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Friday, June 15, 2012
LUX Welcomes Jordan Buschur
The LUX is excited to welcome Jordan Buschur as our new painting artist-in-residence!
Jordan Buschur received her M.F.A. in painting from Brooklyn College, the City University of New York. She studied at the Chautauqua School of Art, NY and the Rhode Island School of Design and completed her B.A. in painting at Goshen College in Indiana. Her work has been exhibited internationally; including shows at the Toledo Museum of Art, PASSENGER Projects, Detroit, MI, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY and Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY. She was a resident artist at the Vermont Studio Center and is a current Artist-in-Residence in painting at the LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE. She is an instructor in the Visual Literacy department at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, teaches painting at Doane College, Lincoln, NE and is a member of the summer visual art faculty at Interlochen Center for the Arts, MI.
Jordan Buschur received her M.F.A. in painting from Brooklyn College, the City University of New York. She studied at the Chautauqua School of Art, NY and the Rhode Island School of Design and completed her B.A. in painting at Goshen College in Indiana. Her work has been exhibited internationally; including shows at the Toledo Museum of Art, PASSENGER Projects, Detroit, MI, Thierry Goldberg Projects, New York, NY and Allegra LaViola Gallery, New York, NY. She was a resident artist at the Vermont Studio Center and is a current Artist-in-Residence in painting at the LUX Center for the Arts, Lincoln, NE. She is an instructor in the Visual Literacy department at the University of Nebraska, Lincoln, teaches painting at Doane College, Lincoln, NE and is a member of the summer visual art faculty at Interlochen Center for the Arts, MI.
Jordan says:
"My paintings use the avenues of figure, still life and landscape to
implant ordinary images with psychological meanings. I find images in
mid-twentieth century American magazines and books; each image is chosen
for an ability to move from a news/advertising past into another
version of the story.
My figurative paintings often focus on women and nature. In these painting, a mid-century woman is surrounded by a wildness, a wilderness, or a tamed version of nature. Here, the paintings depart from traditional figure in landscape painting as the nature of her activity and her place in society are left uncertain.
My still life paintings imply the absence of a figure through depictions of the detritus of a personal collection of objects. Books act as a stand in for one person’s accumulated knowledge. The stack of books is blank: full of potential or conversely, impenetrable."
My figurative paintings often focus on women and nature. In these painting, a mid-century woman is surrounded by a wildness, a wilderness, or a tamed version of nature. Here, the paintings depart from traditional figure in landscape painting as the nature of her activity and her place in society are left uncertain.
My still life paintings imply the absence of a figure through depictions of the detritus of a personal collection of objects. Books act as a stand in for one person’s accumulated knowledge. The stack of books is blank: full of potential or conversely, impenetrable."
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Stacks (Unknown), oil on panel, 29” x 40”, 2012
By Industrial Pond, oil on panel, 26” x 40”, 2011
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Self-Help (Green Growth), oil on panel, 24" x 18", 2012
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The Still Life (Who Cares), oil on panel, 20” x 16”, 2012
We are so excited to see what new work comes out of Jordan's residency here!
Saturday, March 24, 2012
Clay Resident Opening!
Hello! The LUX has had a busy year expanding our classes and launching our new program the Art Van deLUX! We are excited to announce that we will be taking applications for residents. Below is the updated description of our residency the link to our website with the application.
Residency Description
LUX Center for the Arts currently has an opening for a Ceramic Artist-in-Residence starting June 1st 2012. Residency is available for 4 months up to 2 years. An MFA is preferred but not necessary. Teaching experience is considered a major plus. Residency is granted based on quality of work and community-mindedness of applicant. Residency includes a shared but private studio space, free materials and firings, gallery representation and many paid teaching opportunities for all ages. Year-long residents receive a solo show at the end of their residency. Ceramics residents have 24 hour access to facilities which include an indoor kiln room that contains 2 L&L computerized electric kilns, 1 Duncan cone sitter kiln and a 1 cubic foot test kiln; no kiln can go above cone 6. There are many high-fire kilns in the community that you can make arrangements to use if need be. Facilities also include a vented clay and glaze mixing room, 8 electric Brent wheels, a Peter Pugger mixer, a clay extruder, a small slab roller, 2 4’x8’ work tables and plenty of storage. Use of other studio areas is allowed as long as it does not interfere with resident artists in those areas. Residents are responsible for studio management and maintenance, which includes mixing our earthenware clay for classes, mixing glazes as needed, loading/unloading kilns as well as servicing kilns and wheels as needed. Studio management is approximately 10-12 hours per week. Residents are expected to assist with the annual fundraiser gala and donate a piece to the art auction every September they are here. Residents are also expected to attend and assist all art openings and other large community events. No stipend is offered but there are ample teaching opportunities for residents totaling at least 20 hours per week. Residents that possess a MFA have the opportunity to teach for Doan College through LUX Center. Teaching for Doan you receive around $200 per student for this appointment. All the artist-in-Residence report to the Education Director.
Applications Due May 1st
We have also updated our studios since our last post check it out!
We have also updated our studios since our last post check it out!
Tuesday, January 24, 2012
Art Van deLUX Class
Greetings! Our Art Van deLUX program takes our quality art classes to those who have mobility or transportation barriers. It takes materials, supplies, and an art teacher to youth and senior serving agencies, schools, daycare centers, rehabilitation centers, and more. Our resident Naomi takes it to elementary schools every week, check out our students below!
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