From Aimee Rubensteen, curator and Jewish Art Salon member: I’m excited to invite you to a dinner performance in Brooklyn to celebrate the launch of PROTOCOLS upcoming Issue #6: TONGUES. I hope you can join us! Below is an invitation with more information. The event is on January 7th at 7 PM in Brooklyn. Please note that tickets are […]
At Art Basel in Miami, a Tale of Jewish Immigration and Redemption The Jewish contribution to the famous art fair this month showcased just how diverse the community is. Haaretz, December 12, 2019. By Danielle Ziri Haaretz featured an in-depth article on the JADA Art Fair, which the Jewish Art Salon co-sponsored. Six JAS artists […]
Rabbi Ario S. and Tess Hyams Judaica Museum and the Jewish Art Salon are presenting the following exhibition in honor of the Museum’s 50th Anniversary: Rand/McBee/Silverstein; Modern Jewish Narratives Temple Beth Sholom 401 Roslyn Road, Roslyn Heights NY, 11577 Exhibition Dates: December 13, 2019 – February 28, 2020 Opening Friday, Dec 13, 7:30-9:30 PM. Viewing hours: […]
The Jewish Art Salon will present at the Annual Conference of the Association of Jewish Studies in San Diego, CA. The conference takes place December 15-17, 2019. Our panel is a great opportunity to introduce the Jewish academic community to contemporary Jewish Art. Contemporary Jewish Art Organizations: A New Dynamic Tuesday December 17, 3:15 – […]
March 20-22, 2020 at the Chicago Theological Seminary. A gathering for those whose interests live at — or near — the intersection of justice-seeking religious reflection with spirituality, imagination, the arts, and embodiment. The interplay of these areas with one another has come to be named as theopoetics, the focus of the event. We hope […]
The Jewish Art Salon is proudly participating in Miami Art Week’s JADA Art Fair & Artist-in-Residence Program. Organized by our member Jonatas Chimen and by Dana Blickensderfer, this program has two components: Art residency, Dec. 1-5, 2019. Art exhibition with programming, Dec. 6-8, 2019. The exhibition focuses on Judaism and immigration, exile, the Sephardic experience, the Jewish […]
Every week we will introduce a person who makes a difference in the Jewish Art Salon. We start off with one of our most accomplished artists, Susan Schwalb, who is an advisor on our Steering Committee. Susan is one of the foremost figures in the revival of the ancient technique of silverpoint drawing in America. She has […]
The Jewish Art Salon will participate, and Richard McBee and Joel Silverstein will present at Kenissa’s National Cross-Training that will take place December 8-10, 2019 at the Pearlstone Jewish Retreat Center in Reisterstown, MD. The conference is a gathering of individuals who are creating new communities of meaning around the country. At the upcoming Cross-Training […]
The Jewish Art Salon is proudly participating in Miami’s Art Week’s Art Fair & Artist-in-Residence Program. Organized by a new creative group, JADA, founded by our member Jonatas Chimen and Dana Blickensderfer, this is a great opportunity to expose your work to a wider audience. The program includes an art residency and exhibition, December 1-8, […]
A Jewish community place on Long Island, NY, has an exhibition slots open for Summer and Fall 2020. This is available for Jewish Art Salon members only. They have a 120 feet long gallery wall, and the front lobby features several wall showcases for objects. The gallery can also accommodate sculptures. See images below. The […]
This proposal envisions an exciting addition to the canon of biblical interpretation and circus studies. It will address questions of circus and religion, primarily but not exclusively related to Judaism. The focus will be on historical and social lenses, as well as a deep discussion of circus as a means of studying sacred text. Humans […]
Mark Podwal has two NYC book signings in November. Illustrated by the artist, Hebrew Melodies is a volume of poetry by Heinrich Heine, one of the most important German poets of the nineteenth century. The book launch and signing at the Jewish Museum takes place November 12 at 6 pm to 7:30 pm. Podwal will be joined by poet […]
The triangle between cultural conquest, assimilation and integration, curated by Jewish Art Salon member Dorit Jordan Dotan. Venue: Institut für Alles Mögliche Studio/Storefront Gallery in Berlin, Germany. Eligibility: USA and EU Artists are invited to submit work – existing or conceptual – for a group exhibition in Berlin. Deadline: November 15, 2019. Application info here. Curator’s […]
The Jewish Art Salon partners with Omanut: Jewish Uptown Arts to present Shalom Bienvenidos.This one-day event on November 10 in NYC explores the Jewish experience in Spanish-speaking lands with a day long event of film, speakers, music, and culinary experiences. Jewish communities have flourished in Spain, South and Central America, and elsewhere throughout the Spanish-speaking […]
Jack H. Skirball Campus of Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Los Angeles (HUC-JIR,LA) has engaged artists in a multitude of ways, including turning the central floor prayer and education area, Mercaz, into a unified exhibition space. The works on display in the Mercaz are on view for one year. This timing allows the college […]
The Jerusalem Biennale 2019 presents: For Heaven’s Sake! October 10 – November 28 14 Jewish Art Salon members are participating in various exhibitions: Confrontation – Conversation: Mirta Kupferminc Hebrew Suffragists: Andi Arnovitz, Nurit Jacobs-Yinon I’m Not: Andi Arnovitz Jewish Street Art Festival: Lenore Mizrachi-Cohen, Hillel Smith, Yitzchok Moully Living Under Water: Andi Arnovitz, Ken Goldman […]
The Avant-Garde Artists She Hangs on the Walls Laura Kruger and the museum she created for Hebrew Union College in Greenwich Village Kruger is a Founding Member of the Jewish Art Salon, and many of our artists have shown in her HUC – Bernard Heller Museum in New York over the years. Lilith Magazine’s Summer […]
Art exhibition UTOPIA – Visions and Traditions Eligibility: New York-based artists working in two and three dimensional media. Venue: Stanton St. Shul Gallery, New York Submission Deadline: November 25th, 2019. Exhibition dates: Thursday, December 12 – Tuesday, January 21 Artwork must be hand delivered to the Stanton Street Shul on Sunday, December 8th from 11am-2 pm. […]
Joel Silverstein will be exhibiting at BWAC, the Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition. His new works feature 33 canvasses based on the first seven days of Creation, based on Louis Ginzberg’s book “The Legends of the Jews” first published 1909. The exhibition “Fall In/Fall Out” takes place at 481 Van Brunt Street, Red Hook, Brooklyn NY, 11231. […]
In conjunction with the exhibition On The Consequences of Hate Speech III a Roundtable will take place on September 11, 7:30 pm. Participants: Exhibition curators / artists Nancy Current and Robin Atlas; President of Pittsburgh Interfaith Evolution Marnie Fineberg; Rev. Ben McBride Co-director, PICO California, and muslim leader Nyla Ibrahim. PJJC, 800 Foster City Blvd, […]
The Peninsula Jewish Community Center and the Jewish Art Salon present: On The Consequences of Hate Speech III, an exhibition curated by Robin Atlas and Nancy Current. September 11, 2019: 6:30 pm Opening reception and gallery tour. 7:30 pm Panel discussion. Info here. Exhibition Dates: September 11 to November 24, 2019. Monday – Thursday 9 […]
Art exhibition curated by Billha Zussman at the Oranjekerk, Amsterdam, the Netherlands. Opening Reception September 14, 2019, 2 – 4:30pm On view until December 8, 2019. Participating Jewish Art Salon artists: Yehudis Barmatz, Rena Bannett, Gabriella Boros, Shoshannah Brombacher, Tal Demsky, Dorit Jordan Dotan, Goldie Gross, Judith Joseph, Ruth Schreiber, and Billha Zussman.
