Journal
A folded piece of card stock, glossy on one side and soft on the other, can carry far more than a congratulation or a condolence. At the Practicing Jews…
At the Madison conference, an exhibit of ceramic seder plates offered a tactile way to explore Jewish life. Talks and keynote presentations could examine…
The conference Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture brought academics, artists, and community members together in Madison, Wisconsin, for a week of…
A workshop on mosaic art inspired by ancient synagogue floors offers a tactile way into the themes of Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture. Rather than…
The week-long “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” conference in Madison, Wisconsin, treats Jewish creativity as a living record of movement, memory,…
A bookplate can be small enough to fit inside a palm, yet it can carry a family history, a religious symbol, an artistic signature and a claim of ownership.…
The “Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” conference in Madison, Wisconsin, was designed as a meeting place for ideas, artworks and lived experience.…
At the Madison conference Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture, a session on Jewish protest signs examined how public graphics carry memory, argument…
“Practicing Jews: Art, Identity, and Culture” brought academics, artists, and community members together in Madison, Wisconsin, for a week of discussion and…
The conference talk on the art of Jewish matza baking and decoration placed an apparently simple food at the centre of a much larger conversation. Within the…