"Contender" by Suzan Globus shimmers and mesmerizes like a jewel-like treasure." 

A juried exhibition is a funny beast, a hybrid exhibition that reminds me of the well-known cliché about the horse designed by a committee that ends up looking like a camel. It is hard enough to design the horse correctly or to curate a show with intelligence, but a juried show takes so much control out of the hands of the person who picks the work.