Artists Session May 2 at the Y.U. Museum

 

The Y.U. Museum in NYC, in collaboration with the Jewish Art Salon, is pleased to host an Artists Session with Rochelle Rubinstein (Canada) and Julian Voloj (Germany). 

Yeshiva University Museum.

15 West 16th Street, New York, NY 10011.

May 2, 6-8pm. 

RSVP requested at jewishartsalon@gmail.com 


6:00 pm Welcome & introduction by Zachary Levine, Curator Y.U. Museum

6:15 pm Tour & discussion with Rochelle Rubinstein

7:00 pm Presentation by Julian Voloj

8:00 pm Gathering at a neighborhood establishment

 

Rubinstein will give a tour of her current exhibit Silk Stones, shown at the museum till May 6, 2012. She fuses personal experience, Jewish textual and cultural traditions, and bold, hand-crafted artistic process. Her range of media includes woodblock printed and embroidered silk;  carved, printed and painted wood panels; sculptural forms; digital prints; and hand-made books.
She will be embroidering a large printed, painted and embroidered work, called Silk Camp, which consists of semi- recognizable images of aerial views of Auschwitz.


Voloj will give a slide presentation of his work. Themes of some of his photo series are Uncovering Forgotten Heritage: Uncovering New York's Hidden Jewish Past; Black Jews: Another House of God, In the Land of Burnt Faces: A Photographic Journey Through Ethiopia.

Rochelle Rubinstein is a Toronto-based  printmaker, painter, fabric and book artist.

In Toronto, she is represented by Loop Gallery and the Fran Hill Gallery, where her solo exhibitions are held regularly. In addition, her work has been exhibited in such diverse places as Irish Museum of Modern Art in Ireland; Print Triennial in Estonia; Jerusalem Theatre Museum in Israel; and McMaster Museum of Art, Royal Ontario Museum, and Chinese Cultural Centre in Canada.

Rubinstein's work can be found in public collections such as the Museum of Modern Art and Public Library in New York, the Irish Museum of Modern Art in Dublin, and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London. 

As a community arts facilitator, her workshops and projects involving groups such as health workers, battered women, people with eating disorders and youth at risk, are based upon methods that are central to her own art practice: drawing, printmaking, sewing and bookmaking.

Rubinstein also curates monthly exhibitions at the Mon Ton Window Gallery in downtown Toronto.

In Silk Stones, at Yeshiva University Museum March 11 to May 6, 2012, Rubinstein fuses personal experience, Jewish textual and cultural traditions, and bold, hand-crafted artistic process. Her range of media includes woodblock printed and embroidered silk;  carved, printed and painted wood panels; sculptural forms; digital prints; and hand-made books.

German-born photographer and writer Julian Voloj explores aspects of identity and heritage in his work. 

In 2003 Julian Voloj was awarded with the Second Prize at the Washington Post Annual Photography Contest. Voloj's photos appeared in various newspapers and magazines such as the New York Post, PresenTense Magazine, and the Brooklynite. 

In 2007, Voloj was commissioned by the Forward for the book "A Living Lens", a book that Jonathan Safran Foer called "not only an amazing book, but an invaluable artifact and a work of art." His photographs were shown in various venues in the US and Europe. 

Julian Voloj lives in New York City. He will have a solo exhibit at the German Consulate opening Summer 2012.