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Sept 27 - Oct 28

Landscapes and Urban Structures 

Open to Members and Non-Members

Theme: Landscapes and Urban Structures

Location: Toledo Artists’ Club Gallery


This collection explores environments through representations of landscapes and urban structures, considering the many ways place shapes human experience. Whether depicting the quiet rhythms of the natural world or the complexity of the built environment, each work examines the character, history, and emotional resonance of its subject. Together, these pieces invite viewers to observe familiar surroundings with fresh perspective and to consider how natural and constructed environments influence our sense of identity, connection, and place.


Juror Jacqueline S. Nathan

Biography

Jacqueline S. Nathan served as the Gallery Director at Bowling Green State University from 1985 to 2022. During that time she organized 300+ shows, and curated more than 45 thematic and one-person exhibitions, bringing such artists as Faith Ringgold, Peter Gourfain, Carrie Mae Weems, Mark Dion, Sandy Skoglund, Clarissa Sligh, Betsy Damon and Patrick Dougherty to Bowling Green for public projects, presentations and interactions with students and area community members. Her curatorial focus centered on current social and environmental issues, equality and inclusion, and community involvement. She has a B.A. in Art from Northern Illinois University, and an M.A. in Community Arts Management from the University of Illinois at Springfield (formerly Sangamon State University), where she studied with Dr. Jonathan Katz. A co-founder of the Black Swamp Arts Festival in Bowling Green, Nathan has worked with a variety of community and campus groups, and served on the local humane society board for many years. She has repeatedly been appointed as a panelist for the Ohio Arts

Council and has received numerous project and organizational grants from state, local and regional organizations. She has been a juror for a number of regional shows and one state-wide exhibition, and currently serves on the boards of Ohio Designer Craftsmen, BGSU Gallery and the Bowling Green Arts Council (BGAC). During 2023, she curated an emeriti exhibition for BGSU titled Life’s Work, and for several years has organized the BGAC Better than Ever Senior Art Show, Downtown Arts Walk, Artists 4 Animals, and Art in the Park.

Juror Comments

It was an honor to be invited to jury this show focusing on landscape and urban structures by members of the Toledo Artists' Club. Congratulations and thank you to all of the artists who submitted work.


Every juror brings their own background to this task, and every juror sees and appreciates different aspects of artistic vision: the choice and form of the medium chosen, and the skill in realizing that vision. My awards criteria included creativity, craftsmanship, technical skills, presentation and overall visual presence. I looked for concept realized through technical skills - an idea and its execution coming together in a way to make that artwork exceptional. I hope that the works I selected for awards invite engagement and further exploration. My only caution is that in a few circumstances, the presentation – matting or lack thereof, framing, etc. – did not complement or even detracted from the artwork. Overall, it is an ambitious show that will offer viewers a satisfying experience. Thank you for this opportunity.

The Awards

Best in Show

Paul Brand

Adams at 17th Street  

This painting is a semi-abstraction somberly depicting a Toledo location floating mysteriously and beckoning possibility. It is accomplished and very engaging.

First Place

Teri Lee

Winter Barn

Deceptively spare, this evocative image embraces its solid subject with a delicate distillation of atmosphere and appreciation for the harsh palette of winter.

Second Place

Leslie Dietch

Superior Vacation 

A lovely, generously-scaled seascape that captures the grandeur and immensity of Earth’s offerings, delightfully contrasted by the dwarfed wooden chairs signaling human presence/absence.

Third Place

Sally Marti

Golden Field 

Lush color and careful composition work together to portray a wondrously inviting fall meander.

Honorable Mentions