Some of Tara Pawson’s Human Beams. (photo from Tara Pawson) Tara Pawson’s fascination with glass began when she was in high school. “My dad was a welder,” she said. “He would bring home some metal pieces, and I would fabricate…
Liba Baitelman, the 2021 JI Chanukah Cover Art Contest winner, was commissioned to create this year’s cover of the Jewish Independent’s Passover issue. (photo by Merle Linde) Liba Baitelman, daughter of Rabbi Yechiel and Chanie Baitelman, is a fun-loving, always…
New docent program at the Zack gets underway. (photo from Zack Gallery) Sidney and Gertrude Zack Gallery director Hope Forstenzer recently instituted a new docent program, to train guides for the art gallery. “I came up with the idea of…
Mike Levin’s “Waiting for the Train.” Community Longing and Belonging is a community art show in celebration of Jewish Disability Awareness and Inclusion Month. It opened at the Zack Gallery on Feb. 14. Curated by Leamore Cohen, inclusion services coordinator…
Riva Lehrer, author of Golem Girl, recently spoke on the topic Art Celebrating JDAIM (Jewish Disability Awareness, Acceptance and Inclusion Month). (photo from JBF) Artist, writer and curator Riva Lehrer spoke at this month’s Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival…
Pnina Granirer launches her new book, Garden of Words, at the Cherie Smith JCC Jewish Book Festival Feb. 9. (photo from JBF) “Unexpected and unplanned, like small gifts offered by a kind friend, poems have been forming in my head…
Sky Lilah’s new exhibition, Quantum Sky, is at Art @Bentall this month. Quantum Sky is an exploration of consciousness and what that means to the artist. This self-study is done using various mindfulness techniques, then interpreted through visual art. One…
Victoria artist Tanya Bub’s current exhibit at the Art @ Bentall Gallery features life-size works of animals that occupy land, sea and air. (photo from Tanya Bub) “Working with driftwood has given me a great appreciation of the power and…
Chanukah treats will be plentiful at the JCC Chanukah Market. (photo from JCCGV) Come celebrate the Festival of Lights on Nov. 28 at the first-ever Chanukah Market. From 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. that day, the parking lot at the Jewish…
Maxine Lee Ewaschuk, in a still from the documentary Periphery, which premièred last month at the Prosserman Jewish Community Centre in North York, and is available to view online. On Oct. 28, the Prosserman Jewish Community Centre in North York…
