Dura Europos Project II. UJA Federation, New York, NY.
Current:
Silent Witnesses: Synagogues transformed, rebuilt, or left behind.
Artists Respond to History
February 26 - April 13, 2012
Holocaust Memorial Center
28123 Orchard Lake Road
Farmington Hills, MI 48334 (Metro Detroit)
“Silent Witnesses” is a collaboration of the Cultural Heritage Artists Project, the Jewish Art Salon, JWalks, and the Holocaust . All of the works in this exhibit are being shown for the first time.
On February 26th, 2012, the innovative new exhibition Silent Witnesses: Synagogues Transformed, Rebuilt or Abandoned opens at the Holocaust Memorial Center in Farmington Hills, Michigan.
The 23 participating artists explore the intersection of community migration and Jewish heritage by researching abandoned synagogues throughout the United States, Europe, India and Israel, and creating paintings, photographs, installations and videos woven from the stories of the historic spaces.
With this exhibition, the Cultural Heritage Artists Project continues its pioneering work in developing an innovative model of artist initiated and organized exhibitions, based on the belief that by working together around a shared theme artists can create new works with meaning, while engaging in an artistic dialogue that encourages new aesthetic explorations.
Participating artists: Mel Alexenberg, Ellen Alt, Aileen Bassis, Miriam Benjamin, Siona Benjamin, Edith C. Dreikurs, Camille Eskel, James Stone Goodman, Rachel Kanter, Stacy Leeman, Martin Mendelsberg, Jacob Mezrahi, Joan Roth, Cynthia Beth Rubin, Ben Schachter, Susan Shender, Linda Soberman, Miriam Stern, Saul Sudin, Julian Voloj, Yona Verwer, Ahron Weiner and Todd Weinstein.
Catalog essays by Samuel D. Gruber, Ruth Ellen Gruber, Stephen M. Goldman, Deborah Kovsky-Apap, and Aaron Rosen.
More info: http://culturalheritageartistsproject.org/chap2/chap-two.html
Sh'ma! Jewish High School Students explore the Sh'ma. Virtual exhibit in conjunction with the Aleph Institute's Global Day of Jewish Learning. Co-sponsored by Jewish Art Now and RAVSAK.
November 8, 2011 till November 8, 2012.
Global / Local - Jewish artists explore the visual texture of their communities. Virtual exhibit in conjunction with the Aleph Institute's Global Day of Jewish Learning. Co-sponsored by Jewish Art Now. November 8, 2011 till November 8, 2012.
Past:
Pop-up Art Exhibit at Limmud NY 2012. After Art Kibbutz's Drink 'N' Draw event with Frank London and Greg Wall and Hasidic New Wave, Yona Verwer will curate a show from the best results. January 15 & 16, 2012.
Embodied Light: 9-11 in 2011 in concert with Tobi Kahn's exhibit at the Ernest Rubinstein Gallery, New York, NY. Sept - Nov 2011
Mima'akim
East Village Shul, New York, NY. January 2011.
Generation D: Identities
Flomenhaft Gallery, New York, NY. December 2010.
Dura Europos Project
Philadelphia museum of Jewish Art, Philadelphia, PA. Dec '10 - March 2011.
Seduced by Sacred
JCC, Hartford, CT
Charter Oaks Cultural Center, Hartford, CT. Sept - Nov 2010.
Tzelem
Stanton Street Shul, New York, NY. April 2009.
