Category Andi Arnovitz

Jewish Artists Encounter Samaritan Culture
The Jewish Art Salon Proudly Invites You to “In Celebration of The Samaritans: A Biblical People”. Sunday, March 27, 2022, 2:00 pm – 5:00 pm 2:00-3:00 pm Art Exhibit 3:00-5:00 pm Film Screening + Discussion Y.U. Museum, 15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10010Leo and Julia Forchheimer Auditorium This culmination of the Yeshiva University […]

Moment Magazine features two Jewish Art Salon events
Art Moments With so many museums and galleries closed or open only for reduced hours this winter, here are a few opportunities to experience art. January 18, 2021 BY DIANE M. BOLZ Read it here.

Video: Creativity in an Uncertain Time #1
This time of social isolation has led to dramatic shifts in our lives. In this session of Jewish Art Salon’s OPEN STUDIOS, “Creativity in an Uncertain Time #1”, curated by Judith Joseph and Dorit Jordan Dotan, the questions of “What was?”, “What is?”, “What will be?” are explored by three contemporary artists: Andi Arnovitz, Cheselyn […]

Creativity in an Uncertain Time
JAS OPEN STUDIOS ZOOM PROGRAMS RESUME! Tuesday, October 13 12 PM New York, 11 AM Chicago, 9:00 AM PT, 7 PM Jerusalem This time of social isolation has led to dramatic shifts in our lives. In this session of Jewish Art Salon’s OPEN STUDIOS, Creativity in an Uncertain Time, curated by Judith Joseph and Dorit […]

2020 Online by the Jerusalem Biennale
The Jerusalem Biennale presents 2020 ONLINE! In this series of online talks, Ram Ozeri, the Biennale’s Founder and Director, met with 10 artists and curators from around the world to talk about the current situation and how it effects contemporary art. Three of the artists are members of the Jewish Art Salon. View their videos […]

Yom HaZikaron and Yom Ha’atzmaut by Andi Arnovitz and Ruth Schreiber
The fourth of Iyar, the day preceding Israel’s Independence Day, was declared by the Israeli parliament to be Yom Hazikaron, a Memorial Day for those who lost their lives in the struggle that led to the establishment of the State of Israel. This year it starts at sundown April 17. Andi Arnovitz created a series Mothers […]

Image, Action, and Idea in Contemporary Jewish Art by Ben Schachter
Our Advisor and blogger Ben Schachter has an exciting new book out: Image, Action, and Idea in Contemporary Jewish Art (Dimyonot) is published by Penn State University Press and available here and on Amazon. NYC Book Event: Thursday, February 8, 2018, 7:00 pm – 8:00 pm Yeshiva University Museum – Kovno Room What does Jewish art look, sound […]

JAS Artists at non-JAS exhibits at the Jerusalem Biennale
Jewish Art Salon artists and curators in other (non Jewish Art Salon) exhibits at the Jerusalem Biennale: Helène Aylon – Afterword: For the Children, curated by Dvora Liss & David Sperber Lenore Cohen-Mizrachi & Fortune Chalme – Homelands Mirta Kupferminc – Traduttore – Tradittore Bill Aron, Doni Silver Simons & Ruth Weisberg – Flashpoints – Jewish Artists Initiative […]

HOME (less) at NYC’s HUC Museum
HOME(less) features the works of seventy international artists who explore the meaning of home and the loss of home in works reflecting personal experience, historical and contemporary events, cultural diversity, and the universal human condition. Jewish Art Salon members included in the exhibit: Andi Arnovitz, Dorit Jordan Dotan, Larry Frankel, Ken Goldman, Tamar Hirschl, Tobi […]

Andi Arnovitz at The Jerusalem Artists House
The exhibition The Black List by Andi Arnovitz opens Thursday June 29 and runs thru August 26, 2017. Curated by Tamar Gispan-Greenberg there are two major installations plus some etchings in the show. Beit Omanim, 12 Shmuel Hanagid Street, Jerusalem. Opening reception: June 29 at 6 pm. Gallery talk: July 11 at 6 pm.

MUSEUM ON THE SEAM with 5 Jewish Art Salon members
Thou Shalt Not – an exhibition that explores the intersection of faith, worship, and contemporary art. The show opens at Museum on the Seam – a leading Socio-Political contemporary art museum – in Jerusalem on May 15th. Jewish Art Salon members in the exhibit: Helène Aylon, Andi Arnovitz, Siona Benjamin, Ken Goldman and Ahron Weiner. […]

The Beckoning Place by Andi Arnovitz
Artist books, journals and works on paper by Andi Arnovitz will be featured at the Agrippas 12 Gallery in Jerusalem. Curated by Zvi Tolkovsky. Opening May 5 at 9 PM. Closing at 6 PM June 19, 2017.

