JAI is often involved in more than one exhibition at a time. The links below will connect you to information on each event as well as exhibitions and events we think will be of special interest to our membership.
"As a past president of National Water Color Society, I will be participating in the President Emeritus Exhibition, in conjunction with the NWS 90th Anniversary Annual Exhibition. The exhibit will be at their own NWS Gallery in San Pedro, from October 30 - December 11th.
Please join me." ~ Pat Berger
JAI artist Pat Berger has been invited to display 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.
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 YouTubehttp://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.
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
(310) 802-5440
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.
L2kontemporary is pleased to present the third solo exhibition at the gallery from Los Angeles-based artist and performer Simone Gad.Her new work, which focuses mainly on buildings and their facades, addresses issues of old Los Angeles and Hollywood; what has disappeared from view and what remains. Bold, lush, oozy-goozy paintings, potent collages, and naïf drawings evoke memories of her early childhood in Brussels and of the post-WWII European diaspora to The Land of Sunshine and Oranges, Movies and Magic, Hope and Disappointment. Truly unique and timeless, Gad's oeuvre opens a portal for reverent reflection.
Jean Edelstein Venice Art Walk Open Studio Tour, Sunday, May 23, 2010, 11:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. 48 Brooks Ave., Venice, CA 90291 (310) 399-3592 jeanedelstein.com • jean@jeanedelstein.com This event at my studio will feature never-before-seen Polaroids, new drawings, new artist's books, and performance videos. The Venice Art Walk gives you an opportunity to visit artists' studios and participate in a silent auction at the Westminster School. the Venice Art Walk & Auction supports the Venice Family Clinic, the largest free clinic in the country. For information and times of events, please visit veniceartwalk.info or call (310) 392-9255.
Imagined Work on Paper
New Work by Kathryn Jacobi
Sunday, May 16th: noon - 4 p.m.
4574-8 West Adams Blvd., L.A.
Directions: from the 10 Freeway, exit at La Brea and go south to the first street, Adams Blvd. Turn left (east) for three lights. We are on the SouthEast corner of Adams and Buckingham.
Studio open house the weekend of April 17th and 18th, from 12:00 to 4:00 This is work that has not been shown in Los Angeles before. 4574-8 West Adams Blvd., L.A., CA 90016 From the 10 Freeway, exit at La Brea and go south to the first street, Adams Blvd.
Turn left (east) for three lights. We are on the southeast corner of Adams and Buckingham.
Sunday, April 11 – Saturday, May 8, 2010
La Cienega Art
814 North La Cienega Boulevard, Los Angeles, CA 90069
Hours: Wednesday - Saturday, 12 noon – 4 pm
La Cienega Art presents “The Color 8”, an art exhibition of photographs, paintings, ceramics, monotypes and sculpture by Sean Carter, Selina Cheng, Jenik Cook, Caren J. Gafni, Susan Gesundheit, Jeanne Hahn, Soraya Nazarian and Debbi Saunders.
The public is invited to meet the artists at an opening reception on Sunday, April 11th, 2010, from 1:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
“When color is richest, form is fullest.” (Cezanne) The Color 8 group show engages the viewer with a variety of media evoking natural and figurative subjects. This diverse group of artists blends realism and abstraction, resulting in a powerful reflection of the world within and around us, pushing the envelope in terms of use of color form and line. The artists have shown in many galleries throughout the Los Angeles area, including Burbank Art Center, Brand Art Galleries, USC Hillel Art Gallery, VIVA Art Center, and Finegood Art Gallery.
La Cienega Art is located in the district now known as the La Cienega Design Quarter between Melrose Avenue and Santa Monica Boulevard. Handicapped accessible and limited free parking is available at the rear of the building.
The Jewish Artists Initiative (JAI) of Southern California is pleased to announce Israeli artist Orit Hofshi's two-week residency in Los Angeles. Hofshi's residency will include her West Coast debut at the George Billis Gallery in the Culver City Arts District along with various community events, guest lecture opportunities, and hands-on-workshops. She will also be creating new work in conjunction with Self-Help Graphics & Art. Orit Hofshi's residency is made possible with the generous support of the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles, the Israeli Consulate, the Jewish Federation's TA/LA Partnership, and the George Billis Gallery-LA.
