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8 Nights 8 Windows: Public Hanukkah Art In Boston

7, Dec 2015

By Olga Khvan for Boston Magazine To celebrate Hanukkah this year, windows at eight establishments throughout Boston will be illuminated with installations by local artists—one to represent each night of the Festival of Lights. “8 Nights, 8 Windows” is the city’s first Jewish public art project, organized by the New Center for Arts and Culture […]

Anshie Kagan: In Case Of Moshiach Break Glass

28, Oct 2015

By Beth Sarafraz for the Jewish Press Ani ma’amin b’emuna shelema be’viat hamashiach, Vi’af al pi sheyit’mame’ha im kol zeh achakeh lo bechol yom sheyavo. I believe with perfect faith in the coming of the Messiah; and even though he may delay, I will await him every day. –12th Principle of Faith, from Rambam’s Shloshah-Asar […]

Rooted: The Ecological Duality of Nature and Jewish Identity

7, Oct 2015

ABOUT THE EXHIBITION | Rooted explores the dual role of art embedded in the environment and in Jewish identity. Co-sponsored by the Jewish Art Salon and Manny Cantor Center, Rooted highlights the complex and deeply rooted relationships featured artists have to the changing natural environment and to Jewish culture. This group exhibition invites art enthusiasts, […]

The 2015 Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish Art: September 24 – November 5

21, Sep 2015

The second Jerusalem Biennale for Contemporary Jewish Art (September 24 – November 5) will showcase the work of nearly 200 Israeli and international professional artists in 10 exhibitions hosted in seven city-center venues. Following the success of the inaugural Jerusalem Biennale in 2013, Biennale2015 will continue to explore the places where contemporary art meets the […]

Traversing Tradition: Transformation in and of Contemporary Jewish Life

7, Sep 2015

The JTS Arts Advisory Board Presents Traversing Tradition: Transformation in and of Contemporary Jewish Life Exhibition Curator: Rebecca Pristoop Participating Artists: Tamar Ettun | Jake Levin | Angela Strassheim | Silvio Wolf | Gil Yefman | Sarah Zell Young September 10, 2015, through May 19, 2016 3080 Broadway (at 122nd Street) New York City Traversing […]

Watch: Tile Installation Time Lapse from Siona Benjamin

31, Aug 2015

Indian-American Jewish Painter Siona Benjamin just posted a time lapse of the tile floor she designed being installed at the Central Reform Congregation in St. Louis, Missouri. Benjamin had worked for a year on a painting that would be transferred to ceramic tile and installed. The fifteen foot in diameter artwork takes us through the […]

“Graffiti Artists Draw On Jewish Roots” – Plus Exclusive Photos

3, Apr 2015

by Avishay Artsy, for the Jewish Journal Over the past week, two graffiti artists have been applying layers of bright orange and blue paint to an outdoor wall of the Silverlake Independent JCC. Hillel Smith, a native Angeleno, and Itamar Paloge, a Tel Aviv-based artist, met a year ago through their shared interest in street […]

Making/History: Reconstructing the Gwoździec Synagogue

8, Oct 2014

As contemporary artists we constantly strike a balance between what is new and what our influences are. What is it then to approach a lost piece of art, which may have been essential to the heritage you hold dear, and make something new from it? In 2011, three organizations—the Museum of the History of Polish […]

Open to the Sky: The Beacon Sukkah Project

7, Sep 2014

Beacon Arts and Beacon Hebrew Alliance will contemplate and celebrate universal themes of ephemerality and transience in Open to the Sky: The Beacon Sukkah Project, which will be at Polhill Park in Beacon, NY (by the Beacon Visitors’ Center) from October 8-16. It will be a large wood sukkah (16×32 feet) with artwork (perhaps yours?) […]

[Photos] BE! (הְוֵי) Installations, sculptures, and video work by Sara Erenthal

27, Aug 2014

BE! (הְוֵי) Installations, sculptures, and video work by Sara Erenthal. Curated by Marine Cornuet. Gallery hours: Thu-Friday 5-7pm, Sat 2-8pm, Sun 3-6pm Opening Reception: August 21, 2014, 6pm-9pm On View: August 21, 2014 – September 13, 2014 SoapBox Gallery 636 Dean Street, Brooklyn, NY. More on www.soapboxgallery.org


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