The Jury Advisory Board is a year-round Advisory Council to the Ann Arbor Street Art Fair staff. They provide rules and review standards during the art fair. They also meet in a final composition session to review the invitations from the jury panels and establish a wait list.

Danny R. W. Baskin

Danny R. W. Baskin is the current Director of Galleries at Eastern Michigan University. Originally from Arkansas and now living in Ann Arbor, Baskin co-founded FEAST Gallery in 2016 and has since worked as Museum Manager at 21c Museum and Project Manager at Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art. He has regularly worked as guest curator, project manager, and creative facilitator for different art organizations and projects around the Southern region. His writing has been published in numerous catalogs, art publications, and didactic materials. Outside of these pursuits, Baskin is an artist and furniture maker, holding an MFA in sculpture from the University of Arkansas School of Art, and a BFA in Fine Art from the Maryland Institute College of Art.

Jennifer Cantley

Jennifer Cantley is the Community Gallery & Advisory Manager at the Toledo Museum of Art and a visual artist focusing in physical science and abstraction. Jennifer’s work has been sold and exhibited nationally, and she has work included in the collection on view at the Parker H. Petit Institute of Bioengineering & Bioscience at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Jennifer co-founded the Alluvium Gallery at Kendall College of Art & Design (Grand Rapids, MI), and has directed and curated various galleries including Center Gallery at StudioSwan (Metro-Atlanta, GA), the Limelight Gallery (Atlanta, GA), and most recently the new Robert C. and Susan Savage Community Gallery (Toledo, OH). In addition, Jennifer has worked as an Art Consultant for an international luxury art consulting firm based out of Atlanta, where she selected and installed art worldwide. Jennifer has a passion for sharing art with her community and has worked in youth and adult art education for many years. Recently, her focus has been on art education and outreach in low-income communities. Jennifer holds an MFA from Kendall College of Art & Design, as well as a BFA from Eastern Michigan University.

Lynda Cole

Lynda Cole paints in encaustic and oil paint and cold wax and also creates large scale 3 dimensional geometric pieces. She has exhibited widely and won awards for her work, including Art Prize 2011 where she won third prize for her work titled ‘Rain’. She graduated from Michigan State University with a BA in Textile and Clothing Design. She continued her education at the University of Michigan where she studied Botany. From 1976 – 1990 she ran her landscape design company – Wildwood Flower.

Jeremy Noonan

Jeremy Noonan is a craft-based artist and acclaimed textile designer whose creative practice spans across the fields of art and design. He founded Noonan Studio LLC in 2008, with the aim of exploring innovative ways of using pattern, color, and materials for a diverse range of surface applications. His work has been recognized for its creativity, quality, and attention to detail, and has been featured in prominent design publications. As a textile designer, Noonan has collaborated with leading national and international companies in the industry, creating designs for a diverse range of products, including upholstery, architectural glass, area rugs, wallcoverings, and home fashion. His approach to design is rooted in a deep understanding of the potential of textiles as a medium for communication and expression. In addition to his commercial work, Noonan maintains an active art practice, which allows him to push the boundaries of his medium and explore new creative directions. He currently serves as a Professor and Head of Fiber and Textiles at the College for Creative Studies in Detroit, MI, where he shares his passion and expertise with a new generation of artists and designers.

Alison Rivett

Alison Rivett is Associate Director of the Arts Initiative at the University of Michigan and a practicing visual artist. She received her MFA in art and design from the Stamps School at the University of Michigan in 2007 after studying both classics and art at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. She worked in exhibition design and visitor services at the Getty Museum, Los Angeles; American Museum of Magic, Marshall MI; and U-M Museum of Natural History. She taught painting at the University of Michigan before moving to Bangalore, India to teach and develop new programs at the Srishti Institute of Art, Design & Technology for seven years. Her current creative practice involves interpreting PhD dissertations through image-making.

