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The three Torahs in the center are decked out in the covers Congregation Sinai commissioned from artist April Berger.
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San Francisco artist April Berger leans into Judaica with Torah covers project

Alix Wall by Alix Wall June 6, 2022June 8, 2022

For a long time, April Berger considered herself an abstract artist, not a Judaica artist. Born into a secular family on Long Island, she moved out west after college in […]

Artist Judy Chicago at her "A Birthday Bouquet For Belen" installation in 2019. (Photo/Forward-Donald Woodman-Artists Rights Society NY)
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Feminist icon Judy Chicago gets first retrospective at de Young and a new autobiography

PJ Grisar by PJ Grisar and Forward November 1, 2021November 3, 2021
Drawing of house
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Oakland illustrator helps locals remember homes lost in wildfires

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten September 15, 2021September 15, 2021
Amy Trachtenberg on the Milpitas BART platform during the installation of her new work, “Ecstatic Voyaging.”
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S.F. artist goes underground with ‘ecstatic’ BART art installation

Laura Pall by Laura Paull July 1, 2021July 7, 2021
Studio space at the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco. (Photo/Gary Sexton Photography)
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Contemporary Jewish Museum offering studio space to struggling Bay Area artists

Laura Pall by Laura Paull December 3, 2020December 4, 2020

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