In the fall of 2009, the Jewish Artists Initiative (JAI) of Southern California launched a major expansion of its programming The Quest for Transformational Jewish Art generously funded by a Cutting Edge Grant from the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles. This program establishes cultural bridges and expands the discourse between Jewish artists from Los Angeles and Israel. This exploration includes aspects of Jewish identity as experienced by both American and Israeli artists. Orit Horshi's residency is part of this initiative.
Please see below for event details and please RSVP for all events to Anne Hromadka: amhromadka@msn.com
Exhibition details: Orit Hofshi: Between the lines
Where: George Billis Gallery- LA
2716 South La Cienega Blvd| Los Angeles | CA | 90034
Dates: March 22 - April 10, 2010
Featuring: Orit Hofshi
Hours: Tuesday - Saturday 10 am - 6 pm (FREE)
Orit Hofshi: Interactions and Conversations
Wednesday, March 24, 7:00 pm - 8:30 pm (FREE)
Co-hosted by The Israeli Consulate, the Jewish Federation's TA/LA Partnership
Where: George Billis Gallery-LA
7:30 Artist Talk
Sunday, March 28, 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm (FREE)
Young Adult Event
Where: George Billis Gallery-LA
5:00 Wine Reception
6:00 Gallery Walk-Through and Artist Talk
Friday, April 2, 4:00- 6:00 pm
Los Angeles Printmaking Society Reception Honoring Orit Hofshi
Where: George Billis Gallery-LA
4:30 Gallery Walk-Through and Artist Talk
Hofshi is best known for her extremely large-scale woodcuts that achieve grandeur while retaining an intimate quality. Many of her prints range from six feet to upwards of twenty feet. She uses standard-size sheets of pine to create a matrix of horizontal and vertical panels. The work is extremely intricate, and draws the viewer in to closely explore the surface. Hofshi was educated at the Wizo College of Design in Israel, the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts and Leeds University in Leeds, England. She currently lives and works in Herziliya, Israel. She has received numerous awards for her work including the Prize for Outstanding Quality in Contemporary Israeli Art, from the Ministry of Science and Culture, Israel, in 2006, the 2005 Art on Paper Award from The Print Center, Philadelphia and a residency from the Ballinglen Arts Foundation in Ballycastle, Ireland. Hofshi has exhibited at The Print Center, Philadelphia, the Israel Museum, the Herziliya Museum of Art, the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Royal Academy of Arts, London and most recently in Philagrafika at the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts Museum. Her work is found in over fifteen permanent collections including the Tel Aviv Museum of Art, the Israel Museum, and the Philadelphia University of Textiles. Hofshi's artwork will be on display at George Billis Gallery from March 22 - April 10, 2010.
Gallery Western presents “Beneath the Surface”
March 19 - March 31, 2010
Artist Reception: Saturday, March 20 from 6 to 8:30 p.m.
210 N. Western Ave #201
Los Angeles, CA 90004
(323) 962-0008
Beneath the Surface is an exhibit of three mixed-media artists whose work is attentive to all the possibilities of a rich and detailed surface, while acknowledging a more subtle dimension that lies ‘beneath’ it. Betty Green, Teri Dryden, and Nancy Goodman Lawrence engage in works whose surfaces beckon the viewers to look closer and deeper.
Betty Green’s paintings explore the endless visual patterns of the natural world generated by turbulent forces and the rhythmic energy which connects all living forms.
Nancy Goodman Lawrence’s Concentric Narrative collages employ maps as a major medium. She sees these maps as works of art in themselves, which also contain a subtle context about making connections. Each collage is a series of concentric circles, beginning with a perfect circle at the core and becoming more distorted as they move outward. She views these works as a push-pull between looking inward and outward, and between telescope and microscope, as these ideas have much in common. She is constantly engaged in a dance with the formal, the psychological, and the subliminal.
