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Artist Evie Metz and 613 Sculpture

7 Questions For Artist Evie Metz

Sarah Groustra

JWA chats with multidisciplinary artist Evie Metz about recurring motifs in her work, making the familiar unfamiliar, and 613, her new five-foot-tall pomegranate sculpture. 

Episode 127: The Scribe and Her Quill

For centuries, writing a Torah scroll was a sacred task reserved for men. But a couple of decades ago, a handful of women decided to pick up the quill—without waiting for permission—and paved the way for other women to do the same. In this episode of Can We Talk?, we hear from women who write Torah scrolls and explore what it means to inscribe yourself into tradition.

Collage of Diane Von Furstenberg

The Feminine Power of Diane Von Furstenberg’s Wrap Dress

Dany Dorsey

When I put my wrap dress on, it is a continuation of Von Furstenberg's legacy of empowerment. 

En Camino by Mirta Kupferminc, 2001

Q & A with Argentine Artist Mirta Kupferminc

Deborah Leipziger

JWA chats with Argentine artist Mirta Kupferminc.

Topics: Art, Holocaust

Mae Rockland Tupa

Mae Rockland Tupa (b. 1937) is an accomplished multimedia artist and author whose prolific work has helped shape the field of Jewish Americana. Her work, including papercuts, prints, and textiles, explores themes of Jewish identity, history, and culture. She has published seven books, including the pioneering 1973 text The Work of Our Hands: Jewish Needlecraft for Today. Her work is housed in the collections of numerous institutions, such as The Jewish Museum in New York City.

Mexican painter Aliza Nisenbaum participates in "When Home Won't Let You Stay: Migration Through Contemporary Art" exhibition

October 23, 2019

On October 23, 2019, Mexican artist Aliza Nisenbaum presented her paintings at the Institute of Contemporary Art in Boston, Massachusetts, as a part of an exhibition featuring more than twenty artists from around the world. It aimed to showcase the displacement of peoples through different artistic media such as painting, sculpture, and video. 

"An Unfinished Symphony," art piece by Judy Robkin

The Power of Visual Storytelling

Jen Richler

JWA chats with Barbara Rosenblit and Sheila Miller, the creators of Artful Disclosure, a program that honors the ordinary and extraordinary lives of Jewish women through visual storytelling. 

Dr. Estée Klar and her son Adam Wolfond

Q & A with Artist and Disability Advocate Dr. Estée Klar

Sarah Groustra

JWA chats with Dr. Estée Klar about collaborating with her son Adam Wolfond, a non-speaking autistic poet and artist, on a new video installation exhibit.

Eva Zeisel

Eva Zeisel’s modernist ceramic work achieved major fame and critical success and even made waves during her early career in the Soviet Union. Upon moving to the United States, Zeisel experimented with feminine silhouettes in her pottery and gained widespread success for her artistry and design work.

Dana Stirling Headshot Cropped

Q & A with Photographer Dana Stirling

Sarah Groustra

JWA talks with photographer Dana Stirling about her new book, Why Am I Sad, and about exploring depression through photography. 

Text reads "I sang then and my song was our sun." with an image of the sun.

Rivka Basman Ben-Hayim: Poetry as Spiritual Resistance

Margaret Lockman

Yet at the moment when her humanity was threatened the most, Basman Ben-Hayim turned to art.

2024 Highlights Photo Montage

Jewish Women Who Shaped 2024

JWA Staff

As 2024 draws to a close, the JWA team takes a moment to celebrate some of the incredible moments and achievements of Jewish women and gender-expansive people from the past year. Here are our picks for the standouts that inspired us, made us laugh, and reminded us of the power of resilience, community, and creativity.

Sarah Dolin and Menorah

Elevating Jewish Rituals With Clay

Shoshana McKinney Kirya-Ziraba

Every piece of Judaica Dolin creates is an expression of Jewish tradition and intention.

Topics: Crafts, Hanukkah, Ritual

Claude Cahun

Surrealist photographer Claude Cahun lived their life in a spirit of rebellion and defiance. From their precocious teenage years, defying conventional ideals of beauty and femininity with their shaven head and male attire, to their direct resistance of German occupying forces, they active worked against the suppression of liberty and freedom—a life of resistance. 

Collage of painted Stars of David

Finding Spirituality Through Art

Margaret Lockman

Religion and art are both about turning individual experiences into community ones.

Ruth Schloss

Through her socio-political artworks, Israeli painter Ruth Schloss (1922-2013) directed the viewer's attention to the human conditions of the downtrodden and marginalized in Israeli society from the 1940s through the early 2000s. She depicted figures and images people usually prefer to ignore, such as the poor and the unprivileged, the working class, newcomers, Mizrahi Jews, Palestinian refugees, the disastrous ruins of the wars in Israel, the Intifada in the occupied territories, women and children, newborns, and the elderly.

Tiffany Shlain Dendrofeminology

7 Questions For Artist Tiffany Shlain

Sarah Groustra

JWA chats with artist and filmmaker Tiffany Shlain about her new solo show, YOU ARE HERE, why nature inspires her, and why people who say they're not creative are wrong. 

"Botannica Tirannica" exhibition

Q & A with Artist Giselle Beiguelman

Sarah Groustra

JWA talks to Brazilian artist Giselle Beiguelman about her "Botannica Tirannica" exhibition, which explores how common botanical names both mirror and perpetuate societal prejudices. 

"Alex" by Dena Eber

7 Questions For Photographer Dena Eber

Sarah Groustra

JWA talks to Dena Eber about her passion for photography and her new book You Refuse to Believe That You Ever Liked Pink.

Susan Alexandra Martini Menorah

The Judaica of My Dreams, Just Out of Reach

Catherine Horowitz

Despite my love for the Susan Alexandra Judaica collection, I can’t recommend it in good faith for one reason: it’s too expensive. 

Topics: Crafts
"What We Bring" by Andi Arnovitz

Q & A with Artist Andi Arnovitz about her new piece, "What We Bring"

Jen Richler

JWA talks to Israeli artist Andi Arnovitz about her new (JWA-inspired!) piece, What We Bring, currently on display at the Jerusalem Biennale. 

 

 

Collage of pro-choice poster on green background

Diana Mara Henry's Photography and Progressive Activism

Sasha Kranson-Forrest

Through the pictures I took of the protest, I used photography as a way to exhibit women’s rights issues, just like Diana Mara Henry and many other activists did.

Collage of "Identical Twins" and clip art of a camera on black and white patterned background

Diane Arbus and Art as a Means of Processing, Coping, and Acting

Julia Brode Kroopkin

Arbus’s career sets a beautiful example of how to create space for purely expressive art. Art as a means of activism and coping is nothing new—yet it often feels inaccessible. I'm inspired by the risk she took to step away from commercial work.

Image of Eva smiling and wearing gold necklaces with flowers in background

My Golden Sanctuary

Eva Stern

I’ve realized that, in my life, my jewelry, my gold, has been a source of strength and sanctuary that allows me to connect with my family, culture, and self.

Collage of gold chain with "F" pendant surrounded by gold stars on blue background

My "F" Necklace: From Generation to Generation

Frieda Belasco

I often overlook how lucky I am that this necklace was passed down to me. My great-aunt gave it to me when I was born. Now I feel connected to my great-grandmother, despite having never met her.  

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