Seniors
East Bay artist celebrates her ‘Charmed Life’
Don’t call her a survivor. She doesn’t like the term. Yet it certainly applies. Many times over. She says instead that she was “lucky.” That she’s lived…
Art
No time to study Kabbalah? Try the coloring book
The complex teachings of Kabbalah can take years to learn, much less master. Why not start by coloring them in? Tzfat-based artist David Friedman has…
Art
Historical light show illuminates Emanu-El for Hanukkah week
Every evening throughout the month of December, people strolling or driving past Congregation Emanu-El in San Francisco will notice an ever-changing…
Art
CJM offering studio space to struggling Bay Area artists
The Contemporary Jewish Museum has launched a new artist residency program to support Bay Area-based artists experiencing financial hardship or other…
Culture
East Bay Jewish arts lab seeks 2021 fellows — pandemic or not
LABA East Bay, an incubator and study program for Jewish artists run by the JCC East Bay, is in search of its second cohort of Bay Area artists. LABA…
Art
S.F. firm wins bid to remove historic Zakheim murals at UCSF
UCSF announced Oct. 20 that it has awarded a $1.8 million contract for the removal of historic murals by renowned Jewish artist Bernard Zakheim from a…
Art
Hundreds of Holocaust-era paintings need a new home
Plans are underway to find a home for a huge trove of works by a nearly forgotten Jewish artist that was uncovered 78 years after her death in a Nazi…
Art
After long, eclectic career, her creative drive is a ‘volcano’
“I didn’t know what was wrong with me when I was growing up,” says Carol Roseman, 71, of San Francisco. “It turned out that I was an artist.” Roseman…
Bay Area
North Bay artists built a sanctuary, then fire wiped it out
Caryn Fried’s home wasn’t just a home. “We taught classes there, we had a gallery there where we sold our work, we had studios there,” she said,…