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The Jewish Artists Initiative (JAI) is an artist-run organization committed to fostering visual art by Jewish artists and promoting dialogue about Jewish identity and related issues among members of the arts community.
Mission and History
JAI was originally conceived by the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles in partnership with the University of Southern California Casden Institute and the USC Roski School of Fine Arts.
Learn about our past and our plans for the future.
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JAI's Artist in Residence: Orit Hofshi
Our time spent together with Orit Hofshi, JAI's Artist in Residence, March 22 - April 10, 2010 was a resounding success.
Click here to review the program and view photos of the artist at various events during our time together generously supported by our Cutting Edge Grant to JAI from the Jewish Community Foundation of the Jewish Federation as well as the LA/Tel Aviv Partnership and the Israeli Consulate.
Pat Berger • Santa Monica & the Art of Summer
JAI artist Pat Berger will exhibit her painting Roller Disco in the new Crussell Fine Arts curated show: Santa Monica, the Art of Summer at the Orange County Center for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA
September 4 - 25, 2010
The show will be documented in a new book published by Crussell Fine Arts: Santa Monica, the Art of Summer.
Doni Silver Simons • August
New Paintings: Primal yet elegant meditations on the unraveling of time
Performance: An intimate encounter with August and Silver Simons’ return to solo performance
EXHIBITION
August 6 - 31, 2010
1 - 5 p.m. Wed. - Sat.
PERFORMANCE
August 12 thru 31
8 - 10 a.m. Mon. - Fri.
CONVERSATION
Wednesday, August 18
7 - 9 p.m.
Sherry Frumkin Gallery
3026 Airport Avenue
Santa Monica, CA 90405
310/397-7493
New paintings and a performance by Doni Silver Simons from August 6 to August 31, 2010.
The paintings are ragged, primal, yet elegant moments of exploration; the performance, “August: A Study,” marks the artist’s return to solo performance work. The exhibition will be on view from 1 to 5 p.m. Wednesday through Saturday starting on August 6; the performance will take place in the gallery weekdays from 8 to 10 a.m. starting on August 12, and ending on August 31. The gallery will be open to the public during the early morning hours of the performance. There will be a conversation with the artist on Wednesday August 18, from 7 to 9 p.m.
On each performance day, Silver Simons will post a video on her website http://donisilversimons.com, on YouTube http://youtube.com/donisilversimons, and on Facebook http://facebook.com/donisilversimons. The artist will also make a daily entry to her blog http://donisilversimons.wordpress.com during the days of the performance.
Show dates:
July 8 - August 13, 2010
JAI Artist Victor Raphael invites you to join him July 8th, 2010
7 - 10 p.m.
for the opening of
COMMON GROUND 2010:
An International Touring Exhibition
1000 Artists
40 Countries
1 World
JAI Artists Gary Brown and Susan Gesundheit invite you to join them at Four Artists: Singular Impressions
June 29 - July 29, 2010
Manhattan Beach Creative Arts Center
1560 Manhattan Beach Boulevard, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
(310) 802-5440
Opening reception: Tuesday, June 29, 2010 from 6:00 to 8:00 p.m.
These artists have all taken part in an ongoing series of printmaking workshops that Ruth Weisberg, Dean of University of Southern California (USC), Roski School of Fine Art, began with a group of 12 artists about six years ago. Some had been her students at USC; others faculty colleagues or USC Roski Board of Councilors; all attracted to the monotype printmaking techniques where an image is worked up on a plate and then rolled through the press. In contrast to etching, woodcut or lithography, only one print can be pulled.
JAI's Elizabeth Bloom invites you to:
JAI Artist Nancy Goodman Lawrence is a featured artist in the just-released book, Masters: Collage, Major Works by Leading Artists, Lark Books.
Versatility, innovation, inspiration — that’s what The Masters series offers artists and crafters, and this superb new collection offers a stunning look at contemporary collage work from approximately 40 leading artists. It features a breathtaking mix of techniques from traditional cut-and-paste to digital to collage with paint or encaustic, and styles ranging from wildly playful and colorful to evocative, almost monochrome images.
JAI Member Sam Erenberg Receives 2010 C.O.L.A. Individual Artist Fellowship
Visual Arts Exhibition Dates: May 20 to July 18, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, 4800 Hollywood Blvd., Los Angeles, CA 90027
2010 C.O.L.A. award recipients in the visual arts are: Fumiko Amano, Linda Arreola, Sean Duffy, Sam Erenberg, Mary Beth Heffernan, Jesse Lerner, Brian Moss, Michael Pierzynski, Rebecca Ripple, and Tran T. Kim-Trang.
