Category Cynthia Beth Rubin
VIDEO: Passover Art – Blood, Fire and Pillars of Smoke
In this video artists Mark Podwal, Yona Verwer (Jewish Art Salon Director), and Cynthia Beth Rubin offer insight into their creative processes and share a contemporary view of an ancient ritualized story. Mark shows his published Haggadot and Passover relevant images including collages from his soon to be published “A Collage of Customs”. Cynthia and […]
BLOOD, FIRE AND PILLARS OF SMOKE
JAS OPEN STUDIOS ZOOM PROGRAMS: PASSOVER EDITION Tuesday, March 9, 12 PM New York, 11 AM Chicago, 9 AM PT, 7 PM Jerusalem Jewish Art Salon invites you to a Passover-themed live session; part of our successful online series, OPEN STUDIOS, Creativity in an Uncertain Time, on Tuesday, March 9, 2021 at 12PM ET. In […]
Video: Museum Moment – Tu B’Shevat
Jewish Museum Milwaukee and Jewish Art Salon present Museum Moments. Explore the art of “Tu B’Shevat” with Jewish Art Salon artists Cynthia Beth Rubin and Yona Verwer. In these 15 minutes Cynthia and Yona talk about the holiday of Tu B’ Shevat (New Year for the Trees), and show their latest collaborative new media art […]
Tu B’Shevat Museum Moment
Jewish Museum Milwaukee and Jewish Art Salon present Museum Moments. Explore the art of “Tu B’Shevat” with Jewish Art Salon artists Cynthia Beth Rubin and Yona Verwer. Tuesday, January 26, 3:00 – 3:15pm EST Tune in at Facebook Live: facebook.com/JewishMuseumMilwaukee/ In these 15 minutes Cynthia and Yona will talk about the upcoming holiday of Tu B’ Shevat […]
Video: A Tradition of Embellishments
A TRADITION OF EMBELLISHMENT: EXPLORING THE AESTHETICS OF JEWISH ARTS was presented by artists Cynthia Beth Rubin and Chana Elias. Now on view at YouTube Is there an identifiable Jewish sensibility or aesthetic, a Jewish way of thinking, that finds its genesis in a theological tradition of embellishing texts, ritual objects, religious music, and poetry as […]
Cynthia Beth Rubin and Leah Caroline present in Virtual “Coffee Break & Culture”
The Hoos Family Art Gallery of the Jewish Federation of Greater New Haven, CT, is featuring two Jewish Art Salon members during September in their online series “Coffee Break & Culture.” During these brief 30 minute sessions, artists present highlights of their practice in a condensed format, followed by open questions and discussion. Free Registration: […]
A Tradition of Embellishment: Exploring the Aesthetics of Jewish Arts
Join us for the second session in the virtual program series. May 3rd, 2020, 10:30am-12:00pm EDT; 17:30-19:00 Israel time. Facilitators: Cynthia Beth Rubin and Chana Wiesenthal Elias 10:30-11:30 Presentations 11:30-12:00 Open discussion with audience Is there an identifiable Jewish sensibility or aesthetic, a Jewish way of thinking, that finds its genesis in a theological tradition […]
NATURAL INSTINCTS Exhibition
The Jewish Art Salon presents Natural Instincts, an exhibition hosted by the Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford, CT. Opening Reception: Thursday, October 26th, 6-8 PM. Charter Oak Cultural Center, Hartford, CT. 21 Charter Oak Avenue, Hartford, CT 06106 October 26 – November 18, 2017, Monday-Friday 9:30-5:30 Directions and parking here. This exhibition will bring together works […]
Cynthia Beth Rubin Honored for the Cultural Heritage Artists Project
Jewish Art Salon member and Advisor Cynthia Beth Rubin was honored for her groundbreaking work in facilitating a cooperative effort of artists and researchers who came together to help save a historic synagogue in New Haven. The Cultural Heritage Artists Project for the Orchard Street Shul brought together practicing and non-practicing interfaith artists drawn by the echoes of history […]
Augmented Reality & Jewish Art
Cynthia Beth Rubin and Yona Verwer are exhibiting collaborative interactive artworks in the exhibition ARt, ARchitecture & AR: Augmented Reality & Jewish Art. Art Kibbutz Nolan Park, Building 6-B, Governors Island, NY Artists Reception Sunday September 11th, 11-6. The artists will also be present Sunday Sept. 18, 11-5. Otherwise by appointment. Contact Yona here. In addition the artists each have some solo […]
Meditations on Place at the Koslowe Gallery
Cynthia Beth Rubin and Yona Verwer are exhibiting their collaborative interactive artworks in the exhibition Meditations on Place at the Koslowe Gallery in Mamaroneck, NY. The show is curated by Amy Levine-Kennedy. In addition, each artist has solo works on view as well. Opening reception Thursday June 2 at 7:45 pm Koslowe Gallery at the Westchester Jewish Center 175 […]
“New York New Work” at the Mishkan Museum of Art
The Mishkan Museum of Art in Ein Harod presents New York / New Work: Contemporary Jewish Art from NYC November 13 – January 31, 2016 Opening Reception Friday November 13, 11:30 AM. Mishkan Museum of Art, Ein Harod, 18965 Israel The exhibition, co-organized by the Jewish Art Salon, a global group of artists and scholars, […]
Rooted – The Ecological Duality of Nature and Jewish Identity
Tuesday October 13, from 6:00 – 9:00 pm opens a new exhibit by Art Kibbutz NY, and co-sponsored by the Jewish Art Salon. The Manny Cantor Center at NY’s Lower East Side will host the exhibit till December 1, 2015. This exhibition explores the dual role of art embedded in the environment and in Jewish identity. […]
