University of Dayton’s Index Gallery is excited to present: “missing mo(u)rnings”, new works by AShley Jude Jonas. Running from February 5th- April 10th with a reception February 5th, 2026 from 4:30-6:30pm, preceded by an artist talk from 3:30-4:30

Ashley Jude Jonas is an artist, curator, writer, arts organizer and educator born in Key West, Florida. She holds an MFA in ceramics from the University of Colorado Boulder. Ashley has exhibited her work at regionally and nationally recognized institutions including University Galleries at Illinois State University, Purdue University, The Clay Studio in Philadelphia, Undercurrent in Brooklyn NY and has been an artist in residence at Kansas State University and Project 1612 in Peoria, IL. She curates and co-directs the Blue House , an artist-run space in Dayton, OH, which she founded with her partner in 2014 .Recently, Ashley has been the recipient of MCACD Artist Opportunity grant and the NEA Dayton Region Arts Renewal Grants for Individual Artists. .

From the artist:

I make intimate images, sculptures and installations by combining and composing made and found materials, often illustrative of a place. My practice is driven by intuition, play, and a deeply rooted commitment to finding wonder, especially in the familiar or routine. My work reflects the immediate and personal environment while also mirroring shared experiences and the longings of others. The work offers refuge in the beauty of things we often overlook through a heightened awareness of the natural and domestic spaces that surrounds us. Through delicate shapes and the quiet manipulations of materials, both traditional and new, I challenge the hierarchy of those materials through their juxtaposition. My work asks that the viewer walk with and through each piece, each pinch, each point of evidence and connection in order to practice accepting what is in front of us, rather than what we wish were present.

“missing mo(u)rnings” will run from February 5th-April 10th.
University of Dayton INDEX Gallery
The Hub 31 S Main 45402

Gallery hours are:
Monday-Thursday 8-6:30pm
Fridays 8-5pm

Street Parking is available for gallery visitors. For additional information contact University of Dayton Galleries Director, Nicholaus Arnold at 937-229-3204 or narnold1@udayton.edu.