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Corinne Soiken Strauss
b. 1946 in New York City; lives in Wainscott, NY
Selected Collections:
Skirball Museum, Cincinnati, OH;
Skirball Cultural Center, Los Angeles, CA
Chuppah of Light,
2010
Production assistance by Robert Ostiguy
Hand painted silk; 84" x 76"
“
Seven is a sacred number. The Bible is filled with sevens and the
Jewish calendar has many sevens. The Torah is divided into seven
sections. There are seven wedding blessings, followed by seven days
of feasting, and the bride circles the groom seven times under the
chuppah.
The Star of David is in a design made up of ‘
sevens’
with
the light being the center star. I wanted this
chuppah
to be filled
with celebratory light and color.”
Jane Trigere
b. 1948 in Dobbs Ferry, NY; lives in South Deerfield, MA
Selected Exhibitions:
Yeshiva University Museum, NY; National Yiddish Book
Center, Amherst, MA; Philadelphia Museum of Jewish Art, PA
Women of the Balcony IV,
2008
Textile, hats, clay, plastic head forms, paper, glue; 48" x 48" x 48"
Supported by a grant from the Hadassah-Brandeis Institute, 2007
“
Women of the Balcony IV
is the fourth piece in a series honoring German-Jewish
refugee women who attended services in Ohav Sholaum Synagogue in the Inwood
section of Manhattan. I imagined the women really present and I fashioned the
brightly colored fabric as their hair, which I covered with hats representing all the
decades the synagogue existed. The black and white motif persisted as the faces
were layered with from pages from
tehinnes,
German prayer books designed
especially for women.”
Samantha Verrone
b. 1963 in New York; lives in New York City
Selected Exhibitions:
University of Wisconsin Gallery of Design, WI;
Synagogue for the Arts, NY
Sh’viti Hashem L’ Negdi Tamid,
2009
Collage, mixed media on linen; 16" x 20"
Courtesy of Rabbi and Mrs. David Ingber
Sh’viti Hashem l’negdi tamid,
Psalm 16:8
“
The
Sh’viti
is a tool that facilitates meditation and contemplation. It is an
ancient Jewish art form. It is traditional to see this quote from
Tehillim
included
in such paintings. The psalmist declares that he has ‘leveled out’ any obstructions
between him and his Creator.”