16 mm Postcards: Home Movies of American Jewish Visitors to 1930s Poland August 29, 2010 - January 2, 2011
This exhibition brings to life the landscape of people in Poland through the amateur movies of immigrant American Jews who traveled "back home" to visit their families, friends, and former communities in the 1920s and 1930s. Intended to be viewed by family and fellow landsmen – friends from the Old Country - these films offer a rare, intimate and - quite literally - moving picture of Jewish families, towns and society in pre-World War II Poland. This exhibition is being developed in collaboration with the YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and the Center for Jewish History.
Andi Arnovitz: Tear/Repair
May 9 - December 26, 2010
In this beautiful and provocative exhibition, Andi Arnovitz draws deeply from her constant engagement with the figurative and literal fabric of Jewish culture and identity to blend feminist art, religious art, assemblage, and fiber art to intrigue, stimulate and haunt the viewer. Using found materials such as discarded prayer book pages and other Jewish documents in combination with traditional textile and printmaking tools, Arnovitz weaves a multifaceted narrative of Jewish identity sharply focused on inspiring active Tikkun Olam – the repair of the world. By and large a meditation on the challenges facing contemporary Israeli society, the resultant art offers both critiques of contemporary society and visions of a better, reconfigured future.
Stern Senior Art Show
May 16 - August 29, 2010
The Studio Art program at Stern College for Women, an undergraduate division of Yeshiva University, provides a foundation-based course of study that allows students to find and nurture their individual artistic voices. Within the College's Jewish and liberal arts curriculum, the program deepens students’ skills of visual and artistic expression, and prepares them for careers in diverse art-related fields. This inaugural exhibition presents a selection of works by this year’s graduating Studio Art majors. You can view work by the featured artists in the exhibition, as well as an expanded collection on our new Flickr page, in the Stern Senior Art Show 2010 photo set.
