Mission Statement
The Jewish Art Salon is a global organization and network for contemporary Jewish visual art. We are dedicated to elevating and sustaining artistic expression by Jewish creatives in the 21st century. Through exhibitions, scholarly panels, collaborative initiatives, public programs, and publications, we cultivate a dynamic cultural conversation that brings together artists, curators, scholars, and diverse audiences worldwide. With an inclusive commitment to artists of all denominations and backgrounds, we provide vital community support, professional resources, and networking opportunities that strengthen the field and empower Jewish visual arts professionals across the globe.
What we do
The Jewish Art Salon is a New York-based, international 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting contemporary Jewish visual art throughout the world. We seek to influence both art and Jewish worlds through exhibitions, workshops, scholarly panels, writings, studio visits, social events and on-line discussions. With over 500 members, we have hosted more than 100 art exhibitions and events, as the organization fosters a vibrant conversation amongst artists, curators, and scholars worldwide.
Even as we support and promote Jewish visual art as an intellectual and aesthetic activity, we also provide community support and networking opportunities for Jewish arts professionals not provided elsewhere. The Salon also provides outreach with many communities, providing exhibitions and events where secular Jews can contemplate Jewish philosophy and ritual practice, observant Jews can encounter contemporary visual culture, interfaith audiences can celebrate religious commonalities of a shared inheritance, and secular people can be made aware of Jewish culture, all while celebrating our universal humanity. In 2024 alone, the Salon’s activities reached around 12,000 individuals and participants.
The Jewish Art Salon continues its unique mission, to employ the healing and unifying power of art in order to educate and delight the Jewish world and the general public.
The Jewish Art Salon is a nonpolitical organization and provides a safe and welcoming space of community and support for Jewish visual artists and art professionals of all denominations, degrees of religious engagement, races, ethnicities, sexualities, genders, socioeconomic backgrounds, and political affiliations.
We receive support from CANVAS, through their network grant.
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History In 2008, Yona Verwer and Holly Wolf launched the Jewish Art Salon to create a forum for dialogue and shared experiences between artists and scholars. Today, the Jewish Art Salon functions as a vital resource, authority and platform for the global art community and the general public. It is assisted by an international team of volunteers.
Partnerships The Jewish Art Salon has partnered with:
Museums: Yeshiva University Museum, NYC; The Jewish Museum, NYC; Bernard Heller Museum, NYC; Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod; Museum of the Bible, Washington, DC; Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art; Holocaust Memorial Center, Detroit; Derfner Museum, Riverdale, NY, Amstelkerk, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
NY Galleries: ACA Galleries, 81 Leonard Gallery, Flomenhaft Gallery, Interchurch Center, Riverside Church Gallery, Anne Frank Center USA, Ernest Rubinstein Gallery, Central Booking Gallery, Hadas Gallery.
Organizations: UJA-NY, Streicker Center, CARAVAN Arts, JCC Manhattan, Jerusalem Biennale, Van Leer Institute in Jerusalem, Jewish Theological Seminary, Columbia / Barnard Kraft Center, COJECO NY, LABA NY, Y.U. Center for Israel Studies, Art Kibbutz, RJeneration, JCC Hartford, Isabella Freedman Jewish Retreat Center, Tribeca Synagogue for the Arts, Amen Institute, B’chol Lashon, Charter Oak Cultural Center, USC Hillel, Aleph Institute, JCC Harlem, Kenissa, Jewish Artists Initiative.
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Support The Jewish Art Salon is grateful for the support of CANVAS, and many individual supporters. Please help us continue doing our work.
Internships & volunteer positions Responsibilities range from administration to web maintenance & social media, basic video-editing, research and programming assistance. Interested applicants email jewishartsalon [at] gmail.com