Opening Reception of "It's A Thin Line - The Eruv and Jewish Community in New York & Beyond"

Jewish Art Salon Members Ben Schachter and Yona Verwer are two of the four artists featured in this major exhibit at the Y. U. Museum.

It's A Thin Line - The Eruv and Jewish Community in New York and beyond.

Curated by Zachary Paul Levine.

Exhibit on view till June 30, 2013.

Yeshiva University Museum

15 West 16 Street

New York, NY 10010
www.yumuseum.org

The exhibit brings together maps and memorabilia from their collection and contemporary art installations that reflect upon the subject including New York-based artists Elliott Malkin, Ben Schachter, Yona Verwer and Justin Stewart. 

The vibrant artistic life of the eruv is the focus of three related shows running simultaneously at Yale University and organized by Professor Margaret Olin, called “Shaping Community: Poetics and 
Politics of the Eruv”, ending December 14.

Roundtable Discussion "Jewish Narrative Painting" with members of the Jewish Art Salon

Jacob at 13 - Joel Silverstein

Wednesday December 12, 7:30-8:15 PM 

Columbia / Barnard Kraft Center

606 West 115th Street, New York, NY, 10025.

Roundtable Discussion,  Jewish Narrative Painting with members of The Jewish Art Salon.

Presented by: the Columbia / Barnard Kraft Center for Jewish Student Life, and the Jewish Art Salon.

Preceded by the 

Opening Reception of Art Exhibit "Fractured Epics" by Joel Silverstein 

6:00-8:30 PM 

 

Some of the questions the panel will address: 

• How does contemporary culture relate to Jewish Narrative?
• How does the surreal and feminism enter into Jewish Narrative?
• What aspects of Jewish culture and text are important to Contemporary Jewish Art?

Panelists: 

Joel Silverstein, Exhibition Artist, Senior Curator/Founding Member

Elke Reva Sudin, Artist, Exec. Director of Jewish Art Now, Executive Member.

Yona Verwer, Artist, President / Co-founder.

Eden Morris, Artist, Member.

Moderated by Richard McBee, Artist/Critic, Founding Member.

Exhibit curated by Yona Verwer, Kraft Center Curator-in-Residence, 2012-13. 

Article on the exhibit here.

More info & images "Fractured Epics" here.

Transportation: Train #1 to 116 St & Bway, walk down 1 block), take right on 115 St. Buses M4, M5, M104 to 116 St.

Call for Illustration Artists

In conjunction with a photography exhibition, opening this spring in New York, the Jewish Art Salon is looking for one illustrator to create work corresponding with the photography.

The illustrator should have at least some familiarity with the European ligne claire style. More info on ligne claire here: http://comicfoundry.com/?p=1526

Experience with graphic novels is a plus, but not required.

The exhibition will open in March 2013 and run for approximately three weeks; exact venue to be announced upon acceptance.

If interested, please send us your short bio, website and work samples by December 31^st to jasimages18@gmail.com

Selected artists will receive more details about the contents and an invitation to illustrate a ‘test page’. The winner will be announced by January 31st.

The Jewish Art Salon will ship the work roundtrip, so out-of-town artists are encouraged to apply.