Newspaper article about Richard Edelman

Our "very own' Richard Edelman is featured in an article on the Milwaukee Jewish Chronicle!
The article mentions his participation in the Lab. The photo on the first page is of "Isaac Bound," the work which was included in our last exhibit.


See the photo and read the full article here:
http://www.jewishchronicle.org/article.php?article_id=14047

Sarah Bryant visits the Lab!

What a great session we had last Monday, November the 12th, when printmaker, letter press printer, and book artist extraordinaire Sarah Bryant came to visit! Sarah holds an MFA in Book Arts from the University of Alabama-Tuscaloosa. Her recent artist's book Biography is the winner of the 2011 Minnesota Center for Book Arts (MCBA) Prize and the 2010 Award for Artistic Excellence at Pyramid Atlantic.

Be amazed by her work: Sarah's website.

At the JCC, Sarah showed us her beautiful books and spoke about her inspiration and process. Then, she conducted a workshop on simple, book making techniques. Here are some pictures of the evening:

 First, Sarah showed us how to handle the paper:

Then how to fold it and crease it: 

                                                                                                             

Marc (in background) threading the needle:  

        

Stitching with Audrene and Clarice: 

Judith carefully folding her book:

 

Maida and David at work:            

  

Men at work:

The stitched book!

Our final products: a stitched mini book and an accordion fold!

A Flag Book out of Sarah's "box of wonder": 

-could this be our next workshop? ;)

The happy Lab co-facilitators, Natanya and Jody with their special guest:

It's the beginning of a new year for the Milwaukee Jewish Artists' Laboratory!

BRUCHIM HABAIM (WELCOME) to the 2nd year of the                  Milwaukee Jewish Artists' Laboratory! 

We have a new topic and several new members who joined last year's cohort, including two young emerging artists. Stay tuned to find out who they are and what we all do as we study and work together.

We also welcome the Madison, WI and Minneapolis, MN recently formed Jewish Artists' Laboratories. They will be working with the same topic, and we will have a chance to meet both virtually and in-person.

OUR TOPIC THIS YEAR IS:

TEXT/CONTEXT/SUBTEXT

TEXT: the original words and form of a written or printed work.

CONTEXT: the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning.

SUBTEXT: the implicit or metaphorical meaning [of a text].

The above definitions are the first ones found for each word on the online version of the Merriam- Webster dictionary . Of course, if you keep reading or look elsewhere, you will find many variations to these. How many can you find? How can these be applied to the creation of works of art?

BRUCHIM HABAIM (WELCOME) to the 2nd year of the                  Milwaukee Jewish Artists' Laboratory! 

We have a new topic and several new members who joined last year's cohort, including two young emerging artists. Stay tuned to find out who they are and what we all do as we study and work together.

We also welcome the Madison, WI and Minneapolis, MN recently formed Jewish Artists' Laboratories. They will be working with the same topic, and we will have a chance to meet both virtually and in-person.

OUR TOPIC THIS YEAR IS:

TEXT/CONTEXT/SUBTEXT

TEXT: the original words and form of a written or printed work.

CONTEXT: the parts of a discourse that surround a word or passage and can throw light on its meaning.

SUBTEXT: the implicit or metaphorical meaning [of a text].

The above definitions are the first ones found for each word on the online version of the Merriam- Webster dictionary . Of course, if you keep reading or look elsewhere, you will find many variations to these. How many can you find? How can these be applied to the creation of works of art?

The exhibit's opening was a huge success! 

Read this great article written by H. Glenn Rosenkrantz who flew in from NYC to attend, and look at the many images by Ryan Hainey:

http://www.covenantfn.org/news/106/251/A-Midwest-Movement-Creates-and-Elevates-Jewish-Art

Matriarchs and Wandermaps

The energy was high at our meeting last night! We discussed differing views and opinions on the Matriarchs while reading from Genesis and looking at work by Abel Pann. Here's his pastel "The Four Matriarchs." Do you think these portraits are in agreement with the traditional idea of what (from left to right) Sarah, Rebecca, Rachel and Leah might have looked like? Why, why not? Leave us a comment with your response.

The second half of our time together was devoted to looking at and discussing some of the WANDERMAPS we have been working on. Not surprisingly these are very diverse! Take a look at those by Rosalind, Judith and Barbara...more to come during the next few weeks.

The objects in the image below represent just a few of those collected by Rosalind in different countries where, for three months each year, her husband volunteered throughout the 1970’s and 80’s.

Here is a much downsized image of Judith's recollections of significant people and places arranged on a map of the Canadian Rockies where she and her husband honeymooned years ago.

 
This little handmade book includes a collection of the names of those individuals who have been an important influence in Barbara's life. She stated her "wandermap is all about people, rather than objects".

 

One more for the "Show and Tell" list!

Here's an example of work by our very own Annette Hirsh: