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Call for Entries: CONTEXT
6, Sep 2012Art Exhibit CONTEXT At Columbia / Barnard’s Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life, New York, NY. October 11 – November 29, 2012 The Jewish Art Salon and Oholiav are collaborating on a series of inter-disciplinary events in October & November 2012. These will be hosted by the Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life at Columbia /Barnard […]
- In: Call for Entries
- Tags: Jewish Artist Groups, NYC
Jacqueline Nicholls: New Works Opening Reception
27, Aug 2012On view Sept 1 – Nov 1 Opening Reception with artist and curator September 13, 2012 6-8pm free and open to the public London-based artist, Jacqueline Nicholls explores traditional Jewish ideas in untraditional ways. In her first solo show in New York, The Laurie M Tisch Gallery, with the curatorial guidance of Tobi Kahn presents […]
Noah Meets Katrina in “Watershedâ€
7, May 2012Premiering at the LABA Festival 2012 in New York By Elke Reva Sudin How difficult  is it to imagine a truly devastating catastrophe? Will calamity come from an instantaneous, even violent change in the landscape, or a slow transformation that could have been prevented? Will we suddenly realize the terrifying future  when the prevention is attainable or […]
- In: Events|Exhibition Reviews
- Tags: Installation, NYC, Video Art
Jews of Nigeria Shine on Screen (Video)
3, May 2012By Elke Reva Sudin Travel to Africa and meet members of the Igbo tribe who identify with Israelite origin, and are embracing Jewish tradition with fervor today. Produced and directed by Jeff Lieberman, Re-Emerging: Jews of Nigeria, follows individual stories and collective histories to paint a picture of the Igbo past and present as told from their […]
Drisha Arts Fellowship 2012 Exhibition
2, May 2012When to pray, Where to pray…Are you telling me how to pray?! Drisha Arts Fellows Explore Masekhet Berakhot Thursday, May 17th, 2012 7pm; $10 Drisha Institute 37 West 65th Street, 5th Fl. New York, NY RSVP: lleifer@drisha.org
2012 LABA Festival: Blueprint
29, Apr 2012The LABA Festival: Blueprint 5.17.2012 – 5.19.2012 Contemporary art with a Jewish spin, performances and installations inspired by ancient Jewish texts. Featuring the music of Alicia Jo Rabins, live action puppet cinema by Zvi Sahar, a poetry reading by Eugene Ostashevsky, theater by Michael Bradley Cohen and site-specific art installations by Anita Glesta, Ghiora Aharoni, […]
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- Tags: Installation, Jewish Artist Groups, NYC
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Distorting (a messiah project, 13C)
4, Apr 2012By Elke Reva Sudin Distorting (a messiah project, 13C) by Justin Stewart is an installation depicting the concept of messiah as existed in the 13th century. Fleece is stretched to look like a hard form and is positioned through an intricate web of rope and plastic as a way of using architecture to represent an idea. The installation is curated by […]
- In: Exhibition Reviews
- Tags: Installation, Jewish History, NYC
Ethiopian Jews Immortalized
22, Mar 2012Why the Jewish Museum Goes Gaga for Kehinde Wiley By Elke Reva Sudin What does it mean to paint contemporary Jewish people using traditional Jewish ornamentation but not be Jewish? African-American artist Kehinde Wiley paints underrepresented youths with a style that mimics the portraiture of European nobles. He picks his subjects right off the street, paring […]
- In: Exhibition Reviews
- Tags: Israel, NYC, Painting
16th Annual Sephardic Jewish Film Festival
5, Mar 2012The American Sephardi Federation presents the 16th Annual NY Sephardic Film Festival which opens March 15, 2012. For tickets and information, please click here. Advanced tickets may also be purchased at the Center for Jewish History Box Office on Sunday, March 4 and Sunday, March 11 between 11am 4:30pm.