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Position Available: Associate Director, Artis, Los Angeles (part-time) 

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Applications accepted through February 10, 2013

Today (December 16, 2012) marks the one year anniversary of the grand opening of the Vilnius Jewish Public Library in Lithuania. It is the first Jewish public library in Lithuania since the liquidation of the Vilna Ghetto in September 1943. The library now has its own foundation. I am seeking donations to help keep the library growing. Please contact me for more information on what is needed.

Contact me, Wyman Brent via Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/wyman.brent -- thank you

The Four Cups of Wine for Freedom Concept and Design Competition challenges designers to create a set of four wine cups that are expressive of the roadmap to freedom inspired by the promises and imagery in Exodus 6:6-7. The Museum of Imajewnation is putting a spotlight on the ritual of drinking four cups of wine and its role in the transformative process of the Passover Seder experience. We hope to create talking points for articulating Jewish visions of freedom amidst the struggles of many in the world today to define their notions of freedom and to establish a link between kosher wines and freedom.

All entries will be showcased in an exhibit called:

What do we talk about when we talk about freedom?

• Freedom Imagined, Freedom Lived

• An Artistic Review of the Passover Promise

The exhibit will be the setting for performances and programming at the:

Marvin & Harlene Wool Studio Theatre, JCC Arts and Education Building

2 Millstone Campus Drive, St. Louis, Missouri  63146

March 11th to 28th, 2013

Submit artwork so it is received by March 6, 2013 to...

Museum of Imajewnation, Naomi Fishman, 225 Bellington Lane, St. Louis, MO  63141

In conjunction with Sh'ma's theme for November of “The Jewish Workplace,” we are asking a variety of artists

to visually represent – using a 7 inch x 7 inch square (or cube of space) – the first thing that comes to mind

when they think of “The Jewish Workplace.” I like to think of it as a Rorschach test where the artists

provide the visuals. We are looking for both immediate and thought-out responses for what will provide

for a fascinating exhibition. Submissions will be due Tuesday, October 23rd.

Please email submissions to RSaferstein@shma.com

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Best regards, O. Lasmanis, CEO

The mission of The Museum of Imajewnation is to connect the contemporary to the sacred through artistic community conversations.  Visual artists, writers and musicians are challenged to respond to questions by creating artworks that draw inspiration from elements in Jewish culture.  The premise of the project is that the artist/creator and the artwork/creation are inextricably bound together and that the making of art can strengthen Jewish identity and release the wisdom of the culture's artifacts, texts and music.

The Museum of Imajewnation is seeking artists for participation in an artistic conversation called Freedom Imagined, Freedom Lived/An Artistic Review of the Passover Promise/What do we talk about when we talk about freedom? Artists are invited to create artworks that draw inspiration from ritual objects on the seder table, poems from the text of the Haggadah and music from the sounds of the seder experience to express nuanced definitions of freedom.  The Museum is also looking to engage photographers who can capture everyday freedom moment images.  All are invited to  interpret according to their own cultural insights.  Please find in the attachment a Call to Artists and entry guidelines.

At a time when the media brings immediate and unrelenting attention to struggles for freedom and debates about freedom in the world and in the Jewish community,  this project provides an opportunity for artists to be recognized as an important cadre and voice within community conversations.  Artists who create engaging artworks, expressive of new insights, for an audience that can discover its possibilities in a reflective, participatory way, also create the excitement for imaginative problem solving.  The ambition of this project is to access the great resource of Jewish wisdom through artistic discovery and create exhibits addressing the topic of freedom, replicating this process in many locations and building a think tank of artists.  We would appreciate your help in sending this Call for Artists to those in your communities and would welcome opportunities to collaborate.  

Contact: Yonah Friedman 

I am in the development stages of a website that will provide a centralized online marketplace for all Judaica oriented artists, photographers, craftsmen, seamstresses, scribes, ETC. It will provide a free advertising market to all, individuals and businesses alike, to get their product out in the world.  You can post as many items as you like for no charge. Yes, you heard me, FREE. No hidden fees and no extra charges.  All sales will be directly between buyer and seller, the website is not making an money off of the product sales.

There will be other advertising deals that will be more appealing such as banner ads that will allow people to be seen a little easier but that will not be free.

Again, we are still in the development stage so all of the details are not yet set in stone.  I am right now just trying to create a network of people that I can be in touch closer to when we will be launching the site so that we can get products up as quick as possible.

This is great opportunity for the art world.

MEZZUZZAH PEZUZZAH!

5th Annual Barbara & Ray Alpert Jewish Community Center Mezuzah Case Art Exhibit & Silent Auction on March 11, 2012

Submissions Due March 1, 2012

Calling all Artists, Designers & Creative Souls

Please join artists and others in the community in decorating a mezuzah case for our 5th annual Mezuzah Case Art Exhibit & Silent Auction. A mezuzah is a scroll containing a Hebrew blessing that is placed inside a cover and is traditionally placed on the outside doorways of Jewish homes. Because the scroll is considered the sacred part of the mezuzah, the sky’s the limit as far as the design of the case (but no nudity or other violations of Jewish law.)  This year’s theme is Mezuzah/Pezuzah in keeping with the Purim Holiday Tradition of wearing masks.  Pez Candy Dispenser Heads make perfect “masks” for our mezuzah cases, and we encourage their use in this year’s auction – but feel free to design without if you like!

The Alpert Jewish Community Center will supply a very basic wooden mezuzah case; you are also welcome to start from scratch and create your own case.  You can find many traditional symbols and styles commonly used for mezuzah cases online. You may use any materials you choose as long as the mezuzah case can still be “fixed upon the doorpost” of a home, or of any doorway in a home, and that a scroll can be inserted into the case (do not glue on the little cap.)

Please contact Gallery Director Eve Lunt for more information at elunt@alpertjcc.org or 562-426-7601, x1067

AJWS The Where Do You Give? National Design Competition is searching for talented designers who can translate tzedakah's meaning into compelling, relevant design. That is why we have created a design competition to invite a new generation of globally conscious designers to celebrate the critical role that tzedakah plays in today’s world.  To learn more about the competition visit the website

Deadline to submit has been extended to March 9, 2012 for the main competition and March 26, 2012 for the Student Track.

 The Six Points Fellowship supports individual artists in the Los Angeles and New York area who want to develop new projects with a Jewish focus, theme or element. We are looking for a bright, creative, culturally savvy intern to join the team in Los Angeles.  We are looking for assistance with website management, press and marketing, artist engagement, development, and administration. We’re a small office, so there will be a little bit of everything, and this is a great opportunity to work at the forefront of Jewish arts and culture within a fast-moving, innovative organization. More information about the Six Points Fellowship can be found here

Placement Qualifications:

• Ability to work independently;
• Good oral and written communication skills;
• Basic knowledge of Microsoft Word and Excel; 
• A positive attitude;
• Social networking literacy. 

Complete applications will include:

• Resume and Cover Letter which should include employment, volunteering, internship, and educational experiences as well as any other experiences relevant to the review of the application. Please also include computer, office, language or other skills, and ways in which you have been involved in the cultural arts.
• Two references, including email and phone numbers. 

 
Application Deadline: Rolling until Feb 15, 2012.  

Dates:  February to May 2012. Hours: 15 hours per week; May include some evenings and weekends.

Location/Transportation:  This position will require travel between neighborhoods in Los Angeles including Echo Park, Hollywood, Culver City, Santa Monica and the Valley.  The office is located in downtown LA at 453 S. Spring St #1118, Los Angeles CA 90013. 

Please send your completed application to Josh Feldman, Associate Director of Six Points at Josh@sixpointsfellowship.org