Art
CJM offering studio space to struggling Bay Area artists
The Contemporary Jewish Museum has launched a new artist residency program to support Bay Area-based artists experiencing financial hardship or other…
Culture
East Bay Jewish arts lab seeks 2021 fellows — pandemic or not
LABA East Bay, an incubator and study program for Jewish artists run by the JCC East Bay, is in search of its second cohort of Bay Area artists. LABA…
Art
S.F. firm wins bid to remove historic Zakheim murals at UCSF
UCSF announced Oct. 20 that it has awarded a $1.8 million contract for the removal of historic murals by renowned Jewish artist Bernard Zakheim from a…
Art
Hundreds of Holocaust-era paintings need a new home
Plans are underway to find a home for a huge trove of works by a nearly forgotten Jewish artist that was uncovered 78 years after her death in a Nazi…
Art
After long, eclectic career, her creative drive is a ‘volcano’
“I didn’t know what was wrong with me when I was growing up,” says Carol Roseman, 71, of San Francisco. “It turned out that I was an artist.” Roseman…
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,…
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…
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…
Art
Tawonga staffer's coloring book encourages you to color 'Outside the Lines'
Books coverage is supported by a generous grant from The Milton and Sophie Meyer Fund. Sometime during this unprecedented year, Bay Area illustrator Meg…