New York’s Metropolitan Museum’s first ever Rosh Hashanah card is by artist Mark Podwal. The Met published this image after seeing it in his monograph REIMAGINED. View it here. Other Podwal events: On November 10 he’ll speak to the Harry Friedman’s Society at NYC’s Temple Emanu-El, November 12 book signing at Jewish Museum Shop for Heinrich […]
The Jewish Art Salon is excited to partner with Sukkahwood, an event that invites artists and designers to re-imagine a “Sukkah” and be part of the “Sukkahwood” outdoor exhibition of temporary dwelling installations. Sunday, October 6, 2019, from 12 PM – 4 PM Inwood Hill Park, NYC at the entrance near the intersection of 218th […]
New exhibition opens at the Dr. Bernard Heller Museum at HUC-JIR/New York On view September 12, 2019 – June 30, 2020 One West Fourth Street (between Broadway and Mercer Street)New York, NY Exhibition Opening: September 12, 2019Reception: 5:30 – 7:30 pm | Program: 6:30 pmRegister Today Seventy artists explore human connections shaped by genetics, proximity, interests, […]
The New Jersey Jewish News is seeking pitches for feature stories and calendar listings for their Fall Arts Guide that will appear in all editions beginning late September. They’re interested in events of Jewish interest in all categories such as visual arts, film, theater, dance, music, words, and more. The events must take place after […]
Desiree Nazarian, Director of Holocaust Education and Outreach at Selfhelp Community Services, is looking for someone to curate an exhibition. She is producing an art exhibition in New York City. This is a third party project, not a Jewish Art Salon exhibit. The goal of this project is to collect artwork from Holocaust survivors living […]
PROTOCOLS is an online cultural journal that curates and publishes writing and art from across the global Jewish diaspora with attention to progressive and leftist politics. They are looking for art and writings for their next issue. About the Call: From the tower of Babel to the Zionist language wars, from lashon ha’ra to lashon ha’kodesh, from erotic […]
On Art and Words: Exhibition curator Mira Lapidot in conversation with artist Mierle Laderman Ukeles, marking the 50th anniversary of her groundbreaking Manifesto for Maintenance Art 1969! Tuesday, July 23, 2019, at 6 pm, in the exhibition gallery, The Israel Museum, Jerusalem In conjunction with the exhibition Julian Rosefeldt: Manifesto According to an article in the New Yorker: “Near the […]
The 2020 HBI ARTIST PROGRAM provides an artist the opportunity to have a solo exhibition for twelve weeks at the Kniznick Gallery at Brandeis University in Massachusetts starting March 2020. The university invites proposals that relate to the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute’s mission of developing fresh ideas about Jews and gender. Applications (in English) from outside the […]
The Book of Sarah is missing from the bible, so British artist Sarah Lightman sets out to make her own: questioning religion, family, motherhood and what it takes to be an artist, in this quietly subversive visual autobiography from NW3. Distilled from hundreds of intensely beautiful diary drawings into a compelling narrative of identity, The Book of […]
The Conney Conference on Jewish Arts, which took place in New York City this year, has published video recordings of their sessions here. The Jewish Art Salon’s panel discussions are featured below: Spinoza In Our Time Anti-Semitism and Jewish Art Today Contemporary Jewish Narratives More info on our panel discussions: Anti-Semitism, Spinoza, and Narratives Individual Jewish Art […]
Watershed Moments NYC – Select Works from The Jerusalem Biennale has an opening reception Thursday June 6, 7:30-9pm Venue: The Laurie M. Tisch Gallery at the JCC Manhattan, 334 Amsterdam Avenue at 76th Street. Free and open to the public. Yehudis Barmatz will be showing her video “Let it Burn“, which she exhibited with the Jewish […]
You won’t find much of it at the Jewish Museum, but a vibrant Jewish art culture does exist—and needs support. Richard McBee, in a response to recent articles in Mosaic about New York’s Jewish Museum, poses the question: what would an ideal New York Jewish Museum look like? … “But, I can hear readers asking: where is […]
Sukkahwood invites artists and designers to re-imagine a “Sukkah” and be part of the “Sukkahwood” outdoor exhibition of temporary dwelling installations in New York City. Deadline Sunday night, June 30, 2019 at 11:59 pm Sukkahwood’s values of inclusion are universal and seek to bring together people from all walks of life. Sukkahwood is about re-thinking […]
This a third party call for proposals: AGJA Grant Funding Opportunity: AMERICAN GUILD OF JUDAIC ART WORKING ARTIST, EMERGING ARTIST AND EDUCATIONAL GRANTS CALL FOR PROPOSALS In furtherance of its mission “to establish a community for those who are inspired to fulfill the commandment of Hiddur Mitzvah by creating, collecting and exhibiting Jewish Art,” the American […]
CALL FOR ART: ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF HATE SPEECH, III The Peninsula Jewish Community Center, Foster City, California, is accepting submissions for a group exhibit at PJCC and is inviting artists of all faiths and cultures to submit their work for consideration. Exhibition Statement Words have always been a catalyst for civil discord and today hate speech […]
April 2, 2019, 10:00-11:00 am. 92 St Y, Buttenweiser Hall 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10128 Anti-Semitism and Jewish Art Today Moderator: Ruth Weisberg. Panelists: Yona Verwer, Phillip Schwartz, Max Kulchinsky, Richard McBee. View the video recording HERE Anti-Semitism has reasserted itself as a primary international factor in 21st Century Jewish life. A recent survey of European […]
Monday April 1, 2019, 9:00-10:00 am. 92 St Y, Buttenweiser Hall 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10128 Spinoza in Our Time Moderator: Ori Z. Soltes. Panelists: Artists Lenore Mizrachi-Cohen, Goldie Gross, Judith Joseph, Cynthia Beth Rubin, Yona Verwer, and David Wander. View the video recording HERE The panel will take up some of the thinking that shaped […]
