Art Workshops with Art/Lab Alumni: Art+Judaism+Spirit

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   February 23rd: Mask/Essence/Movement with Jen Gwirtz ( 3:00-6:30pm ) ticket

   In this pre-Purim dance and physical theater workshop we will experiment with character, physical embodiment and movement. Using paper, drawing supplies and found objects, we will create basic masks, put them up to our faces, and play! We will experiment with the “base” - each person’s mask character - and the four iconic personalities from Megillat Esther: Esther, Mordechai, Achashverosh and Haman. While some movement experience is helpful, it’s not necessary. All 18+ bodies welcome. (It is possible to participate while seated.) Please wear comfortable, seamless clothing that accommodates movement. While barefoot or stocking feet are ideal, footwear that allows for easy movement is fine. $10 fee for materials included in the price www.jennifergwirtz.org Follow Jen on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/djeni4/

   In this pre-Purim dance and physical theater workshop we will experiment with character, physical embodiment and movement. Using paper, drawing supplies and found objects, we will create basic masks, put them up to our faces, and play! We will experiment with the “base” - each person’s mask character - and the four iconic personalities from Megillat Esther: Esther, Mordechai, Achashverosh and Haman. While some movement experience is helpful, it’s not necessary. All 18+ bodies welcome. (It is possible to participate while seated.) Please wear comfortable, seamless clothing that accommodates movement. While barefoot or stocking feet are ideal, footwear that allows for easy movement is fine. $10 fee for materials included in the price www.jennifergwirtz.org Follow Jen on instagram: https://www.instagram.com/djeni4/

   $100.00

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   March 23rd: Spill Your Guts Flash Fiction with Leanne Grabel (10-1:30pm) ticket

   Inspired by the work of Roz Chast, Maira Kalman, Alison Bechdel, Ellen Forney, Nora Krug, as well as a variety of poets, you will write flash memoir. This highly accessible genre allows us to coddle our shortened attention spans while crystallizing our stories of impactful moments, people, places and things. You will write concise, yet detailed, clear, yet lyrical, SHORT pieces-- prose poems, really. I will also share techniques that will allow even the "non-artist" to cleverly illustrate these pieces, as well as suggest ideas for compiling your pieces into a whole that tells the bigger story. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. Taught by award winning writer and performer, Leanne Grabel www.leannegrabel.com

   Inspired by the work of Roz Chast, Maira Kalman, Alison Bechdel, Ellen Forney, Nora Krug, as well as a variety of poets, you will write flash memoir. This highly accessible genre allows us to coddle our shortened attention spans while crystallizing our stories of impactful moments, people, places and things. You will write concise, yet detailed, clear, yet lyrical, SHORT pieces-- prose poems, really. I will also share techniques that will allow even the "non-artist" to cleverly illustrate these pieces, as well as suggest ideas for compiling your pieces into a whole that tells the bigger story. NO EXPERIENCE NECESSARY. Taught by award winning writer and performer, Leanne Grabel www.leannegrabel.com

   $90.00

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   April 27th: Golem with Ahuvah Zaslavsky (3:00-6:30pm) ticket

   Based on her research and writing about the golem, a mythical creature in Jewish folklore, multimedia artist ahuva s. zaslavsky will lead a hands-on sculpture workshop using clay and found materials. She will share the cultural context behind the creature before guiding participants to construct their own inner golem. All participants will get to keep their sculptures at the end of the workshop. Be careful that it doesn’t come to life when you get home! www.ahuvasz.com

   Based on her research and writing about the golem, a mythical creature in Jewish folklore, multimedia artist ahuva s. zaslavsky will lead a hands-on sculpture workshop using clay and found materials. She will share the cultural context behind the creature before guiding participants to construct their own inner golem. All participants will get to keep their sculptures at the end of the workshop. Be careful that it doesn’t come to life when you get home! www.ahuvasz.com

   $90.00

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   May 25th: Braiding and Breaking Bread, A Challah Workshop with Sonya Sanford (10-1:30pm) ticket

   Title: Braiding and Breaking Bread - Challah Workshop Join chef, cookbook author, and podcast host Sonya Sanford for an interactive class where we’ll make challah from scratch, step by step. From kneading the dough to braiding classic designs, baking golden loaves, and savoring fresh-out-of-the-oven bread, this class covers it all. By the end of this workshop, you’ll have learned tips and techniques to help you bake beautifully braided, golden, and crowd-pleasing challah at home. As we craft our bread, we’ll explore how Jewish stories are woven into the food we share, and how culinary traditions can ground us in identity while fostering connection and community. Rabbi Joshua Rose will provide an engaging text study while our challot bake. This class is open to all culinary skill levels, from beginners to avid bakers. $12 materials fee is included in the sale price

   Title: Braiding and Breaking Bread - Challah Workshop Join chef, cookbook author, and podcast host Sonya Sanford for an interactive class where we’ll make challah from scratch, step by step. From kneading the dough to braiding classic designs, baking golden loaves, and savoring fresh-out-of-the-oven bread, this class covers it all. By the end of this workshop, you’ll have learned tips and techniques to help you bake beautifully braided, golden, and crowd-pleasing challah at home. As we craft our bread, we’ll explore how Jewish stories are woven into the food we share, and how culinary traditions can ground us in identity while fostering connection and community. Rabbi Joshua Rose will provide an engaging text study while our challot bake. This class is open to all culinary skill levels, from beginners to avid bakers. $12 materials fee is included in the sale price

   $102.00

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   June 29th: Mending With Intention with Zac Banik (@the OJMCHE 3-6:30) ticket

