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December 20-22, 2022 | December 27-29, 2022 | January 3-5, 2023
Backman Gallery at the Heller Museum
1 West 4th Street, New York, New York
This exhibition is sponsored by Yiddish New York and the Heller Museum at Hebrew Union College.
Curated by Tine Kindermann and Deborah Ugoretz.
What gives us hope?
Throughout Jewish history, hope has played an important role in helping to deal with difficult circumstances. Present in the longing for the Messiah; in the legend of the 36 Tzadikim Nistarim, the righteous people who keep the world in balance; and in the concept of Tikkun Olam, the mandate to repair the world, there is always hope.
However, it is easy to feel that there is no solution to the political, social and survival woes of the world. Things that used to give hope historically – ideas, political or philosophical, faith – may leave people as disillusioned as the problems they were supposed to solve. How do creative people respond to this? Where and how do you access the hope that spurs your creativity? Does despair influence your work? What answers does your creative work provide for the community? How is hope or the lack thereof made visible in such work?
Artists: Marcia Ancier, Gayle Asch, Viktoriya Basina, Stacy Bogdonoff, Catt Caulley, Cassandra Clark, Maximus Clarke, Robyn Cooper, Michael Davis, Susan C. Dessel, Yael Dresdner, Ula Einstein, Harriet Finck, Julia Forrest, Susan Harmon, Jeanne Heifetz, LiLi Jackson, Barbara Jacobsberg, Hedda Kafka, Tati Knobel, Bonnie Stein and Sherry Erskine- Iguana Collective, Donna Levinstone, Ethan Minsker, Etai Rogers-Fett, Ivor Roth, Debbie Schore, Esther Schwalb, Rivka Segall, Julie Seidman, Joel Silverstein, Margot Spindelman, Suprina Troche