April 2, 2019: 2:00-3:00 pm 92 St Y, 1395 Lexington Avenue, New York, NY 10128. Contemporary Jewish Narratives Moderator: Matthew Baigell. Panelists: Archie Rand, Richard McBee, Joel Silverstein. View the video recording HERE For the past 40 years three artists, Archie Rand, Richard McBee and Joel Silverstein have created paintings of contemporary Jewish Narratives. Their core subjects range from […]
The Jewish Art Salon is proud to co-sponsor this exhibit by long-time members and ardent supporters of the Salon: Archie Rand, Richard McBee and Joel Silverstein. Opening on Sunday, March 24th, 4:00 – 7:00 pm. Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery, 603 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn. Modern Jewish Narratives panel discussion will be moderated by Matthew Baigell at […]
The Jewish Art Salon is proud to be participating in the Conney Conference on Jewish Arts at the 92Y, March 31-April 3rd, 2019. Full conference program available here The Jewish Art Salon will be conducting three panel discussions: April 1: 9:00-10:00 am. Spinoza in Our Time / Moderator: Ori Z. Soltes. Panelists: Lenore Mizrachi-Cohen, Goldie […]
Saturday March 16, 8-10 pm Repair The World NYC, 808 Nostrand Avenue, Brooklyn, NY Opening reception, havdalah ceremony & panel discussion In honor of Women’s History Month, Be’chol Lashon, Jewish Art Salon and Repair the World NYC organized the art exhibition “Celebrate Jewish Women”, Participating artists: Elke Reva Sudin, Goldie Gross, Sarah Mochkin, Hiroots Bootika Yoseph, […]
PROTOCOLS invites writerly and artistic submissions for its issue #5: Tikkun/Repair. The split title points to how Jewish discourses of cosmic, personal, and social rectification articulate with political and creative questions of material and symbolic reparation. While contemporary politics have largely focused writers and artists around ideologies and strategies of resistance, this issue shifts attention […]
Jewish women played a significant role in the feminist art movement since the early 1970s in the United States, grappling with their Jewish identity through their art. This conference brings together leading scholars and artists to examine this field of feminist art created by Jewish women and Jewish-themed feminist art. The conference aims to revisit […]
Programs in conjunction with the art exhibition Spinoza: Marrano of Reason. March 8, 2019 – Walking Tour of Jewish Amsterdam Exclusive for members of the Jewish Art Salon, artists participating in the Spinoza exhibition, and their guests. Join the Jewish Art Salon and Prof. Ori Z. Soltes (Georgetown University) for a walking tour of Jewish […]
CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS EXPLORE SPINOZA’S LEGACY The Jewish Art Salon presents Spinoza: Marrano of Reason. The complex legacy of groundbreaking 17th-century Dutch philosopher Baruch Spinoza is the subject of this two-site exhibition opening March 7th at Amsterdam’s historic Amstelkerk and the Plein van Siena. Opening receptions March 7th, 2019 17:00-18:30, Plein van Siena, Short Gallery Talk by […]
CALLS FOR ART: – The Naomi Anolic Early Career Jewish Visual Arts Award, for artists who are 25-35 years of age. The 2019 cycle will focus on painting and drawing – The Isaac Anolic Jewish Book Arts Award, for professional artists working in the field of artists books. THE ANOLIC FAMILY AWARDS Established in 1980, […]
Wishing you all a happy, peaceful, artistic and prosperous 2019. Thank you for helping us serve artists, and provide exhibitions, public programming and resources internationally. Our 2018’s highlights: EXHIBITIONS Performance by Florence Nasar at The Invisible Jew exhibition, Detour Gallery, NJ. On The Consequences of Hate Speech on view at NYC’s Manny Cantor Center until January 18th; CONVIVIO: […]
Art exhibition at the Manny Cantor Center, 197 East Broadway, New York, NY 10002. OPENING RECEPTION: THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2018 | 6-8PM | Presented by the Manny Cantor Center and the Jewish Art Salon. Photos of the opening reception here. Online catalog, designed by Nazanin Hedayat Munroe. Exhibit on view Mon-Sat 10-6, until January 18, 2019. Words […]
Join us for this free Brooklyn Hanukkah Celebration featuring Frank London and Deep Singh’s “Sharabi,” a Klezmer-Bhangra-Funk all-star band, It is also the closing party for “Convivio,” our art exhibition, curated by Joel Silverstein, Goldie Gross, Ray Felix and Julian Voloj, celebrating the contributions of Latinx/Jews to American comic books. A Brooklyn ArtsXCommunity event in partnership […]
929 is the number of chapters in Tanakh and is the name of a project dedicated to creating a global Jewish conversation around issues that unite and divide us, but always anchored in or inspired by the text. 929 invites Jews everywhere to read Tanakh, one chapter a day, together with a website with creative […]
Generations have been shaped and influenced by Jewish Musicians. Artists are invited to participate and submit images for an exhibition curated by Max Gottfried. Submission deadline 12/31/18. Email images to powerpop18@gmail.com Put in subject line: BJAG This is a third-party call for art; not a Jewish Art Salon call for art. The exhibit […]
The 7th biennial Conney Conference on Jewish Arts, a project of the UW Madison Center for Jewish Studies will take place this year at the 92Y in New York. Converging Movements at the 92Y Keynote Speaker Dr. Naomi Jackson, author, Converging Movements Modern Dance and Jewish Culture at the 92Y Conference dates: Sunday March 31-Wednesday, April […]
CALL FOR ART – JURIED EXHIBIT GROWTH and CHANGE at the Belskie Museum, New Jersey, USA. This is not a J.A.S. Call for Art, but by a 3rd party. Deadline: Wednesday December 5, 2018 Juried group show running January 6th — January 27, 2019, at the Belskie Museum, Closter, New Jersey. The exhibition theme is “Growth […]
By Susan Dunne, October 11, 2018, Hartford Courant Animal rights through veganism — and its connection to Judaism — is pondered in a new exhibit at Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford: “Through Compassionate Eyes: Artists Call for Animal Rights.” One painting depicts the electrocution of an elephant. Other artworks show an emaciated […]