Teri Dryden is intrigued with the idea of orienteering as a metaphor for discovering her own emotional, psychological, and artistic geography.
Channa Horwitz: Sequences and Systems will be presented in two exhibitions in both the SolwayJones gallery space located at 990 North Hill Street, #180, and in the kunsthalle L.A. exhibition space located at 932 Chung King Road in Chinatown. Channa Horwitz: Sequences and Systems will include new works and selected early works from the 1960s to 1980s. Both exhibitions open Saturday March 13th, with a reception for the artist from 6 – 9 pm. The exhibitions continue through April 25, 2010. The gallery hours are Wednesday – Saturday 11 – 6 pm, Sundays Noon – 5 pm.
For more than 40 years, Channa Horwitz has been making drawings and paintings exploring the notation of motion and time. Sequences have been integral to the artist’s work since the late 1960's, when she created her seminal work, Sonakinatography, sound, motion, notation. Utilizing an invented visual language, Horwitz’s drawings and paintings combine repetitive sequences and systems of ordering a specific set of numbers, colors, lines, and angles. Channa Horwitz has collaborated with dancers, percussionists, and electronic musicians using her Sonakinatography works as multimedia performances in what she describes as a Poem Opera presented in Los Angeles and Europe.
Sequences and Systems at kunsthalle L.A. will include the important early works, Rhythm II, 1976, a wall- size grid of sixty-four ink drawings on graph paper, Fugue in Eight Parts, 1981, ink on mylar, and an early Sonakinatography work from 1968. Also included will be the original sculpture proposal drawing that was published in the Art & Technology exhibition catalogue, Los Angeles County Museum of Art (1967-1971). This will be the artist’s third solo exhibition with SolwayJones.
For more information, please contact: Michael Solway or Angela Jones
SolwayJones, 990 North Hill Street, #180, Los Angeles, CA 90012
323.223.0224 solwayjones@sbcglobal.net
March 1 - April 7, 2010
Slutzky Art Gallery, Merage Jewish Community Center of Orange County
1 Federation Way, Suite 200 Irvine, CA 92603
Opening Reception: Sunday, March 2 - 5 p.m.
I grew up as a laborer for my family in the Los Angeles apparel industry. This seems to be the thread that flows through the story in my work. Materials from the garment manufacturing trade and what I consider genetic dreams have all crept into my art to create a type of personal redemption.
In recent years, I have been using pattern shapes to create Hebrew texts as a way of connecting to a source of returning home. I scrape together what bits of knowledge and memory I have of my roots and cultural heritage, as I missed out on some of this as a child and my childhood in general because of having to work at such a young age. For this reason, I tend to revisit childhood and childlike ideals and try to transform these severed connections into visionary works of art.
Lately I have been obsessed with my Mitochondrial DNA inheritance (the female line of my genealogy), and believe there is a genetic calling to my faith which is intertwined with my personality, my curiosity, my duty, sense of humor, tenacity, etc. I actually believe my crazy, female ancestors prop me up and guide me towards what is right and true. At times, they guide my hand in art, and sit with me in silent moments. There is also a meditation that takes place in the repetitive motions of cutting patterns, sewing, and marking garments in the manufacturing trade that is not dissimilar to prayer. I use these same techniques in my art making to this day and it brings me closer to my family, and in many ways, closer to G-d.
For more about the artist visit: www.esart.com
Macrocosms & New Topographies
Gary Frederick Brown • David Jang • Diane Silver • Christine Weir
February 27 - April 2, 2010
Opening Reception: Saturday, February 27, 6-9 pm
Glendale Public Library, Associates of Brand Library, 1601 West Mountain Street, Glendale, CA 91201
818-548-2051
Tue/Thu 12 – 8 pm; Wed 12 – 6 pm; Fri/Sat 10 am – 5 pm
George Billis Gallery LA
2716 S. La Cienega Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90034
T: 310-838-3685
F: 310-838-3438
www.georgebillis.com
Between Washington & Venice on S. La Cienega Blvd. in the Culver City art district.
