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London Calling
5, May 2013WANTED: Storytellers and actors and writers and poets and producers and musicians and comedians and philosophers and yogis and gastronomes and visual artists and performance artists and martial artists and promoters and protagonists and provocateurs and erudite educators and lyrical linguists and fitness fanatics and spielers and songsters and DJs and dancers and mixologists and […]
Conney Conference on Jewish Arts DIASPORAS April 9–12, 2013 Mosse Weinstein Center For Jewish Studies University of Wisconsin–Madison View the conference schedule here.
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- Tags: Midwest US
Exodus Steps
21, Mar 2013Exodus Steps is an interactive art installation that engages viewers with the biblical story of the Hebrews’ escape from slavery in Egypt. Timed to coincide with the Passover season, this installation combines street art and performance elements to create visual puzzles that put the viewer in the story and literally “remember as if you have […]
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- Tags: Holidays, Interactive Art, LA, Street Art
Continuing coverage of the CAJM Conference in NYC As more and more Jewish institutions are looking to innovate the way they engage, many are opening up to collaborations they would not have pursued before. Although far-reaching partnerships and crowdsourcing are integral parts of the way an audience is cultivated in the 21st century, the resistance […]
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- Tags: Jewish Art Education, Jewish Artist Groups, Jewish Galleries, Marketing, Museums, NYC
CAJM 2013 Conference Coverage
13, Mar 2013The City as Muse/um Last week in lower Manhattan, the Council of American Jewish Museums (CAJM) hosted their annual conference, bringing together Jewish museum professionals from across the Americas and from around the world. We followed the conference, picking up on reoccurring themes that effect how contemporary Jewish art is and will be explored in […]
Join us for the NYC launch of Semitic Swag and Yiddish Players Club. Thursday March 28th at Zanger Hall BUY TICKETS: EARLY BIRD = $18 AT THE DOOR = $30 Fashion and Models: curation by Boris Chertok Live Artists: Alice Mizrachi {WORK} Noaj Sauer {WORK}
How to: Art House DIY Salon
18, Feb 2013A review of 8th Day Art House and a guide of how to do this in your house. by Morris Levin On a cold Saturday night while ice formed on the sidewalks I opened my home to 30 strangers in an evening of art and inspiration hosted by Jewish Art Now. The event was called […]
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- Tags: Philadelphia
Exhibition Excitement
12, Feb 2013By Elke Reva Sudin There is such a diverse array of approaches to Jewish content contemporary artwork, but each artist is bringing the approach that comes from the world they are in. The most fun part of planning an exhibition is when you get to the works coming together for the first time.There is a […]
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A Week to Animate Talmudic Texts? No problem
10, Aug 2012by Emma Silvers, JWeekly.com They’re not exactly reinventing the Talmud, but a group of creative thinkers will be in San Francisco next week to bring the ancient Jewish text to life. With the help of a dozen university students from around the country, a handful of professional artists, and a hefty dose of creative energy, […]
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- Tags: Animation, Art as Midrash, California