New art show brings Jewish and Latinx comic creators together BY JULIAN VOLOJ | OCTOBER 9, 2018 As a Jewish-German-Colombian-New York artist, Julian Voloj is both one of a kind and very at home in the world of comic books. Through comics, he has explored identity and forged community in navigating the overlap between his […]
How To Be A Vegan Jewish Artist Jewish Art Salon’s show includes two Mahwah artists By ABIGAIL KLEIN LEICHMAN October 4, 2018 Excerpt: The exhibition “Through Compassionate Eyes: Artists Call for Animal Rights” was curated by Mr. Silverstein and his wife, Julie Seidman, with the sponsorship of the Jewish Art Salon and Jewish Veg. Running from October […]
The Jewish Art Salon’s latest exhibit, “Through Compassionate Eyes: Artists Call for Animal Rights,” will be seen for the first time when it opens Sunday, October 7, at the Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford, CT. A PANEL DISCUSSION will take place Oct. 7 at 3 PM. Featured panelists: Exhibit curators Julie Seidman and Joel […]
Art exhibition celebrating Hispanic Heritage Month & special Music Havdalah. Opening October 20, 2018, 6-9 pm at Repair The World, 808 Nostrand Ave, Brooklyn. Closing party December 8, 7:30-10:30 pm with performance by Frank London and Deep Singh. October 20 – December 8, 2018. Tue-Fri. 9:00 AM to 5: 00 PM; Mon 1:00 to 5:00 PM. […]
Through Compassionate Eyes; Artists Call for Animal Rights opens October 7th at Charter Oak Cultural Center as part of their Annual Celebration of Jewish Arts and Culture. This powerful, first-of-its-kind art exhibit is the first time artists have come together to produce a major exhibit on the intersection of animal rights and Judaism. Opening Reception Sunday, October […]
One of the Jewish Art Salon’s founding members, Laura Kruger, curator, will be honored Doctor of Humane Letters, honoris causa at the renaming of the HUC’s museum in New York. The event will also mark the opening of the exhibition TERRA inFIRMA, in which many Jewish Art Salon members have artwork. “TERRA inFIRMA” focuses on climate change and global […]
“Moshe kibel Torah mi’Sinai…” “Moshe received the Torah from Sinai…” (Mishnah Avot 1:1) Issue #4 of PRTCLS focuses on the topic of Pirkei Avot. What is Pirkei Avot–which could be translated literally as Chapters of the Fathers or Chapters of Fundamental Principles? How does this text represent Jewish thought and life? What is its relevance […]
Omanut: Jewish Uptown Arts, an organization devoted to providing free, quality community events with a Jewish theme in Northern Manhattan, will be presenting the second annual “Sukkahwood.” Sukkahwood is a one day community arts festival and will be held on Sunday, September 16th from 12PM-4PM at Inwood Hill Park’s Gaelic Field. The Jewish Art Salon is […]
Yiddish New York, an annual celebration of Yiddish music, language and culture, is collaborating with City Lore, in NYC, on this year’s art exhibition, which will be held from Thursday, December 6th, 2018, to Thursday, January 31st, 2019. The exhibition will be curated by JAS member Deborah Ugoretz and Tine Kindermann. Submission Deadline: November 10, 2018 This year’s […]
Congratulations to Yehudis Keller, our July Spare Change Micro Grant winner! Yehudis is an Art and Psychology major at Brooklyn College, and is currently teaching art to seniors and interning with art therapists. She has been a Jewish Art Salon Student Fellow for the past year, and she was selected to participate in the Jewish Art […]
Yeshiva University Museum (YUM) invites artists to submit proposals to lead hands-on workshops for the public during 2018-2019, to take place at YUM, based at the Center for Jewish History in New York City. Workshops, which could be related to any Jewish theme, should be conceived and designed to be communally inclusive and physically accessible […]
“My gender is slowly being made to disappear from the Orthodox Jewish world.” By LEAH FINKELSHTEYN, July 11, 2018 The JOFA blog published an article about the Jewish Art Salon’s exhibition The Invisible Jew at Detour Gallery in Red Bank, NJ. … It takes images to counter a lack of images. The visual to address the slow […]
The Jewish Art Salon has launched a teeny tiny micro grant for students interested in Jewish art. Funds are not restricted: students can use them to buy art supplies, or to go on a coffee date with a friend. This little grant is a high five from the Jewish Art Salon to deserving students. […]
The HBI Artist Program provides an artist the opportunity to have a solo exhibition for twelve weeks at the Women’s Studies Research Center at Brandeis University. They invite proposals that relate to the HBI’s mission of developing fresh ideas about Jews and Gender. The exhibition will be open March – June 2019. Application deadline: July 31, […]
The Jewish Art Salon’s 10th year anniversary party takes place July 8 in NYC when we will celebrate all we accomplished so far: 30 exhibitions, 40 other art events, many press mentions, and numerous exhibit connections for our members. We are at full capacity; RSVP for members only. 3:00pm-4:00pm Meet and greet 4:00pm […]
The 4th edition of the Jerusalem Biennale will take place November 7 – December 26, 2019 around the theme of For Heaven’s Sake! (LeShem Shamayim) For more details – click here. Submission deadline October 31, 2018. Note: The Jewish Art Salon participated in 2015 and 2017. We are already producing a big international exhibition in 2019 (Spinoza: […]
A well-respected Jewish scholarly publication tasked the Jewish Art Salon with finding images for their Fall covers. The issues will appear both in print and online. Artists will receive a small honorarium and will be mentioned on their website, with a link to the artist’s website or photo page. The November issue is focusing on […]
2018 INTERFAITH BIENNIAL EXHIBITION Expressing Faith in Art Theme: Love and Truth, an Expression of Interfaith Diversity Dominican University in River Forest, IL – http://www.chicagoartistsresource.org/calls-for-artists/interfaith-biennial Submission deadline is July 9. Dominican University is pleased to announce its fourth Interfaith Biennial Exhibition. The University’s Interfaith Cooperation Committee is dedicated to representing a welcoming environment on campus […]
