All members in good standing are invited to our meeting & bagel brunch on Sunday, February 16th, 2025, at 1:00 pm.
Location: a new space at the studio of Tobi Kahn, LIC, NY; address will be provided.
RSVP: bit.ly/JASFeb16
FOR JAS MEMBERS ONLY!
Non-member curators, press, gallery and museum professionals welcome.
1:00-1:30 pm Meet, Greet & Eat. View Tobi’s artwork.
1:30-1:45 pm Presentation by curator / researcher Dr. Noa Lea Cohn: Popthodox; Visionary Jewish Art, a New Genre
1:45-2:00 pm Presentation by artist Ruth Kestenbaum Ben-Dov: Land of Painting
2:00-3:00 pm Announcements & Introductions
3:00-4:00 pm Networking: meet artists, curators and art historians
Our presenters, two Israeli Jewish Art Salon members:
Dr. Noa Lea Cohn – Popthodox – Visionary Jewish Art, a New Genre
Research by Dr. Noa Lea Cohn at Bar-Ilan University, which received a commendation from the Association for the Study of Religions in Israel. The movement identifies a group of Jewish artists who grew up in counterculture movements influenced by the 1960s in the United States. These artists were shaped by mysticism, became “Baal Teshuva” (returnees to Orthodox Judaism), and immigrated to Israel.
Dr. Noa Leah Cohn is a pioneer in the field of Haredi art research. She is a researcher, curator, and lecturer, working to bridge the worlds of art, religion, and education. Through her research and entrepreneurial activities, she empowers Haredi women and promotes open dialogue about identity, gender, and religion.
Dr. Cohn completed a PhD at Bar-Ilan University, focusing on Kabbalistic representations in contemporary Jewish art.
Alongside her academic work, Dr. Cohn serves as the director of the Art Shelter Gallery, the
first gallery established in a Haredi neighborhood. (Jerusalem)
Ruth Kestenbaum Ben-Dov – Land of Painting
American-born Israeli painter Ruth Kestenbaum Ben-Dov will present her current series of paintings which are based on observation of the Galilee hills where she lives. In some of these works a figure appears at the edge of the landscape, in the midst of various activities: walking a tightrope, praying, painting. Ruth will share her experience of continuing work on this series during wartime, and even exhibiting it in an Arab-Moslem town, at the Umm el-Fahem Museum of Art.
Ruth Kestenbaum ben-Dov lives with her family in a small hilltop community in the Galilee, with her studio looking out on a fascinating and complex physical and human landscape. Painting is a lifetime commitment, a source of inspiration and a continual challenge. Observation of reality keeps her focused, providing a foundation for journeys exploring multilevel identities, histories, and even languages, with text playing a role in many of her works.
She holds an MA in art history, University of Haifa, and a BFA, the Bezalel Academy of Arts, Jerusalem.