Journal

Jewish Shadow Boxes and Memory Books In Conference Context

The conference Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture presents Jewish visual culture as a lived, evolving practice rather than a fixed set of symbols.…

Casting Meaning In Bronze At The Madison Conference

The workshop on casting bronze dreidels and Hanukkah lamps brought Jewish visual culture into direct contact with heat, tools, moulds and touch. Held during…

Jewish Art and Environmental Activism in Conversation

The conference talk on the intersection of Jewish art and environmental activism brought a timely question into the wider programme of Practicing Jews: Art,…

Designing Your Own Jewish Symbol Through Art and Identity

The hands-on activity at the “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” conference invited participants to move from discussing Jewish visual culture to…

Museums, memory and Jewish folk art at the Madison conference

The panel on the role of museums in preserving Jewish folk art examined how objects carry memory across migration, religious practice and changing communities.…

Paper Flowers, Sukkot, and Jewish Creative Practice

The week-long “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” conference in Madison, Wisconsin, places Jewish life within the worlds of visual culture,…

The Artistic Legacy of Jewish Immigrant Arts and Crafts

The conference lecture on the artistic legacy of Jewish immigrant arts and crafts examined how migration shaped visual culture across generations. It treated…

Jewish art, identity and the sublime in conference discussion

The “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” conference in Madison, Wisconsin, brought academics, artists and community members into the same…

Jewish Holidays Between Page, Image, And Identity

The conference Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture in Madison, Wisconsin, examined how Jewish life is expressed through images, movement, performance,…

How the Practicing Jews Conference Showcases Jewish Embroidery Traditions

The Practicing Jews conference unfolded over seven days in Madison, Wisconsin, gathering scholars, makers, and curious onlookers around a subject often…