The NJ Jewish Standard features 2 of the artists in an article on our exhibition The Invisible Jew. “Local artists exhibit at show where modesty drapes the discussion” BY JOANNE PALMER, June 21, 2018 Modesty — tzniut, to call it by its Hebrew name — is a spiritual value by which all Jews are supposed […]
Shira Hanau’s article in the NY Jewish Week, “A True Representation Of Orthodox Women”, about the lack of representation of women in the media, quotes the curator of our upcoming exhibition. “This dichotomy of having no women in magazines but women all over social media makes the lack of representation of women in the media […]
Article in the New Jersey Jewish News, “A conspicuous absence” discusses our upcoming exhibit “The Invisible Jew” by Debra Rubin. … “Ultra-Orthodox women can feel invisible in their communities. Their photos don’t appear in newspapers or in public announcements, and men make the rules on how they should act, dress, and live. Artists have responded […]
Themes addressed in The Invisible Jew exhibition at Detour Gallery: ERASURE, THE WOMEN’S SECTION / SEPARATION, EMPOWERMENT, MIKVEH / IMPURITY, PURITY, IDENTITY and INEQUALITY. Detour Gallery, 24 Clay Street, Red Bank, NJ 07701 On view June 24th to July 12th, 2018, Tue-Sat, 9-5, by appointment. Tel. 732-704-3115 Curator: Goldie Gross. Co-curator: Yona Verwer. Curatorial advisor: Faigie Roth. ERASURE […]
PM HAS DESIGNS ON ANNA’S WORK. Manchester artist Anna Roberts was surprised and honoured when an Instagram image she had designed was shared on Tuesday by Prime Minister Theresa May. Liverpool-born Anna drew a picture which represented Manchester on the anniversary of the terrorist attack on the Manchester Arena. The 28-year-old said: “I […]
Detour Gallery and the Jewish Art Salon present THE INVISIBLE JEW: the lack of representation of women in orthodox media, the circumstances that allowed it, its consequences, and related issues. Opening Reception June 24, 2018, 3-5 pm DETOUR GALLERY 24 Clay Street Red Bank, NJ 07701 On view June 24th to July 12th, 2018, Tue-Sat, 9-5, by […]
PROTOCOLS is an online quarterly for Jews to create, express, transform, organize, resist, and rebel as Jews. They welcome submissions of all forms of writing and art for future issues. Issue #3: Borders Issue #4: Pirkei Avot Please send detailed pitches and/or drafts to submissions@prtcls.com with the appropriate subject line (“Borders” or “Pirkei Avot”). Please send art submissions […]
Thursday’s opening reception of POW!!! Jewish Comic Art and Influence, and its panel discussion, were covered in 3 publications this weekend. NY Jewish Week features Jewish Comic Con Comes To Brooklyn, a 13 minute video by Aaron Herman. What happens when comics and the Synagogue collide? Jewish Comic Con has come to Brooklyn! The exhibition—which runs through […]
The Jewish Art Salon is accepting submissions for an exhibition at the Manny Cantor Center in NYC, and is inviting artists to submit their work for consideration. Deadline submissions: June 30, 2018. ON THE CONSEQUENCES OF HATE SPEECH EXHIBITION STATEMENT Words have always been a catalyst for civil discord and today hate speech is increasingly prevalent, tearing […]
During the month of March 2019 the Jewish Art Salon will exhibit artworks by its members at two venues in the center of Amsterdam, The Netherlands: the Amstelkerk and Plein van Siena. The Amstelkerk’s exquisite gallery and community center is a well-known and much visited site. The Plein van Siena is a venue centered around […]
After a smashing first year, Sukkahwood is pleased to once again invite artists and designers to re-imagine a “Sukkah” and be part of the “Sukkahwood” outdoor exhibition of temporary dwelling installations. The Jewish Art Salon is a co-sponsor of the event. Sukkahwood‘s values of inclusion are universal and seek to bring together people from all […]
This intern is a junior at Hunter College, NYC. He is a major in studio art (with a focus in photojournalism). He’s got experience in a number of different areas of photography (fashion, journalism, events, fine art) and is looking to gain more experience. He can start anytime, but preferably end of May. Over the […]
LABA: A Laboratory for Jewish Art and Culture is a non-religious, Jewish house of study at the 14th Street Y. Its goal is to function as an international incubator for Jewish creativity. Every year LABA selects a group of ten fellows to join them for a yearlong study of classical Jewish texts centered around a […]
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 […]
Yom HaShoah (יום השואה) in English known as Holocaust Remembrance Day starts April 11 at sundown and ends 24 hours later. The full name of the day commemorating the victims of the Holocaust is “Yom Hashoah Ve-Hagevurah“– literally the “Day of (Remembrance of) the Holocaust and the Heroism.” It is marked on the 27th day in the […]
Architectural Digest online published an article entitled,”7 Chapels designed by Artists” including James Turrell, Louise Nevelson, and Mark Rothko. Our Advisor and artist member Tobi Kahn was featured with EMET, his meditative space created in 2002 for the HealthCare Chaplaincy in New York. Our Advisor Aaron Rosen, who recently curated a large art project in Manhattan, Stations […]
On the eve of Passover, April 19, 1943, Jews in the Warsaw Ghetto staged a now legendary revolt against their Nazi oppressors. Since that day, the deprivation and despair of life in the ghetto and the dramatic uprising of its inhabitants have captured the American cultural imagination. The Warsaw Ghetto in American Art and Culture […]
THE ANOLIC FAMILY AWARDS Established in 1980, the Anolic Family Awards have been given to Jewish artists with a wide array of talents and goals, who have used these awards as an opportunity to further their artistic practice, studies and Jewish cultural knowledge. The Anolic Family Art Awards is now accepting applications for the 2018 […]
The Jewish Art Salon’s exhibition has been reviewed in the Riverdale Press. ‘Jerusalem Between Heaven and Earth’ artists explore duality and context By TIFFANY MOUSTAKAS March 23, 2018 When the word “watershed” comes to mind, one might think of an area that divides water to different rivers. But it means a lot more than that […]
