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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
Miriam Streicker-Hirt with an S.F. Strong poster created by Susan Stanger.

Bay Area

S.F. coronavirus posters: A Jewish-led grassroots effort

It feels good to be taken seriously, according to 19-year-old Alexandra Lewis of San Francisco. Lewis is a volunteer with S.F. Strong, a new poster…
By Maya Mirsky May 18, 2020
The street artist Dede Bandaid began illustrating face masks on real Israeli bills. (Photo/Courtesy Bandaid)

Art

How Tel Aviv creatives made art out of the coronavirus crisis

Designer Yoav Gati was walking around his south Tel Aviv block in March when he saw a discarded latex glove on the street. A few meters later he spotted…
By Karen Chernick, JTA May 12, 2020
Screenshot of the Contemporary Jewish Museum's virtual tour of its exhibit “Levi Strauss: A History of American Style.”

Art & About

Culture during a pandemic: What is 'local'?

Once upon a time, there were breaks built into the week called Friday and Saturday night, and Sunday afternoon, and even evenings during the workweek when…
By Laura Paull Mar 27, 2020
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