital Artist in Residence at the Toledo Museum of Art and has participated in residencies at the Wassaic Project, Chashama North, the Kimmel Harding Nelson Center for the Arts, and the Vermont Studio Center, as well as teaching residencies through the Bemis Center for Contemporary Art and the Sheldon Museum of Art. Awards include the Ohio Arts Council Individual Excellence Award, the Kimmel Foundation Artist Award and the Charles Shaw Painting Award. Her work has been featured in print in New American Paintings and UPPERCASE Magazine, and online on The Jealous Curator, Young Space, and BOOOOOOOM, among others. Podcast interviews include I Like Your Work and Studio Break. She is a co-founder of Co-Worker Gallery and has curated exhibitions at Cuchifritos Gallery (NYC), Spring/Break Art Show (NYC), and the Neon Heater (Findlay, OH). Buschur has taught art to all ages and is currently an artist-in-residence through the Teach Arts Ohio program with the Ohio Arts Council.

Juror’s Show Statement

It’s been an honor to spend time with these artworks, each clearly the product of invested time, devoted energy, and creative curiosity. I am interested in artwork that demonstrates a high level of skill but is also able to communicate more-through concept or feeling. The works that stood out to me the most combined all three. There are many excellent examples on view and many more I wish I could have included. It is excellent to see such a wide variety of artwork created here, and I applaud all of the artists who made work and took the time to submit it to this show. Thank you for the opportunity to jury this!

Award Winners

Best of Show

“NATURE’S ABUNDANCE”

NANCY FRANKENFIELD

“By limiting the color palette to golden yellows, luminous greens, and rusty reds, the artist creates a peaceful, natural scene. Directional brush strokes repeated over the image move towards abstraction, nicely balanced with representation. The scale makes it easy to absorb oneself into the scene.”

First Place

“VIVACIOUS”

MIQUELA MUNDY

“Though nature is referenced in tree trunks and leaf shapes, the painting quickly moves into a playful and dreamlike place – where is the ground and where is the sky? Colors are heightened, mark making moves quickly and frenetically at times, controlled elsewhere. Lots of energy!”

Second Place

“ED #20”

JOAN BROWN

“Organic shapes morph into references to manufactured decorative elements-the texture of fabric, ruffles and faux pearl edging. Together, they create a surreal form of fragile beauty.”

Third Place

“PIECES OF ME”

RAY WALLEN

“The shallow space depicts a cabinet of curiosities, each carefully rendered, though some objects remain painterly mysteries and the central spot is left intentionally empty, held for the future.”