In 2016 the Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery’s inaugural exhibition PASSOVER AND THE CONSEQUENCES OF FREEDOM was conceived and curated by Richard McBee, and co-organized by the Jewish Art Salon. The art investigated some of the most important themes of Passover and its narrative conclusion, Shavuot. The exhibition establishes the vibrancy of contemporary Jewish Art as a primary means of […]
The Jewish Art Salon and Jewish Comic Con present: Panel Discussion: POW!!! The Confluence of Jewish Identity, Comics and Fine Art. In conjunction with the art exhibit POW!!! Jewish Comic Art and Influence. Thursday, April 26 7:45-8:45 PM. Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery 603 St. Johns Place, Brooklyn NY, 11238 Opening Reception Art Exhibit: Thursday, April […]
In conjunction with Jewish Comic Con and Congregation Kol Israel, The Jewish Art Salon will host the exhibition POW!!! Jewish Comic Art and Influence. Curators: Joel Silverstein, Goldie Gross and Joshua Stulman. This exhibition of 32 international artists highlights the current explosion of comic books with Jewish themes and fine artists who use comics as […]
The holiday of Purim begins at sunset on Wednesday, Feb. 28, 2018 and ends at sundown on Thursday, March 1. It marks the Jewish people’s deliverance from a royal death decree around the fourth century BCE, as told in the Book of Esther. There are four observations, also called mitzvah, observed on this day: Public reading […]
For current Jewish Art Salon members only! Deadline March 26, 2018 The Main Street Gallery at Congregation Beth Shalom Rodfe Zedek in Chester, CT is looking for artists to exhibit starting February 2020. The gallery director asked the Jewish Art Salon to submit a list of artists who are interested. The gallery will review your […]
“Image, Action, and Idea in Contemporary Jewish Art” by Ben Schachter The Pennsylvania State University Press, University Park, Pennsylvania (2017). Jewish Art Salon’s founding member Richard McBee’s excellent review of Jewish Art Salon’s advisor Ben Schachter’s new book was published in the Times of Israel Blog February 19th, 2018. “Ben Schachter declared on February […]
Protocols, a new provocative publication for Jewish writing and art is looking for art for its second issue. “PROTOCOLS is a platform for Jews to create, express, transform, organize, resist, and rebel as Jews.” The theme of issue #2 is violence, and will be curated by Aimee Rubensteen. The submission deadline is March 16. Email images to aimeerubensteen@gmail.com Save the […]
East Hampton, NY, June 26 – July 10, 2018 Applications NOW OPEN Art Kibbutz – the International Jewish Artist Residency – proudly announces a special two week residency program at The Jewish Center of the Hamptons for summer 2018. For this program artists may select any topic, while engaging in periodic group discussions encompassing aspects of […]
FREEDOM an Artistic Interpretation (This is a third-party call, not a Jewish Art Salon event) Deadline: Saturday February 17, 2018 Juried group show running March 4th – March 25th at the Belskie Museum in Closter, New Jersey. The exhibition theme is “FREEDOM an Artistic Interpretation”. We all have our own concept of freedom, so now you have […]
The Jewish Art Salon is proud to participate in this unique event; our Advisor Dr. Aaron Rosen is the co-curator, and Siona Benjamin is a featured artist. Join us Sunday February 18 at 9:30 AM. People of all faiths and spiritualities are invited on a creative and contemplative journey through Manhattan to consider injustice across […]
The Upstairs Gallery at Congregation Shomrei Emunah in Montclair, NJ is accepting submissions for their Fall 2018 exhibition COMING OF AGE/ הִתְבַּגְּרוּת (This is not a call for art by the Jewish Art Salon, but a third-party listing) In the Jewish tradition, the bar or bat mitzvah ceremony is widely considered to be a pivotal […]
This exhibition is jointly organized by the Derfner Judaica Museum and the Jewish Art Salon. Opening reception Sunday January 28, 1:30-3:00pm Free and open to the public with RSVP to art@hebrewhome.org Exhibition on view until May 27, 2018. Derfner Judaica Museum Hebrew Home at Riverdale 5901 Palisade Avenue Riverdale, NY 10471-1205 http://www.riverspringhealth.org/art This exhibition was […]
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 […]
“Sh’ma: A Journal of Jewish Responsibility” invites some of the most thoughtful writers of contemporary Judaism and curates a distilled “conversation” in print and online, bringing together several voices around a single theme. These voices cross the spectrum of Judaism — secular and religious, We have been privileged that the Journal uses our database of visual […]
This Jewish Art Salon exhibition, curated by David Sperber and Dvora Liss, is discussed in an article in Images Journal by David Sperber. “Notes on an Exhibition: ‘New York/New Work: Contemporary Jewish Art from NYC’ at the Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish Art, 2015, Curators: Dvora Liss and David Sperber,” Images: A Journal of Jewish […]
From the multiple award-winning publisher Alternate History Comics Inc, comes Volume 2 of their groundbreaking Jewish Comics Anthology collection! Inside SCI: The Jewish Comics Anthology Volume 2, you will find 18 original comic book and graphic novel stories full of action, drama, humour, horror and romance. Each story is based on ages-old tales from Hebrew […]
The Radius Fane Gallery in Boston will feature a solo exhibit by Susan Schwalb, opening January 5th, 2018. This artist’s primary medium for over 40 years has been the Renaissance technique of silverpoint and metalpoint drawing. Juxtaposing a wide variety of metals—silver, gold, brass, copper, platinum, pewter, bronze, and aluminum—she obtains soft shifts of tone […]
Drawing from the B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection Exhibition Opening: December 4, 5pm On Display: December 4, 2017 – January 7, 2018 Drawing from the B’nai B’rith Klutznick Collection, a selection of 18 acrylic and colored pencil drawings inspired by Judaica from the Klutznick collection by world-renowned Jewish artist Mark Podwal. Cincinnati Skirball Museum 3101 Clifton […]
