Sarah Zell Young
Sarah Zell Young (New York) is a passionate Jewish educator and artist, combining traditional text study of biblical and Talmudic sources with contemporary history of the Jewish body, with an emphasis on social justice. She is passionate about reimagining Jewish ritual and empowering people to integrate creativity and ownership into their personal practices. Young has an MFA from Hunter College with course work in psychology and education, and she is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in sculpture and gender studies. In addition to having been an arts fellow at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education and participating in residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Young has exhibited work, lectured on ideas, and taught both nationally and internationally. She was an artist-in-residence in 2012 at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute and is currently an AJWS global justice fellow and has worked for the past year on the streets of New York, providing services to the homeless and teaching ritual object–making classes. She has just received a grant from Asylum Arts to study the disposal of holy texts (shaimos) in Israel. In 2016 Sarah worked at Art Kibbutz and Artistic Director. Sarah returned to perform with Art Kibbutz at the 'Seeing the Voices' Benefit Party at the JCC in Harlem in March 2018. More
Sarah Zell Young (New York) is a passionate Jewish educator and artist, combining traditional text study of biblical and Talmudic sources with contemporary history of the Jewish body, with an emphasis on social justice. She is passionate about reimagining Jewish ritual and empowering people to integrate creativity and ownership into their personal practices. Young has an MFA from Hunter College with course work in psychology and education, and she is a graduate of the Rhode Island School of Design with a degree in sculpture and gender studies. In addition to having been an arts fellow at the Drisha Institute for Jewish Education and participating in residencies at the Vermont Studio Center, Young has exhibited work, lectured on ideas, and taught both nationally and internationally. She was an artist-in-residence in 2012 at the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute and is currently an AJWS global justice fellow and has worked for the past year on the streets of New York, providing services to the homeless and teaching ritual object–making classes. She has just received a grant from Asylum Arts to study the disposal of holy texts (shaimos) in Israel. In 2016 Sarah worked at Art Kibbutz and Artistic Director. Sarah returned to perform with Art Kibbutz at the 'Seeing the Voices' Benefit Party at the JCC in Harlem in March 2018. More
|
|
