Journal
The evening concert at Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture extended the conference’s conversations beyond lectures and gallery spaces. Through live…
Jewish street art brings cultural memory into places where people live, work, gather, and pass each other every day. Murals, graffiti, wheat-pasted posters,…
The children’s art workshop at Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture brought the conference’s central questions into a welcoming, hands-on setting. While…
A Jewish ritual object can be beautiful, useful, and deeply personal. It may mark the beginning of Shabbat, hold a blessing, frame a sacred text, or give shape…
Jewish women have helped shape modern art as painters, photographers, designers, dancers, writers, collectors, patrons, and cultural organizers. Their…
The movement from the shtetl to the American studio is more than a journey across geography. It is a story about memory, migration, adaptation, and the ways…
At the Madison conference Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture, Jewish visual culture was treated as a living practice rather than a fixed archive.…
Fabric carries history in a form that can be touched. A stitched border, woven pattern, or carefully repaired cloth may preserve family memory, religious…
A kippah, also called a yarmulke, can be a quiet expression of faith, a family connection, or a vivid piece of personal style. Its shape, fabric, color, and…
The artist-in-residence at “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” occupied a distinctive place within the week-long Madison conference. Rather than…