The Jewish Art Salon partners with the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance (JOFA) and Hevria to present an art exhibition that addresses the lack of representation of women in right-wing Ultra-Orthodox media. Curated by Goldie Gross, and curatorial advisors Faigee Hecht and Yona Verwer, this timely initiative has already garnered many strong responses and art submissions. […]
The Jewish Art Salon is partnering with the Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery at CKI, Brooklyn, NY. CALL FOR ART POW!!! Jewish Comic Art and Influence In conjunction with Jewish Comic Con, Brooklyn, NY. The Jewish Art Salon is accepting submissions for POW!!! Jewish Comic Art and Influence, which will kick off (and run in conjunction […]
Ritual Art Today: Contemporary and Non-Traditional Religious Objects Curator: Ben Schachter Exhibition Dates: April 3 to April 20, 2018 Venue: Duquesne University, Gumberg Library 600 Forbes Avenue Pittsburgh, PA 15282 (This is not a call for art by the Jewish Art Salon, but a third-party listing). Ritual is important to religious practice through beauty, personal connection, […]
Wonder Woman is having a very good year. Her blockbuster movie grossed over 400 million dollars (Gal Gadot must be very happy). Not only that, Wonder Woman made an appearance in this year’s Jerusalem Biennale in Joel Silverstein’s painting, Ten Commandments – A Question. Silverstein’s painting was part of “Jerusalem Between Heaven and Earth,” a […]
Curator Aimee Rubensteen wrote an article on Jewish Women Open Up About Getting Their Periods – These women reflect on Niddah. “One of the great challenges in living a Jewish feminist life is finding the balance between maintaining tradition and upholding feminist principles.” … “I’ve been questioning everything about my Jewish upbringing and the heteropatriarchy embedded within […]
Mamzerim Exhibition 1.10.17-16.11.17; Book Launch 29.10.17 Bezeq Building, Chopin 12, Jerusalem. Mamzerut’s mark of shame is imprinted upon innocent children. An artistic-activist journey into the stories of men, women and children, punished by people in the name of God. ‘Mamzer’ is a halakhic concept that has received legal status in the State of Israel, and […]
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 […]
By Ben Schachter One hundred years ago, my wife’s great grandfather, Nathan Black, owned a dry goods store in Montreal. In November of 1917 he had seamstresses sew a flag with two blue stripes and the Magen David in its center. Then, he hung that flag outside his store. “Haynt is a yuntof.” “Today is […]
A ‘watershed’ moment for artists at the Jerusalem Biennale, by Jessica Steinberg. The Times of Israel published an article on the Jerusalem Biennale at the Museum of the Underground Prisoners, one of several Biennale venues, and one of two venues for the Jewish Art Salon. The other JAS venue is the Bezeq Building. Several Jewish […]
The director of the Museum of Underground Prisoners in Jerusalem has censored works from two exhibitions on view at the museum as part of the Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish Art. The Jewish Art Salon, whose exhibition Jerusalem Between Heaven and Earth was curated by Ori Soltes, had to move five artists’ work to another […]
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 […]
By Ben Schachter The Jerusalem Biennial began in 2013. Organized by Ram Ozeri, the Biennial has steadily grown in size and invites artists and artists groups from all over the world to exhibit their work in Jerusalem. This year the organizers considered proposals centered on the theme “Watershed.” This post is the first in a […]
The Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery will be celebrating all things GOLEM. Art Opening Reception, and klezmer rock band GOLEM, live in concert. Doors open October 21 @ 7:30pm. Concert 9:30 pm. 603 St Johns Place, Brooklyn, NY Tickets online: http://m.bpt.me/event/3066617 Shoshanna Brombacher, artist, writer, curator, and Jewish Art Salon member, has assembled over forty original works […]
The Jewish Art Salon has been selected to exhibit at the 3rd Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish Art, which will showcase the work of nearly 200 professional artists in dozens of exhibitions and installations. The Jewish Art Salon’s entry Jerusalem Between Heaven and Earth was curated by Ori Z. Soltes, and will be on view from […]
Tues Sep 26th- Sun Oct 15th, 2017 The Ben Uri Museum in London explores the many ways in which art supports and improves mental and physical health and enriches our lives. At a time when health and wellbeing is high on the global agenda, Ben Uri demonstrates how the collection’s universal themes of identity and migration can be a unique resource for healthier lives. This exhibition […]
A unique monthly pop-up bar in the heart of Brooklyn at Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery, AfterParty combines a warm, funky, thoughtful atmosphere with experimental art openings, eclectic musical acts, unexpected performance art, and delicious, unusual cuisine. September’s art opening begins September 10 from 7-8 p.m., featuring artist Yitzchok Moully. Brooklyn Jewish Art Gallery 603 Saint […]
The Jewish Art Salon is co-sponsoring NYC’s Sukkah Wood 2017. We provided the curator, Goldie Gross, and three Jewish Art Salon members have been selected to participate 2017: Asherah Cinnamon, Shayna Denburg and Fortune Chalme (with David Braha). Sukkah Wood is an event where artists will produce temporary dwelling art installations that conform with the standards […]
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 […]
The juried exhibition “Dimensions of Spirituality – Rosh Hashanah, Yom Kippur and Sukkot” is drawn from the artists’ membership of the Jewish Artists Initiative (JAI) of Southern California, as part of an exchange with the Jewish Art Salon (JAS). UJA-NY Gallery, 130 E. 59th Street, New York, NY. OPENING RECEPTION November 9, 6-8pm. Refreshments will […]
Peninsula JCC, July 11 – September 18, 2017. Special events: Shabbat dinner September 8 Gallery Tour and Lecture “Transcultural Indian Jews in Israel” September 11 Article about her exhibition: https://www.jweekly.com/2017/08/08/indian-jewish-artist-turns-blue-peninsula-jcc/ The Marin JCC: October 29, 2017 Film screening and gallery opening
