JRC's First Annual Art Festival, Saturday, April 25 to Sunday, April 26, 2015 celebrating the art and artists that make JRC a creative and lively congregation, while supporting JRC in the process.
Art Festival Schedule:
Saturday, April 25
Opening Night Reception & Art Sales, 7:00 to 10:00 pm - tickets required - save $10 if you purchase your tickets in advance Featuring performances and readings by: Susan Cherry, Todd Hasak-Lowy, Irv Miller, Elizabeth Klein-Shapiro, David Tabak, Robin Trilling, Jeff Weisfeld
Sunday, April 26
Art Sales, 9:00 am to 3:00 pm - tickets not required, At least 30% of all art sales will go to support JRC, Featuring work from JRC Members: Ken Avick, Suzanne Berkson, Jake Chaitkin, Stan Cohn, Avram Eisen, Deborah Yanowski Eppstein, Laura Friedlander, Reese and Becca Gratch, Darlene Grossman, Rebecca Hamlin, Paulette Herbstman, Judy Holstein, Pat Lane, Heidi Levin, John Macsai, Baila Miller, Jonathan Nachsin, Nina Raskin, Ellie Routtenberg, Alan Rubin, Rebecca Rubin, Ann Schmidt, Linda Schreiber Singer, Lou Weiss, Ruth Wenger, Sonia Yaco, Elliot Zashin
Art Workshops (for both kids and adults) - tickets required:
Kids Fine Arts Space (geared for ages 6-10) Sunday, April 26, 11:00 am to 12:30 pm OR 1:15 to 2:45 pm. Children will explore various mediums in solo and group projects inspired by the art of famous Jewish artists, like Jim Dine, Louise Nevelson, and Roy Lichtenstein.
Learn to Crochet (adults and children ages 10+ with an adult, one child free with a paying adult) Sunday, April 26, 1:30 to 2:30 pm. Join Avram Eisen to learn basic crochet stiches to create your very own scarf. All materials included in workshop cost.
Who Needs Needles?! (adults and children ages 10+ with an adult, one child free with a paying adult) Sunday, April 26, 1:30 to 2:30 pm. Join Izzy Eisen to learn arm knitting to create your own scarf. You provide the arms, we provide the yarn.
Please click the “Buy Tickets” button below to get your tickets for all Art Festival events or become an Arts Patron or Art Festival Sponsor.
JRC Art Festival Events are open to all. Please share word of this exciting weekend of events with your friends and neighbors!
In addition to our participating artists, JRC would like to thank the following sponsors of the 2015 Art Festival: Mary Jo Barrett and Dennis O'Keefe, Joe and Deborah Eppstein, Alan and Sallie Gratch, Joel and Reese Gratch, Jerry and Barbara Israelite, Heidi and Rich Katz, David Kleiman, Dan Levin, Mel and Sherry Lopata, Jonathan Markowitz and Ruth Wenger, Lisa Pildes and Michael Sehr, David and Barbara Pinzur, Hannah and Eli Shearn, Mark Zivin and Margie Morrison-Zivin