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Wayne Reynolds looks through the rubble of the home and studio he shared with his wife, Caryn Fried. (Photo/Courtesy Maya Reynolds)

Bay Area

North Bay artists built a sanctuary, then fire wiped it out

Caryn Fried’s home wasn’t just a home. “We taught classes there, we had a gallery there where we sold our work, we had studios there,” she said,…
By Maya Mirsky Oct 7, 2020
Susan Duhan Felix’s "Blessing Bowl to End Plague." (Photo/Robert Abrams)

Art

Jewish artists contribute to East Bay in-person art show

Several Bay Area Jewish artists are part of a juried group show at the Abrams Claghorn Gallery in Albany through Sept. 30. The show, which can be seen in…
By Laura Paull Sep 14, 2020
A panel from Bernard Zakheim's expansive WPA murals on medical history in UCSF's Toland Hall auditorium; Zakheim working on the mural in 1937. (Photos/UCSF Archives and Special Collections)

Art

Hope for Jewish artist’s historic work at UCSF

A clock that’s been ticking down on historic murals at UCSF Medical Center by the Jewish painter Bernard Zakheim has been paused temporarily, as widening…
By Laura Paull Aug 12, 2020
the cover of "outside the lines" (blue with a black and white sketch of a section of the Embarcadero) next to a headshot of Meg Adler, a young woman with short hair and glasses

Art

Tawonga staffer's coloring book encourages you to color 'Outside the Lines'

Sometime during this unprecedented year, Bay Area illustrator Meg Adler decided that what the world needed most was a coloring book. Not just any coloring…
By Laura Paull Aug 4, 2020
Detail from “Do not forgive them, oh Lord, for they do know what they do! (after Luke 23:34)” by Arthur Szyk. (Courtesy Magnes Collection)

Art

Now online: Magnes exhibits of works by Vishniac and Szyk

Two large exhibits that had just opened at the Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life at UC Berkeley when the coronavirus pandemic began can now be…
By Laura Paull Jul 29, 2020
Bust of older white man displayed in museum entryway

Bay Area

S.F. Asian Art Museum to remove bust of founding donor with antisemitic views

San Francisco’s Asian Art Museum plans to remove a bronze bust honoring Avery Brundage, a founding donor whose well-documented antisemitic and racist…
By Gabriel Greschler Jul 23, 2020
Trudie Strobel stitching (Photo/Ann Elliott  Cutting);  Detail from “Four Embroideries of Trees in Four Seasons (Autumn)” by Trudie Strobel.

Art

Threads of memory: Survivor embroiders pain into beauty

My Ukrainian grandmother came to the U.S. at 17, fleeing the early 20th-century pogroms, then toiled as a seamstress for all her working years. But even…
By Laura Paull Jun 24, 2020
Large panel from Bernard Zakheim's "History of Medicine in California." (Photo/Courtesy UCSF Archives & Special Collections)

Art

Jewish muralist’s historic work faces demolition at UCSF

How does a significant piece of public art go from being the “jewel of the University’s art collection” to a work designated for the wrecking ball in just…
By Laura Paull Jun 18, 2020
A museum goer at the Magnes Collection in 2016. (Photo/Courtesy Magnes)

Culture

‘Long road’ for CJM and Magnes to be fully operational again

Two months ago, the Contemporary Jewish Museum in San Francisco faced a big decision. Museums around the world were shutting their doors in response to…
By Gabriel Greschler May 19, 2020
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