January 2021
Exhibitions in Reverse: Israeli Art Comes to You
Exhibitions in Reverse: Israeli Art Comes to You 10am PST/1pm EST Soraya Sarah Nazarian Program in Fine Arts Fortunately, the digital age has made it possible to visit some of Israel’s most famous exhibitions from the comfort of your home. Join us for online conversations with the best curators and artists, live from your living room!
Find out more »Capture This Moment: Photography to Preserve This Unique Time in Your Life
Capture This Moment: Photography to Preserve This Unique Time in Your Life 10am PST/1pm EST Soraya Sarah Nazarian Program in Fine Arts Will the New Year bring with it changes in how the pandemic affects our lives? Is this a time of fresh-starts, progress, and hope — or despair and setback? This three-session workshop will guide you in chronicling how the current situation is affecting your immediate world and the community around you. Document this chapter in your life using…
Find out more »February 2021
Exhibitions in Reverse: Israeli Art Comes to You
Exhibitions in Reverse: Israeli Art Comes to You 10am PST/1pm EST Soraya Sarah Nazarian Program in Fine Arts Fortunately, the digital age has made it possible to visit some of Israel’s most famous exhibitions from the comfort of your home. Join us for online conversations with the best curators and artists, live from your living room!
Find out more »Capture This Moment: Photography to Preserve This Unique Time in Your Life
Capture This Moment: Photography to Preserve This Unique Time in Your Life 10am PST/1pm EST Soraya Sarah Nazarian Program in Fine Arts Will the New Year bring with it changes in how the pandemic affects our lives? Is this a time of fresh-starts, progress, and hope — or despair and setback? This three-session workshop will guide you in chronicling how the current situation is affecting your immediate world and the community around you. Document this chapter in your life using…
Find out more »The Art of Prayer Through Music
The Art of Prayer Through Music 1pm PST/4pm EST Soraya Sarah Nazarian Program in Fine Arts Pray with higher intention, passion and creativity! Join this not-to-be-missed spiritual and practical opportunity to learn and create your own prayer-music in the new year. Award-winning musician and educator Chloé Pourmorady will guide you on a journey into text and music to take your creation into new heights. Some experience in music is recommended, although not required. The final piece will be presented in…
Find out more »Jewish American Identity & the Divine Plan: Inside the Museum of the Bible
Jewish American Identity & the Divine Plan: Inside the Museum of the Bible 10am PST/1pm EST Soraya Sarah Nazarian Program in Fine Arts The Museum of the Bible opened in in Washington, D.C. in November of 2017. Comprising an enormous collection of artifacts and texts, including many Torah scrolls, the museum reflects a view of the Bible that is Christological in nature. Nonetheless, it includes an array of Jewish themes and portrays the Hebrew Bible as precursor to the eventual,…
Find out more »Płaszów: Memory Overwritten
Płaszów: Memory Overwritten 10am PST/1pm EST Soraya Sarah Nazarian Program in Fine Arts Over the last 200 years, the site of KL Płaszów, in the south of Krakow, has contained Austro-Hungarian military fortifications, two Jewish cemeteries, and a Nazi labor camp and concentration camp; today, it primarily functions as a public park. The future of the site and the way its past is presented remain an open question. On a virtual tour with FestivALT co-director Adam Schorin, we’ll explore the…
Find out more »Curator Talk: Seated in Seclusion
Curator Talk: Seated in Seclusion 10am PST/1pm EST Soraya Sarah Nazarian Program in Fine Arts Having witnessed a Hasidic man sitting in a chair in the dead of night in the dark woods, designer Eran Lederman began a journey to understand Rabbi Nachman of Breslov's directive to isolate in nature and leave the city behind. In this conversation, he will share how an everyday object, a chair can lead to a meaningful and powerful spiritual exploration. His exhibit Seated in…
Find out more »Capture This Moment: Photography to Preserve This Unique Time in Your Life
Capture This Moment: Photography to Preserve This Unique Time in Your Life 10am PST/1pm EST Soraya Sarah Nazarian Program in Fine Arts Will the New Year bring with it changes in how the pandemic affects our lives? Is this a time of fresh-starts, progress, and hope — or despair and setback? This three-session workshop will guide you in chronicling how the current situation is affecting your immediate world and the community around you. Document this chapter in your life using…
Find out more »The Art of Prayer Through Music
The Art of Prayer Through Music 1pm PST/4pm EST Soraya Sarah Nazarian Program in Fine Arts Pray with higher intention, passion and creativity! Join this not-to-be-missed spiritual and practical opportunity to learn and create your own prayer-music in the new year. Award-winning musician and educator Chloé Pourmorady will guide you on a journey into text and music to take your creation into new heights. Some experience in music is recommended, although not required. The final piece will be presented in…
Find out more »Waiting Room: Public Workshop
Waiting Room: Public Workshop 3pm PST/6pm EST Soraya Sarah Nazarian Program in Fine Arts The waiting room requires patience. It requires accepting circumstances and conditions beyond our control. It requires sitting, observing, reflecting, anticipating. These moments, when we eagerly await the next step, are also when unexpected creativity might spark. Join this workshop to find a creative way to express your own waiting room, whatever that may look like. You can paint, draw, collage, write, use found materials, and find your own way to think about this moment…
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