Mikhal Weiner
Creating a Jewish arts space in Brooklyn.
Where Art and Judaism Crossover (in Brooklyn)
Tag: Art
Looking Back from an Imaginary Future, Through Art
Evelyn Tauben
What rituals, practices or stories from your Jewish life would you want to see preserved in the far-off future?
Arlene Rush Pushes Artistic Boundaries
Eleanor J. Bader
“I hope my work will survive for generations so that in the future people will understand that there was resistance.”
Siona Benjamin Paints Lilith of the Present
Samantha Baskind
For Benjamin, and most feminists who have adopted (or adapted) Lilith in art or literature, the mythological first wife of Adam stands as an icon of independence and courage
Community Engagement as Art
Devyani Saltzman
Carmel Tanaka on the power and celebration of the “in between.”
Jewish Artists of Color: A Candid Conversation
Fentster Gallery
An idea was born to create a space specifically for Jewish Artists of Color to come together—a closed conversation that would be welcoming and safe, informal and intentional.
Art and Aid: an Interview with Margot Spindelman
Eleanor J. Bader
Group members have created 20 boxes, each containing five small pieces of original art that are exchanged for a donation.
This Hanukkah, Illuminating the Power of Feminists
Hadar Cohen
This year, on December 16th and 17th, we are hosting Illumination: A Chanukah Celebration of Devotional Arts and Embodied Prayer.
Saving Leonardo de Vinci’s “Lady with the Ermine”
Yona Zeldis McDonough
A novel that traces the fraught journey of Leonardo de Vinci’s famous <em>Lady with the Ermine</em>, and how this priceless work of art was ultimately saved from the Nazis. </p>
Connecting Jewish Tradition with Black Fugitive Legacies
Chanel Dubofsky
Artists are memory workers – they witness and then create, they bring things back. We have the tools, we can create a way out of nothing. That’s what artists offer right now.