Transcending History, organized by the Idea Coalition, will feature the works of over 30 Black and Jewish artists from around the country. Works shown will reflect upon Slavery and the Holocaust, and the effects that these events have had on the two communities.
Works by Yona Verwer and five other Jewish Art Salon members will be on exhibition
Opening Thursday, February 4, 6-9 p.m.
Vivant Art Collection
60 N. 2nd Street / Gallery Row, Philadelphia, PA
Tel: 215.922.6584
February 4th till February 27th
Hours: Thursday - Saturday: 12 p.m. - 6 p.m., Sun - Wed: By Chance/Appointments
Yona Verwer describes her painting ”Star Amulet”:
“Star of David”, in the Hebrew language “Magen David”, means literally “Shield of David”. The term refers directly to God, who shielded the Biblical David fighting Saul. Over time it became accepted as the universal symbol of the Jewish people. A Star of David, often yellow-colored, was used by the Nazis during the Holocaust as a method of identifying Jews.
My amulet painting’s main purpose is to counter-balance the Nazi badge and to ward off evil, and as such should be viewed as an instrument of empowerment. The metal chain echoes concentration camps’ fences.
BODY AND SOUL, an exhibition of paintings by Kathryn Jacobi, Margaret Lazzari, and Galya Pillin Tarmu will be on view at American Jewish University’s Platt and Borstein Galleries from January 31, 2010 through April 28, 2010. The public is invited to meet the artists at a free opening reception on Sunday, January 31st from 11:00 a.m. to 1:00 p.m.
Curated by Elizabeth Bloom and Annette Bird
Kathryn Jacobi, inspired by the painters of the Northern Renaissance, describes herself as a contemporary realist artist. Her powerful work is an expression of her relationship to the inhabitants of her world. View a slideshow of BODY AND SOUL featuring Kathryn's work.
Margaret Lazzari, art faculty member at University of Southern California, often uses an autobiographical source in her drawings and paintings. She finds that her self portraits lead toward understanding and self discovery.
Galya Pillin Tarmu, born and educated in Chicago, spent many years in Israel. Her paintings reflect a world that has undergone estrangement, where sometimes the grotesque plays an essential role. Through metaphor the figures reveal her pre-occupation with the human condition.
American Jewish University is located at 15600 Mulholland adjacent to the 405 Freeway, in the Sepulveda Art Corridor near the Skirball CulturalCenter. The galleries are handicapped accessible and parking is free.
For further information call 310-476-9777 ext. 201
ArtScene Review - the Guide to Art Galleries and Museums in Southern California
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion/LA
3077 University Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90007
January 18 - May 31, 2010
Artist’s Reception: Sunday, March 14, 3:30-5 pm (FREE)
Opening Remarks: 4:00 pm
RSVP: 213.765.2106 or dsauerwald@huc.edu
The Jewish Artists Initiative (JAI) and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion/Los Angeles are pleased to present “Ruth Weisberg: Drawings from The Open Door Haggadah”. In 2002, Weisberg and editor Rabbi Sue Levi Elwell collaborated on The Open Door Haggadah, published by the Central Conference of America Rabbis. Weisberg’s drawings explore both the Exodus from Egypt as well as modern day celebrations of the holiday. Sixteen drawings and monotypes as well as the Haggadah itself will be on view at Hebrew Union College- Jewish Institute of Religion/ Los Angeles from January 19th till May 31st, 2010.
Weisberg’s drawings present the traditional Jewish narrative as well as highlight a feminist perspective of Passover. The work will be displayed side by side with accompanying texts from The Open Door Haggadah. Through this work, Weisberg fulfills the Judaic value of hiddur mitzvah, the beautification of the commandment.
