Milwaukee Jewish Artists’ Laboratory 5776
Exhibit Opening: Sunday, June 5, 3:30-5:30 pm
Program: 4:00pm
This year we have been working on work reflecting our theme,
Voices of Wisdom. Come meet the artists, have some food, and
see the results of our work.
Voices of Wisdom, Jewish Artists’ Laboratory 2016
Bonita Bruch, Barbara Chudnow, Cindy Cooper, Richard Edelman,
Audrienne Eder, Peter Goldberg, Barbara Kohl-Spiro, Debbie Lurie,
Berel Lutsky, Kate Mann, Laeh McHenry, Helen Padway,
Steven Pevnick, Bev Richey, Mitch Shiner, Marc Tasman,
Rochelle Whiteman, Clarice Zucker
Jody Hirsh, Jewish Artists’ Laboratory Project Director
Marc Tasman, Jewish Artists’ Laboratory Arts Facilitator
Echoes: Voices of Wisdom
The Fifth Annual Exhibit/Showcase of the Milwaukee Jewish Artists’ Laboratory
Grand Opening: Sunday, June 5, 3:30 PM (program begins at 4:00 PM)
June 5 through August 2016
Free & Open to the Public
What is Wisdom, exactly? How
do we acquire it? How is it transmitted? What Wisdom can we learn from
our ancestors? What part does Wisdom have in the Jewish tradition? What
is Wisdom Literature? Who are the Wise people around us, in our
community, in our families, in history? What makes us wise?
These are some of the
questions that the Jewish Artists’ Laboratory has been struggling with
for the last year. Thanks to a generous grant from the Covenant
Foundation, the Lab was founded in 2010. The Artists’ Laboratory is a
group of local professional artists who meet twice a month at the JCC.
They study “Jewish Texts” together... “Text” in this context includes
both traditional Jewish texts: Bible, Talmud, Commentary, and Liturgy.
But, for the Laboratory, a “Text” could be a contemporary poem, or a
piece of music, or a video, or a story, or a photograph, or so much
more. Everything is filtered through the prism of Jewish History, or
Community, or Religion, or Thought, or Personal Life, or the Jewish
People. The artists are of all media: painting, sculpture, music, dance,
theater, poetry, photography, printmaking, and more. They have turned
their study and deliberation into art – art that will be on display or
performed at the JCC and is open to the entire community throughout the
summer.
For the artists themselves,
we have created a community of artists: they are different, yet all
committed to their art. Their approaches to the Jewish world and to
being Jewish are diverse, yet every year they have created an
astonishing selection of works of art – all created for our annual
exhibits. This year, our topic is “Wisdom,” and the artists have created
thought provoking works that allow us to enter the topic in imaginative
ways. We have learned from the past. We have learned from texts and
other works of art. We have learned from each other.
Our sages have told us, “Who is wise? One who learns from everyone.” (Pirkei Avot) Come to the exhibit, and judge for yourself.
For more information, contact Jody Hirsh, (414) 967-8199