New York / New Work – Talks & Films at the Jerusalem Biennale
Wednesday 30th of September, 16:30 – 19:00 NEW YORK / NEW WORK – ARTISTS TALKS & FILMS As part of the Jerusalem Biennale 2015 Van Leer Institute, Polonsky Auditorium, Jabotinsky 43, Jerusalem 16:00 – View the art exhibit. ARTISTS TALKS 16:30 – Panel with exhibiting artists Yona Verwer, Richard McBee, Cynthia Beth Rubin, David Wander. Introductions by Dvora […]
Jewish Art Salon at the Jerusalem Biennale 2015
THE SECOND JERUSALEM BIENNALE FOR CONTEMPORARY JEWISH ART WILL SHOWCASE THE WORK OF NEARLY 200 ISRAELI AND INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS. The Jewish Art Salon’s Pavilion at the Polonsky Academy features New York / New Work: Contemporary Jewish Art from NYC, curated by Dvora Liss and David Sperber Participating artists: Helène Aylon, Siona Benjamin, Tobi Kahn, Rachel Kanter, Robert Kirschbaum, Richard McBee, Archie Rand, Cynthia […]
Hidden Links: Exploring Jewish Identity, the Work of Yona Verwer & Cynthia Beth Rubin
Produced by the Mizel Museum, Denver, CO, and the Center for the Arts Evergreen. Curated by Georgina Kolber and Stephanie Perkins. Center for the Arts, Evergreen, Colorado. July 30 – September 4, 2015. Opening July 30, 4-7 PM. New York artists Cynthia Beth Rubin and Yona Verwer exhibit works created together and separately, demonstrating how very different […]
ALL | TOGETHER | DIFFERENT – A survey of Lower East Side Artists
Opening Reception Thursday, February 12, 2015, 7-9 PM Curator Linda Griggs. Curatorial advisor Yona Verwer. RECEPTION EVENTS • 7:30 PM Address from NY Department of Cultural Affairs Commissioner Tom Finkelpearl. • “Ignited NY” Photo Booth Portraits by Steve Ellis. This exhibit is a survey of current Lower East Side artists — those still engaged in a forever changing […]
United (Jewish) Artists
By Aaron Rosen, December 2013 Excerpt: For Dutch-born artist Yona Verwer, the driving force behind Jewish Art Salon in New York, both the Beit Midrash and JAI provided critical inspiration. Before she founded the salon in 2008, she says, “there was no community. Most artists did not know each other, nor did they know art historians, curators and […]
IMAGERY AFTER ABSTRACTION
The Jewish Art Salon and the Kraft Center present: Imagery After Abstraction: Filling the Void Panel Discussion In conjunction with “Into the Void: Digital Images, Paintings, Video 1984 – present”, exhibition by Cynthia Beth Rubin Tuesday, February 12, 2013 6:00-7:30 PM – Reception. 7:30-8:15 PM – Discussion In explorations of imagery drawn from influences as diverse as […]
INTO THE VOID – Cynthia Beth Rubin
The Jewish Art Salon and the Kraft Center present: Into the Void: Digital Images, Paintings, Video Exhibition by Cynthia Beth Rubin Curated by Yona Verwer Tuesday, February 12, 2013 6:00-7:30 PM – Reception 7:30-8:15 PM – Discussion Imagery After Abstraction: Filling the Void Panelists Helene Aylon, Elisa Decker, Bruria Finkel and Cynthia Beth Rubin. Moderated by Debra […]
SILENT WITNESSES: Synagogues Transformed, Rebuilt or Abandoned
Artists Respond to History Holocaust Memorial Center 28123 Orchard Lake Road Farmington Hills, MI 48334 (Metro Detroit) Hours: Sun – Thurs 9:30 AM – 5:00 PM, Fri 9:30 AM – 3:00 PM Tel: (248) 553-2400. “Silent Witnesses” is a collaboration of the Cultural Heritage Artists Project, the Jewish Art Salon, JWalks, and the Holocaust Memorial […]
The Jewish Art Salon at the CAJM Conference
Algemeiner Bridging the Institutional Gap: The Jewish Art Salon at the CAJM Conference By Elke Reva Sudin, March 2, 2011 This week the Conference of American Jewish Museums was held in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania uniting museum directors, curators, and artists from across the country. The Jewish Art Salon gave a special presentation for the members of the conference hosted at […]
DURA EUROPOS PROJECT II
UJA-Federation of New York features The Dura Europos Project: An Ancient Site Interpreted Through 21st Century Eyes This exhibit is a project of the Jewish Art Salon. Exhibit on view till June 11, 2012. Guest Speakers March 27 Richard McBee and Joel Silverstein, Curators, Jewish Art Salon. Yona Verwer, President, Jewish Art Salon UJA-Federation of […]
THE DURA EUROPOS PROJECT: An ancient site revisited through 21st century eyes
Artists examine what the ancient Dura Europos artists did with subject, style, history, idea, underlying texts and their myriad commentaries, and they provide their own 21st century interpretations. This includes depictions of the Jewish texts, episodes from history, ideas of the sacred, evoking a historical style, Jewish and pagan identities, and sacred space. This exhibit, […]
SEDUCED BY THE SACRED: Forging a Jewish Art
This exhibit, which is curated by Richard McBee and Joel Silverstein, features artists who have been moved by the idea of the sacred in their work, including concepts of divinity and or the sublime. The exhibit takes place from Oct. 3 to Nov. 22, 2010, at the Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford, Conn., and the […]
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