April 8, 2025

Hello Myrna,

Did you know that May is Jewish American Heritage Month? Commemorate this annual celebration by exploring how Jewish American artists have contributed to the melting pot that is the United States. In addition, our journey through the Book of Genesis as portrayed by artists throughout the centuries continues.

Creating Jewish-American Culture: 18th Century to Early 20th Century

The Art of Roy Lichtenstein: The Early Years

Jewish Artists and Genesis: Part V - Genesis 23-35

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Join us on Zoom for The Art of Marc Chagall: The Early Years with Joanna Homrighausen, Ph.D. on Monday, July 7, 2025, at 7 PM EDT. See below for more information.

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At Jewish Art Education, we are dedicated to bringing the best in the Jewish visual arts to the widest possible audience. Our mission is to educate the wider world on the contributions of the visual arts to Jewish civilization.

Please let us know if there are additional individuals at your organization to whom this newsletter should be sent and feel free to forward it to others who might be interested in our programs. We look forward to presenting to your audience. 

Jewish American Heritage Month

National Photography Month

Older Americans Month

Mother's Day (5/11)

Lag BaOmer (5/16)

Memorial Day (5/26)

Jerusalem Day (5/26)

Jacob and Esau

Jakob Steinhardt, 1942

Jewish Artists and Genesis: Part V - Genesis 23-35

Masterpiece

Roy Lichtenstein, 1962

The Art of Roy Lichtenstein: The Early Years

Mary Silverstein, c. 1910,

The Teck Family Collection

Creating Jewish-American Culture:

18th Century to Early 20th Century

This six part program, surveys Jewish artists and their responses to Biblical citations in the book of Genesis.

From the Medieval period forward, artists have used a variety of media (illuminations, prints, sculpture, etc.) and aesthetic approaches to express their artistic creativity.

In this most poignant woodcut, Jacob Steinhardt captures the moment of Jacob and Esau’s meeting. They were bitter enemies, but recognize their personal, familiar, and historical connections. It is a powerful meeting of minds and of bodies, symbolizing a hope for all humanity.

Steinhardt was a founder of the PATHETIKER group, which expressed apprehensions and fears in apocalyptic scenes painted in a dramatic and intense expressionistic style.

Part 5 of a 6-part series

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Each part of the series may also be enjoyed as a single

presentation for the regular fee.

Lichtenstein made commercial art into fine art by meticulously painting the dots of the Ben-Day printing process. Known as the quintessential “POP” Artist of the mid-20th c., (along with Andy Warhol), his unique approach to making artwork assured him a legacy in the annals of art history. Mysteriousness and the use of ambiguity are defining characteristics of the artist and his creative work

In 2012, Roy Lichtenstein had a retrospective at the National Gallery of Art. These five programs are derived from the catalog for that exhibition.

Part 1 of a 5-part series

Schedule the entire series and receive $25 off each.

Each part of the series may also be enjoyed as a single

presentation for the regular fee.

Creating Jewish-American Culture begins with the richness of the Jewish community in Spain before they were expelled in 1492. The program continues with the arrival of the first Jews in America in the mid-17th c. and the establishment of the first synagogue. A survey of artists of the 18th through 21st c., including silversmiths, sculptors, painters, photographers, and architects follows. Creating Jewish-American Culture introduces artists in the new world whose artworks are specific to time, place, and personal experience. 

Part 1 of a 2-part series

Each part of the series may also be enjoyed as a single

presentation or schedule both over consecutive weeks or months.

Jewish Artists and Genesis



Fantastic as always!

Excellent!

Masterfully delivered.

The Art of Passover

So special

Enlightening

Great presentation

Jewish Women Artists

That was fascinating! I had no idea about many of these artists.

I and the Village

Marc Chagall, 1911

MARK YOUR CALENDAR!

Monday, July 7, 2025

7:00 PM EDT

Join us on Zoom for

The Art of Marc Chagall:

The Early Years

with Joanna Homrighausen, Ph.D.

In celebration of the 138th anniversary of the artist's birth

Details coming soon!

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DVDs

The following titles are available for $18.00

JUNE 2025

Shavuot (6/1-6/2)

Anne Frank Day (6/12)

Father's Day (6/15)

Jewish Artists and Genesis: Part VI - Genesis 37-48

Creating Jewish-American Culture: After World War II

The Art of Roy Lichtenstein: The Sixties

JULY 2025

Independence Day (7/4)

National Carousel Day (7/25)

 The Art of Modigliani

The Art of Roy Lichtenstein: The Middle Years

Jewish American Artists and World War II

AUGUST 2025

Tisha B'Av (8/2-8/3)

World Photography Day (8/19)

The Art of the Jewish Holidays

The Art of Roy Lichtenstein:

Art History and Modern Art

Jewish American Photographers

Jewish Art Museums

Jewish Art Groups

Orange County Jewish Community Scholar Program



The Center for Jewish Art

MyJewishLearning

Smarthistory.org

Nancy Kotz

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