January 10 - March 6, 2010
Reception for the artist:
Sunday January 10, 3 - 5 pm
Traywick Contemporary
895 Colusa Avenue
Berkeley, CA 94707
Thursday - Saturday, 10 - 4, by appointment
510-527-1214
Traywick Contemporary is pleased to announce an exhibition of works on paper by Los Angeles based artist Stas Orlovski. This will be Orlovksi's third solo show with Traywick Contemporary.
Stas Orlovski's Nocturnes are unique explorations of the subtleties of consciousness. Drawing on Russian folklore, children's books, Persian miniatures, 18th and 19th century illustrations and botanical prints, his pieces are fantastical gatherings of natural and cultural remnants. Orlovski arranges his collage compositions on Japanese papers applied to stretched canvas, a medium that allows him to "pull images out of the surface much like recovering a memory, or waking from a dream." He integrates seemingly disparate imagery and combines artistic mediums, ranging from charcoal drawings to newspaper clippings, to create pieces that are at once unfamiliar and alluring. Shadowy birds, delicate botanical drawings, and sculptural fragments are nestled within thoughtful accumulations of images that invite the viewer into private realms of being.
Stas Orlovski earned a BFA from York University in Toronto in 1992 before earning an MFA from the University of Southern California in 1996. Orlovski's work is featured in prominent private and public collections including the Fine Art Museums of San Francisco, the Houston Museum of Fine Arts, the Phoenix Art Museum, the University of Southern California and the American Embassy in Brussels. In 2008 Orlovski was honored with a City of Los Angeles Individual Artist Grant, which he has used toward the development of the Nocturne series.
View images from the exhibition
More information available at www.traywick.com.
LA ARTCORE Union Center for the Arts
January 2 - 31, 2010
Artist Reception on the 10th, 3-5 p.m.
A 50 year retrospective of paintings, drawings and prints from many of the artist's series in her portfolio. And includes new work never exhibited before.
120 Judge John Aiso Street Los Angeles, CA 90012
(213) 617-3274
Hours: Wed. - Sun./12 - 5 p.m.
Bakersfield Museum of Art
December 10, 2009 - February 21, 2010
Hobos to Street People: Artists' Responses to Homelessness from the New Deal to the Present
...is a traveling exhibit featuring the works of 30 artists working over the last 75 years to document the tragedy of homelessness. Through painting, printmaking, photography, and mixed media, Depression-era and contemporary artists offer glimpses of life on the street and show many similarities between the eras.
Exhibit curator Art Hazelwood says that "some of the artists in this exhibition personally experienced homelessness and poverty, some worked directly with organizations to combat poverty, but all of them felt that art could be used to focus attention on homelessness. The idea that art can have a function in society by engaging in a struggle for a better world, and that everyone should take an interest in the well-being of less fortunate people are the twin beliefs of the artists in this show."
The exhibitions illustrate artistic interpretations of homelessness during a 75 year span from the Dust Bowl migrants of the 1930s to the street people of today with emphasis on California. The art and artists illuminate displacement both in noble and negative images.
No Place to Go: Paintings of the Homeless by Pat Berger is a compilation by the Los Angeles artist who spent over five years in the 1980s on skid row in Los Angeles, making a statement through paintings to bring attention to the issue of homelessness.
The exhibits open with a reception on December 10 at 6 p.m.
Bakersfield Museum of Art 1930 R Street Bakersfield, CA 93301 (661) 323-7219
Hours: Tuesday-Friday 10am-4pm; Saturday-Sunday 12-4pm; closed Monday and holidays
Admission: Members - Free, Adults - $5.00, Seniors (65+) - $4.00, Students - $2.00
Every third Friday of the month, all admission FREE!
Every second Sunday of the month, all seniors (65 and up) admission FREE!
USC Hillel Art Gallery
presents
URBAN MYTHS:
USC Student Tribute
to
Susie Gesundheit
Opening Event: Thursday, November 19, 2009 Reception 4:00 - 6:00 p.m.
Remarks by Dean Ruth Weisberg, 5:00 p.m.
USC Hillel Gallery • 3300 S. Hoover St. • Los Angeles
More information: Lee Rosenblum, (213) 973-1204 or email
