Graphic Details Symposium: Talking About Jewish Women and Comics

Sunday, February 26, 2012

Presented in conjunction with Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women

http://forward.com/graphic-details/symposium/

Yeshiva University Museum @ The Center for Jewish History

15 West 16th Street, NYC.

An Evening with Diane Noomin - Book Party

Celebrating the release of her new book GLITZ-2-GO

Monday, March 5, 6PM
YESHIVA UNIVERSITY MUSEUM

15 West 16th Street, NYC

This event is being held in conjunction with Graphic Details - Confessional Comics of Jewish Women, currently on view at Yeshiva University Museum.

Learn at the Graphic Details show page: yumuseum.tumblr.com/GraphicDetails
Learn more about YU Museum at yumuseum.org

Learn more about Diane Noomin at Glitz-2-Go at: http://www.fantagraphics.com/browse-shop/glitz-2-go-november-2011.html

Graphic Details: Tour by 3 curators

What began with a 2008 story about autobiographical comics by Jewish women in The Forward has developed into a touring museum exhibit. Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women is the first exhibit to explore what co-curator Michael Kaminer calls a "unique and prolific niche of graphic storytelling" by Jewish women. The exhibit features the work of 18 Jewish women artists, some of which is being seen by the public for the first time.


Yeshiva University Museum curator Zachary Levine will be joined by exhibit curators Michael Kaminer and Sarah Lightman.
Come for a guided tour of the Y.U. Museum's exhibits, followed by an intimate discussion with the curators. 

February 22, 6-8 PM

We will also view Prophecy of Place: Quintan Ana Wikswo 

Open to members & friends of the Jewish Art Salon. Free admission.

Yeshiva University Museum at the Center for Jewish History.

15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011.

RSVP required: jewishartsalon@gmail.com

Mark Podwal's events at the YU Museum

Courtesy Mark Podwal

Join Jewish Art Salon member Mark Podwal for 2 events involving his exhibit at the Y.U. Museum in New York "Old and the New: Mark Podwal’s Textiles for the Altneuschul in Prague".

* Sunday December 18, 2-3 PM - Mark leads a tour of the exhibit.

* Monday, December 19, 2011, 6–8 p.m.
Public program featuring the artist and others on the historic, religious and cultural context of the Altneuschul and the Prague Jewish Community.

Yeshiva University Museum, 15 W. 16th St, New York, NY 10011, 212.294.8330  www.yumuseum.org


Article on Mark Podwal in The Jewish Week here, "Jewish art that is skin deep".

Mark Podwal's Textiles at the Y. U. Museum

Old and the New: Mark Podwal’s Textiles for the Altneuschul in Prague

Renowned New York Artist Designs Textiles for Oldest Synagogue in Europe

Before a series of richly designed new textiles is installed in one of the most iconic, oldest and continually active synagogues in Europe, it will be unveiled Yeshiva University Museum (YU Museum) in the exhibition Old and the New: Mark Podwal’s Textiles for the Altneuschul in Prague from November 20, 2011–January 15, 2012.

The textiles, which include a Torah ark cover, three Torah mantles and covers for the Torah reading and cantor's desks represent the first major commission for the sanctuary of Prague’s Altneuschul in over 70 years. Built in 1270, the Altneuschul, or “Old-New Synagogue,” is celebrated for its architectural beauty and legendary provenance–myth has it its stones were brought by angels. It is one of the few Gothic synagogues in existence and sits at the center of Prague’s Jewish Quarter, a vibrant community famed for its scholars, mystics, writers and intellectuals. Perhaps the most famous of the synagogue’s legends is the Prague Golem, believed to lie dormant in the attic of the building to be restored again, if needed, to defend the Jews.