Jeri Rosenberg

Jeri Rosenberg is an artist, community connector, teacher, and official GLOW enthusiast. She has served on the board of WonderFool Productions, the nonprofit that produces ypsiGLOW, FestiFools, and FoolMoon, since their beginning. Her GLOW Fashion is created from conventional materials revisioned in unconventional fashions. From saran wrap or plastic cups, to paper plates, zip ties, and latex gloves. She uses everyday materials as the foundation for her creative work. Jeri has worked with all ages teaching art in public and private schools, and art associations, as well as worked with severe emotionally-impaired adolescents. She has curated art exhibits for The Art School in Carrboro, NC and the Durham Arts Council in Durham, NC.. She is certified in Motivational Interviewing, where she trained students, doctors, and other health practitioners.

Walt Swanson

I have been a designer and maker of fine art furniture for over 35 years. For 15 years, I was also a teacher of design and furniture making in England. In 2014, I moved my workshop from the UK and have now settled in Ypsilanti, Michigan where I create original designs inspired from a wide range of styles, including Arts & Crafts, Shaker, and Chinese; and the makers Wharton Esherick, and George Nakashima. My primary goal is to give the piece life. I have built furniture from detailed architect’s drawings, from sketches on beer mats, and from everything in between. Designing generally begins with a conversation about a problem or a need which includes an investigation of the space the piece will occupy, and a look at some style preferences. My best work, however, is not a transaction with a customer, but a collaboration, where there is sufficient trust that we can challenge each other, explore, and take risks together. Our discussions may be about moods, beliefs, and philosophy. We will challenge convention, generate a diversity of ideas, and build lots of models. The result is generally not what either of us expected, and often a more elegant solution to the design problem.

2025 Summer Award Jurors

Jennifer Cantley

Jennifer Cantley is the Community Gallery & Advisory Manager at the Toledo Museum of Art and a visual artist focusing in physical science and abstraction. Jennifer’s work has been sold and exhibited nationally, and she has work included in the collection on view at the Parker H. Petit Institute of Bioengineering & Bioscience at the Georgia Institute of Technology in Atlanta, Georgia. Jennifer co-founded the Alluvium Gallery at Kendall College of Art & Design (Grand Rapids, MI), and has directed and curated various galleries including Center Gallery at StudioSwan (Metro-Atlanta, GA), the Limelight Gallery (Atlanta, GA), and most recently the new Robert C. and Susan Savage Community Gallery (Toledo, OH). In addition, Jennifer has worked as an Art Consultant for an international luxury art consulting firm based out of Atlanta, where she selected and installed art worldwide. Jennifer has a passion for sharing art with her community and has worked in youth and adult art education for many years. Recently, her focus has been on art education and outreach in low-income communities. Jennifer holds an MFA from Kendall College of Art & Design, as well as a BFA from Eastern Michigan University.

Gail Russell – Peachblow Pottery

Gail Russell holds a BFA in Ceramics from the University of Evansville (1976) and an MFA in Ceramics from the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign (1981). She apprenticed with potter Richard Studley outside of Boston from 1977 to 1978, further honing her craft and technical expertise.

Gail has been a full-time studio potter since 1981, maintaining studios in both Indiana and Ohio. Throughout her career, she has participated in numerous exhibitions and presented workshops across the country. Since 1986, she has operated Peachblow Pottery, building a reputation for excellence in ceramic arts. Gail is now entering a slower production pace as she transitions into semi-retirement, while continuing to share her knowledge and passion for the field.

Graceann Warn

Graceann Warn is an American artist originally from New Jersey. She earned her degree in Landscape Architecture from Michigan State University and pursued graduate studies in the field at the University of Michigan while working professionally as a landscape architect.

A pivotal moment in her life came when she visited an exhibition of Mark Rothko’s final paintings, which had such a profound emotional impact that within a year she chose to devote herself entirely to making art.

Since 1985, Graceann has been a full-time studio artist, with her work exhibited and collected both nationally and internationally. She lives in Ann Arbor, Michigan, with her husband Geoff.