THE INVISIBLE JEW The Jewish Art Salon is accepting submissions for an exhibition to take place in New York City in the near future. Co-sponsored by JOFA, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance, Art Kibbutz, and Hevria. About the exhibition: Lately, there have been several news items about the disadvantages of being a woman in Orthodox Judaism. […]
The National September 11 Memorial Museum serves as the USA’s principal institution for examining the implications of the events of 9/11, documenting the impact of those events and exploring the continuing significance of September 11, 2001. Shocked by the events of that day, artists – like everyone – struggled to make sense of the unfathomable […]
Artist’s Talk with Mierle Laderman Ukeles: I Make Maintenance Art One Hour Every Day August 24th, 3:00pm Whitney Museum of American Art, NYC, Sixth floor Free with museum admission Thursday August 24th the Whitney Museum features an artist’s talk on I Make Maintenance Art One Hour Every Day (1976), on view as part of the exhibition An Incomplete […]
Poster for Bialystok exhibition of Podwal’s 18 prints “Kaddish for Dabrowa Bialostocka.” Art exhibition August 4 to August 28 at the Zamenhof Center, Bialystok, Poland. The series is based on a 2016 visit to the shtetl in Poland where the artist’s mother was born. Still Bialystok, but on a different note, Podwal’s drawing of […]
CALL FOR ARTISTS: A GROUP EXHIBIT The Bender JCC in Rockville, MD, USA, is currently accepting submissions for their upcoming group show entitled: Na’aseh v’nishma. (Please note: only two-dimensional work.) This is primarily for Washington, Maryland and Virginia based artists. Subject Matter: Submissions should be inspired by, react to or otherwise engage broadly with the […]
NATURAL INSTINCTS The Jewish Art Salon is curating an exhibition at the Charter Oak Cultural Center in Hartford, CT, and is inviting artists to submit their work for consideration. The exhibition is part of Charter Oak’s 2017/18 Annual Celebration of Jewish Arts and Culture, which will feature films such as Maria Sharapova: The Point, and Harvesting Stones, a Jewish Play […]
Yiddish New York’s 2017 Visual Arts Exhibition Yiddish New York, an annual celebration of Yiddish music, language and culture, is proud to collaborate with City Lore on this year’s art exhibition, which will be held from Thursday, December 14th, 2017 to Sunday, January 15th, 2018. The exhibition will be curated by Deborah Ugoretz and Tine Kindermann. […]
Rand’s opening remarks for “The 613”, his exhibition at The Contemporary Jewish Museum, are featured on Vimeo here. In addition Rand was interviewed by Raul Gallyot of KWMR radio in San Francisco, where he was asked a couple of curve ball questions that pertain to the aesthetics of the painting. Interview available here. Much of […]
Urban Adamah, a Jewish community farm in Berkeley, CA, is seeking an artist (or two) to design and install two pieces of complementary art for its formal entrance-way and welcome center. The goal of these pieces is to inform visitors about its core values and to express appreciation for contributors to the farm. Submissions […]
Two exhibitions will feature Trix Rosen’s artworks. KINDRED: CELEBRATING OUR ANCESTORS Annmarie Sculpture Garden & Arts Center, Solomons, MD August 11 2017- January 28 2018 “Pillow for My Grandfather.” 2017 16H x 24W inches, 2017 Printed image on 100% Cotton Twill Fabric on front, canvas backing, hand-made My grandfather Michel Leib was murdered on his […]
Artistic Dialog Beyond Borders Opening reception September 8, 6-8pm On view September 8 – October 1, 2017 Evanston Art Center, Evanston, IL This exhibition, curated by Dorit Jordan Dotan, presents Jewish Art Salon’s artists: Gabriella Boros, Lenore Mizrachi Cohen, Nancy Current, Susan C Dessel, Ellen Holtzblatt, Judith Joseph, Yona Verwer, Katarzyna Kozera and Beth Krensky. It […]
Dorit Jordan Dotan has updated the brochure she designed for the Jewish Art Salon. Jordan Dotan is a graphic artist and the owner/operator of an independent studio for design, printing and production. She has several on-going graphic design projects, working with book design, exhibition catalogs, invitations, web banners and site design. She is a photographer, illustrator, […]
ARTISTS or ART-ENTHUSIASTS We are giving away ten years of Associate membership ($300 value) to one lucky artist or art-lover, and a lifetime of Fellow membership ($500+ value) to one talented artist! Facebook Contest: Deadline July 19, 2017 Benefits: You will have the opportunity to enter Jewish Art Salon’s juried and curated exhibitions. We refer YOU […]
The 613 is a major painting project by Archie Rand presented at The CJM in San Francisco in its museum debut and first appearance outside New York City. In traditional Jewish texts 613 rules for ethical and religious behavior are asked of all Jews. Rand’s exhibition includes one painting for each one of the 613; they […]
Jewish Art Salon members Dorit Jordan Dotan, Joyce Polance, and Alan Hobscheid will exhibit work in “Outside Inside” Exploring Boundaries and Otherness Sunday, September 17, 2017 to Sunday, January 7, 2018 New Works by Fellows of the Midwest Jewish Artists Lab Outside Inside: Exploring Boundaries and Otherness displays new works created by Spertus Institute’s second […]
Opening: Thursday, August 3, 2017 – 6:30 PM- 8:30 PM Abrazo Interno Gallery The Clemente Center, 107 Suffolk Street, NY, NY 10002 August 3 – August 30, 2017, Mon-Sun. 3:30 PM – 7:00 PM or by appointment. Top row: Tine Kindermann , Amelia Lee Ruthenian Woman, (after a Lewis Wickes Hines photo) Thomas Nelson Baker Sr. All […]
The Seventeenth World Congress of Jewish Studies will take place from August 6 to 10, 2017 at the Mount Scopus Campus of the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. David Sperber’s lecture for the conference (8/8/2017) is titled “Mikva Dreams: The Jewish Feminist Art of Mierle Laderman Ukeles in the United States during the 1970s and the 1980s”. […]
Tobi Kahn, Jewish Art Salon member & advisor, and Artist in Residence at Kivunim, recently facilitated an earth project with his students in Israel. “After looking at earthworks by the artists Andy Goldsworthy, Richard Long and Robert Smithson, the Kivunim participants broke up into groups and created their own earthworks project in Jerusalem this past month… […]
