Artist in Residence – NHC Summer Institute

Posted by on Jan 25, 2013 in News, Upcoming Events | 0 comments

Artist in Residence – NHC Summer Institute

I have been awarded the coveted position of Rita Poretsky Artist in Residence at this coming summer’s National Havurah Committee’s Summer Institute, taking place August 5 – 11 at Franklin Pierce University in Rindge, New Hampshire.  In keeping with the NHC’s motto “The Torah cannot be acquired except in fellowhip” and this year’s theme “Count Our Days,”  I will be working with participants on a multi-arts program focused on the plight of needleworkers past and present.  We will study history and Yiddish song, and prepare a presentation in the form of a massive ‘cranky’ – a low-tech, high energy theater-in-a-box that will engage people of all ages in traditional papercutting, shadow puppetry, collage, singing, and musical accompaniment to the final presentation at week’s end.  To learn more about the Institute, click HERE. In addition to the artist in residence program, I am thrilled that I’ll be able to join my daughter Yona Leviton Gorelick to offer a Shabbat afternoon song program!  I’ll also be presenting a concert on Tuesday night at the...

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Dickinson College Program

Posted by on Jan 10, 2013 in News, Upcoming Events | 0 comments

Dickinson College Program

Professor Ted Merwin welcomes me to his class on March 18, 2011, to present a lecture/recital on the Triangle Shirtwaist Fire, nearly 102 years to the day since the tragedy.  We will explore the conditions that led to the fire, the spectacular women who agitated for change before and following the fire, and the place of  worker safety issues in our lives today. Over twenty Yiddish songs will ring out!

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Flora of Israel and the Pacific Northwest

Posted by on Nov 5, 2012 in Ketubah Art, News | 0 comments

Flora of Israel and the Pacific Northwest

This couple took advantage of the wonders of scanning and Skype to provide input about every detail of their ketubah:  favorite Pacific wildflowers, specific trees to flank the text, the design of pomegranates topping the ketubah with foliage tying into the rest of the border… It’s a great way to design, when I can sit with a sketchbook and hold images up in real time across the miles! The most delicate flowers in the border pop forward as the almost misty settings of the two trees sit back while holding the space in an aesthetic whole.  Beyond the Western Red Cedar is a hint of the Olympia Mountain Range, while moving back from the Cypress are suggestions of ancient Israeli homes and the colorful mountains of the...

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Art Nouveau Ketubah with a Nod to Fibonacci

Posted by on Oct 22, 2012 in Ketubah Art, News | 0 comments

Art Nouveau Ketubah with a Nod to Fibonacci

How wonderful to find myself learning as I stir paint!  The couple who commissioned this ketubah knew from the outset that their love of Art Nouveau would help shape the design, and this process moved through many iterations to arrive at what you see here.  What looks like a pixillated pair of designs towards the top corners are representations of the Fibonacci sequence.  A fanciful strand of DNA anchors the lower center.  A glimpse of the night sky at the time and place of the wedding arcs over the text, and a color scheme chosen with paint chips became the palette.  Astronomy, mathematics, genetics, Russian and Belgian art history, color mixing science…  What a...

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Quaker Wildflower Document

Posted by on Sep 24, 2012 in Ketubah Art, News | 0 comments

Quaker Wildflower Document

In the Quaker tradition, a couple planning to marry seeks the counsel of the Meeting, and all those present at the marriage ceremony sign the wedding document as witnesses.  The image here is the ‘before,’ awaiting the signatures of bride and groom and the 200 who will gather to sign!  Simply crafted, this document echoes the design and coloring of the couple’s wedding invitation.  The text and area for signatures are surrounded by native North American wildflowers, inked in a mixed color that matches the wedding invitation ink color.  The document measures 18″ X 30″.  The columns of lines for witnesses are extremely light so as to not detract from the...

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Kesher Zion, Reading, PA – Weekend Residency

Posted by on Sep 19, 2012 in News, Upcoming Events | 0 comments

Kesher Zion, Reading, PA – Weekend Residency

An artist-in-residence program has come together at the Kesher Zion Synagogue in Reading, Pennsylvania, Friday, November 9th through Saturday night, November 10, 2012.  I’ll be presenting a short musical program on Friday night to introduce some Yiddish songs of spiritual yearning, and then on Shabbat after services I’ll be launching a lively discussion on Jewish arts by presenting my lecture on “How We Got from There to Here.”  I plan to have some charming and surprising show-and-tell items, including my ‘Bas Mitzvah Zombie Bookends,’ a relic from 1963 that really looks like a Roz Chast nightmare.  (You don’t know the cartoonist Roz Chast?  Treat yourself and Google her, then go buy any issue of The New Yorker!) The weekend of Jewish arts will culminate in a concert with the Old World Folk Band with whom I have been performing since… 1985!  Unbelievable! (The photo is an archival image which features a portion of the...

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