   Join artist Zac Banik for a lesson in visible mending techniques including darning, patching and felting, accompanied by study and discussion of the spiritual potential of brokenness, how to wear our scars with purpose and what it means to repair the world. Visible mending is a philosophy of repair that makes beauty from rips and tears, rebuilding a garment with creative and new qualities rather than attempting to hide its imperfections. While we repair our own clothes, we can take the opportunity to imagine how a similar technique can be applied to our own lives, communities and the world at large. Please bring a damaged garment that needs repair, tools and materials will be provided. $15 materials price included in the sale

   Join artist Zac Banik for a lesson in visible mending techniques including darning, patching and felting, accompanied by study and discussion of the spiritual potential of brokenness, how to wear our scars with purpose and what it means to repair the world. Visible mending is a philosophy of repair that makes beauty from rips and tears, rebuilding a garment with creative and new qualities rather than attempting to hide its imperfections. While we repair our own clothes, we can take the opportunity to imagine how a similar technique can be applied to our own lives, communities and the world at large. Please bring a damaged garment that needs repair, tools and materials will be provided. $15 materials price included in the sale

   $105.00

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   July 27th: Lost and Found Poetry Collage Zine with Jessica Rehfield (11-2:30) ticket

   Join artist Jessica Rehfield to make poetry collage zines. Three types of zines will be instructed including mini 14-page zines, 8-page zines and Large zines, all easy-to-recreate for future journaling, note-taking, poetry and collage work. Explore the "Lost and Found" collage technique to create unexpected poetry with images and words from alternative materials (junk mail, sheet music, etc) for your zines, and a Jewish text prompt offered as inspiration for getting into poetry/collage work. Leave with multiple mini-zines and knowledge of collage journaling in your pocket, participants can take extra blank zines home for special future use! Workshop for any experience level. $5 materials fee included in sale price

   Join artist Jessica Rehfield to make poetry collage zines. Three types of zines will be instructed including mini 14-page zines, 8-page zines and Large zines, all easy-to-recreate for future journaling, note-taking, poetry and collage work. Explore the "Lost and Found" collage technique to create unexpected poetry with images and words from alternative materials (junk mail, sheet music, etc) for your zines, and a Jewish text prompt offered as inspiration for getting into poetry/collage work. Leave with multiple mini-zines and knowledge of collage journaling in your pocket, participants can take extra blank zines home for special future use! Workshop for any experience level. $5 materials fee included in sale price

   $95.00

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   August 24th: The Tarot, Symbolism, and How To Make Your Art Symbolism Rich with Bronte Grimm (10-1:30pm) ticket

   Join multidisciplinary artist Brontë Grimm in an exploration and discussion of the symbolism of the Tarot, and how you can tap into its symbolism structure to create personalized symbolism for your own art practice. You will then be led through the creation of your own tarot card utilizing the personal symbolism you created in the class. Experienced artists wishing to explore more symbolic themes in their art, as well as folks at any stage of their art journey who wish to have a deeper understanding of Tarot symbolism are welcome! $10 materials fee included in price

   Join multidisciplinary artist Brontë Grimm in an exploration and discussion of the symbolism of the Tarot, and how you can tap into its symbolism structure to create personalized symbolism for your own art practice. You will then be led through the creation of your own tarot card utilizing the personal symbolism you created in the class. Experienced artists wishing to explore more symbolic themes in their art, as well as folks at any stage of their art journey who wish to have a deeper understanding of Tarot symbolism are welcome! $10 materials fee included in price

   $100.00

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   September 21st Voices of the Past, Calls of the Present, Yearnings for the Future with Aaron Kahn (10 - 1:30) ticket

   The trumpet and shofar are part of a deeply ancestral aspect of the Jewish lineage. Their import spans the time that sons of Aharon played silver trumpets as instructed by G-d to Moses in Numbers, to the present-day shofar calls and increasing interest in using the shofar as a musical instrument. Many people want to know how to play the ram's horn as its stirring power rouses us, widening our awareness and spurring our action orientation for tikkun olam. MUST BRING YOUR OWN SHOFAR!

   The trumpet and shofar are part of a deeply ancestral aspect of the Jewish lineage. Their import spans the time that sons of Aharon played silver trumpets as instructed by G-d to Moses in Numbers, to the present-day shofar calls and increasing interest in using the shofar as a musical instrument. Many people want to know how to play the ram's horn as its stirring power rouses us, widening our awareness and spurring our action orientation for tikkun olam. MUST BRING YOUR OWN SHOFAR!

   $100.00

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   Workshop 9: October 26th Portraiture In Wordcraft with Merridawn Duckler (10-1:30pm) ticket

   This writing workshop will encourage utilizing fiction and poetry as a source for portraiture in flash fiction or poetry or as an exercise in preparation for painting or other visual art. We’ll utilize the spare and minimalist descriptions of characters in the Torah to inspire our “portraits” of others around us, thinking about what resonates around faces and bodies. Workshop will include examples from the canon, writing time, sharing work-in-progress and discussion of what makes any image a reflection of spiritual practice.

   This writing workshop will encourage utilizing fiction and poetry as a source for portraiture in flash fiction or poetry or as an exercise in preparation for painting or other visual art. We’ll utilize the spare and minimalist descriptions of characters in the Torah to inspire our “portraits” of others around us, thinking about what resonates around faces and bodies. Workshop will include examples from the canon, writing time, sharing work-in-progress and discussion of what makes any image a reflection of spiritual practice.

   $100.00

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