Borders/Boundaries/Barriers at the Derfner Museum
Across Divides: Borders and Boundaries in Contemporary Art March 26–July 23, 2017 Reception Sunday, March 26 1:30-3pm Talk by curator Reba Wulkan Grounded in the description in Genesis that the world came into being through a series of divisions – light and darkness, day and night, sea and land, animals and human beings – this exhibition presents […]

Ketubbot Symposium at the Mishkan Museum
A Symposium on the topic of Kettubot will take place Friday February 10, 2017 at the Mishkan Museum in Ein Harod. This symposium is in conjunction with Here is your Ketubbah an exhibition of some of the finest ketubbot from the collection of the Museum of Art, Ein Harod. View Kettubot from the 17-19th centuries from Iran, Afganistan, India and Italy together […]

“Garments of Reconciliation”: The relationship between Judaism and Islam in the Artworks of Andi Arnovitz
This article by David Sperber in Women in Judaism A Multidisciplinary E-Journal examines in depth works of Jewish-Israeli and modern-Orthodox artist (and J.A.S. member) Andi Arnovitz (b. US, 1959) that relate to the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. The article utilizes tools that arise from cultural research, in particular the critical and alternative view that feminist discourse offers with […]

“Here is your Ketubah” at Ein Harod Museum
Here is your Ketubbah presents some of the finest ketubbot from the collection of the Museum of Art, Ein Harod. This exhibition, curated by Dvora Liss, and on view until late April 2017, features contemporary artwork by two Jewish Art Salon members, in dialog with traditional ketubbot. These beautifully illuminated marriage contracts were created for couples living […]

Andi Arnovitz’s Mikvah Mural
The new mikvah at Congregation Beth Tefillah in Atlanta will receive a mural painted by Andi Arnovitz. Currently living in Israel, Arnovitz is a former Atlantan. The mural will incorporate drawings women made during a design and launch event for the facility in January. Arnovitz talked to the AJT about her art and how she […]

Jewish Art Salon Session With Andi Arnovitz
The Jewish Art Salon is pleased to present: Andi Arnovitz at Yeshiva University Museum Thursday, December 3, 5:30pm – 7:30pm Light refreshments – 5:30 pm 6:00 pm Artist’s Tour of Threatened Beauty – Works by Andi Arnovitz 6:30 pm Arnovitz’s PowerPoint Presentation: highlights of her biblical and Jewish-themed feminist works, Venetian Haggadah project, Jerusalem Biennale. Andi will […]

Evil: A Matter Of Intent
The HUC – JIR Museum in New York hosts an art exhibit on the concept of Evil. The art will be on view till June 30, 2016. Opening Reception: Wednesday, October 21, 2015, 5:30-7:30 pm, with a program at 6:30 pm Evil is not a cosmic accident. It does not just happen. Natural disasters happen. Disease, drought, […]

Threatened Beauty by Andi Arnovitz at the Y.U. Museum
Artist Uses Rich Legacy of Islamic Motifs to Express Fears of Nuclear Iran and Extremism. “Threatened Beauty“ – Works by Andi Arnovitz. September 6, 2015 – January 10, 2016 Yeshiva University Museum 15 W. 16th St. near Union Sq., New York, NY 10010, 212-294-8330 Alluring, even beautiful; unsettling, even shocking – The New York Times. The provocative […]

Conney Conference on Jewish Arts
Tuesday, March 24th began the 2015 Conney Conference on Jewish Arts, this year in Los Angeles. Starting with a reception in the evening of Monday the 23rd events run through Thursday, March 26th. The Conference is co-sponsored by the USC Initiative for Israeli Arts and Humanities and University of Wisconsin’s Mosse/Weinstein Center for Jewish Studies. The following […]

Jewish-Islam Relationship in the Works of Israeli Religious Female Artists
Independent Israeli art critic David Sperber published an article in Studies in Visual Arts and Communication: an International Journal. “The article is directed to uncovering an unknown branch of contemporary Israeli art that examines the ties between Judaism and Islam in general, and specifically the cultural ties between Jews and Arabs in Israel. This branch is […]

Vashti and Esther flag by Studio Armadillo launched in the exhibit ‘Vashti – The Newly-Discovered Chapter’
Neve Schechter – Legacy Heritage Center for Jewish Culture, located in a beautifully reserved historic house in the neighborhood of Neve – Zedek, Tel-Aviv – Yaffo, will feature ‘Vashti – The Newly-Discovered Chapter’, a group exhibition, curated by Shira Friedman. Showing this ”bold artistic interpretation of a feministic queen in a patriarchal world” is considered quite a pioneering […]

CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS EXPLORING WOMEN IN TANACH
The Association of Jewish Studies will hold its 46th Annual Conference in Baltimore December 14-16, 2014. Sunday December 14, 11:15am to 12:45pm, a Roundtable Discussion titled Contemporary Artists Exploring Women in Tanach and Talmud will take place at the Hilton Baltimore. The discussants are Jewish Art Salon members Richard McBee, Ruth Weisberg, Matthew Baigell, and Ben Schachter. The moderator is Vivian […]