Memory & Transformation
The Jewish Artists Initiative (JAI) and Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion/Los Angeles (HUC-JIR/LA) are pleased to present Memory and Transformation. JAI members were encouraged to submit artwork for inclusion and thirty-three artists were selected to participate in this exhibition. The artist’s reception was held on November 17, 2010 and was free and open to the public.
JAI’s exhibition programming aligns closely with our mission and vision as an organization committed to fostering visual art by Jewish artists and promoting dialogue about Jewish identity and related issues among members of the arts community and the community at large. JAI is the recipient of a Cutting Edge Grant from the Jewish Community Foundation of Los Angeles. The Foundation’s generous support insures that JAI can offer diverse exhibitions and programming opportunities such as the Memory and Transformation exhibition.
Memory as defined by guest curator, Donna Stein is, “a person’s ability to store, retain and recall information. The genius of memory is that it is choosy, chancy and temperamental. Memories are not carved in stone, but tend to become erased, changed or, as time goes by, transformed by the incorporation of new experiences and perceptions. Memory is what makes our lives. It is our coherence, our reason, our feeling, even our action. “Without it,” Luis Buñuel observed, “we are nothing.”
Hebrew Union College - Jewish Institute of Religion/LA, 3077 University Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90007
September 30 - December 31, 2010
Memory and Transformation includes works by Melinda Smith Altshuler, Bill Aron, Madeleine Avirov, Pat Berger, Elizabeth Bloom, Terry Braunstein, Jean Edelstein, Sam Erenberg, Benny Ferdman, Bruria Finkel, Max Finkelstein, Simone Gad, Shelley Gazin, Carol Goldmark, Baila Goldenthal, Bonita Helmer, Gilah Yelin Hirsch, Kathryn Jacobi, Marcie Kaufman, Karen Koblitz, Nancy Goodman Lawrence, Eileen Levinson, Laurel Paley, Victor Raphael, Yoella Razili, Elena Mary Siff, Doni Silver Simons, Ruth Snyder, Debra Sokolow, Erella Teitler, Ruth Weisberg, Eugene Yelchin and Harriet Zeitlin.
Artist's Reception: November 17, 2010
Left: Donna Stein: guest curator, Jane and Victor Raphael, Ruth Weisberg, Anne Hromadka, Fredi Rembaum: HUC
center: Anne Hromadka and Doni Silver Simons; right: Patti Garland and Jean Edelstein
Left: artwork/Terry Braunstein; center: artist & artwork: Simone Gad; right: Bruria Finkel and Simone Gad
Left: artist & artwork: Max Finkelstein; center: Baila Goldenthal, Harriet Zeitlin, Simone Gad; right: opening night conversations
Left: Doni Silver Simons, Sam Erenberg, Benny Ferdman; center: artwork/Jean Edelstein, right: Victor Raphael and Doni Silver Simons
Left: artwork/Baila Goldenthal; center: artwork/Nancy Goodman Lawrence; right: a special evening for all
Left: group gathering; center: Elena Mary Siff, standing; right: a few words from Ruth Weisberg
Left: Donna Stein: guest curator; center: Bill Aron and Victor Raphael; right: artwork/Karen Koblitz
Photos: Chris Garland
