Mikhal Weiner
Creating a Jewish arts space in Brooklyn.
Where Art and Judaism Crossover (in Brooklyn)
Tag: Jewish Artists
“She Drew Obsessively”— Ilka Gedő’s Legacy, Restored
Nicole Waldner
She drew obsessively. Her pencil and sketch pad were both a way of understanding the world and a protection against its cruelties.
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.
Collage Artist Sally Edelstein: “My Politics is My Art.”
Eleanor J. Bader
Collage-maker Sally Edelstein calls herself a “visual archeologist,” digging deep into American mythology. But she does more than this. Alongside the creation of innumerable pieces of wall art that juxtapose the collision between past and present, her blog, envisioningtheamericandream.com, probes the ways that advertising and media steer our perceptions of race, class, and gender and how… Read more »
The Feminist Who Illustrated “The Wisdom of the Fathers”
Eleanor J. Bader
“People have asked me why, as a feminist, I made a book about male wisdom. It’s a good question, but I think we have to deal with things we find uncomfortable in our traditions.”