Summer residency
We are currently finalizing our summer residency - stay tuned and please check back in a few days.
Enjoy art during the Armory Arts Week with Art Kibbutz
Discover Scope & Armory with Art Kibbutz
Get to know not only the major players in arts but also folks in Art Kibbutz. Join us for a fun mini tour day of art-appreciation!
Sunday March 11, 2012 – meeting 11:00am in front of SCOPE New York (57th St & 12th Avenue)
we’ll walk over to the Armory Show in the afternoon. We will give special attention to Israeli artists.
Price: combined ticket for 3 exhibitions including VOLTA: $40. RSVP at artkibbutzny[a]gmail.com
Get to know not only the major players in arts but also folks in Art Kibbutz. Join us for a fun mini tour day of art-appreciation!
Sunday March 11, 2012 – meeting 11:00am in front of SCOPE New York (57th St & 12th Avenue)
we’ll walk over to the Armory Show in the afternoon. We will give special attention to Israeli artists.
Price: combined ticket for 3 exhibitions including VOLTA: $40. RSVP at artkibbutzny[a]gmail.com
Skirball Center Jewish Art Salon session
The next day, on March 12th Art Kibbutz advisory board member Tobi Kahn at the Skirball Center for Adult Jewish Learning at Temple Emanu-El (1 East 65th Street, New York), in collaboration with Jewish Art Salon (led by Art Kibbutz advisory board member Yona Verwer) will be in conversation with Jacqueline Nicholls (Great Britain) and Ken Goldman (Israel).
7:30 - 8:30PM The artists will show and discuss their work and answer questions.
8:30 - 9:00PM Meet & greet. RSVP required by March 7 at jewishartsalon@gmail.com
7:30 - 8:30PM The artists will show and discuss their work and answer questions.
8:30 - 9:00PM Meet & greet. RSVP required by March 7 at jewishartsalon@gmail.com
Alliance of Artist Communities membership, new Advisory Board Members
Art Kibbutz has been accepted as Emerging Member of the Alliance of Artists Communities, an international network of artists' communities, colonies, and residency programs.
We welcome Bob Kaplan (JCRC-NY), Isaac Schoenfeld (Chulent) and James Moche (financial advisor) on our advisory board!
We welcome Bob Kaplan (JCRC-NY), Isaac Schoenfeld (Chulent) and James Moche (financial advisor) on our advisory board!
Drink'n'Draw with Jewish Jazz at Limmud NY
More than a hundred participants joined Art Kibbutz's Drink'n'Draw at Limmud NY conference on January 15th. The great event featured Hasidic New Wave - led by Rabbi Greg Wall and grammy winning trumpeter Frank London (Klezmatics). Participants arrived with their sketchbooks, created their own art, had a few drinks as they got inspired by the amazing musicians who also served as models. Yona Verwer (Jewish Art Salon) curated a pop-up exhibition from participants' best creations with ROI's support.
Radical Jewish art and community, panel discussion
With Marc Michael Epstein, Eszter Margit, Greg Wall, Yona Verwer
Eszter Margit invited to Limmud Jewish cultural organization’s leaders to discuss how their work creates community, encourages diversity, understanding, action, outstanding artistic expression, collaboration and new ways to connect to Jewish identity through art. Panelists shared their experiences about inspiring, innovative and relevant projects that foster 21st century Jewish culture and creativity and spoke about their artistic collaborations such as Drink'n'Draw.
Eszter Margit invited to Limmud Jewish cultural organization’s leaders to discuss how their work creates community, encourages diversity, understanding, action, outstanding artistic expression, collaboration and new ways to connect to Jewish identity through art. Panelists shared their experiences about inspiring, innovative and relevant projects that foster 21st century Jewish culture and creativity and spoke about their artistic collaborations such as Drink'n'Draw.
Pre-Chanukah Parlor Party
Our pre-Chanukah party was a lovely get-together in Riverdale at Columbia University professor Jonathan Schorsch and his wife Gail's home on December 4th. We launched our pre-Chanukah art sale, listened to experimental jazz poetry performance of Talmudic jazz poet Jake Marmer, tasted wine from Sky View Wine and tons of Mexican donated by Carlos and Gabby's. This was one of our first fund-raising events with a fun silent auction led by Marc Epstein, art history and religion professor at Vassar College - we already sold a few pieces on the spot.
Guests included local artist Mierle Ukeles with friend Helene Aylon, who spoke about her wonderful experiences at Yaddo and McDowell colonies and her collaboration with Meredith Monk that grew out of the time they spent together at a residency. Helene Aylon urged participants to fully support Art Kibbutz in its efforts of creating a similarly outstanding and nurturing community for Jewish artists.
Guests included local artist Mierle Ukeles with friend Helene Aylon, who spoke about her wonderful experiences at Yaddo and McDowell colonies and her collaboration with Meredith Monk that grew out of the time they spent together at a residency. Helene Aylon urged participants to fully support Art Kibbutz in its efforts of creating a similarly outstanding and nurturing community for Jewish artists.
News
Art Kibbutz is getting up to full speed in 2012. We are planning pilot residency programs. Email us if you'd like to get involved on our planning board, selection committee or as a volunteer.
Eszter Margit participated at the International Jewish Presenter Association's meeting in January, 2012.
On November 30th we enjoyed an informative but informal evening in Queens with NYC's Chair of the Cultural Affairs Committee Jimmy Van Bramer, Fractured Atlas and a nice crew of local artists.
Art Kibbutz appeared at the North American Jewish Federation's General Assembly's The Butterfly Effect - Micro-grants for Macro-impact session on Tue, Nov. 8 - then at the NextGen Charity Conference in NYC November 17-18.
Read an article in Jewish Week about the 'Summer of Change' Patricia Eszter Margit's experiences at JPropel, a conference for young, Jewish innovators organized by ROI, Jumpstart, Paideia, JHub & PresenTense.
Art Kibbutz NYC received a micro grant from ROI in 2011 and 2012. Thank you!
Now you can follow us on facebook, twitter and YouTube.
Eszter Margit participated at the International Jewish Presenter Association's meeting in January, 2012.
On November 30th we enjoyed an informative but informal evening in Queens with NYC's Chair of the Cultural Affairs Committee Jimmy Van Bramer, Fractured Atlas and a nice crew of local artists.
Art Kibbutz appeared at the North American Jewish Federation's General Assembly's The Butterfly Effect - Micro-grants for Macro-impact session on Tue, Nov. 8 - then at the NextGen Charity Conference in NYC November 17-18.
Read an article in Jewish Week about the 'Summer of Change' Patricia Eszter Margit's experiences at JPropel, a conference for young, Jewish innovators organized by ROI, Jumpstart, Paideia, JHub & PresenTense.
Art Kibbutz NYC received a micro grant from ROI in 2011 and 2012. Thank you!
Now you can follow us on facebook, twitter and YouTube.
Over 30,000 people checked out our Shofar FlashMob films
Become an Art Kibbutznik by creating an artist colony for Jewish artists
We have recently launched our first campaign to raise a modest $30,000 in individual donations, that will create seed funding for our project. $2,500 would cover the studio and editing works for the Shofar FlashMob, quality handouts and PR/marketing costs. The arts need your help - please consider a contribution to Art Kibbutz NY today by emailing us!
Volunteer
We are looking for an interns and volunteers. Candidates must be organized, motivated, interested in art, Judaism and social media, and ideally good writers. This is an unpaid internship. We are looking for interns who can commit to a regular weekly schedule. Please respond with a cover letter, max. 2 page resume, and at least one professional or academic reference to Eszter at artkibbutzny@gmail.com.
